There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can't do it - because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.
Rick WarrenI know that I am floating on the benefit of other people. I do not deserve the blessings that I've gotten.
Rick WarrenA great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.
Rick WarrenThat's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.
Rick WarrenWe don't have to make the bible relevant-it is-but we have to show its relevance. What is irrelevant, in my opinion, is our style of communicating it. We are tending to still use the style from 50 years back that doesn't match who we are trying to reach today.
Rick WarrenWorship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers.
Rick Warren