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We are here to love. Not much else matters.

Francis Chan

Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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Alone Communication Himself Intimacy
Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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Freedom Power Thinking Yourself
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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Afraid Call Comfortable God Himself Situation Trouble Trust
Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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Difference God Love Wealth
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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Attention Close God Growth Ourselves Pursuit
Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
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Call Expectation Follow God Himself People Radical
Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
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Commitment Display Humble Journey Love Marriage Platform Pride
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
God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Call Comfortable God Himself Trust
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
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
He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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Call Devotion Follow Person Thinking Weird
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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God Life Loan Move Talk Thinking Word Yourself
Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
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Identity Lost Ourselves Scripture World
Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Action Fruit Meaning World
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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Desperate God Himself Time

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