Expect the Mysterious | Francis Chan

Crazy Love Podcast

Crazy Love Ministries

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion, Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Do we actually expect “mystery” from God when we come to a church gathering? More often than not, we show up as a ritual, looking for little more than a motivational speech, maybe a new Greek word or two, and a moving worship set... and think that's what makes a great Sunday. But what if church was meant to do more than just inform or impress us? What if God's design for our experiences together as the body of Christ is to be more than just a collection of good speakers and songs? In this teaching, Francis shares the importance of stirring up our anticipation of God's presence when we gather, showing up ready to give and minister to each other by His grace, and regularly remembering what Jesus did by breaking bread together. As we keep growing in our walk with God, may we actively come closer to Him, tremble at His Word, love our brothers and sisters with spiritual gifts, expect to receive grace in Communion, and live in the blessing of His goodness and mercy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast.
0:08.0	The Apostle Paul once said that leaders in the church are simply servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
0:16.0	But what happens when the mysteries disappear?
0:19.0	Today, Francis Chan challenges the modern church to recover the sacredness of gathering together.
0:25.4	Not to chase good speakers or emotional moments, but to come expecting God himself to move
0:31.7	through His Word, through prayer, communion, and through the love of his people.
0:51.4	I love this. I love just being with you guys, worshiping, staring at the trees, the sun, everything else, and just worshiping him.
0:55.3	I hope this never gets old to you.
0:58.3	Seriously, it's so easy to let things become routine in your life
1:03.7	where you lose the thrill of it.
1:06.9	One of the things that really bothers me
1:08.8	is when something very sacred becomes common and even
1:16.2	boring.
1:18.2	And we just kind of shrug our shoulders like, oh, no big deal.
1:21.6	I was very convicted by a verse of scripture.
1:24.8	In fact, again, even as I'm worshipping, I'm like, Lord, am I trembling at your
1:29.2	word? Am I trembling at these words? Because this comes from you. In 1 Corinthians chapter 4, verse 1.
1:38.5	It says this. This is Paul speaking. And he says, this is how one should regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the
1:49.5	mysteries of God so the apostle Paul who wrote like 13 books of the New Testament he goes
1:58.1	this is all I want to be known for is just a servant of Christ.
2:02.5	I just want you to know that all I do, nothing special about me, I'm just a servant of Christ.
2:11.4	You know, so often in ministry in the U.S., it's like we can lift people up like there's something
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