When the Bible speaks of God's love for us and the kind of love we are to have for him and for other people, the word is always apage, signifying a commitment to act.

Rick Warren

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Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.

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The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.

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The fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook is where you can show just how much God's grace means to you.

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Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. by Rick Warren

Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.

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The Bible offers three metaphors that teach us God's view of life: Life is a test, life is a trust, and life is a temporary assignment.

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Great leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders. They follow those who persist with hope.

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Get honest with God, and your focus will shift from just seeing your problems - no matter how overwhelming they seem - to the grace of God.

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What you BECOME on earth matters far more than what you DO. You're taking your character to heaven, not your career.

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Knowing you're a child of the creator of the universe changes eve... by Rick Warren

Knowing you're a child of the creator of the universe changes everything.

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Leadership is learned, earned, and discerned. You develop it. It's based on trust and credibility. Others see it in you. You can't demand it.

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God made every one of us a sexual being, and that is good. Attraction and arousal are the natural, spontaneous, God-given responses to physical beauty, while lust is a deliberate act of the will.

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Salvation is not a religion. It's not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn't begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.

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If you always feel comfortable reading God's Word, you're either not reading ALL of it, or you aren't letting it sink in.

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Lasting love extends grace. No relationship will make it without grace. The Bible tells us that this is part of love. You're not going to have a relationship unless you have forgiveness, mercy, patience, acceptance, grace. You've got to cut people some slack.

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To change your world, you must change your words. It's the rudder... by Rick Warren

To change your world, you must change your words. It's the rudder (James 3:4-5) of your life.

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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.

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When you win, don't swagger. When you lose, don't sulk. by Rick Warren

When you win, don't swagger. When you lose, don't sulk.

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We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it. by Rick Warren

We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it.

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Anytime you feel jealous or envious, you reject your uniqueness. It's a criticism of God's plan for you.

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The Bible isn't meant to just inform us, it is meant to transform us. 40 Days in the Word will teach you how to be not just a hearer of the Word, but a doer of the Word!

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