Top 328 Quotes & Sayings by Francis Chan

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.

Being around a church culture, even leading a gathering of believers, I've gotten pretty good at predicting what's going to happen in a church service.

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.

I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.

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.

Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.

I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.

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.

Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.'

Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.

When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'

Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.

For a person to be truly discipled and growing in their faith, they need more than one person discipling them.

Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.

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!

When you read the New Testament, you see the Holy Spirit was supposed to change everything so that this gathering of people who call themselves Christians had this supernatural element about them.

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.'

There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write.

I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human tendency because of our culture to think that the more people I talk to, the bigger the impact I'll have, and yet Jesus didn't spend His time just speaking to the masses. He spent the bulk of his time with a small group of people.

Churchgoers in America are notorious for jumping into movements, even ideas that are hard to listen to. But when they actually have to change their lifestyle and do something about it, it rarely translates into action.

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.

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.

If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.

Truth is, I think, if God just gave us our daily bread, many of us would be angry. 'That's all you're going to give me? You're just going to give me enough to sustain me for today? What about tomorrow or next year or 10, 20, 30 years from now? I want to know that I'm set up.' And yet Jesus says just pray for your daily provisions.

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.

Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.

I want to help people understand how to study the Scriptures with other people, to give them an overview of Scripture and assume that by understanding the Scriptures better, the Holy Spirit will bring to mind the right stories, the right teachings.

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.

Grace is when you should be totally punished but are blessed for no reason.

If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.

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.

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.

Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.

Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right. Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want to be saved from the penalty of their sin. Lukewarm people rarely share their faith with their neighbors, coworkers, or friends. Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor.

Worry implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives.

Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.

The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.

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.

Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.

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

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

Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses

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]

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.

I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.

Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.

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.

God interrupt whatever we are doing so that we can join You in what You're doing

In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.

The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.

?"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 world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.

Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.

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.