Francis Chan Quotes
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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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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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Because when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.
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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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The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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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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My biggest concern for this generation is your inability to focus, especially in prayer.
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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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I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am desperate for Him to come through. That if He doesn't come through, I am screwed.
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The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.
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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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The enemy just hates our prayers.
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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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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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The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
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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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We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.
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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 believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.
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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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The stress that some of us feel - it's a lack of faith, it really is.
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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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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?