Francis Chan Quotes - Page 2

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.

We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.

‎"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?

My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work. [Ephesians 2:10]

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.

Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.

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.

Again, our marriage problems are not really marriage problems. They are heart problems. They are God problems. Our lack of intimacy with God causes a void that we try to fill with the frailest of substitutes. Like wealth or pleasure. Like fame or respect. Like people. Like marriage.

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.

Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected happens- they have their savings account. They don't need God to help them- they have their retirement plan in place. They don't genuinely seek out what life God would have them live- they have life figured and mapped out. They don't depend on God on a daily basis- their refrigerators are full and, for the most part, they are in good health. The truth is, their lives wouldn't look much different if they suddenly stopped believing in God.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.

Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ, put their sin to death, and serve the church. Christians talk about being born again say that they they were dead but now have come to life. We have become hardened to those words, but they are powerful words that have significant meaning. Yet when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question our integrity, out sanity, or even worse, our God. And can you blame them?

When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God's command to always rejoice.

I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.

Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.

The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.

God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.

True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises.

In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us.

The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.

To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.