I recently finished reading the book, “Crazy Love” by Francis Chan. I was thinking about writing a review on the book, or posting some reflections on it, but I decided to share some quotes from it instead. I figured I would let the book speak for itself. Here are some good quotes that stuck out to me:

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

On the average day, we live caught up in ourselves. On the average day, we don’t consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life truly is a vapor. But there is nothing normal about today.

Over time I realized that when we love God, we naturally run to Him—frequently and zealously. Jesus didn’t command that we have a regular time with Him each day. Rather, he tells us to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” He called this the “first and greatest commandment” (Matt. 22:37-38). The results are intimate prayer and study of His Word. Our motivation changes from guilt to love.

The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves and me is nothing short of astonishing.

The greatest knowledge we can ever have is knowing God treasures us.

The thought of a person calling himself a “Christian” without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

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.

It is just this sort of love that is crazy to the world: true love, a kind found nowhere but through Christ.

I urge you to consider and actually live as though each person you come in contact with is Christ.

I found this book to be encouraging and challenging! I’d highly recommend it! You can check out the book’s website here if you would like.

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