The more you care about the powerless, the more power you have. The more you serve those with no influence, the more influence God gives you. The more you humble yourself, the more you’re honored by others.
RICK WARRENSince God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.
More Rick Warren Quotes
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Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD
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Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.
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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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Telling others how they can have eternal life is the greatest thing you can do for them.
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The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.
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What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.
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The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
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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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God’s ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
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The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.
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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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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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Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.
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Life minus love equals zero.
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People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.
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