We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
FRANCIS CHANThe point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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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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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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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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Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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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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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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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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When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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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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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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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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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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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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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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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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