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Rick Warren

Rick Warren


Richard Duane "Rick" Warren is an American evangelical Christian minister and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, currently 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 devotional, The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold over 30 million copies, making Warren a New York Times bestselling author.

Warren holds conservative theological views. While holding traditional evangelical views on social issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and stem-cell research, Warren has called on churches worldwide to also focus their efforts on fighting poverty and disease, expanding educational opportunities for the marginalized, and caring for the environment.
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The Christian life is more than just commitment to Christ; it includes a commitment to other Christians.
topics: commitment  
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This next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you’re tempted to express the exact opposite quality! Character development always involves a choice, and temptation provides that opportunity.
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To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do
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Every time you forget that character is one of God’s purposes for your life, you will become frustrated by your circumstances. You’ll wonder, “Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time?” One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult!
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No eres un accidente Yo soy tu Creador. Te cuidé aun antes de que nacieras. ISAÍAS 44:2 (par) Dios no juega a los dados. ALBERT EINSTEIN
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The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator to explain it.
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Fellowship is a place of grace, where mistakes aren't rubbed in but rubbed out.
topics: fellowship  
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Glory in your weaknesses. Paul said, “I am going to boast only about how weak I am and how great God is to use such weakness for his glory.”21
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It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.
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Dios no cuestionará tu trasfondo religioso ni tu inclinación doctrinal. Lo único que tendrá relevancia será si aceptaste lo que Cristo hizo por ti y si aprendiste a amarlo y a confiar en é
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It is God’s way of arousing us from spiritual lethargy. Your problems are not punishment; they are wake-up calls from a loving God. God is not mad at you; he’s mad about you, and he will do whatever it takes to bring you back into fellowship with him. But there is an easier way to reignite your passion for God: Start asking God to give it to you, and keep on asking until you have it. Pray this throughout your day: “Dear Jesus, more than anything else, I want to get to know you intimately.” God told the captives in Babylon, “When you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.
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Sin un propósito, la vida es una marcha sin sentido, un movimiento sin dirección y sucesos sin motivos. La vida sin propósito es trivial, insignificante e inútil.
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The cliché is true: People don't care what we know until they know we care.
topics: listening  
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In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later.
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For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, . . . everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. COLOSSIANS 1:16 (MSG)
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Everyone knows about the problem, but no one talks about it openly.
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Pero al final, lo más importante no es lo que otros dicen de tu vida, sino lo que Dios diga.
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Para ser un discípulo robusto de Jesús, alimentarte de la Palabra de Dios debe ser tu prioridad.
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Dios sonríe cuando lo amamos por encima de todo. Noé amó a Dios más que a nada en el mundo, ¡incluso cuando nadie más lo amaba! La Escritura afirma que «durante toda su vida Noé cumplió fielmente la voluntad de Dios y disfrutó una estrecha relación con Dios».3 Lo que Dios más desea es tener una relación de amor contigo. La verdad más asombrosa del universo es que nuestro Creador quiere estar en comunión con nosotros. Dios nos creó para amarnos, y anhela que nosotros también lo amemos. Él dice: «Porque más me deleito en la lealtad que en el sacrificio, y más en el conocimiento de Dios que en los holocaustos».4 ¿Sientes palpitar la pasión de Dios en este versículo? Él te ama de todo corazón y desea, en reciprocidad, que tú también lo ames. Como el anhelo de Dios es que lo conozcamos y pasemos tiempo con él, aprender a amarlo y ser amado por él debería ser el mayor objetivo de nuestra vida. No hay ninguna otra cosa que tenga tanta importancia. Jesús lo llamó el mandamiento más importante. Dijo: «Ama al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, con todo tu ser y con toda tu mente … Éste es el primero y el más importante de los mandamientos».5
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Emphasize reconciliation, not resolution.
topics: reconciliation  
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