The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
FRANCIS CHANWe live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
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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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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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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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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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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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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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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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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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.
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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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