01UndatedThe fact is, it is selfish for a church to not want to grow. A church that says, “We’ve got enough people, we’ve got a nice fellowship. Our church is just the right size. We just need to focus on the members we already have.” That church is, in reality, actually saying, “The rest of the world can go to hell. We don’t care.Rick Warren / quote ↗
02UndatedGod made you for a reason and your life has profound meaning! We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.Rick Warren / quote ↗
03UndatedThose who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.Rick Warren / quote ↗
04UndatedYou must make a counter-culture decision to focus on becoming more like Jesus. Otherwise, other forces like peers, parents, coworkers, and culture will try to mold you into their image.Rick Warren / quote ↗
06UndatedOnly secure people can serve. Insecure people are always worrying about how they appear to others. They fear exposure of their weaknesses and hide beneath layers of protective pride and pretensions. The more insecure you are, the more you will want people to serve you, and the more you will need their approval.Rick Warren / quote ↗
07UndatedHumility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.Rick Warren / quote ↗
08UndatedGod is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.Rick Warren / quote ↗
09UndatedThe key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.Rick Warren / quote ↗
11UndatedGreat opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.Rick Warren / quote ↗
12UndatedMeasured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye...Rick Warren / quote ↗
14UndatedThe only group large enough to handle," the world's biggest, "problems is the network of millions of local churches around the world. We have the widest distribution, largest group of volunteers, local credibility, the promises of God, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the inevitability of history.Rick Warren / quote ↗
15UndatedWork becomes worship when you dedicate it to God and perform it with an awareness of his presence.Rick Warren / quote ↗
18UndatedIt is not always convenient or comfortable, and sometimes worship is a sheer act of the will--a willing sacrifice.Rick Warren / quote ↗
19UndatedWhen you committed your life to Christ, he moved into the center; but you must keep him there through worship.Rick Warren / quote ↗
21UndatedImpression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation.Rick Warren / quote ↗
22UndatedI expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I've done, but because of what Jesus has done.Rick Warren / quote ↗
23UndatedYou didn’t create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn’t know it’s purpose, and the invention itself wouldn’t be able to tell you either. Only the creator or the owner’s manual could reveal it’s purpose.Rick Warren / quote ↗
24UndatedYou discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.Rick Warren / quote ↗
