Francis Chan Quotes
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God's presence is all that matters.
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The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.
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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.
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Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. They don't genuinely hate sin and aren't truly sorry for it; they're merely sorry because God is going to punish them. Lukewarm people don't really believe that this new life Jesus offers is better than the old sinful one.
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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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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 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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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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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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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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I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.
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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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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 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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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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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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If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.
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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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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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Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?
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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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God cares more about your obedience to His Spirit's leading TODAY than what you will do next year.