There's nothing in your life you can't learn from, if you respond with the right attitude.
Rick WarrenGod accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you're not.
Rick WarrenOur time on earth and our energy, intelligence, opportunities, relationships, and resources are all gifts from God that he has entrusted to our care and management. We are stewards of whatever God gives us. This concept of stewardship begins with the recognition that God is the owner of everything and everyone on earth. ... We never actually own anything during our brief stay on earth. God just loans the earth to us while we're here. It was God's property before you arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after you die.
Rick WarrenTelling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
Rick WarrenTo fulfill your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God’s agenda for your life.
Rick WarrenDuring the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed.
Rick WarrenThe most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.
Rick WarrenGods plan isn't a map for your life that you see all at once, but a scroll unrolled a little at a time.
Rick WarrenIn our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later.
Rick WarrenI believe we're going to grow in heaven. I believe we're going to keep growing. The Bible says one day we shall see Him as He is, we shall become like Him. That's going to be obviously, becoming not gods, I don't believe that, that's the oldest lie in the Scripture, but becoming godly, becoming like Him.
Rick WarrenGreat leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders. They follow those who persist with hope.
Rick WarrenFaith is choosing and believing God's dream for your life. Nothing starts happening in your life until you start dreaming. God gave you the ability to dream, to create, to imagine.
Rick WarrenYour spiritual family is even more important than your physical family because it will last forever. Our families on earth are wonderful gifts from God, but they are temporary and fragile, often broken by divorce, distance, growing old, and inevitably, death.
Rick WarrenHow much are you worth? Jesus says, with his arms stretched out on the cross, "I'm willing to die for you, because you mean this much to me."
Rick WarrenMany believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.
Rick WarrenYou'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!
Rick WarrenWe do not serve a distant and detached God who spouts encouraging cliches safely from the sideline. Instead, he enters into our suffering. Jesus did it in the Incarnation and his Spirit does it in us now. God will never leave us alone in our suffering.
Rick WarrenLeadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.
Rick WarrenWe discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.
Rick WarrenIt’s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.
Rick WarrenAt most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.
Rick WarrenGod owes me nothing. He doesn't have to work for anything good in my life. That is only for those who are called according to His purpose.
Rick WarrenNow, what is Jesus Christ? The fruit of the spirit is a good example. Jesus is total love, total joy, total peace, total patient, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control.
Rick WarrenGrowing marriages aren't determined by how much you have in common but by how graciously you deal with your differences.
Rick WarrenWhen a human body is out of balance we call that disease, which indicates dis-ease of the body. Likewise, when the body of Christ becomes unbalanced, disease occurs... Health will occur only when everything is brought back into balance. The task of church leadership is to discover and remove growth-restricting diseases and barriers so that natural, normal growth can occur.
Rick WarrenThe things you’re most embarrassed about, most ashamed of, and most reluctant to share are the very tools God can use most powerfully to heal others
Rick WarrenThe first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
Rick WarrenThe fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook is where you can show just how much God's grace means to you.
Rick WarrenIt's easy to explain away evil. We have a free choice, and our greatest blessing is also our greatest curse, because I don't always make good choices. Other people make bad choices. I make bad choices. And sometimes we hurt other people. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.
Rick WarrenGod doesn't owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I've found is that explanations don't comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.
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