Top 100 Francis Chan Quotes
#1. It's breathtaking to picture almighty God saying, "I know Francis Chan. He's my son. I love him!" Are you confident this is what God would say if I asked Him about you? Do you know God or just know about Him? Are
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#2. Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
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#3. I confess to you guys, I confess to the church, I know I have backed away from certain things because of my arrogance. I thought I could attract more people to Jesus by hiding certain things about him.
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#4. Just as you did not come to Christ on your own, neither will you remain in Christ on your own.
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#5. Jeremiah 1:4-5 - 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart....' ...God knew me before He made me.
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#6. [I]t's impossible to please God in any other way that wholehearted surrender...
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#7. 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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#8. Deep down in the heart of every person is a hidden desire to reinterpret Jesus in light of our own culture, political bent, or favorite theological belief.
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#9. Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.
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#10. The actions driven by fear and guilt are not an antidote to lukewarm, selfish, comfortable living. I hope you realize that the answer is love.
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#11. Christianity is about taking broken people, transforming them, and then using those transformed people to transform the world.
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#12. God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.
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#13. Have you ever thought about what that word Lord means? We sometimes think of it as another name for God, but it's actually a title. It refers to a master, owner, or a person who is in a position of authority.
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#14. I don't want Him to return and find me sitting in a theater.
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#15. Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.
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#16. No matter what religious tradition you come from, you likely carry baggage and harbor stereotypes when it comes to the Holy Spirit. It's
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#17. If someone asked you what the greatest good on this earth is, what would you say? An epic surf session? Financial security? Health? Meaningful, trusting friendships? Intimacy with your spouse? Knowing that you belong? The greatest good on this earth is God. Period. God's one goal for us is Himself.
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#18. He does not have to know us so well, but He chooses to.
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#20. God interrupt whatever we are doing so that we can join You in what You're doing
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#21. 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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#22. Tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.
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#23. [W]e are here to love. Not much else matters.
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#24. What scares me most are people who are lukewarm and just don't care.
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#25. I don't want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. I want people to look at my life and know that I couldn't be doing this by my own power.
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#26. We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
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#27. I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.
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#28. God is not someone who can be tacked on to our lives.
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#29. The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing.
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#30. It turns out that the Bible is right - "It is better to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). People generally do find greater joy in giving freely to others than they do in rampant self-indulgence.
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#31. My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work. [Ephesians 2:10]
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#32. Show true religion, cause words don't relieve
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#33. Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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#34. There is nothing better than giving up everything and stepping into a passionate love relationship with God, the God of the universe who made galaxies, leaves, laughter, and me and you.
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#35. This is the tension we live with as followers of Jesus. We are thrilled to know Jesus and be saved from God's wrath, yet we are burdened for our loved ones who don't know Him.
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#36. Some of you are sitting at home saying, 'I don't need a church to love God,' and I am here telling you that you are so wrong.
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#37. This book is written for those who want more Jesus. It is for those who are bored with what American Christianity offers. It is for those who don't want to plateau, those who would rather die before their convictions do.
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#38. A life in which people know that our accomplishments could not have been attained by our own power. A life that brings glory to God in heaven.4
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#39. Arguments escalate when we want to be right more than we want to be CHRIST. It's easy to get blinded in the heat of disagreement. Soon, all we want is to win. Even if victory requires sin. The one who wins the argument is usually the one who acts LESS like Christ.
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#40. 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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#42. 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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#43. He knew that what he had stumbled upon - the kingdom of heaven - was more valuable than anything he had, so he went for it with everything in him.
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#44. As a culture, we're so worried about what's 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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#45. True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises.
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#46. God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
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#47. Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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#48. Pray with reverence, not half-heartedness.
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#49. The God of the universe
the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor
loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.
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#50. Do you want to see God more than you desire security?
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#51. It is impossible to make disciples aside from the church of Jesus Christ.
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#52. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? (Gal. 4:9)
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#53. Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.
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#54. My biggest concern for this generation is your inability to focus, especially in prayer.
