Rick Warren - God 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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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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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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You must match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to reach.... The music you use 'positions' your church in your community. It defines who you are.... It will determine the kind of people you attract, the kind of people you keep, and the kind of people you lose.

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The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong.

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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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Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.

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The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.

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Heartless praise is not praise at all. It is worthless and an insult to 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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Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.

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

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When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.

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God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.

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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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At the end of your life on earth you will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well you handled what God entrusted to you.

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Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.

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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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If what I do pleases God, it is always the right thing to do, and I can stop worrying about everyone else's reactions. This dramatically simplifies life.

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You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.

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In God's eyes, the greatest heroes of faith are not those who achieve prosperity, success, and power in this life, but those who treat life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully, expecting their promised reward in eternity.

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God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.

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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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The Bible is clear that God considers 40 days a spiritually significant time period. Whenever God wanted to prepare someone for his purposes, he took 40 days...

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God uses his Word, people and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character development. God's word provides the truth we need to grow, God's people provide the support we need to grow, and circumstances provide the environment we need to grow.

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God's mercy to us is the motivation for showing mercy to others. Remember, you will never be asked to forgive someone else more than God has forgiven you.

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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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When the Bible speaks of God's love for us and the kind of love we are to have for him and for other people, the word is always apage, signifying a commitment to act.

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Only in hindsight do we understand how God intended a problem for good.

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