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.
FRANCIS CHANThe 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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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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True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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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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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
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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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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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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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