Dr. Rick Warren Quotes

How much are you worth? Jesus says, with his arms stretched out on the cross, "I'm willing to die for you, because you mean this much to me."

The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.

You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.

First open your heart, then open your Bible.

Your abilities are the map to God's will for your life. It points the direction. When you know what you're good at, then you can know what God wants you to do with your life.

The way you see your life shapes your life.

The Bible makes it really clear that if I am not receptive to the grace of God I am headed toward wrath.

I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions.

What is your assurance of salvation? The promise of God's Word. If God says it, that settles it, because God cannot lie. You can trust the promise of God's Word.

There is a grand designer behind everything. God's plan for your life, all that happens to you, including your mistakes, your sins, and your hurts.

The point is, there are some things worth dying for. There's no doubt about that. And I would die for my family. I would die for my freedom. I would die for my country.

There is an entire generation who was too young to read 'The Purpose Driven Life' 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, 'What on earth am I here for?'

Read the genealogy of Jesus, and you have to see how the four women in that genealogy God used their sins for His glory.

There are accidental parents, but there are no accidental children. There are illegitimate parents, but there are no illegitimate children.

During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve.

As a Christian, you can enjoy life because your conscience is clear. You can enjoy life because you are secure within God's love.

Some opportunities are a calling. Others are a distraction. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

Get honest with God, and your focus will shift from just seeing your problems - no matter how overwhelming they seem - to the grace of God.

The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world.

The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong.

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.

So I would say God hates war, but God loves every soldier.

I never have been involved in politics.

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.

Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

Faith is choosing and believing God's dream for your life. Nothing starts happening in your life until you start dreaming. God gave you the ability to dream, to create, to imagine.

Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances.

If you don't live by priorities, you'll live by pressures. Either you determine what's important in life or other people will determine it for you.

Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.

We are not saved by good works; we are saved for good works. The Christian lifestyle is to be a lifestyle of goodness.

What's true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it's harder to do.

A Christian ought to speak kindly even when given the opportunity to retaliate.

Salvation is not a religion. It's not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn't begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.

The way God teaches us to live by faith is He takes away our feelings.

God's Word is not meant just to inform you, but to transform you.

Let love be your greatest aim.

Marriage doesn't create problems. It reveals them. You bring unresolved stuff into it.

The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell."

The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

You are loved by the One who knows you best. God's love will never disappoint you and never give up on you.

Keep your hope in the Lord and your eyes focused on the hope of Heaven, not just on the here and now.

Most people fail to realize that money is both a test and trust from God.

Americans spend more on beer than they do on books. No wonder their stomachs are bigger than their brains.

The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants

Only changed people can change the world. Start with yourself.

Your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth. Your value is not based on your valuables.

We have a choice of focusing on our problems or focusing on God, who holds the solution.

Don't worry about what you don't have if you do have faith!