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 CHANI’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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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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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God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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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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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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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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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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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.
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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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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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