Quotes From "Crazy Love: Overwhelmed By A Relentless God" By 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

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. He treasures us and anticipates our departure from this earth to be with Him-and we wonder, indifferently, how much we have to do for Him to get by. Francis Chan

Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can't contain Him. Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate? Francis Chan

[Y]ou have to stop loving and pursuing Christ in order to sin. When you are pursuing love, running toward Christ, you do not have opportunity to wonder, *Am I doing this right?* or *Did I serve enough this week?* When you are running toward Christ, you are freed up to serve, love, and give thanks without guilt, worry or fear. As long as you are running, you're safe. Francis Chan

We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry. 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

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 never tried this, and I don’t recommend it.) Francis Chan

God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty of sin. Maybe that's not an appealing standard. But to put it bluntly, when you get your own universe, you can make your own standards. Francis Chan

We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator. Francis Chan

We are scared to make mistakes, so we fret over figuring out God’s will. We wonder what living according to His will would actually look and feel like, and we are scared to find out. We forget that we were never promised a 20-year plan of action; instead, God promises multiple times in Scripture never to leave or forsake us. God wants us to listen to His Spirit on a daily basis, and even throughout the day … My hope is that instead of searching for “God’s will for my life, ” each of us would learnt to seek hard after “the Spirit’s leading in my life today. . Francis Chan

Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God. Francis Chan

True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God's fidelity to His Promises. Francis Chan

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

What we do reverberates through the heavens and into eternity. Francis Chan

Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant god that would be! If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep-dependent lives. Francis Chan