Quotes by Pastor Rick Warren

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times. – Ptr. Rick Warren

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Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Doubt intensifies pain. Trust sanctifies pain.  – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Handling pain/grief: I don’t SWALLOW it in denial or WALLOW in it with self-pity. I HALLOW it by consecrating it to Jesus.  – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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I’m pretty sure God's never taken an opinion poll to decide what’s morally right or wrong in his universe. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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There are no questions in heaven, You'll understand it all there. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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An "abundant life" does not mean an easy life. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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The path to peace begins when I stop focusing on my hurts and others' sins and start working on others' hurt and my sins.  – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.  – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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You never know how close you are to a breakthrough. It may be just around the corner. Don't quit. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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I don't have to understand all God does in order to trust him. I just know he's good, wise, and loves me. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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What do you really love? Singing about God? Serving God? Preaching about God? Debating God? Defending God? Blogging about God? Or just GOD? – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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To rejoice is a choice. If I had to feel it first, God wouldn't command it. "Rejoice in the Lord always." Phil.4:4 – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Don't expect power in speaking to people about God without speaking to God about people first. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Build your life on current values and you'll soon be outdated. Build your life on eternal values and you'll always be relevant. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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To have friends you must first accept that no friend is perfect and all friendships are flawed. Then you learn real love. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Much prayer, much power. Little prayer, little power. No prayer, no power. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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In you're future are many uncertainties, but God’s love for you isn't one of them. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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I don't have to understand all God does in order to trust him. I just know he's good, wise, and loves me. – Ptr. Rick Warren

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The only way to always be relevant is to focus on what's eternal. Everything in style will soon be out of style. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Your deepest life message will come out of your deepest pain. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Life is miserable when you build it around yourself. You're not the center of the universe. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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People always need empathy before advice. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Attraction is easy. Love is hard. Love is hard because it’s the opposite of our natural selfishness. It’s putting others’ needs before my own. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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There are accidental and illegitimate parents, but no accidental or illegitimate children. Your parents may not have planned you but God did!

"All the days that you (God) PLANNED for my life were written in your Book BEFORE I was one day old!" Psalm 139:16

God conceived your life before your parents conceived you. He WANTED YOU BORN so he could love you. This is why abortion short-circuits God's plan. God has never conceived of anyone, including you, that he didn't pre-plan a purpose for their life. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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Shared joy is doubled. Shared grief is halved. – Ptr. Rick Warren

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Revealing your feeling is the beginning of healing.
James 5:26 commands "Confess your sins TO EACH OTHER and pray for each other so that you may be HEALED."
If ALL you want is forgiveness, all you need to do is confess it to God. BUT if you want to be emotionally healed, God says you need to tell another person. – Ptr. Rick Warren

 

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For years psychologists have told us that our self-esteem comes from what you think the most important person in your life thinks about you.

Make Jesus the most important person in your life, and it’ll change everything. God’s Word says you’re lovable (John 3:16), capable (2 Peter 1:3), valuable (Luke 12:6), forgivable (Psalm 103:12), and usable (Ephesians 4:12).

Let that tape become the soundtrack of your life, and you will never be the same. – Ptr. Rick Warren