Rick Warren
Rick Warren
Richard Duane "Rick" Warrenis an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch in Lake Forest, California, that is the eighth-largest church in the United States. He is also a bestselling author of many Christian books, including his guide to church ministry and evangelism, The Purpose Driven Church, which has spawned a series of conferences on Christian ministry and evangelism. He is perhaps best known for the subsequent book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 January 1954
CitySan Jose, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed
After learning to love God (worship), learning to love others is the second purpose of your life.
When you use your life for God's glory, everything you do can become an act of worship
If someone broke your heart it doesn't mean you should build a wall around it and quit loving. Redirect your love.
Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!
Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.
Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.
The first step to becoming what God made you to be is to stop worrying about what others want you to be.
Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God's word instead of your problem.
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.
You don't have to be famous to be great.
Your commitments can develop you or destroy you, but either way, they will define you.