Returning to Reverence | Francis Chan

Crazy Love Podcast

Crazy Love Ministries

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In today’s message, Francis Chan challenges our modern assumptions about worship, prayer, and the presence of God. Drawing from Hebrews 12, he paints a vivid picture of the God we’ve forgotten—blazing fire, darkness, tempest, unapproachable light—and reminds us that worship isn’t about our preferences or opinions, but about coming before the Almighty with reverence and awe. Wherever you’re listening today, this is a word to sit with, to wrestle with, and to let reshape how you approach the living God.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast. When you picture God, what comes to mind?
0:11.0	Today, Francis Chan unpacks Hebrews chapter 12, where God is described as a consuming fire, darkness, gloom, and a tempest. In a time where many are growing casual,
0:23.6	Francis urgently warns us not to lose the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom.
0:34.6	Well, I just love that time of worship.
0:38.3	I really need prayer this morning, and so I just want to start again just with another
0:46.3	word of prayer coming before God and asking him to speak through me.
0:52.3	Would you join me right now?
1:23.6	Father, by your grace, would you open our eyes right now to who we are speaking to? to. Just give us a glimpse of how sacred this is when human beings come before Almighty God. It's a big deal.
1:35.3	God, today would you open our eyes to who you are?
1:40.3	God, get rid of all the arrogance. It's in my heart, it's in my head.
1:49.0	We want to humble ourselves before you.
1:51.0	We need your help to just humble ourselves.
1:59.0	Give us just new eyes to see what an awesome privilege it is to speak to you, sing to you,
2:11.6	and have you dwelling in us.
2:16.6	God, I pray that nothing is of the flesh.
2:22.3	If I could just preach one sermon
2:24.3	where nothing is of the flesh
2:27.3	and everything is of the spirit.
2:31.3	Oh God, that'd be so amazing.
2:33.3	Could that be like right now for the first time in my life?
2:39.0	Can I just put to death everything that's of Francis
2:45.0	and have your spirit speak through me?
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