“Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.”
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Rick Warren
“What are you doing personally to make your church family more warm and loving? There are many people in your community who are looking for love and a place to belong. The truth is, everyone needs and wants to be loved, and when people find a church where members genuinely love and care for each other, you would have to lock the doors to keep them away.”
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Rick Warren
“You are never persuasive when you're abrasive.”
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Rick Warren
“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 this life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully, expecting their promised reward in eternity.”
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Rick Warren
“It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.”
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Rick Warren
“When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything; without it, nothing is bearable.”
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Rick Warren
“It’s encouraging to know that all of God’s closest friends — Moses, David, Abraham, Job, and others — had bouts with doubt. But instead of masking their misgivings with pious clichés, they candidly voiced them openly and publicly. Expressing doubt is sometimes the first step toward the next level of intimacy with God.”
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Rick Warren
“Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.”
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Rick Warren
“Lo que eres es el don de Dios para ti; lo que haces contigo mismo es el don tuyo para Dios. PROVERBIO DANÉS.”
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Rick Warren
“We were created to live in community. We are designed by God for relationships.”
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Rick Warren
“If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.”
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Rick Warren
“In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later.”
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Rick Warren
“It is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.”
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Rick Warren
“Can I trust God? Trust is an essential ingredient to surrender. You won’t surrender to God unless you trust him, but you can’t trust him until you know him better. Fear keeps us from surrendering, but love casts out all fear. The more you realize how much God loves you, the easier surrender becomes.”
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Rick Warren
“Relationships are always worth restoring.”
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Rick Warren
