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.
FRANCIS CHANIf God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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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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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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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 have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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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 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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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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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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