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 CHANIf God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
More Francis Chan Quotes
-
-
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.
FRANCIS CHAN -
Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
FRANCIS CHAN -
Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
FRANCIS CHAN -
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.
FRANCIS CHAN -
We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
FRANCIS CHAN -
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
FRANCIS CHAN -
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.
FRANCIS CHAN -
Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
FRANCIS CHAN -
He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
FRANCIS CHAN -
Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
FRANCIS CHAN -
We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
FRANCIS CHAN -
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.
FRANCIS CHAN -
Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
FRANCIS CHAN -
True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
FRANCIS CHAN -
Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
FRANCIS CHAN