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...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.

Francis Chan

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
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Pastor
Theologian
Hong Kong SAR
China
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Incomplete
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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.
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There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.
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Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?
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Jesus' call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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We have to believe it enough that it changes how we live.
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Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?
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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
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We are here to love. Not much else matters.
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The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.
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There's no sense in improving your marriage until you are secure with God.
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I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.
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I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know I couldn't be doing this by my own power. I want to live in such a way that I am desperate for Him to come through. That if He doesn't come through, I am screwed.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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I've grown up in a generation that questions God for setting boundaries. Does He have the right to set boundaries? I've grown up in a generation that thinks where meeting with a God is an ordinary thing.
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...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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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.
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We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.
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We have become dangerously comfortable- believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel.
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