Your weaknesses are not an accident but deliberately allowed, very interesting phrase, deliberately allowed in your life for the purpose of demonstrating His power through you. Rick Warren More Quotes by Rick Warren More Quotes From Rick Warren Time is your most precious gift, because you only have a set amount of it. Rick Warren purpose-driven-life precious-gifts time Possessions only provide temporary happiness. Rick Warren possession temporary I've always said the shoes must never tell the foot how big to be. Rick Warren shoes feet positive Great people are just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. They simply don't know how to quit. They just keep on 'keepin' on'. Rick Warren determination ordinary people We always get into trouble when we doubt God's love, because when we don't trust him, we don't obey him. Rick Warren trouble doubt love-is Sacrifice is the essence of love, which is the essence of God. Rick Warren sacrifice essence When the Christian praises and gives thanks to God, this not only pleases God, but it enriches the Christian's life with joy. It is a reciprocating transaction between God and man. Rick Warren christian giving men The ultimate goal of the universe is to show the glory of God. Rick Warren glory goal shows A father, finding time for what is most important is the true marker of a successful person. Rick Warren important successful father We do not serve a distant and detached God who spouts encouraging cliches safely from the sideline. Instead, he enters into our suffering. Jesus did it in the Incarnation and his Spirit does it in us now. God will never leave us alone in our suffering. Rick Warren suffering doe jesus Let love be your greatest aim. Rick Warren aim love-is Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings. Rick Warren live-your-life maturity commitment You need to doubt your doubts & believe your beliefs. Rick Warren doubt believe needs God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know. Rick Warren christian people world Help us, oh God, to remember that we are Americans. United not by race or religion or by blood, but to our commitment to freedom and justice for all. When we focus on ourselves, when we fight each other, when we forget you, forgive us. Rick Warren fighting race commitment Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers. Rick Warren powerful heart people A Christian ought to speak kindly even when given the opportunity to retaliate. Rick Warren speak christian opportunity Americans spend more on beer than they do on books. No wonder their stomachs are bigger than their brains. Rick Warren beer brain book The very first task of leadership is to set the vision for the organization. If you don't set the vision, you're not the leader. Rick Warren vision organization leader If you don't live by priorities, you'll live by pressures. Either you determine what's important in life or other people will determine it for you. Rick Warren priorities important people
