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.
FRANCIS CHANWorry 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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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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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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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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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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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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In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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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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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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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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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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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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God’s presence is all that matters.
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The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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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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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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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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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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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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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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