Francis Chan Quotes

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

The submission of one's will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God's altar. The many other things we 'give' are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us.

After we have made our requests known to Him, our language should be, "Thy will be done". I would a thousand times rather that Gods' will should be done than my own.

I have surrendered to God; therefore I surrender to nothing else.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

Prayer is not about letting God know your will; it's about completely submitting to him. You die to yourself.

It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Worshipping the Lord means giving Him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing - not only by our words - that He alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before Him that He is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.

Obedience is the fruit of faith.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?

To will what God doth will, that is the only science that gives us any rest.

To do my duty, I must obey God.

I can't sing, perform, do anything apart from Christ. I have no power or strength of my own.

I fear no one; beg from no one except my God to whom I submit and from whom I receive all bounties. My Prophet is my grandfather; my Imam is my father and my religion is sincerity and justice