Francis Chan Quotes
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept.
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In reality, not one of us will ever be worthy. It is useless to attempt earning it; you'll never feel ready. It is unknown and uncomfortable. But there really is a God who forgives everything and loves endlessly.
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The world needs Christians who don't tolerate the complacency of their own lives.
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Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe 'even if there is no God.' But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.
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It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
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Frankly, you need to get over yourself. It might sound harsh, but that's seriously what it means.
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We are each given different gifts and talents by our Master. The thing that matters most is how we use what we have been given, not how much we make or do compared to someone else. What matters is that we spend ourselves.
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I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and assume that by understanding the Scriptures better, the Holy Spirit will bring to mind the right stories, the right teachings.
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A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'
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It's much less demanding to think about God's will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.
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Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action doesn't spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus.
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Multi-tasking is keeping me from whole-hearted worship.
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The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it sin.
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Do you understand that it's impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.
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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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The world is not moved by love or actions that are of human creation. And the church is not empowered to live differently from any other gathering of people without the Holy Spirit. But when believers live in the power of the Spirit, the evidence in their lives is supernatural. The church cannot help but be different, and the world cannot help but notice.
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God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
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...we'll first address our inaccurate view of God and, consequently of ourselves.
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God didn’t just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.
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Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”
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...our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King.