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
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.
Let me tell you how worthwhile you are. You are infinitely valuable to God. First, God created you. Second, Jesus died for you. Third, he puts his Spirit within you. Fourth, he wants you to be with him forever in eternity. That's how valuable you are to God. You are infinitely valuable to God.
What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.
At most, you will live a hundred years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity.
Your spiritual family is even more important than our physical family because it will last forever.
I hope that the community will cooperate and not hassle the clerks with what they have to do. It's a good store and serves a good need to the community.
OK, here's a Christian pastor writing a book that a Jewish lady is passing on to a Muslim lady.
You dont judge the strength of an army by how many soldiers sit and eat in the mess hall, but by how they perform on the front line. Likewise a churchs strength is not seen in how many show up, but in how many serve in the ministry.
The small group structure is the structure of renewal in every facet of Christianity, including Catholicism,
Life is all about stewardship. It all belongs to God - he just loans it to us for a short period of time. The first command God gave to man was to take care of the Earth, which includes managing and protecting the environment.
What's in your heart? ... What disturbs you?
Faithful servants never retire, ... You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.
We serve God by serving others. The world defines greatness in terms of power, possessions, prestige, and position. If you can demand service from others, you've arrived. In our self-serving culture with its me-first mentality, acting like a servant is not a popular concept.
God gave us the gift of life in heaven. Many people are given this gift, but they never open it. They never do anything with it.