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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.

Francis Chan

We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
FRANCIS CHAN

Discipline Night Ourselves
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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Follow Heart Love Religious World Yourself
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
Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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Comfortable Experience Live Ourselves
God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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Call Comfortable God Himself Trust
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
Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
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Education Focus Follow Love People Student Teaching
God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.
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God Invitation Life Ourselves
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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God Himself Man Stand Wisdom Word
Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Desire Fight God Order Simplicity Yourself
True faith manifests itself through our actions.
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Action Faith Ourselves True
We should be so joyful from God’s grace that others would respond by saying, ‘I wish I had your God.
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God Grace Joy Myself Response Talk
My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Answer Love Myself Prayer
Can you worship a God who isn’t obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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Action Explanation God Himself Obligation Worship Yourself
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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Addiction God Relationship Simplicity Team
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.
FRANCIS CHAN

Allow God Hard Joy Life Peace World Yourself

When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.

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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.

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