BIG ROOM 7: Francis Chan + House Band

By Ryan Smith on September 29 2009

• Francis admitted that he was considering quitting a few days ago- he has been experiencing a lot of stress.
• There seems to be a lot of tension and fighting in the church right now.
• Francis wants to go back to college and laugh about mistakes rather than fight.
• He was struggling with this up to the point where he came up on stage.
• 90% of our stress is about us- but the irony is the 90% of our lives shouldn’t be about us.
• When did we forget the joy and the grace that comes with being a child of God.
• Its like once we became pastors we started thinking it was our job to fix things.
• We have to fight for the Joy of the lord sometimes.
• Don’t be anxious and stop taking ourselves too seriously.
• When you are suffering- the God of ALL GRACE  who has called US to his ETERNAL glory will HIMSELF restore….(1 Peter 5:8)
• Imagine God himself restoring, confirming, strengthening, establishing us.
• 1/2 of us haven’t considered an enemy devoted to taking us down.
• When Satan takes us down, he is going to take a bunch of people with us.
• Don’t wallow in “Satan is attacking me”  but RESIST- be aware of his schemes and he runs away- that’s it.
• Lions hunt primarily based on a “surprise attack”
• When we wallow, we stop rescuing people from eternal agony (Lazarus and the Rich Man).
• You mean we are going to stop rescuing people because we can’t agree on stupid little things?
• I wished I could be cut off  from Christ for the sake of others coming to God. Paul says this, but Francis doesn’t get it. He couldn’t do verse 3. (Romans 9:1)
• The old me used to cry for the lost, but then I became a pastor, and this became a job (ouch)
• The anguish for the lost is what drove him before things went professional.
• Laugh More with each other, Cry more for the Lost, Love others more unconditionally.

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