Topics: Hurt, Opportunity, Use

Topics: Comfort, Found, Explanation

Topics: Stress, Worry, Trying, Stress Reliever
You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
Topics: Faith, Christian, Godly, Focus On Yourself, Coffee Cup
Topics: Humility, Roots, Laughing, Laugh At Yourself
Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.
source: - FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Jun 01, 2012
Topics: Pain, Kindness, People, Kind People, Unkindness
Topics: Mean, Long, Everyday, Long Time Ago
Topics: Giving, Portions, Spending Your Time, Gift Of Time, Purpose Driven Life
Topics: Fire, Goal, Motivated, Self Motivated
Topics: Positive, Want, Remember, Long Relationship, Inspirational Long Distance
Topics: Stress, Hey, Imagine, Stress Reliever, General Manager
Topics: Heart, Leader, Church, Local Church
source: - FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Sep 04, 2013
Topics: Impossible, Praying, Intimidating, Impossible Situations
Topics: Wings, People, Bird, Left Wing, Right Wing
source: - FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Apr 21, 2013
Topics: Dark, Tests, Praise God, Happy Times, Dark Times
Topics: Ideas, Democracy, Pluralism, Pluralism Is
Topics: Giving, Choices, Asking, Faith In Love, Change God
Topics: Differences, What Matters, Long
Topics: Reality, Careers, Faithful, Loyal And Faithful, Intimacy With God
Topics: Positivity, Wearing A Mask, Pretending, Faking It
I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
Topics: Jesus, Apology, Christ, Higher Power
Topics: Hurt, Blessing, People, Good Choices
Topics: Prayer, Character, Promise, Unanswered, Delayed
Topics: Weather, World, Comfort, Finding Strength, Sin In The World
Topics: Hurt, Healing, People, Greatest Life, Purpose Driven Life
You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.
Topics: Earth, Eternity, Remembered, Purpose Driven Life
Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat.
Topics: Prayer, Giving, Thanks, Short Prayer
The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It's focused attention.
Topics: Love, Marriage, Rose, Gift Of Love, Focused Attention
Topics: Thinking, Goal, People, Conventional Wisdom
Topics: Wise, Jesus, Men, Gift Giving
There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.
Topics: Children, Believe, Parent, Illegitimate Child
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
Topics: Change, Past, Growth, Learning From Our Mistakes, Our Past
Topics: Jesus, Loneliness, Stress, God Has A Plan
Topics: Buddhist, Jesus, Love You, Methodists, Still Love You
Topics: Struggle, Years, Mushrooms, Oaks, Great Souls
Nothing shapes your life more than the commitments you choose to make.
Topics: Commitment, Shapes, You Choose
I'm not looking for peace on earth, though, through a political solution. I'm a pastor.
Topics: Political, Earth, Pastor, Peace On Earth, Peace With God
Topics: Community, World, Individual, Individual Life
Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.
Topics: Leader, Easy, Hard Things, Easy Things
Topics: Hands, Law, Government
Topics: Teacher, Doctors, People, Illiteracy
Topics: Christian, Religion, Want, Purpose Driven Life, Wildest Dreams
The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.
Topics: People, Way, Serving Others, Community Service, Christian Service
source: - Rick Warren (2008). “God's Power to Change Your Life”, p.35, Zondervan
Topics: Christian, Prayer, Stress, Stress Reliever, Valve
Topics: Opportunity, Effectiveness, Faces
The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers.
Topics: Government, Doers, Earth
The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.
Topics: Helping Others, People, Happy People, Purpose Driven Life
Topics: Country, Doubt, Dying, Things Worth Dying For
The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.
Topics: Christian, Time, Love Is, Expressions Of Love, Purpose Driven Life
God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don't run after them.
Topics: Life, Christian, People, Weak People
Topics: Journey, Discovery, Despair, Spiritual Transformation
Topics: Spiritual, Godly, God Is With You
God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.
