Francis Chan Quotes
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Pray with reverence, not half-heartedness.
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This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.
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A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.
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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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Because when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.
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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)?
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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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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
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God's presence is all that matters.
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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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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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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.
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God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin
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True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity
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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
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As we begin to focus more on Christ, loving Him and others becomes more natural. As long as we pursuing Him, we satisfied in Him. It is when we stop actively loving Him that we find ourselves restless and gravitating toward other means of fulfillment
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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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.