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 CHANOnly the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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God never breaks His promises.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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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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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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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 have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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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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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 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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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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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 greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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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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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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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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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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