Francis Chan Quotes
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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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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 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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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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If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.
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If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.
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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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Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?
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This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.
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Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.
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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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What is amazing is how we treat a meeting with God as ordinary or burdensome.
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Trying harder doesn’t work for me. Slowly I’ve learned to pray for God’s help and He has become my greatest love and desire.
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What evidence do you have that you know Jesus?
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...when we are loving, we can't sin.
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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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Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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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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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.