Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
FRANCIS CHANWe need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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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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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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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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The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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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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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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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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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 have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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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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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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