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

Francis Chan

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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
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Hong Kong SAR
China
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I don't want to keep crawling when i have the ability to fly.
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God wants to change us so much that it intrigues others.
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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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Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.
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...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.
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We have to believe it enough that it changes how we live.
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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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It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel. It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity.
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