Francis Chan Quotes
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I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.
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The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.
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Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children.
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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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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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If God is truly the greatest good on this earth, would He be loving us if He didn’t draw us toward what is best for us (even if that happens to be Himself)? Doesn’t His courting, luring, pushing, calling and even ‘threatening’ demonstrate His love? If He didn’t do all of that, wouldn’t we accuse Him of being unloving in the end, when all things are revealed?
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Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?
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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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...you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or to stay the same.
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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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Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?
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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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I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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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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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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With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.
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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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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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God didn’t just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.
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People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him.
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Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.
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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 greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.