“Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation.”
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Rick Warren
“The secret of effectiveness is to know what really counts, then do what really counts, and not worry about all the rest.”
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Rick Warren
“POINT TO PONDER: Blessed are the balanced.”
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Rick Warren
“QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What area of my life am I holding back from God?”
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Rick Warren
“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD
Painful moments, TRUST GOD
Every moment, THANK GOD”
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Rick Warren
“by God and for God—and until you understand”
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Rick Warren
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
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Rick Warren
“Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.”
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Rick Warren
“What are you doing personally to make your church family more warm and loving? There are many people in your community who are looking for love and a place to belong. The truth is, everyone needs and wants to be loved, and when people find a church where members genuinely love and care for each other, you would have to lock the doors to keep them away.”
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Rick Warren
“When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.”
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Rick Warren
“This is what God wants most from you: a relationship!”
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Rick Warren
“A young man in his twenties wrote, “I feel like a failure because I’m struggling to become something, and I don’t even know what it is. All I know how to do is to get by. Someday, if I discover my purpose, I’ll feel I’m beginning to live.”
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Rick Warren
“A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. PROVERBS 11:28 (MSG)”
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Rick Warren
“The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It is focused attention. Love concentrates so intently on another that you forget yourself at that moment. Attention says, “I value you enough to give you my most precious asset — my time.” Whenever you give your time, you are making a sacrifice, and sacrifice is the essence of love. Jesus modeled this: “Be full of love for others, following the example of Christ who loved you and gave Himself to God as a sacrifice to take away your sins” (Ephesians 5:2, LB).”
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Rick Warren
