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)? Doesn’t His courting, luring, pushing, calling and even ‘threatening’ demonstrate His love? If He didn’t do all of that, wouldn’t we accuse Him of being unloving in the end, when all things are revealed?
Francis ChanThe point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
Francis ChanTo call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.
Francis ChanTrying harder doesn’t work for me. Slowly I’ve learned to pray for God’s help and He has become my greatest love and desire.
Francis ChanThis book is written for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American Christianity offers. It is for those who don't want to plateau, those who would rather die before their convictions do.
Francis ChanLukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.
Francis ChanOur lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
Francis ChanBe careful not to turn others' lives into the mold for your own...we have a # God who is a # Creator not a # Duplicator .
Francis ChanI want to live so that I am truly submitted to the Spirit's leading on a daily basis. Christ said its better for us that the Spirit came and I want to live like that is true. I don't want to keep crawling when I have the ability to fly.
Francis ChanThe point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
Francis ChanLukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. They don't genuinely hate sin and aren't truly sorry for it; they're merely sorry because God is going to punish them. Lukewarm people don't really believe that this new life Jesus offers is better than the old sinful one.
Francis ChanLukewarm 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.
Francis ChanIt's easy to write for God and about God, because what a thrill to remind the church that the Holy Spirit of God is in you. What a rush! What an amazing blessing!
Francis Chan...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)?
Francis ChanYour problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in.
Francis ChanFrom 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?
Francis ChanThe irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
Francis ChanGod 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.
Francis ChanThe 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?
Francis Chan[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll say, "God's doing something through that guy, God's doing something through that girl. I want to be a part of that.
Francis ChanAs I see it, a lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron; there is no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are 'lukewarm' are not Christians. We will not see them in heaven.
Francis ChanWhy is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?
Francis ChanLukewarm people give money to charity and to the church....as long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. If they have a little extra and it is easy and safe to give, they do so. After all, God loves a cheerful giver, right?
Francis ChanGod doesn't want religious duty. He doesn't want a distracted, half-hearted, 'Fine, I'll read a chapter...now are You happy?' attitude. God wants His word to be a delight to us, so much that we meditate on it day and night.
Francis ChanFor a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.
Francis ChanThe church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.
Francis ChanI love being in the ocean. I love the unpredictability of it- size of wave, animals you see, etc.
Francis ChanThere will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?
Francis ChanIt's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the Lord because that's the beginning of wisdom.
Francis ChanPeople who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to mask the ugliness of their sins or their failures. Obsessed people don't put it on for God; He is their safe place, where they can be at peace.
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