The Best Francis Chan quotes

Can I go to heaven without truly and faithfully loving Jesus? — Francis Chan

When we are loving, we can’t sin. — Francis Chan

Our concern is more about going to heaven than loving the King. — Francis Chan

When loving Him becomes obligation, one of the many things we have to do, we end up focusing even more on ourselves. — Francis Chan

God is compassionate and just, loving and holy, wrathful and forgiving. WE can’t sideline His more difficult attributes to make room for the palatable ones. — Francis Chan

We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things. — Francis Chan

People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people (Mt 13:44)(Jn 15:8). — Francis Chan

You have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin. — Francis Chan

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)? — Francis Chan

In the midst of our failed attempts at loving Jesus, His grace covers us. — Francis Chan

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

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? — Francis Chan

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

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

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers. — Francis Chan

Lukewarm people think about life on earth much more often than eternity in heaven. — Francis Chan

I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. — Francis Chan

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

Why would we need to experience the Comforter if our lives are already comfortable? — Francis Chan

If life were stable, I’d never need God’s help. — Francis Chan

Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don’t have to. — Francis Chan

The world needs Christians who don’t tolerate the complacency of their own lives. — Francis Chan

Be careful not to turn others’ lives into the mold for your own…we have a # God who is a # Creator not a # Duplicator . — Francis Chan

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

God has not had an identity crisis. He knows that he is Great and deserves to be the center of our lives. — Francis Chan

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

The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives. — Francis Chan

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

He measures our lives by how we love. — Francis Chan

We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus. — Francis Chan

God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. — Francis Chan

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

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

The point of your life is to point to Him…it is His movie, His world, His gift. — Francis Chan

Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life? — Francis Chan

I want to see people do more than simply raise their hand when they come to Christ. Where are the totally changed lives? — Francis Chan

I love staring out toward the ocean and away from anything manmade. — Francis Chan

My love for prayer was an answer to prayer. — Francis Chan

Some people say I would love to take a selfie with Moses. Do you understand the gap between Moses and God? — Francis Chan

Lukewarm people love others but do not seek to love others as much as they love themselves. — Francis Chan

We are here to love. Not much else matters. — Francis Chan

James 2:19–’You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that–and shudder.’ God doesn’t just want us to have good theology; He wants us to know and love Him. — Francis Chan

God is love, but He also defines what love is. We don’t have the license to define love according to our standards. — Francis Chan

When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is. — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

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

I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them. — Francis Chan

Are we in love with God or just His stuff? — Francis Chan

Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you? — Francis Chan

I love being in the ocean. I love the unpredictability of it–size of wave, animals you see, etc. — Francis Chan

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

Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing. — Francis Chan

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me. — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

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

I am just an earthly sinful father & I love my kids so much it hurts. How could I not trust a heavenly, perfect Father who loves me infinitely more than I will ever love my kids? — Francis Chan

The best things in life are gifts from the One who steadfastly loves us. But an important question to ask ourselves is this: are we in love with God or just His stuff? — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

Because when you’re wildly in love with someone, it changes everything. — Francis Chan

No worship is better than apathetic worship. — Francis Chan

When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that’s going to lead to revival. — Francis Chan

Your problems are not just your problems. Ultimately, they belong to the church body that God has placed you in. — Francis Chan

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

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

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

I had come out of a church that was filled with petty arguments and hatred. I just wanted to meet with some friends and worship with them. — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

What are you doing right now that requires faith? — Francis Chan

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. — Francis Chan

God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept. — Francis Chan

Christ can come back at any time so the one thing you want to have in your life is a focused prayer time. — Francis Chan

We are so used to multi–tasking. 2014 was probably the most productive year of my life…But I noticed during the last couple of months when I would get alone with God it was hard to do one thing at a time. — Francis Chan

We live in a time when Christians need to be told that they are supposed to live like Christ. That’s Weird. — Francis Chan

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

My only prayer for my time with you is, ‘God I just want these men and women to long for you. — Francis Chan

In the craziness of our world, it takes tremendous effort to find a quiet place. It takes time to quiet your mind and your heart before the Lord. — Francis Chan

Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give. — Francis Chan

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