Francis Chan, author and the senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California, believes that Christians today do not fully embrace the power of the Holy Spirit; we're living half-filled. In his new book, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, Chan offers stories from those who have experienced real encounters with God. He says each of us has the choice every day "to depend on yourself, to live safely, and to try to control your life. Or you can live as you were created to live—as a temple of the Holy Spirit of God, as a person dependent on Him, desperate for God the Spirit to show up and make a difference."
The following is an excerpt from Forgotten God. (Click here to purchase this book.)
My hope and prayer for you is that church people don't try to normalize you. What I mean is that in American churches we often try to calm people down who are just too passionate or too sacrificial and radical. I know at times I have done this to other people. And I've had it done to me.
