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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

Francis Chan

True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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Faith God Himself Hope Promise True
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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Chapter Day God Himself Meditation Night Religious
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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Blessing Grace Punishment Yourself
God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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Definition God Live Love Measurement Ourselves Straight
Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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Action Explanation God Himself Obligation Worship Yourself
Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Desire Fight God Order Simplicity Yourself
Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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Difference God Love Wealth
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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God Heaven Message Yourself
We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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Action Alive Ourselves
Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Better Planning Trust Yourself
We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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Creation Fake God
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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Failure Fear Greatness Life Success
I don’t have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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Expectation Myself Planning Success Worry
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 Human Love Mistake Myself Need Perfection
If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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Activity Care Faith God Hero Religious

The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

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