Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
FRANCIS CHANWhere 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
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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 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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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 God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
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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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Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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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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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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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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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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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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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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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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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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Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
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The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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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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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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God never breaks His promises.
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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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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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