God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
Rick WarrenLust is raw selfishness. It's all about my wants, my needs, my pleasure. Most love songs are actually lust songs.
Rick WarrenWe always get into trouble when we doubt God's love, because when we don't trust him, we don't obey him.
Rick WarrenI love the verse in Job, where it says a man deserves the devotion of his friends even when he forsakes the Almighty. Now what that verse means to me is, even if I were to say, right now I don't believe in God. I still need you to be my friend, and say, I can believe God for you right now. I'm going to hold you up while you are ranting and railing, and God can handle my ranting and railing because He certainly handled David's and Job's and so many others.
Rick Warren