Rick Warren - Life 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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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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The smile of God is the goal of your life. Since pleasing God is the first purpose of your life, your most important task is to discover how to do that. The Bible says, "Figure out what will please Christ, then do it." Fortunately, the Bible gives us a clear example of a life that gives pleasure to God. The man's name was Noah.

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If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.

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

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Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

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To make the best use of your life, you must never forget two truths: First, compared with eternity, life is extremely brief. Second, earth is only a temporary residence. You won't be here long, so don't get too attached.

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Life is too short to learn everything by personal experience.

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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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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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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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Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

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

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

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Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test... You will be tested by major changes, delayed promises, impossible problems, unanswered prayers, undeserved criticism, and even senseless tragedies.

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If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.

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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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If you have felt hopeless, hold on! Wonderful changes are going to happen in your life as you begin to live it on purpose.

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It is a fatal mistake to assume that God's goal for your life is material prosperity or popular success, as the world defines it. The abundant life has nothing to do with material abundance, and faithfulness to God does not guarantee success in a career or even ministry. Never focus on temporary crowns.

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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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Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.

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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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What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.

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What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.

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

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