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“Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.”
― Rick Warren

“God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.”
― Rick Warren

“We’re not completely happy here because we’re not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home; we were created for something much better.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?

“Life minus love equals zero.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others. Humble people are so focused on serving others, they don't think of themselves.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“we are product of our past but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”
― rick warren

“You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t edge others out, you don’t demand your rights, and you aren’t self-serving when you’re surrendered.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?

“The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“If you are a member of a small group or class, I urge you to make a group covenant that includes the nine characteristics of biblical fellowship: We will share our true feelings (authenticity), forgive each other (mercy), speak the truth in love (honesty), admit our weaknesses (humility), respect our differences (courtesy), not gossip (confidentiality), and make group a priority (frequency).”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“If you have ever said, "I didn't get anything out of worship today," you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn't for you. It's for God. ”
― Rick Warren

“The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.”
― Rick Warren

“Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“If God only used perfect people, nohting would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.”
― Rick Warren

“At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.”
― Rick Warren

“Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.Life just has to go on!”
― Rick Warren

“the moment you stop learning, you stop leading.”
― Rick Warren

“Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“You only believe the part of the Bible you do.”
― Rick Warren

“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!”
― Edwin Markham

“We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”
― Rick Warren

“Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Listen: those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?