Top 100 Rick Warren Quotes
#1. Rick Warren, the influential evangelical pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, says that what the church needs now is a "second Reformation," one based on "deeds, not creeds."2
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#2. Uganda can greatly benefit from American evangelicals if they separate the Scott Lively extremists from the Rick Warren-type of moderate evangelicals.
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#3. You'll either think yourself worse than someone else, or better than someone else. Neither of these is good. Stop comparing. - Rick Warren
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#4. AIDS is the leprosy of the 21st Century. Where did Jesus hang out? With lepers. Jesus would love on people with AIDS.
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#5. DAY 10 Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: The heart of worship is surrender. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes." ROMANS 6:13B (TEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What area of my life am I holding back from God?
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#6. Knowing your purpose prepares you for eternity.
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#7. If you don't live by priorities, you'll live by pressures. Either you determine what's important in life or other people will determine it for you.
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#9. A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.
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#10. Lust is raw selfishness. It's all about my wants, my needs, my pleasure. Most love songs are actually lust songs.
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#11. it's hard to be spiritually strong and mentally alert when you are emotionally stressed or physically fatigued.
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#12. 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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#13. Being successful and fulfilling your lifes purpose are not at all the same thing; You can reach all your personal goals, become a raving success by the worlds standard and still miss your purpose in this life.
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#14. 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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#15. You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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#16. Faith is choosing and believing God's dream for your life. Nothing starts happening in your life until you start dreaming. God gave you the ability to dream, to create, to imagine.
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#17. In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.
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#18. The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
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#19. Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best.
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#20. Repetition is the mother of character and skill.
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#21. 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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#22. God is love. He didn't need us. But he wanted us.
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#23. James said, "Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.
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#24. While we wait for God to work for us, God is waiting to work through us.
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#25. Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.
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#26. Love pays attention. Love listens to the fears and the doubts of others and treats them with respect. Love accepts others the way Jesus accepts you.
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#27. Only changed people can change the world. Start with yourself.
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#28. Obviously there have been historically many different theories of the atonement and I think each of them has a part. But I think fundamentally it is the substitutionary understanding that God - Jesus took our payment and you can't understand.
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#29. your character is the sum total of your habits. You can't claim to be kind unless you are habitually kind - you show kindness without even thinking about it. You can't claim to have integrity unless it is your habit to always be honest.
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#30. You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!
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#31. Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.
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#32. Gods plan isn't a map for your life that you see all at once, but a scroll unrolled a little at a time.
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#33. Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.
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#34. So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.
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#35. Right now, God is inviting you to live for his glory by fulfilling the purposes he made you for. It's really the only way to live. Everything else is just existing.
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#36. In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.
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#37. How you manage your money affects how much God can bless your life.
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#38. The Bible says that evil cannot be negotiated with. It has to just be stopped.
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#39. The very first task of leadership is to set the vision for the organization. If you don't set the vision, you're not the leader.
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#40. Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.
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#41. God's LOVE is Like an Ocean; You can See its Beginning, but not its end.
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#42. 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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#43. People aren't things to be molded; they are lives to be unfolded. And that's what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential.
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#44. The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.
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#45. Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.
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#46. A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.
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#47. I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven.
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#48. Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.
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#49. Genuine surrender says, "Father, if this problem, pain, sickness, or circumstance is needed to fulfill your purpose and glory in my life or in another's, please don't take it away." This level of maturity does not come easy.
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#50. The biblical word for personal change is repentance.
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#51. Keep your hope in the Lord and your eyes focused on the hope of Heaven, not just on the here and now.
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#52. The actual number of atheists is quite small outside of Europe and Manhattan.
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#53. Eternal values, not temporal ones, should become the deciding factors for your decisions.
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#55. When it comes to your health, every body needs a buddy. After all, God created the universe in such a way that we need each other.
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#56. Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.
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#57. 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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#58. This is what God wants most from you: a relationship!
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#59. God has given you a mission in life, and only you can fulfill it.
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#60. If you don't know how to do it, get around someone else who does.
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#61. Point to Ponder: If there were no God, and everything was a result of random chance, there would be no purpose to your life. It all starts with God.
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#62. You will be tempted by the need to feed yourself.
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#63. Keeping your body in shape is a spiritual discipline. Its not just about losing a few pounds, wanting to live longer, or trying to look nicer.
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#64. We do not have to make the Bible relevant - it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.
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#65. Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation.
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#66. You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for.
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#67. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time
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#68. Growing marriages aren't determined by how much you have in common but by how graciously you deal with your differences.
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#69. Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.
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#70. 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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#71. He created the church to meet your five deepest needs: a purpose to live for, people to live with, principles to live by, a profession to live out, and power to live on. There is no other place on earth where you can find all five of these benefits in one place.
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#72. When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.
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#73. I absolutely believe that people should show respect to everybody, regardless of their lifestyle, regardless of their beliefs, religious beliefs or any other kind of belief.
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#74. You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something
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#75. The problem with most American churches is that they teach too much and don't do enough.
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#76. 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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#77. Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.
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#78. The key is really just saying my brain isn't big enough to figure out why everything happens. It would be like an ant trying to understand the internet.
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#79. The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.
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#80. Great leaders genuinely care for and love the people they lead more than they love leading itself.
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#81. God's purpose is not limited by your past.
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#82. God does not want you to become a God; he wants you to become godly - taking on his values, attitudes, and character.
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#83. I forgive. First, because I've been forgiven by God. Second, unforgiveness makes me miserable. And third, I'm going to need more forgiveness in the future. So we don't forgive for their benefit. We actually forgive for ours.
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#84. We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.
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#85. We always get into trouble when we doubt God's love, because when we don't trust him, we don't obey him.
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#86. Explanations don't comfort. You won't feel better if you know why. It won't hurt any less.
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#87. Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.
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#88. Anytime you use your God-given abilities to help others, you are fulfilling your purpose of life.
What matters is not the Duration of your life, but the Donation of it.
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#89. When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.
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#90. Spiritual maturity is becoming like Jesus in the way we think, feel, and act. The more you develop Christlike character, the more you will bring glory to God. The Bible says, "As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more."16
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#91. One day it's all going to be clear. It's all going to make sense. You're going to be able to say, "So that's why God allowed that in my life!" Until then, God wants you to trust him.
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#92. God accepts us unconditionally, and in his view we are all precious and priceless. Focus on this and you will not waste any time and effort trying to be someone you're not.
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#93. God's motive for creating you was his love.
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#94. We can worship God imperfectly, but we cannot worship him insincerely.
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#95. 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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#96. If there was more courting in marriage, there'd be fewer marriages in court. Date your mate. Today.
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#97. The only group large enough to handle," the world's biggest, "problems is the network of millions of local churches around the world. We have the widest distribution, largest group of volunteers, local credibility, the promises of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the inevitability of history.
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#98. Life is a struggle, but what most people don't realize is that our struggle, like Jacob's, is really a struggle with God! We want to be God, and there's no way we are going to win that struggle.
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#99. Patience is a form of faith. It says, "I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem."
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#100. The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can't fulfill it if I'm out of shape.
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