Remember that your character is the sum total of your habits.
RICK WARRENGod’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.
More Rick Warren Quotes
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The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
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God doesn’t owe us an explanation for everything and actually what I’ve found is that explanations don’t comfort. What comforts is the presence of God, not the explanation of God.
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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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Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.
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Since 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.
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What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it.
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Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.
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God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.
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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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Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.
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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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The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.
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Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.
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While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.
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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.
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