Francis Chan Quotes - Page 10

Both worry and stress reek of arrogance.

If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you've got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.

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.

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.

I 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.

Non-churchgoer s tend to see Christians as takers rather than givers. When Christians sacrifice and give wildly to the poor, that is truly a light that glimmers. The Bible teaches that the church is to be that light, that sign of hope, in an increasingly dark and hopeless world.

Following Jesus is not about diligently keeping a set of rules or conjuring up the moral fortitude to lead good lives. It's about loving God and enjoying Him

Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.

God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.

Your problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in.

Oswald Chambers writes, ‘Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you.’ To that I would add, ‘Be careful not to turn others’ lives into the mold for your own.’ Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.

God is compassionate and just, loving and holy, wrathful and forgiving. WE can't sideline His more difficult attributes to make room for the palatable ones.

If one person “wastes” away his day by spending hours connecting with God, and the other person believes he is too busy or has better things to do than worship the Creator and Sustainer, who is the crazy one?

Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.

A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.

...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and critically assess the degree to which we are really living biblically.

Allow God to be as creative with you as He is with each of us.

It'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!

You and I are not allowed to tell Him how much He can hate it (sin).

God has given you this good stuff so that you can show the world a person who enjoys blessings, but who is still totally obsessed with God.

Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.

Do you want to see God more than you desire security?

When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.

I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.

When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'