Rick Warren Quotes

If you aren't serving, you're just existing, because life is meant for ministry.

Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don't know how to quit. They just keep on 'keepin' on'.

It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.

If your God doesn't look like Jesus, we don't worship the same God, sorry.

I spend most of my time speaking to people who totally disagree with me. I speak to gays, I speak to atheists, I speak to secularists, I speak to Muslims because I am trying to build a bridge between my heart and theirs so Jesus can walk across and they can come to know Christ.

We 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.

In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.

It is never too late to start growing.

God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

If you talked to others the way you talk to yourself, would you have any friends?

I never have been involved in politics.

If you're losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you're stuck in a repeating cycle of good intention-failure-guilt, you will not get better on your own. You need the help of other people. Some temptations are only overcome with the help of a partner who prays for you, encourages you, and holds you accountable.

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.

There's two kinds of thinking. There is conjunctive thinking and there's disjunctive thinking. Disjunctive thinking says it has to be either/or. Now clearly, there are some either/or's - I either trust Christ or I don't. I'm either pregnant or I'm not. But a lot of thinking in Scripture, when it comes to theology is, in my opinion, conjunctive thinking. It's both/and. I believe that and I believe that.

The instructor is always silent when the test is given... ...When God is silent in your life... You are being tested.

Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances.

The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.

Worship 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.

There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.

Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit.

I wish that those who believe in the doctrines of grace would be more gracious. That's all I'd say... I'm an evangelical. I believe the doctrines of grace.

To me, thinking with the mind of Christ means to be thinking in light of eternity, which is what Colossians is all about; and that our lives are hid with Christ in God and that eternity, we're going to spend far more time on the other side of death than this side.

People respond to vision, not need.

It’s not just what you eat that matters, it’s what eats you. You can have all the right macrobiotics and organic food, but if your body is filled with resentment, worry, fear, lust, guilt, anger, bitterness, or any other emotional disease, it’s going to shorten your life.

Use "breath prayers" throughout the day, as many Christians have done for centuries. You choose a brief sentence or a simple phrase that can be repeated to Jesus in one breath: "You are with me."

God loves to bring good out of bad. He loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections. Every obstacle is an opportunity. Every problem has potential. Every crisis is an opportunity for ministry. Every hurt God wants to use for His glory.

Lust is about satisfaction. Love is about sacrificing, serving, surrendering, sharing, supporting, and even suffering for others. Most love songs are actually lust songs.

Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.

Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.

We are all called to fulfill God's five purposes for our lives: to worship, to fellowship, to grow like Christ, to serve, and to be on mission with God in the world.

You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

Don't let your net worth determine your self worth.

When you have a major loss in your life, the first thing you need to do is tell God exactly how you feel.

You know a multicolor God who created this world is not going to put us in a white heaven. I guarantee you. But we're going to serve Him in heaven. So what does God want us to do? Practice.

Between this day and the next you will give your life to something. The decision on what that will be will shape your destiny.

The antidote to the lust of the flesh is integrity.

Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.

I do believe in hell. Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven - I trust him as the authority, not you, me or anybody else. If hell is not real, then Jesus was a liar and God has a lot of explaining to do on His justice and things like that.

We had one rule which was 'whatever you are feeling, that's okay'

When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters, and the church becomes our spiritual family. The family of God includes all believers in the past, the present, and the future.

What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.

A dad stands tallest when he kneels to pray with his children.

Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

Life minus love equals zero.

So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.