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Provoking Quotes by Francis Chan
- Jesus asks for everything, but we try to give Him less.
- Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less.
- Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.
- If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.
- Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
- Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as…
- A disciple is a disciple maker.
- 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…
- Why is it that we believe God's promises of blessing but not his promises of punishment?
- Some of you could be worshipping God but you're playing with a video game.
- You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
- We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
- It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the…
- I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.
- One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a…
- 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…
- When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'
- I could be wrong about salvation. I could be wrong about a lot of things.
More Provoking Quotes
- On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers… — Charles Babbage
- Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength. — Theodor Adorno
- There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the… — Mary J. Blige
- Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone. — Jo Brand
- To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the… — Richard Branson
- If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with… — Unknown Author
- If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is… — Sun Tzu
- Hate is able to provoke disorders, to ruin a social organization, to cast a country into a period of bloody revolutions; but… — Unknown Author
- My garden does not whet the appetite; it satisfies it. It does not provoke thirst through heedless indulgence, but slakes it by… — Epicurus
- The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to… — Tom Peters
- Spiritual strength and passion, when accompanied by bad manners, only provoke loathing. — Friedrich Nietzsche
- A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize. — Mark Twain