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.
RICK WARRENGod has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.
More Rick Warren Quotes
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The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.
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Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
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Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you – your relationship with God.
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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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Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.
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Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
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Worship isn’t an event to attend & watch. It’s a lifestyle to be lived.
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The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
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You can’t make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something.
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Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.
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Because every day of your life was written on God’s calendar before you were born, everything that happens to you has spiritual significance.
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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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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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If your activities don’t match your priorities, you are wasting your life.
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The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.
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God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.
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It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
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Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.
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Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.
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Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.
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Worry is the warning light that shows I’ve stopped looking to God to meet my needs.
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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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If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.
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You’ll find success in life when you stop trying to include God in your plans and Instead ask God to include you in His.
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When God is at the center of your life, you Worship, when He’s not, you Worry.
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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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