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
Only in hindsight do we understand how God intended a problem for good.
We are not saved by good works; we are saved for good works. The Christian lifestyle is to be a lifestyle of goodness.
Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.
We are all called to fulfill God's five purposed for our lives: to worship, to fellowship, to grow like Christ, to serve, and to be on mission with God in the world.
There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace.
When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust him in spite of your feelings, you worship him in the deepest way.
Many people spend their lives trying to create a lasting legacy on earth. They want to be remembered when they're gone. Yet, what ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says.
God uses the opposite situation of each fruit to allow us a choice. You can't claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad.
The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell."
If what I do pleases God, it is always the right thing to do, and I can stop worrying about everyone else's reactions. This dramatically simplifies life.
We have a choice of focusing on our problems or focusing on God, who holds the solution.
There's much you can't change, but there's something important you can change: you.
Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.
You were created to add to life on earth, not just take from it. God wants you to give something back.