The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It's about God who wants to give to you.

My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.

To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.

Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?

Most of us use ‘I’m waiting for God to reveal His calling on my life’ as a means of avoiding action. Did you hear God calling you to sit in front of the television yesterday? Or to go on your last vacation? Or exercise this morning? Probably not, but you still did it. The point isn’t that vacations or exercise are wrong, but that we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.

Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'

Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.