Crazy Love Book Quotes

• People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people (Mt 13:44)(Jn 15:8).

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, People

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.98, David C Cook

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• ‎"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

  People, Matter, Loving God

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.97, David C Cook

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• People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Hate

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.93, David C Cook

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• 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 Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Pain

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.94, David C Cook

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• Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.

  Francis Chan

  Stress, Grace, Crazy Love

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.28, David C Cook

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

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Inspiration, Mean

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.120, David C Cook

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• 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.

  Francis Chan

  God, Jesus, Thought Provoking

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.42, David C Cook

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• He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Followers, Calling

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.85, David C Cook

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• He measures our lives by how we love.

  Francis Chan

  Live By, Our Lives

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.66, David C Cook

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

  Francis Chan

  Comfort, Worship, Worship God

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.20, David C Cook

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• People who are obsessed with God are known as givers, not takers. Obsessed people genuinely think that others matter as much as they do, and they are particularly aware of those who are poor around the world (James 2:14-26).

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Thinking, People

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.99, David C Cook

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• People who are obsessed with Jesus live lives that connect them with the poor in some way or another. Obsessed people believe that Jesus talked about money and the poor so often because it was really important to Him.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Believe

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.133, David C Cook

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• Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Helping, Stink

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.120, David C Cook

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• Worry implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives.

  Francis Chan

  Powerful, Worry, Crazy Love

  Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.44, David C Cook

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• Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that don't always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, People

  Francis Chan, Mark Beuving (2011). “Living Crazy Love: An Interactive Workbook for Individual or Small-Group Study”, p.91, David C Cook

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• A person who is obsessed with Jesus is more concerned with his or her character than comfort. Obsessed people know that true joy doesn't depend on circumstances or environment; it is a gift that must be chosen and cultivated, a gift that ultimately comes from God (James 1:2-4).

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Character

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.103, David C Cook

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• I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to God’s magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him.  But know this: God will not be tolerated.  He instructs us to worship and fear Him.

  Francis Chan

  Struggle, World, Worship

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.18, David C Cook

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• 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

  Want Him, Needs, Departure

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.42, David C Cook

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• People who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to mask the ugliness of their sins or their failures. Obsessed people don't put it on for God; He is their safe place, where they can be at peace.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, People, Safe

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.101, David C Cook

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• A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you can never be "humble enough," and so they seek to make themselves less known and Christ more known (Mt 5:16).

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Humble

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.97, David C Cook

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• A person who is obsessed thinks about heaven frequently. Obsessed people orient their lives around eternity; they are not fixed only on what is here in front of them.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Thinking, People

  Francis Chan, Mark Beuving (2011). “Living Crazy Love: An Interactive Workbook for Individual or Small-Group Study”, p.91, David C Cook

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• People who are obsessed with God have an intimate relationship with Him. They are nourished by God's Word throughout the day because they know that forty minutes on Sunday is not enough to sustain them for a whole week, especially when they will encounter so many distractions and alternative messages.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Sunday, Intimate Relationships

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.102, David C Cook

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• A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Passionate, God Love

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.101, David C Cook

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• Solomon warned us not to rush into God’s presence with words. That’s what fools do. And often, that’s what we do.

  Francis Chan

  Fool, Solomon, God's Presence

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.16, David C Cook

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• 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?

  Francis Chan

  Character, Main Characters

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.29, David C Cook

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