Francis Chan - God Quotes

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It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience.... My hope is that instead of searching for 'God's will for my life' each of us would learn to seek hard after 'the Spirit's leading in my life today.' May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance, or decision in our lives right now.

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God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.

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The core problem isn't the fact that we're lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He's great and deserves to be the center of our lives.

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We are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.

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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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Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.

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It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe - the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor - loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.

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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.

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I think most American churchgoers are the soil that chokes the seed because of all the thorns. Thorns are anything that distracts us from God. When we want God and a bunch of other stuff, then that means we have thorns in our soil. A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled on top of it.

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When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.

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Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.

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We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You've probably heard the expression 'I believe in God, just not organized religion'. I don't think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live.

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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

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Tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.

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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 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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We'll first address our inaccurate view of God and, consequently of ourselves.

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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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The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

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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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Solomon warned us not to rush into God's presence with words. That's what fools do. And often, that's what we do.

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