Francis Chan Quotes
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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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We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.
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If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.
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I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.
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Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”
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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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I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to God’s magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him. But know this: God will not be tolerated. He instructs us to worship and fear Him.
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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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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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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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What is amazing is how we treat a meeting with God as ordinary or burdensome.
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I am just an earthly sinful father & I love my kids so much it hurts. How could I not trust a heavenly, perfect Father who loves me infinitely more than I will ever love my kids?
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Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action doesn't spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus.
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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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...we'll first address our inaccurate view of God and, consequently of ourselves.
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Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don't always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.
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We are loaded down with too many good things, more than we could ever need, while others are desperate for a small loaf. The good things we cling to are more than money; we hoard our resources, our gifts, our time, our families, out friends....how ludicrous it is to hold on to the abundance God has given us and merely repeat the words 'thank you'.
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Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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The stress that some of us feel - it's a lack of faith, it really is.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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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 disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Some of you are sitting at home saying, 'I don't need a church to love God,' and I am here telling you that you are so wrong.
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This book is written for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American Christianity offers. It is for those who don't want to plateau, those who would rather die before their convictions do.