Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
FRANCIS CHANThe 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.
More Francis Chan Quotes
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The 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.
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Where 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.
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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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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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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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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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God’s presence is all that matters.
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Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.
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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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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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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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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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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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