We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
Francis ChanRead
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.
Interpretation
We should focus on what truly matters in life rather than pursuing trivial successes.
This quote by Francis Chan emphasizes that the fear of failure is less significant than the fear of achieving success in endeavors that lack real value. It encourages individuals to reflect on their pursuits and ensure that their goals align with their core values and meaningful aspirations, rather than merely chasing after societal standards of success that may not lead to fulfillment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing passions over material achievements.
We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
A disciple is a disciple maker.
Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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.
...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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.
A ray of imagination or of wisdom may enlighten the universe, and glow into remotest centuries.
Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.
A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened.
If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.
I sometimes get up at night when I can't sleep and walk down into my library and open one of my books and read a paragraph and say, 'My God, did I write that?
What if desire wasn't an urge to be tamed, but a beacon of truth to be followed?
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