Rick Warren Quotes

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You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose. Focusing on yourself will never reveal your real purpose. You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense. Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny.

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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.

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Much of what happens in our world is evil and bad, but God specializes in bringing good out of it.

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Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.

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Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!

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You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

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You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for.

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To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.

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The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.

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If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.

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Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.

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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.

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

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Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.

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You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.

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

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At most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.

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Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

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Most people fail to realize that money is both a test and trust from God.

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Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.

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Your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit.

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If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.

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Many people spend their lives trying to create a lasting legacy on earth. They want to be remembered when they're gone. Yet, what ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says.

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Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.

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Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.

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

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Time is your most precious gift, because you only have a set amount of it.

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Be willing to let people leave the church. And I told you earlier the fact that people are gonna leave the church no matter what you do. But when you define the vision, you're choosing who leaves. You say, "But Rick, yes, they're the pillars of the church." Now, you know what pillars are. Pillars are people who hold things up … And in your church, you may have to have some blessed subtractions before you have any real additions.

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The smile of God is the goal of your life. Since pleasing God is the first purpose of your life, your most important task is to discover how to do that. The Bible says, "Figure out what will please Christ, then do it." Fortunately, the Bible gives us a clear example of a life that gives pleasure to God. The man's name was Noah.

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Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you're acting like an atheist. You're saying, It all depends on me. That's just not in the Bible.

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