Top 300 Francis Chan Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.”

— Francis Chan

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2. “The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.”

— Francis Chan

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3. “True love requires sacrifice.”

— Francis Chan

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4. “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

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

— Francis Chan

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6. “Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.”

— Francis Chan

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7. “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

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8. “But God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn’t come through.”

— Francis Chan

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9. “Has your relationship with God changed the way you live your life?”

— Francis Chan

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10. “Lukewarm people call ‘radical’ what Jesus expected of all His followers.”

— Francis Chan

11. “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

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12. “We are here to love. Not much else matters.”

— Francis Chan

13. “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

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14. “Having faith often means doing what others see as crazy.”

— Francis Chan

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15. “A disciple is a disciple maker.”

— Francis Chan

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16. “The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.”

— Francis Chan

17. “Isn’t it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate?”

— Francis Chan

18. “I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.”

— Francis Chan

19. “Marriage is one of the most humbling, sanctifying journeys you will ever be a part of. It forces us to wrestle with our selfishness and pride. But it also gives us a platform to display love and commitment.”

— Francis Chan

20. “Jesus didn’t say that if you wanted to follow Him you could do it in a lukewarm manner. He said, ‘Take up your cross and follow Me.’”

— Francis Chan

21. “God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. The answer to religious complacency isn’t working harder at a list of do’s and don’ts-it’s falling in love with God.”

— Francis Chan

22. “Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don’t have to.”

— Francis Chan

23. “James 2:19- ‘You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that- and shudder.’ God doesn’t just want us to have good theology; He wants us to know and love Him.”

— Francis Chan

24. “Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.”

— Francis Chan

25. “Salvation is all about the grace of God. There is absolutely nothing that you can do to save yourself or earn God’s favor.”

— Francis Chan

26. “God’s presence is all that matters.”

— Francis Chan

27. “True faith manifests itself through our actions.”

— Francis Chan

28. “Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.”

— Francis Chan

29. “Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.”

— Francis Chan

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30. “God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.”

— Francis Chan

31. “If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream.”

— Francis Chan

32. “God doesn’t call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him.”

— Francis Chan

33. “When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.”

— Francis Chan

34. “The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.”

— Francis Chan

35. “We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.”

— Francis Chan

36. “You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.”

— Francis Chan

37. “As I see it, a lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron; there is no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are ‘lukewarm’ are not Christians. We will not see them in heaven.”

— Francis Chan

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38. “We are each given different gifts and talents by our Master. The thing that matters most is how we use what we have been given, not how much we make or do compared to someone else. What matters is that we spend ourselves.”

— Francis Chan

39. “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

40. “Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.”

— Francis Chan

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41. “Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.”

— Francis Chan

42. “God never breaks His promises.”

— Francis Chan

43. “God didn’t just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.”

— Francis Chan

44. “Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That’s not humility.”

— Francis Chan

45. “True faith means holding nothing back; it bets everything on the hope of eternity.”

— Francis Chan

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46. “If you want to see the big stuff that God has, you’ve got to take some risk and trust only in the Gospel.”

— Francis Chan

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47. “Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.”

— Francis Chan

48. “Heavenly Father, thank You so much for Your grace. Your forgiveness is SO good that I struggle with believing it at times. Thank You for rescuing me from myself and giving me Your Holy Spirit. Your love is better than life.”

— Francis Chan

49. “I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit.”

— Francis Chan

50. “We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.”

— Francis Chan