Quotes by Francis Chan

“It is easy to become disillusioned with the circumstances of our lives compared to others'. But in the presence of God, He gives us a deeper peace and joy that transcends it all.”

“God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”

“The one who wins the argument is usually the one who acts less like Christ.”

“If youd rather watch your kids grow up than see the face of your Savior today, you dont grasp the beauty of God. If you worry about what would happen to your children if you were gone, you dont und...”

“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 ...”

“More than any other attribute of Jesus, his humility is the key to a healthy marriage. If two people make it their goal to imitate the humility of Christ, everything else will take care of itself.”

“Jesus didn't speak of hell so that we could study, debate and write books about it. He gave us these passages so that we would live holy lives. Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothe...”

“But God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.”

“The irony is that while God doesnt need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but dont really want Him most of the time.”

“"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?”

“The irony is that while God doesn't need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don't really want Him most of the time. He treasures us and anticipates our departure from this earth to ...”

“Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can't contain Him. Isn't ...”

“God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when...”

“True faith manifests itself through our actions.”

“[Y]ou have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin. When you are pursuing love, running toward Christ, you do not have opportunity to wonder, *Am I doing this right?* or *Did I serve eno...”

“[at CMC West Coast 2011, on 1 Samuel 14] If just a few of you would step up and be like Jonathan ... as you step out in faith, you know what's going to happen? There'll be people like Saul who'll s...”

“The verses in the Bible are more than good teachings, they possess power.”

“We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almo...”

“Our greatest fear as individuals & as a church should not be of failure, but of suceeding at things in life that dont really matter.”

“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.”