Francis Chan Quotes
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When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.
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When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.
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God cares more about your obedience to His Spirit's leading TODAY than what you will do next year.
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Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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God's presence is all that matters.
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As we begin to focus more on Christ, loving Him and others becomes more natural. As long as we pursuing Him, we satisfied in Him. It is when we stop actively loving Him that we find ourselves restless and gravitating toward other means of fulfillment
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Giving that is not motivated by love is worth 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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If I were Satan and my ultimate goal was to thwart God's kingdom and purposes, one of my main strategies would be to get churchgoers to ignore the Holy Spirit.
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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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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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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses
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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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Salvation is all about the grace of God. There is absolutely nothing that you can do to save yourself or earn God's favor.
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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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Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.
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The stress that some of us feel - it's a lack of faith, it really is.
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You have access to the Tent Of Meeting.
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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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But hey, if that’s too much to ask, tell them to just become Christians—you know, the people who get to go to heaven without having to commit to anything
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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.
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I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.
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My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you."