Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
FRANCIS CHANTrue faith manifests itself through our actions.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
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I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
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The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It’s about God who wants to give to you.
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Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
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Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
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When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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God never breaks His promises.
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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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