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The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It's about God who wants to give to you.

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 have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.
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...our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King.
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We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That's Weird.
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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.
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Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
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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.
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Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus?”
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...I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.
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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.
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Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.
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I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.
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The greatest good on this earth is God
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