Rick Warren Quotes

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If you are a member of a small group or class, I urge you to make a group covenant that includes the nine characteristics of biblical fellowship: We will share our true feelings (authenticity), forgive each other (mercy), speak the truth in love (honesty), admit our weaknesses (humility), respect our differences (courtesy), not gossip (confidentiality), and make group a priority (frequency).

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Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

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God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice. You can't claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad.

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We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.

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To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won't be here long, so don't get too attached.

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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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