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We have to believe it enough that it changes how we live.

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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Live
Enough
Believe

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Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can't contain Him. Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?
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Joy is something that we have to choose and then work for.
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I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit.
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Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
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As a culture, were so worried about whats going to happen to us 30 years from now that we are not taking care of our brothers and sisters who need help today.
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Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?
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The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture.
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...no worship is better than apathetic worship.
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The Bible says that when we obey God’s commands, we benefit. I think we naturally assume that if we look out for our own interests and concerns, we will be happy. But people who sacrifice for others will tell you that seasons of giving are the most rewarding of their lives.
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He measures our lives by how we love.
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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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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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Lukewarm people do not live by faith their lives are structured so that they don't have to.
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I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
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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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People accuse me of going overboard preparing for my first ten million years in eternity in my opinion, people go overboard in worrying about their last ten on earth.
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Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
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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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Refusing to teach a passage of Scripture is just as wrong as abusing it
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