This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled. Francis Chan More Quotes by Francis Chan More Quotes From Francis Chan Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people. Francis Chan fewerpeopleyears What evidence do you have that you know Jesus? Francis Chan evidenceknowsjesus Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your grace. Your forgiveness is SO good that I struggle with believing it at times. Thank You for rescuing me from myself and giving me Your Holy Spirit. Your love is better than life. Francis Chan strugglebelievefather The 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. He treasures us and anticipates our departure from this earth to be with Him-and we wonder, indifferently, how much we have to do for Him to get by. Francis Chan want-himdepartureneeds 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. Francis Chan gifts-and-talentswhat-mattersdifferent If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples. Francis Chan discipleifswant The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and it is because we have an inaccurate view of God. We see Him as a benevolent Being who is satisfied when people manage to fit Him into their lives in some small way. We forget that God never had an identity crisis. He knows that He’s great and deserves to be the center of our lives. Francis Chan christianviewspeople The fact is, Scripture is filled with divine actions that don't fit our human standards of logic or morality. But they don't need to, because we are the clay and He is the Potter. We need to stop trying to domesticate God or confine Him to tidy categories and compartments that reflect our human sentiments rather than His inexplicable ways. Francis Chan claytryingneeds God specifically created us to be like Him. This is impossible to wrap our minds around, but God created us like Him in some respect and then set us in the midst of this world to represent Him! Francis Chan mindimpossibleworld My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you." Francis Chan leadershipprayerchristian Both worry and stress reek of arrogance. Francis Chan arrogancestressworry He does not have to know us so well, but He chooses to. Francis Chan wellsknowsdoe If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you've got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel. Francis Chan riskwantstuff I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to God’s magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him. But know this: God will not be tolerated. He instructs us to worship and fear Him. Francis Chan worshipstruggleworld 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. Francis Chan hatechristianjesus I don't want Him to return and find me sitting in a theater. Francis Chan returnsittingwant Hell is the backdrop that reveals the profound and unbelievable grace of the cross. It brings to light the enormity of our sin and therefore portrays the undeserved favor of God in full color. Francis Chan colorlightprofound Joy is something that we have to choose and then work for. Francis Chan joy He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving [than we do to ask Him]. As much as we want God to explain himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us. Francis Chan demandgivingpeople ...you will have a choice: to adjust how you live daily or to stay the same. Francis Chan choices
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