Francis Chan Quotes
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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My biggest concern for this generation is your inability to focus, especially in prayer.
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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.
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What evidence do you have that you know Jesus?
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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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Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
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Your problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in.
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When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'
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As a culture, were so worried about whats going to happen to us 30 years from now that we are not taking care of our brothers and sisters who need help today.
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I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.
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If life were stable, I'd never need God's help.
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We have to learn how to control our minds. We have to learn self-control.
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My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.
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It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the Lord because that's the beginning of wisdom.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.
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To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.
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God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts-it's falling in love with God.
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...when we are loving, we can't sin.
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We have to believe it enough that it changes how we live.
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Do you want to see God more than you desire security?
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God has not had an identity crisis. He knows that he is Great and deserves to be the center of our lives.
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...when we love God, we naturally run to Him-frequently and zealously. Jesus didn't command that we have a regular time with Him each day. Rather, He tells us to 'love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' He called this the 'first and greatest commandment' (Matt. 22:37-38). The results are intimate prayer and study of His Word. Our motivation changes from guilt to love.