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#55. There's a difference, in other words, between God's values that please Him (moral will) and those events that He causes to happen (decreed will).15
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#56. Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?
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#58. The first sin was rebellion, idolatry, treason, and pride, all rolled into a single bite. Both Adam and Eve made a conscious choice to rebel against their Creator and live on their own terms. And we imitate their decision every time we choose our desires over God's.
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#59. Our understanding of God's love must be more profound than the naive expectation of a carefree life.
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#60. What evidence do you have that you know Jesus?
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#61. He persists in loving us with unending, outrageous love.
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#62. Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.
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#63. Even now, I am working to make sure that my family is set up for the future. When most people make that statement, they are talking about financial security for their last few years on earth. When I say it, I'm referring to the millions of years that come after that. People
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#64. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love (v. 6).
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#65. Trying harder doesn't work for me. Slowly I've learned to pray for God's help and He has become my greatest love and desire.
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#66. How foolish it is for me to be completely honest with my wife about my shortcomings, but try to fool God!
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#67. The Bible compels us to join God in what He is doing in and around us. Studying the Bible is important, but the goal is never knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
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#68. Our lives should be more than just focusing on our marriage but on focusing our marriage toward what God's mission is for us as a couple.
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#69. The wildest part is that Jesus doesn't have to love us. His being is utterly complete and perfect, apart from humanity. He doesn't need me or you. Yet He wants us, chooses us, even considers us His inheritance (Eph. 1:18). The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.
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#70. The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, and knows your every thought. And this is a good thing. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.
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#71. If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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#72. If God is truly the greatest good on this earth, would He be loving us if He didn't draw us toward what is best for us (even if that happens to be Himself)?
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#73. Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
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#74. He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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#75. There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write.
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#76. God wants to change us so much that it intrigues others.
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#77. When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture.
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#78. used to believe that in this world there are two kinds of people: natural worriers and naturally joyful people. I couldn't really help it that I was the worrying kind.
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#79. What makes worship amazing is the object of our worship.
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#80. Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.
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#81. I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete.
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#82. Let's pray that God would empower us so radically that we would get no glory. That people would see our works and glorify God.
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#83. The fact is, I need God to help me love God. And if I need His help to love Him, a perfect being, I definitely need His help to love other, fault-filled humans.
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#84. Don't believe something just because you want to, and don't embrace an idea just because you've always believed it. Believe what is biblical. Test all your assumptions against the precious words God gave us in the Bible.
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#85. I don't believe God wants our church life to be centered on buildings and services. Instead, God wants our churches - whatever specific forms our gatherings take - to be focused on active discipleship, mission, and the pursuit of unity.
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#86. God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.
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#87. I want to stop writing, stare you in the face, and scream: Jesus died! He chose the most grueling death to bring you to God! Everything is changed! You and I were destined for a horrifying encounter with God - we were "objects of wrath" (Eph. 2:3) - but that has all changed! Death
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#88. Whether as individuals or as couples, our mission is to make as many disciples as we can during our time on earth. This takes priority over everything else. So
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#89. We've been taught a watered-down version of following Jesus for so long that people think it's Christianity, but it's not biblical.
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#90. But it isn't up to us, mostly because none of us are good.
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#91. Jesus didn't say that if you wanted to follow Him you could do it in a lukewarm manner. He said, 'Take up your cross and follow Me.
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#92. God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
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#93. You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
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#94. Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God.
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#95. . . . nothing should concern us more than our relationship with God;
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#96. If I were Satan and my ultimate goal was to thwart God's kingdom and purposes, one of my main strategies would be to get churchgoers to ignore the Holy Spirit.
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#97. 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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#98. 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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#99. A person who is obsessed with Jesus is more concerned with his or her character than comfort. Obsessed people know that true joy doesn't depend on circumstances or environment; it is a gift that must be chosen and cultivated, a gift that ultimately comes from God (James 1:2-4).
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#100. Do you understand that it's impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
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