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Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy, but a relationship and a lifestyle. The core of that lifestyle is thinking of others, as Jesus did, instead of ourselves.

Rick Warren

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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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People ask me, Are you right wing or are you left wing? and I always say, I'm for the whole bird. A one-winged bird didn't ever get off the ground.
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You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.
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I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval.
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Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution. It is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree about everything. Reconciliation focuses on the relationship, while resolution focuses on the problem. When we focus on reconciliation, the problem loses significance and often becomes irrelevant.
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At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.
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Be careful how you think your life is shaped by your thoughts.
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God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. He wants you to grow up spiritually and become like Christ.
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Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.
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I believe that - love is a choice. I believe that we love, that if I'm forced to love you then I don't know that I've really loved you.
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When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.
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The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, go to hell.
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When I am playing with my grandchildren, that brings glory to God. So I don't think glory to God is simply serious. I do think that there is glory of God in laughter.
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We get 80 years, maybe at the most 100. Trillions of years in eternity. This life is preparation for the next. This is the warm-up back, this is the dress rehearsal, this is the get ready, this is the first lap around the track before the real race begins because it is in eternity.
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Heartless praise is not praise at all. It is worthless and an insult to God.
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Living in light of eternity changes your priorities.
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I could imagine God saying to a lot of us, Hey, I'm God, and you're not. You're not the general manager of the universe. And the greatest stress reliever is take God seriously, but don't take yourself seriously.
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God is much more concerned about your character than your career, because you will take your character into eternity, but not your career.
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At most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.
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On Thanksgiving we do just everything except give thanks. We eat, we watch football, we have a good time with family. Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat.
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We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God's purposes by ourselves.
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