Topics: Ministry, Painful, Painful Experiences
Topics: Humility, Thinking, True Humility, Intellectual Humility, False Humility
source: - FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Nov 11, 2011
Topics: Past, Worry, Today, Stop Worrying
Topics: Community, Fellowship, Purpose
You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.
source: - Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.97, Zondervan
Topics: Stress, Roots, Causes, Root Cause
Topics: Thinking, Appreciate, Worry
Your commitments can develop you or destroy you, but either way, they will define you.
Topics: Commitment, Way, Define You
Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.
Topics: Letting Go, Use, Purpose, Purpose Driven Life
A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.
Topics: Commitment, Church, Grows, Great Commission
Topics: Spiritual, Character, Opportunity, Moral Fiber
Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
Topics: Running, Self, Tasks, Easy Tasks, Learning To Love
Resentment always hurts you more than the person you resent.
Topics: Hurt, Resentment, Resent, Hurting Yourself, Offenders
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.
Topics: Tragedy, Purpose, Purpose Driven Life
What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.
Topics: What Matters, Duration, Matter
The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.
Topics: Thinking, Aspect, Term, Short Term Thinking
Topics: Jesus, Philosophy, Thinking, Thinking Of Others
Topics: People, Miracle, Fellowship
Topics: Focus, Problem, Resolution, Disagreement, Unrealistic Expectations
Topics: Growing Up, Character, Goal, Character Development, Ultimate Goal
Topics: Letting Go, Past, Differences, Mercy And Forgiveness
Topics: Moving, Self, Weapons, Fear And Faith
There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.
Topics: Pain, Loss, Growth, Without Pain
Topics: Real, Community, Wicked, Wicked Ways
Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.
Stop listening for a voice and start looking for a verse. He's already spoken.
Topics: Voice, Listening, Verses, Bible Verse
Topics: Giving, Tests, Messages, Greatness Of God
Great opportunities are often disguised as small acts of service.
Topics: Opportunity, Acts Of Service, Great Opportunity, Small Acts
Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.
Topics: Jesus, Grace, Hopeless, Hope And Faith, Grace And Mercy
Topics: Encouragement, Pain, People, Deep Pain, Pain And Sorrow
Topics: Past, Giving, Resentment
You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.
Topics: Compromise, Conviction, Compassionate, Gay Lifestyle
Topics: Doubt, Unanswered Questions, Trust In God, Walk By Faith
If you prayed as much as you worry, you'd have nothing to worry about.
Topics: Worry, Confidence In God, God Is In Control, Commitment To God, Connecting With God
Topics: Perfection, People, Quality
God's LOVE is Like an Ocean; You can See its Beginning, but not its end.
Topics: Ocean, Love Is, Ends, God's Love
source: - FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Oct 04, 2013
Topics: Worry, Want, Firsts, Just Be Yourself, Listen To Your Heart
A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.
Topics: Godly, Men, Godly Man, Godly Woman
I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.
Topics: Want, Circumstances, Confidence In God, Spiritual Transformation
For God to mend your broken heart you must give him ALL the pieces. You can't hold any back.
Topics: Heart, Giving, Broken, Mending, Broken Pieces
Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.
source: - FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Aug 28, 2012
You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something
Topics: Mistake, Making Mistakes, Relax, Live And Learn, Learning From Mistakes
When Jesus started His ministry, the very first thing He did was form a small group.
Topics: Jesus, Ministry, Firsts, Small Groups
Leadership is neither showmanship nor dictatorship. Leadership is a stewardship and a partnership.
Topics: Advice, Stewardship, Partnership, Showmanship
Topics: Responsibility, Advice, Understanding
Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger.
Topics: Water, Advice, Bills, Greener, Grass Is Greener
Topics: Perspective, People, Creative
Topics: Jesus, Pain, Answers, Jesus Love, I Love Jesus
Topics: Pain, Suffering, Religion, Trusting Him, Praise God
Topics: Purpose, God Life, Significance, Without God, Purpose Driven Life
Topics: Blessed, Helping Others, Blessing
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
Topics: Monday, Famous Motivational, Crowds, Purpose Driven Life
Topics: Jesus, Easter, Home, Jesus Christ Easter, Kids Easter
Topics: Mind, Complaining, Arguing
Topics: Country, Military, Firsts, Military Service
Topics: Believe, Church, Separation