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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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Francis Chan
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
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Hong Kong SAR
China
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True faith means holding nothing back it bets everything on the hope of eternity
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It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.
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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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Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'
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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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It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God quickly. Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.
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I was raised Christian after age 5, but I didn't really understand it until high school. A friend of mine invited me to his youth group. There I heard the gospel, understood it, and accepted it.
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Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.
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...no worship is better than apathetic worship.
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The idea of holding back certainly didn't come from Scripture.
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He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving [than we do to ask Him]. As much as we want God to explain himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us.
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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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Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
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Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action doesn't spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus.
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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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The greatest good on this earth is God
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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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Multi-tasking is keeping me from whole-hearted worship.
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Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.
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