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Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?
Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
Lukewarm people love others but do not seek to love others as much as they love themselves.
We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.
People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him.
Just as you did not come to Christ on your own, neither will you remain in Christ on your own.
My only prayer for my time with you is, "God I just want these men and women to long for you."
If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.
I love being in the ocean. I love the unpredictability of it- size of wave, animals you see, etc.
God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.
With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.
God cares more about your obedience to His Spirit's leading TODAY than what you will do next year.
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
Do you understand that it's impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?
God gave me the same power He gave Jesus. I ask myself daily, Why do I waste such a priceless gift?
Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'
We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.
True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises.
If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility.
When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that's going to lead to revival.
...we are quick to rationalize our entertainment and priorities yet are slow to commit to serving God.
Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
It's a pretty crazy task to try to describe God "quickly." Everything starts with a healthy fear of Him.
God has not had an identity crisis. He knows that he is Great and deserves to be the center of our lives.
If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you've got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.
Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time.
Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.
The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
Some people say I would love to take a selfie with Moses. Do you understand the gap between Moses and God?
Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less.
We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That's Weird.
Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.
For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.
Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
Your problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in.
Solomon warned us not to rush into God’s presence with words. That’s what fools do. And often, that’s what we do.
To call someone a Christian simply because he does some Christian-y things is giving false comfort to the unsaved.
God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept.
God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like.
I want to train my kids so where they are the only believers they can stand on their own two feet and teach others.
God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don't have the license to define love according to our standards.
When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves.
Frankly, you need to get over yourself. It might sound harsh, but that's seriously what it means [1 Corinthians 10:31].
You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.
Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.