“Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. He thought of you first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you! The Bible says, “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me.”
―
Rick Warren
“Gossip is passing on information when you are neither part of the problem nor part of the solution.”
―
Rick Warren
“The apostle Paul said, “Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Rom. 15:4).”
―
Rick Warren
“Surrendered people obey God’s word, even if it doesn’t make sense.”
―
Rick Warren
“God was thinking of you even before he made the world. In fact, that’s why he created it! God designed this planet’s environment just so we could live in it. We are the focus of his love and the most valuable of all his creation.”
―
Rick Warren
“Retirement is not the goal of a surrendered life, because it competes with God for the primary attention of our lives.”
―
Rick Warren
“Egg yolks also contain choline and B vitamins.”
―
Rick Warren
“The Bible says, “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance”
―
Rick Warren
“Why you do what you do matters the most to God.”
―
Rick Warren
“Peace with God, peace with others, and peace in your own heart.”
―
Rick Warren
“A lot of times we change, not when we see the light, but when we feel the heat.”
―
Rick Warren
“No, that trauma you faced was not easy. And God wept that it hurt you so; But it was allowed to shape your heart So that into his likeness you’d grow.”
―
Rick Warren
“It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.”
―
Rick Warren
“POINT TO PONDER: Blessed are the balanced.”
―
Rick Warren
“Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.”
―
Rick Warren
