Francis Chan - Life Quotes

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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 allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.

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Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

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All my life I've heard people say, 'God loves you.' It's probably the most insane statement you could make to say that the eternal Creator of this universe is in love with me. There is a response that ought to take place in believers, a crazy reaction to that love. Do you really understand what God has done for you? If so, why is response so lukewarm?

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The best things in life are gifts from the One who steadfastly loves us. But an important question to ask ourselves is this: are we in love with God or just His stuff?

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The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.

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If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream.

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God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.

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I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am desperate for Him to come through. That if He doesn't come through, I am screwed.

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

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

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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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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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