God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
FRANCIS CHANGod’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
FRANCIS CHANWe never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
FRANCIS CHANWhen 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 CHANThe world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
FRANCIS CHANDo you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
FRANCIS CHANThe point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
FRANCIS CHANWhen we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
FRANCIS CHANOur greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
FRANCIS CHANDo you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
FRANCIS CHANWhere it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they’re not obeying the things that He called them to do.
FRANCIS CHANProclaiming 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.
FRANCIS CHANLukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.
FRANCIS CHANWe live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.
FRANCIS CHANJesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
FRANCIS CHANJesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
FRANCIS CHANThe fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
FRANCIS CHAN