Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
FRANCIS CHANGod is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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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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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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God never breaks His promises.
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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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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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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 have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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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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Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.
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Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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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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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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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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