Lose Your Life. Find Your Soul.

Great Quotes from Francis Chan’s book “Crazy Love”

“We are not alone. Even now there are thousands of beings in heaven watching what is going on down here—a ‘great cloud of witnesses,’ the Scripture says. It reminds me that there is so much more to our existence than what we can see. What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity.”

“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.”

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

“Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.”

"If life were stable, I’d never need God’s help. Since it’s not, I reach out for Him regularly. I am thankful for the unknowns and that I don’t have control, because it makes me run to God."

"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."

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

"We need to stop giving people excuses not to believe in God. You’ve probably heard the expression "I believe in God, just not organized religion." I don’t think people would say that if the church truly lived like we are called to live."

"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."

"Are you willing to say to God that He can have whatever He wants? Do you believe that wholehearted commitment to Him is more important than any other thing or person in your life? 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?"

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Disclaimer: I am in fact a single, straight, educated black man who has JUST within the last few years matured enough to seriously consider marriage. Now for me its about timing and the right woman.