Quotes from Francis Chan

If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream.

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

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.

People see only my actions. Instead, if I focus on Christ with thanksgiving, people see Him.

I really believe it's time for some of us to stop apologizing for God and start apologizing to Him for being embarrassed by the ways He has chosen to reveal Himself

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

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

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

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.

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

Are we in love with God or just His stuff?

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

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.

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.

He measures our lives by how we love.

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

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?

My love for prayer was an answer to prayer.

Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?

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?

True love requires sacrifice.

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.

Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.

We are here to love. Not much else matters.