Rick Warren - God Quotes

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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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Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.

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God's Word is your owner's manual for life. It contains principles for health, finance, marriage, other relationships, business, and much more.

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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 is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.

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While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.

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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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Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.

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Because God is love, the most important lesson he wants you to learn on earth is how to love.

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Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.

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Fear is a self imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. You must move against it with the weapons of faith and love.

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

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It's all for him.
The ultimate goal of the universe is to show the glory of God. It is the reason for everything that exists, including you. God made it all for his glory. Without God's glory, there would be nothing.

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There's a Grand Designer behind everything. Your life is not a result of random chance, fate, or luck. There is a master plan. History is His story. God is pulling the strings.

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Nothing else you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God.

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We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

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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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One of the ways we reflect God's love and bring him glory is to accept each other just as he accepts us. This means we accept others' quirks and look past their faults in order to see a person created in the image of God.

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God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.

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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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Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

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

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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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Patience is a form of faith. It says, "I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem."

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God's purpose is greater than our problems, our pain and even our sin.

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

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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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