Francis Chan Quotes
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We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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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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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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"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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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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I love staring out toward the ocean and away from anything manmade.
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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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Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
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We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
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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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This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.
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Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.
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There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write.
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Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's all you're going to give me? You're just going to give me enough to sustain me for today? What about tomorrow or next year or 10, 20, 30 years from now? I want to know that I'm set up.' And yet Jesus says just pray for your daily provisions.
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But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.
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We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
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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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...our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King.
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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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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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Because when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.
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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.