Rick Warren: Trending quotes (page 3)

“If you have ever said, "I didn't get anything out of worship today," you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn't for you. It's for God.”

“we are product of our past but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”

“God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.”

“Surrender… sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed”

“Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.”

“You are as close to God as you choose to be.”

“Familiarity breeds complacency.”

“If God only used perfect people, nohting would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.”

“Then Jesus changed the situation. When he paid for our sins on the cross, the veil in the temple that symbolized our separation from God was split from top to bottom, indicating that direct access to God was once again available.”

“At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.”

“You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.”

“The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.”

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

“Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.”

“God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.”

“We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.”

“As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.”

“Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.”

“Maturity is produced through relationships and community.”