Rick Warren Quotes

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What matters in life is not so much what happens to us, but what happens in us

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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.

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Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one.

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

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We 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.

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What is the glory of God? It is who God is. It is the essence of His nature; the weight of His importance; the radiance of His splendor; the demonstration of His power; the atmosphere of His presence.

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Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.

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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.

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As Christians we're called to belong, not just to believe. We are not meant to live lone-ranger lives; instead, we are to belong to Christ's family and be members of his body.

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To make the most of your life you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.

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God wants to use you to make a difference in His world. He wants to work through you. What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.

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Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.

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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.

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Instead of focusing on that unappeasable person, refocus on Jesus, who accepts you unconditionally.

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Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.

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Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

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Whenever you serve others in any way, you are actually serving God.

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While we wait for God to work for us, God is waiting to work through us.

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It'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.

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The 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

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It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about

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