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.
FRANCIS CHANJesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, – I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.
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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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Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ’s name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.
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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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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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The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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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’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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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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