Showing posts with label Forgotten God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forgotten God. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

fourteen children


"A few months ago I was speaking at a summer camp, and I was speaking to one of the organizations there that sponsor children. This volunteer told me about a sixteen-year-old girl there at the camp who sponsors fourteen children, on her own. I was astonished by this. Fourteen children (at about thirty dollars a month for each child) is a lot of money for a high school student to come up with. I talked to this girl and asked her how she did it. She told me that she works year-round and she works three jobs in the summertime to pay for the child support. While other teenagers are saving for a car, she's saving lives! Instead of spending her hard-earned money on herself and her future, she gives it to the fourteen children because she believes God loves them just as much as He loves her."
~Forgotten God by Francis Chan

Friday, November 6, 2009

...vital to grasp


"It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But it's absolutely vital to grasp that He didn't call you there so you could settle in and live out your life in comfort and superficial peace. His purposes are not random or arbitrary. If you are still alive on this planet, it's because He has something for you to do. He placed us on this earth for purposes that He orchestrated long before we were born. Do you believe you exist not for your own pleasure but to help people know the love of Jesus and to come fully alive in Him? If so, then that will shape how you live your life in the place where you are."
- Francis Chan in Forgotten God

Friday, October 30, 2009

My latest read


Dave recommended this for my latest read. Just started it last night.
Forgotten God by Francis Chan