We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
Francis ChanWe should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.
Francis ChanThe world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
Francis ChanThe 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.
Francis Chan