The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
FRANCIS CHANTrue faith manifests itself through our actions.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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God doesn’t want religious duty. He doesn’t want a distracted, half-hearted, ‘Fine, I’ll read a chapter, now are You happy?’ attitude. God wants His word to be a delight to us, so much that we meditate on it day and night.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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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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A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, – I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.
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We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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