Rick Warren Quotes

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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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Larry King: So you did ask your people who worship with you to vote that way?
Rick Warren: Yeah, I just never campa— I never campaigned for it. I never — I'm not an anti-gay activist — never have been. Never participated in a single event. I just simply made a note in a newsletter, and of course, everything I write, it's the road.

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Paul says that as Christians we can rejoice even in tough times because we have hope and because we know that God is working in our lives.

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Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.

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We are commanded to recognize His glory, honor His glory, declare His glory, praise His glory, reflect His glory, and live for His glory.

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Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience.

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Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has promised to build his church.

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Heartless praise is not praise at all. It is worthless and an insult to God.

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This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but all three ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and then want newer, bigger, better versions.

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Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.

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When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.

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It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.

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Only the Holy Spirit has the power to make the changes God wants to make in our lives.... We allow Christ to live through us... through the choices we make. We choose to do the right thing in situations and then trust God's Spirit to give us his power, love, faith, and wisdom to do it. Since God's Spirit lives inside of us, these things are always available for asking.

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To fulfill your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God's agenda for your life.

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God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.

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All things work for bad for those living in opposition to God and insist on having their own way.

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It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God's will. If you can't get it all done, it means you're trying to do more than God intended for you to do.

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The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

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Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

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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.

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The most common mistake Christians make in worship today is seeking an experience rather than seeking God

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A life that is never willing to change is a great tragedy - a wasted life. Change is a necessary part of a growing life, and we need change in order to remain fresh and to keep progressing.

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It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

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The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.

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If an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and cut off from the lifeblood of a local body, your spiritual life will wither and eventually cease to exist.

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We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God's purposes by ourselves.

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There is nothing you can do that will make God stop loving you. You could try, but you simply can't do it - because his love for you is based upon his character and not on anything you do or say or feel.

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When a human body is out of balance we call that disease.... 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.

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God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know.

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Regardless of the cause, none of your problems could happen without God's permission.

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