Quotes from Rick Warren

Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.Life just has to go on!

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.

It is mind-boggling to me that the Almighty power created everything I see; the Bible says that God created the entire universe just so he could create this galaxy just so he could create Earth so he could create human beings so he could create a family.

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

While we wait for God to work for us, God is waiting to work through us.

He (God) usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles, so that we will depend on each other for fellowship.

God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it.

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.

Transformation is a process, and as life happens there are tons of ups and downs. It's a journey of discovery - there are moments on mountaintops and moments in deep valleys of despair.

Jesus modeled a purpose-driven life, and he taught others how to live it, too. That was the "work" that brought glory to God.

God wants to use you to make a difference in His world. He wants to work through you. What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.

And you know, when you've experienced grace and you feel like you've been forgiven, you're a lot more forgiving of other people. You're a lot more gracious to others.

God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know.

All things work for bad for those living in opposition to God and insist on having their own way.

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.

Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.

Mother Teresa once said, "Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile." ... The last thing many believers need is to go to another Bible study.

Nothing works perfectly. The weather doesn't work perfectly. Because of sin in the world, nothing works perfectly. But in spite of that we can find comfort. We can find strength.

To me, God says, "I've given you this gift of grace, which means you don't earn your way to heaven. You don't work your way to heaven. You simply receive my gift."

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

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.

It takes no courage to say or do what's popular.

It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.