We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.
Francis ChanRead
Are we in love with God or just His stuff?
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote prompts reflection on whether people truly love God or merely the blessings and gifts associated with Him.
Francis Chan's quote challenges individuals to examine the nature of their relationship with God. It distinguishes between genuine devotion and a self-serving attachment to the material benefits that faith may bring. By asking whether we are in love with God or just His stuff, Chan encourages deep introspection about the authenticity of one's faith and the motivations behind our spiritual practices.
Themes
LoveGodFaithMaterialismSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
During a sermon about the importance of authentic faith.
More from Francis Chan
All quotes βA disciple is a disciple maker.
Francis ChanRead
Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
Francis ChanRead
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.
Francis ChanRead
...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
Francis ChanRead
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.
Francis ChanRead
Similar quotes
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
Bertrand RussellRead
Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead
An armchair Jungian would say the whole thing is about my own ongoing spiritual search. My interior life has always been one of trying to find a spiritual link, maybe because I'm from a family of separate religious philosophies: Protestant and Catholic.
David BowieRead
Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my brother or my sister. If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we would still need tanks and generals?
Mother TeresaRead
Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.
Frederic BastiatRead
Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous.
Victor HugoRead