Francis Chan - Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God (2008)

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The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

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It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good. Yet they have no substantive or healthful elements to their faith. It's like the Laodiceans, who thought they had everything until Christ told them they were poor and wretched.

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Colossians 1:16 tells us that everything was created FOR God... don't we live instead as though God is created for US, to do OUR bidding, to bless US, and to take care of OUR loved ones?

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We say to the Creator of all this magnitude and majesty, 'Well, I'm not sure You are worth it…. You see, I really like my car, or my little sin habit, or my money, and I'm really not sure I want to give them up, even if it means I get You.'

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The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.

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Lukewarm people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian family, vote Republican, or live in America. Just as the prophets in the Old Testament warned Israel that they were not safe just because they lived in the land of Israel, so we are not safe just because we wear the label 'Christian' or because some people persist in calling us a 'Christian nation.

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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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The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing.

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We are loaded down with too many good things, more than we could ever need, while others are desperate for a small loaf. The good things we cling to are more than money; we hoard our resources, our gifts, our time, our families, out friends....how ludicrous it is to hold on to the abundance God has given us and merely repeat the words 'thank you'.

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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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In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us.

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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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We are each given different gifts and talents by our Master. The thing that matters most is how we use what we have been given, not how much we make or do compared to someone else. What matters is that we spend ourselves.

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It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.

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But hey, if that's too much to ask, tell them to just become Christians—you know, the people who get to go to heaven without having to commit to anything

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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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There is nothing better than giving up everything and stepping into a passionate love relationship with God, the God of the universe who made galaxies, leaves, laughter, and me and you.

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In reality, not one of us will ever be worthy. It is useless to attempt earning it; you'll never feel ready. It is unknown and uncomfortable. But there really is a God who forgives everything and loves endlessly.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

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