1. “I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.” – Francis Chan
2. “When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.” – Francis Chan
3. “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.” – Francis Chan
4. “What are you doing right now that requires faith?” – Francis Chan
5. “God wants His Word to be a delight to us, so much so that we meditate on it day and night.” – Francis Chan
6. “In reality, not one of us will ever be worthy. It is useless to attempt earning it; you’ll never feel ready. It is unknown and uncomfortable. But there really is a God who forgives everything and loves endlessly.” – Francis Chan
7. “Many want to change the Church, but it is often motivated by personal preference rather than biblical conviction.” – Francis Chan
8. “Without a healthy fear of God, we will not fully enjoy life and love. Without it, our priorities will be completely off. Yet if a healthy fear of God is at the foundation of who we are, a beautiful life and marriage can be built upon this.” – Francis Chan
9. “It’s not just about making sacrifices, big or small. It’s about character. It’s about letting go of myself and constantly thinking of others. It’s about becoming like Christ.” – Francis Chan
10. “God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn’t working harder at a list of do’s and don’ts-it’s falling in love with God.” – Francis Chan
11. “I don’t want Him to return and find me sitting in a theater.” – Francis Chan
12. “Before you say one word to God, take a minute and imagine what it would be like to stand before His throne as you pray.” – Francis Chan
13. “Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a “Christian” without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.” – Francis Chan
14. “To us, many situations in Scripture involve a punishment that was too severe for the crime. But Why do we feel this way? We don’t understand what it means for something to be “sacred.” – Francis Chan
15. “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.” – Francis Chan
16. “We hear strong opinions from arrogant people all day long. We need to cleanse our minds by reminding each other of God’s actual words.” – Francis Chan
17. “Both worry and stress reek of arrogance.” – Francis Chan
18. “It’s not about figuring out all of the mysteries of God, but embracing Him and cherishing Him – even when He doesn’t make perfect sense to us.” – Francis Chan
19. “God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.” – Francis Chan
20. “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.” – Francis Chan
21. “It’s easy to write for God and about God, because what a thrill to remind the church that the Holy Spirit of God is in you. What a rush! What an amazing blessing!” – Francis Chan
22. “People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.” – Francis Chan
23. “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.” – Francis Chan
24. “You’ve got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.” – Francis Chan
25. “Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.” – Francis Chan
26. “We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.” – Francis Chan
27. “God never excuses sin. And He is always consistent with that ethic. Whenever we start to question whether God really hates sin, we have only to think of the cross, where His Son was tortured, mocked, and beaten because of sin. Our sin.” – Francis Chan
28. “If you wait until all of your own issues are gone before helping others, it will never happen. This is a trap that millions have fallen into, not realizing that our own sanctification happens as we minister to others.” – Francis Chan
29. “Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe ‘even if there is no God.’ But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.” – Francis Chan
30. “Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don’t always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.” – Francis Chan
31. “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” – Francis Chan
32. “I want to train my kids so where they are the only believers they can stand on their own two feet and teach others.” – Francis Chan
33. “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.” – Francis Chan
34. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan
35. “The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.” – Francis Chan
36. “It’s crazy, if you think about it. 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.” – Francis Chan
37. “But hey, if that’s too much to ask, tell them to just become Christians – you know, the people who get to go to heaven without having to commit to anything.” – Francis Chan
38. “The goal of a good pastor is to raise up good pastors.” – Francis Chan
39. “Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.” – Francis Chan
40. “A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.” – Francis Chan
41. “The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.” – Francis Chan
42. “Voices are plentiful; followers are not. Strong opinions are applauded; humility is not.” – Francis Chan
43. “We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird.” – Francis Chan
44. “Our commitment to the Kingdom must take precedence over culture.” – Francis Chan
45. “I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.” – Francis Chan
46. “We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God.” – Francis Chan
47. “True love requires sacrifice.” – Francis Chan
48. “We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.” – Francis Chan
49. “Our lack of praise may actually be the biggest cause of our divisions. Once we stop worshipping, all hope for unity is lost.” – Francis Chan
50. “One of my biggest fears – maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian – is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.” – Francis Chan
51. “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.” – Francis Chan
52. “It’s not that there aren’t a million other things to learn about God, but He says you’ve got to start with the fear of the Lord because that’s the beginning of wisdom.” – Francis Chan
53. “We get more emotional over Christians leaving to go to a different church than we do about people dying and going to Hell. Something is horribly wrong when we grieve more deeply over people rejecting us than those who reject their Messiah.” – Francis Chan
54. “We are God’s creations, living in God’s earth, placed within God’s plan of redemption.” – Francis Chan
55. “Can you imagine what it would be like never to get stressed-out or to worry because you are so filled with the peace and love of God?” – Francis Chan
56. “Fear of God failing us leads us to “cover for God.” This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less.” – Francis Chan
57. “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.5” – Francis Chan
58. “There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?” – Francis Chan
59. “And your own heart generates enough pressure as it pumps blood throughout your body that it could squirt blood up to 30 feet. (I’ve” – Francis Chan
