When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors. Francis Chan More Quotes by Francis Chan More Quotes From Francis Chan Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant god that would be! If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep-dependent lives. Francis Chan ocean stupid sleep Frankly, you need to get over yourself. It might sound harsh, but that's seriously what it means [1 Corinthians 10:31]. Francis Chan sound might mean Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself. Francis Chan spirit giving thinking The 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 mold safe jesus If a guy were dating my daughter but didn't want to spend the gas money to come pick her up or refused to buy her dinner because it cost too much, I would question whether he were really in love with her In the same way, I question whether many American churchgoers are really in love with God because they are so hesitant to do anything for Him." Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God Francis Chan dating daughter crazy ...our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King. Francis Chan going-to-heaven kings heaven James 2:19- 'You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that- and shudder.' God doesn't just want us to have good theology; He wants us to know and love Him. Francis Chan and-love want believe Where it gets weird is that nowadays there are millions of people on this earth who call themselves followers of Jesus, but their lives look nothing like His, and they're not obeying the things that He called them to do. Francis Chan people looks jesus [Y]ou have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin. When you are pursuing love, running toward Christ, you do not have opportunity to wonder, *Am I doing this right?* or *Did I serve enough this week?* When you are running toward Christ, you are freed up to serve, love, and give thanks without guilt, worry or fear. As long as you are running, you're safe. Francis Chan opportunity running order As we begin to focus more on Christ, loving Him and others becomes more natural. As long as we pursuing Him, we satisfied in Him. It is when we stop actively loving Him that we find ourselves restless and gravitating toward other means of fulfillment Francis Chan focus long mean My love for prayer was an answer to prayer. Francis Chan answers-to-prayer prayer answers We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us. Francis Chan fun night religion We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people. Francis Chan who-we-are people needs Multi-tasking is keeping me from whole-hearted worship. Francis Chan church leadership christian Worry implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives. Francis Chan crazy-love powerful worry Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers. Francis Chan christian-inspirational christianity religion Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses Francis Chan excuse said jesus Lukewarm 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 Chan hate sorry jesus It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But, it is absolutely vital to grasp that he didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live your life in comfort and superficial peace. Francis Chan live-your-life comfort may To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved. Francis Chan christian comfort giving
