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Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
Pastor
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San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
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In the end we must be merciful to the fallen, show grace to struggling, and be patient with the doubting. But when God's Word is clear we must not-and we cannot-back up, back off, back down, back out, or backslide from the truth.
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When you use your life for God's glory, everything you do can become an act of worship
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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.
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Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.
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You can only make a difference by being different.
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Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. If someone hurts you repeatedly, you are commanded by God to forgive them instantly, but you are not expected to trust them immediately, and you are not expected to continue allowing them to hurt you.
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Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great - and you turn to God alone.
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The more God gives you, the more responsible he expects you to be.
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Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.
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You won't step on other's toes if you imagine yourself in their shoes.
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The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.
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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.
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There is nothing quite as potent as a focused life, one lived on purpose.
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Faith is facing reality without being discouraged by it.
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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.
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Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.
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Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.
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If you talked to others the way you talk to yourself, would you have any friends?
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Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.
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There's not a person on earth that God doesn't love, but God wants us to learn to love him back.
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