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You drift through life and let things happen to you, or go by design and say, 'This is what I'm intended to do.' The Bible is very clear that God has a purpose. But even if I know that purpose, I can't fulfill it if I'm out of shape.

Rick Warren

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Rick Warren
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 28
Pastor
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Writer
San Jose
California
Richard Duane Warren
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Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.
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Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.
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