“Vulnerability is an endearing quality; we are naturally drawn to humble people.”
―
Rick Warren
“We often bring problems on ourselves by our own faulty decisions, poor choices, bad judgments, and sins.”
―
Rick Warren
“Since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life. ROMANS 5:10 NLT
―
Rick Warren
“Your wisest moments will be those when you say yes to God.”
―
Rick Warren
“What is your view of life? You may be basing your life on a faulty life metaphor. To fulfill the purposes God made you for, you will have to challenge conventional wisdom and replace it with the biblical metaphors of life. The Bible says, “Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God.”
―
Rick Warren
“The closer you get to Jesus, the less you need to promote yourself.”
―
Rick Warren
“Servants think about their work, not what others are doing.”
―
Rick Warren
“God often attaches a major weakness to a major strength to keep our egos in check. A limitation can act as a governor to keep us from going too fast and running ahead of God.”
―
Rick Warren
“In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later. Don’t wait until you’re on your deathbed to figure out that nothing matters more.”
―
Rick Warren
“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.”
―
Rick Warren
“The heirloom biblical wheat of our ancestors is something modern humans never eat.”
―
Rick Warren
“Another of Brother Lawrence’s helpful ideas was to pray shorter conversational prayers continually through the day rather than trying to pray long sessions of complex prayers.”
―
Rick Warren
“Aunque nuestra relación con Cristo es personal, la intención de Dios no es que sea privada.”
―
Rick Warren
“the two biggest hindrances to living the life God designed you to live: Wanting to be like others (envy), and wanting to be liked by others (people-pleasing.) These traps are subtle, but they distract and detour millions of people from the purposes they were created to fulfill.”
―
Rick Warren
“When this tent we live in—our body here on earth—is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1 TEV”
―
Rick Warren