Francis Chan Quotes
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Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.
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A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the best thing he can do is be faithful to his Savior in every aspect of his life, continually saying "Thank You!" to God. An obsessed person knows there can never be intimacy if he is always trying to pay God back or work hard enough to be worthy. He revels in his role as a child and friend of God.
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God cares more about your obedience to His Spirit's leading TODAY than what you will do next year.
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Multi-tasking is keeping me from whole-hearted worship.
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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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God never breaks His promises.
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I want to live so that I am truly submitted to the Spirit's leading on a daily basis. Christ said its better for us that the Spirit came and I want to live like that is true. I don't want to keep crawling when I have the ability to fly.
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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 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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What are you doing right now that requires faith?
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True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity
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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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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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A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.
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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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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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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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Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church....as long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little extra and it is easy and safe to give, they do so. After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right?
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I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses
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Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”
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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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God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
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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.