Francis Chan Quotes
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In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
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With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.
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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
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Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
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Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's all you're going to give me? You're just going to give me enough to sustain me for today? What about tomorrow or next year or 10, 20, 30 years from now? I want to know that I'm set up.' And yet Jesus says just pray for your daily provisions.
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When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture.
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Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.
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It's easy to write for God and about God, because what a thrill to remind the church that the Holy Spirit of God is in you. What a rush! What an amazing blessing!
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It's incredibly arrogant to pick and choose which incomprehensible truths we embrace. No one wants to ditch God's plan of redemption the cross, even though it doesn't make sense to us. Neither should we erase God's revealed plan of punishment because it doesn't sit well with us. As soon as we do this, we are putting God's actions in submission to our own reasoning, which is a ridiculous thing for clay to do.
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You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
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God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin
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Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.
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If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.
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Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color.
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...you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or to stay the same.
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We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.
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I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.
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As a culture, were so worried about whats going to happen to us 30 years from now that we are not taking care of our brothers and sisters who need help today.
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I had come out of a church that was filled with petty arguments and hatred. I just wanted to meet with some friends and worship with them.
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The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.
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This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.
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We are not alone. Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a ‘great cloud of witnesses,’ the Scripture says. It reminds me that there is so much more to our existence than what we can see. What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity.