Rick Warren Quotes
Lust is raw selfishness. It's all about my wants, my needs, my pleasure. Most love songs are actually lust songs.
I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it's for leverage to do good.
A life that is never willing to change is a great tragedy - a wasted life. Change is a necessary part of a growing life, and we need change in order to remain fresh and to keep progressing.
All things work for bad for those living in opposition to God and insist on having their own way.
In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.
The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.
Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.
I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.
People forget that the church is bigger than China. It speaks more languages than the United Nations. It has more volunteers than all the NGOs in the world put together.
Everybody wants confidence but you don't find it in self help books. You find confidence in the Holy Spirit.
Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you're acting like an atheist. You're saying, "It all depends on me." That's just not in the Bible.
Explanations don't comfort. You won't feel better if you know why. It won't hurt any less.
Many believe one can be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.
But no one who is lost has lost one ounce of value to God. Even if you don't have a relationship with him, you have immense value to God.
Everybody's got a worldview. Everybody's betting their life on something. ... You just better know why you're betting what you're betting on.
It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.
Now God has never shouted out to me. I've never heard God speak audibly. He doesn't have to.
We're going to worship in eternity. So what does God want me to do while we're here on earth? Practice. Practice worshipping.
What we can't do in heaven is sin and witness. And obviously God didn't leave us here to sin.
You know a multicolor God who created this world is not going to put us in a white heaven. I guarantee you. But we're going to serve Him in heaven. So what does God want us to do? Practice.
Between this day and the next you will give your life to something. The decision on what that will be will shape your destiny.
The fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook is where you can show just how much God's grace means to you.
God owes me nothing. He doesn't have to work for anything good in my life. That is only for those who are called according to His purpose.
Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.
Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.
Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their commitments.
Your spiritual family is even more important than our physical family because it will last forever.
Patience is a form of faith. It says, "I trust God. I believe that God is bigger than this problem."
I'm not a policymaker, I'm not a pundit. In fact, I don't have any interest in it. It's not on my agenda.
God does not owe me an explanation for what He does in my life. And if I am looking for that to feel better about my suffering, then I'm not going to get it.
