God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
FRANCIS CHANWe have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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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 here to love. Not much else matters.
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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 has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
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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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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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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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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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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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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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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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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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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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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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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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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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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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God never breaks His promises.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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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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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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