Francis Chan Quotes
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Pray with reverence, not half-heartedness.
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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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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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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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The enemy just hates our prayers.
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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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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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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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Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture.
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Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color.
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My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you."
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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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Salvation is all about the grace of God. There is absolutely nothing that you can do to save yourself or earn God's favor.
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You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
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Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses
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If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.
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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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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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We are not alone. Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a ‘great cloud of witnesses,’ the Scripture says. It reminds me that there is so much more to our existence than what we can see. What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity.
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Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?
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Are we in love with God or just His stuff?