Briana

“The Church has real issues, but Jesus still refers to the Church as His body, His Bride! We must love His Bride, not gripe about her or leave her.”
― Francis Chan, We Are Church

“I used to pursue preaching good sermons and great crowds, and attempt great accomplishments for Him. But I’ve been ruined. Now I’m a God chaser. Nothing else matters anymore. I tell you that as your brother in Christ, I love you. But I love Him more. I couldn’t care less about what other people or ministers think about me. I’m going after God. That’s not a pride thing; it’s a hunger thing. When you pursue God with all your heart, soul, and body, He will turn to meet you and you will come out of it ruined for the world.”
― Tommy Tenney, The God Chasers: Pursuing the Lover of Your Soul

“The word of the Lord to us is to stop seeking His benefits and seek Him. We are not to seek His hands any longer, but seek His face.”
― Tommy Tenney, The God Chasers: Pursuing the Lover of Your Soul

“We have churches filled with people who can win Bible trivia contests but who don’t know Him. I am afraid that some of us have been sidetracked or entangled by everything from prosperity to poverty, and we’ve become such an ingrown society of the self-righteous that our desires and our wants and those”
― Tommy Tenney, The God Chasers: Pursuing the Lover of Your Soul