Rick Warren - God Quotes

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

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Your spiritual family is even more important than your physical family because it will last forever. Our families on Earth are wonderful gifts from God, but they are temporary and fragile, often broken by divorce, distance, old age, and, inevitably, by death.

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

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

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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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Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God's pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise.

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Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.

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

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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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Because God is with you all the time, no place is any closer to God than the place where you are right now.

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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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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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Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life. You expect Him to keep His promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.

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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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People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.

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If you have ever said, "I didn't get anything out of worship today," you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn't for you. It's for God.

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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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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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Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face.

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

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

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When you use your life for God's glory, everything you do can become an act of worship

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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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