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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

Francis Chan

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
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Hong Kong SAR
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Lukewarm 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?
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God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin
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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.
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Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
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He measures our lives by how we love.
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Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable?
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My only prayer for my time with you is, God I just want these men and women to long for you.
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God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like.
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...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.
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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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People 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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My biggest concern for this generation is your inability to focus, especially in prayer.
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