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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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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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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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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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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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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God never breaks His promises.
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The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
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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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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 often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
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The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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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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But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.
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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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