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.
FRANCIS CHANWe are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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When 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.
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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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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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Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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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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Do 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?
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.
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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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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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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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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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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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