“Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.”
— Rick Warren
“We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God’s purposes by ourselves.”
“A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.”
“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He’s working on you, too.”
“There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.”
“Passion drives perfection.”
“You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”
“The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.”
“Humility is not denying your strengths, humility is being honest about your weaknesses.”
“People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character.”
“The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act.”
“Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.”
“It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.”
“The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.”
“The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You’ll feel more patient and less pressured.”
“A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.”
“Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God.”
“The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.”
“God’s LOVE is Like an Ocean; You can See its Beginning, but not its end.”
“When you use your life for God’s glory, everything you do can become an act of worship.”
“God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.”
“Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.”
“Living for God’s glory is the greatest achievement we can accomplish with our lives.”
“When God is at the center of your life, you Worship, when He’s not, you Worry.”
“You never know God is all you need until God is all you have.”
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”
“The smile of God is the goal of your life.”
“Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.”
“Living in light of eternity changes your priorities.”
“While you’re waiting, God’s working.”
“If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry.”
“Your commitments can develop you or destroy you, but either way, they will define you.”
“Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.”
“Christianity is not a religion or a philosophy, but a relationship and a lifestyle. The core of that lifestyle is thinking of others, as Jesus did, instead of ourselves.”
“God specializes in giving people a fresh start.”
“Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. The problems you face will either defeat you or develop you depending on how you respond to them.”
“Life minus love equals zero.”
“Christlikeness is your eventual destination, but your journey will last a lifetime.”
“Irrelevance happens when the speed of change outside an organization is greater than speed of change inside an organization.”
“Time is your most precious gift, because you only have a set amount of it.”
“Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren’t rubbed in but rubbed out. Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice.”
“Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.”
“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.”
“God’s mercy to us is the motivation for showing mercy to others. Remember, you will never be asked to forgive someone else more than God has forgiven you.”
“If you’re alive, there’s a purpose for your life.”
“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.”
“The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It’s focused attention.”
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.”
“God is love. He didn’t need us. But he wanted us.”
“The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.”
“People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers.”
“If God was small enough for you to completely understand him, he wouldn’t be big enough for you to completely trust him.”
“When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.”
“All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I can, as often as I can.”
“God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.”
“Fear is a self imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. You must move against it with the weapons of faith and love.”
“Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.”
“Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable.”
“You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.”
“It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.”
“When pressure builds up, don’t panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.”
“Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days – when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great – and you turn to God alone.”
“The greatest things in life are not things.”
“Pride builds walls between people, humility builds bridges.”
“Never confuse activity with productivity.”
“The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.”
“While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.”
“God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don’t run after them.”
“When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.”
“A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.”
“For God to mend your broken heart you must give him ALL the pieces. You can’t hold any back.”
“Your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit.”
“Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.”
“We often miss hearing God’s voice simply because we aren’t paying attention.”
“First open your heart, then open your Bible.”
“Familiarity breeds complacency.”
“God’s Word is your owner’s manual for life. It contains principles for health, finance, marriage, other relationships, business, and much more.”
“Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.”
“We become whatever we are committed to.”
“When you feel nothing, God is teaching you to live by faith.”
“Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.”
“Your abilities are the map to God’s will for your life. It points the direction. When you know what you’re good at, then you can know what God wants you to do with your life.”
“You are as close to God as you choose to be.”
“Faith is facing reality without being discouraged by it.”
“Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing only focusing on God’s word instead of your problem.”
“Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.”
“I believe Jesus Christ came for everybody. I don’t think he came for Christians. The Bible says take this good news to the whole world.”
“Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.”
“If you are facing trouble right now, don’t ask, “Why me?” Instead ask, “What do you want me to learn?” Then trust God and keep on doing what’s right.”
“In pain, I’d rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.”
“Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.”
“Ever feel like God is a million miles away? The truth is, he’s not. Whatever struggle you’re going through, you can rest assured you’re not alone. You have God in your corner.”
“People ask me, “Are you right wing or are you left wing?” and I always say, “I’m for the whole bird.” A one-winged bird didn’t ever get off the ground.”
“I want to change my circumstances. God wants to change me.”
“The only way to always be relevant is to focus on what’s eternal. Everything in style will soon be out of style.”
“What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.”
“God wants to use you to make a difference in His world. He wants to work through you. What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.”
“The greatest gift God gave us is also our greatest curse, which is the free will. We are made in God’s image, the Bible says, which means we have the ability to love him or not love him, to reject him or not reject him.”
“Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life. You expect Him to keep His promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.”
“To fulfill your mission will require that you abandon your agenda and accept God’s agenda for your life.”
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