Francis Chan Quotes

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Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don't always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.

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It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn't call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace.

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The truth is that the Spirit of the living God is guaranteed to ask you to go somewhere or do something you wouldn't normally want or choose to do. The Spirit will lead you into the way of the cross, as He led Jesus to the cross, and that is definitely not a safe or pretty or comfortable place to be. The Holy Spirit of God will mold you into the person you were made to be…

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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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Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children.

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When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.

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Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?

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You will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or to stay the same.

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God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards.

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Lukewarm people think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven.

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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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God has given you this good stuff so that you can show the world a person who enjoys blessings, but who is still totally obsessed with 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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The concept of downsizing so that others might upgrade is biblical, beautiful...and nearly unheard of. We either close the gap or don't take the words of the Bible literally.

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Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it

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Making disciples isn't about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.

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The world needs Christians who don't tolerate the complacency of their own lives.

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You have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin.

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Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

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Lukewarm people call 'radical' what Jesus expected of all His followers.

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Which is more messed up- that we have so much compared to everyone else, or that we don't think we're rich? That on any given day, we might flippantly call ourselves 'broke' or 'poor?' We are neither of those things. We are rich. Filthy rich.

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Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?

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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?

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People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.

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Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.

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We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.

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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.

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Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.

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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.

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Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.

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