“If you’re losing the battle against a persistent bad habit, an addiction, or a temptation, and you’re stuck in a repeating cycle of good intention-failure-guilt, you will not get better on your own! You need the help of other people. Some temptations are only overcome with the help of a partner who prays for you, encourages you, and holds you accountable.”
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Rick Warren
“We often forget that God has emotions, too. He feels things very deeply. The Bible tells us that God grieves, gets jealous and angry, and feels compassion, pity, sorrow, and sympathy as well as happiness, gladness, and satisfaction. God loves, delights, gets pleasure, rejoices, enjoys, and even laughs!
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Rick Warren
“Until we mature enough to understand that God uses everything for good in our lives, we harbor resentment toward God over our appearance, background, unanswered prayers, past hurts, and other things we would change if we were God. People often blame God for hurts caused by others. This creates what William Backus calls “your hidden rift with God.”
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Rick Warren
“While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow. God views our lives from and for eternity, so he is never in a hurry.”
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Rick Warren
“You may hesitate, wondering whether you will have strength to live for God. Don’t worry. God will give you what you need if you will just make the choice to live for him.”
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Rick Warren
“There are three barriers that block our total surrender to God: fear, pride, and confusion. We don’t realize how much God loves us, we want to control our own lives, and we misunderstand the meaning of surrender.”
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Rick Warren
“Your value is not determined by your valuables,”
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Rick Warren
“You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”
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Rick Warren
“The way you see your life shapes your life.”
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Rick Warren
“Maturity is produced through relationships and community.”
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Rick Warren
“You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.”
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Rick Warren
“You focus your attention on a single truth from the Bible and then continue to think about it throughout your day.”
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Rick Warren
“contentment is an expression of faith in the goodness of God. It says, “God, I believe you love me and know what’s best for me.”
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Rick Warren
“Never confuse activity with productivity.”
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Rick Warren
“Surrendered people obey God’s word, even if it doesn’t make sense.”
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Rick Warren