60. “The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.” – Francis Chan
61. “God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.” – Francis Chan
62. “God wants to change us so much that it intrigues others.” – Francis Chan
63. “People who are obsessed with Jesus aren’t consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about God’s kingdom coming to this earth than their own lives being shielded from pain or distress.” – Francis Chan
64. “There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.” – Francis Chan
65. “My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.” – Francis Chan
66. “In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us.” – Francis Chan
67. “This is why self-deprecation is as wicked as slandering God’s Church.” – Francis Chan
68. “Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.” – Francis Chan
69. “Why is it that we believe God’s promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?” – Francis Chan
70. “Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.” – Francis Chan
71. “Most marriage problems are not really marriage problems, they are God problems. They can be traced back to one, or both, having a poor relationship with God, or a faulty understanding of him. An accurate picture of God is vital to a healthy marriage. It’s vital to everything.” – Francis Chan
72. “I find myself relearning this lesson often. Even though I glimpse God’s holiness, I am still dumb enough to forget that life is all about God and not about me at all.” – Francis Chan
73. “I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.” – Francis Chan
74. “I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.” – Francis Chan
75. “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.” – Francis Chan
76. “Find all of your security and worth in being a child of God, a member of Christ’s body.” – Francis Chan
77. “Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?” – Francis Chan
78. “Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?” – Francis Chan
79. “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.” – Francis Chan
80. “I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit.” – Francis Chan
81. “True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.” – Francis Chan
82. “A person who is obsessed thinks about heaven frequently. Obsessed people orient their lives around eternity; they are not fixed only on what is here in front of them.” – Francis Chan
83. “You should really spend the rest of your life and the rest of your marriage trying to live more humbly and more sacrificially with respect to the people around you.” – Francis Chan
84. “When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.” – Francis Chan
85. “If we don’t stare at God, we’ll spend our time staring at lesser things. Namely, ourselves.” – Francis Chan
86. “God’s presence is all that matters.” – Francis Chan
87. “God is so clear in spelling out His attributes in scripture in order that others would know what He is really like.” – Francis Chan
88. “Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.” – Francis Chan
89. “He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.” – Francis Chan
90. “You can be more effective together than apart. In a truly healthy relationship, we enable each other to accomplish more than we could have done alone. This was His plan.” – Francis Chan
91. “You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.” – Francis Chan
92. “We have to learn how to control our minds. We have to learn self-control.” – Francis Chan
93. “God didn’t just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.” – Francis Chan
94. “In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.” – Francis Chan
95. “What I want you to do right now is to go online and look at the “Awe Factor” video at www.crazylovebook.com to get a taste of the awe factor of our God.” – Francis Chan
96. “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.” – Francis Chan
97. “If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.” – Francis Chan
98. “It’s much less demanding to think about God’s will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.” – Francis Chan
99. “Following Jesus is not about diligently keeping a set of rules or conjuring up the moral fortitude to lead good lives. It’s about loving God and enjoying Him.” – Francis Chan
100. “The stress that some of us feel – it’s a lack of faith, it really is.” – Francis Chan
101. “When we forget about the Spirit, we really are forgetting God.” – Francis Chan
102. “There’s no sense in improving your marriage until you are secure with God.” – Francis Chan
103. “Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.” – Francis Chan
104. “Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.” – Francis Chan
105. “what would your church (and the worldwide church) look like if everyone was as committed as you are? If everyone gave and served and prayed exactly like you, would the church be healthy and empowered? Or would it be weak and listless?” – Francis Chan
106. “Some people say I would love to take a selfie with Moses. Do you understand the gap between Moses and God?” – Francis Chan
107. “Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.” – Francis Chan
108. “Do you understand that it’s impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?” – Francis Chan
109. “Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn’t mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.” – Francis Chan
110. “We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.” – Francis Chan
111. “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.’” – Francis Chan
112. “In our impatient culture, we want to experience biblical awe without biblical devotion.” – Francis Chan
113. “God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.” – Francis Chan
114. “I think a lot of us need to forget about God’s will for my life. God cares more about our response to His Spirit’s leading today, in this moment, than about what we intend to do next year.” – Francis Chan
115. “A disciple is a disciple maker.” – Francis Chan
116. “We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.” – Francis Chan
117. “It is important that we not measure our spiritual health by the people around us, who are pretty much like us.” – Francis Chan
118. “Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.” – Francis Chan
119. “Our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan
120. “Stories of people who died after living godly lives are stories with happy endings.” – Francis Chan
121. “From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?” – Francis Chan
122. “The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.” – Francis Chan
123. “Bearing one another’s burdens is not easy, but it is also not optional.” – Francis Chan
124. “God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.” – Francis Chan
125. “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?” – Francis Chan
126. “We don’t get to decide who God is.” – Francis Chan
127. “Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.” – Francis Chan