Francis Chan Quotes
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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 need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work.
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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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If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.
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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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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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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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Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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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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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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The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children.
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Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?
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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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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.