Pastor Rick Warren is an American evangelical Christian minister and world-renowned author. He is the founder of the California megachurch Saddleback Church and served there for many years as its senior pastor. He is the best-selling author of many Christian books, including The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold over 30 million copies. Over the years Pastor Warren has been involved in many social projects such as fighting poverty and disease and caring for the environment on a worldwide basis as well as sending out many people on mission’s projects.
Below are many of his short but powerfully encouraging and challenging quotes on a variety of topics that I pray bless you.1
“The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.”
“God changes caterpillars into butterflies, sand into pearls and coal into diamonds using time and pressure. He’s working on you, too.”
“In pain, I’d rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.”
“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.”
“Never let an impossible situation intimidate you. Let it motivate you – to pray more, trust more, expect more.”
“When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.”
“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.”
“When pressure builds up, don’t panic. Pray! Prayer is a tremendous stress reliever. It can be your safety valve.”
“If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.”
“If you prayed as much as you worry, you’d have nothing to worry about.”
“Delays are as much a part of God plan as answered prayers. God wants you to trust him.”
“Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose.”
“Without the grace of Jesus: a hopeless end. With the grace of Jesus: an endless hope.”
“Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances.”
“We are healed to help others. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are saved to serve, not to sit around and wait for heaven.”
“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.”
“Our hope is not in the man we put in the White House but in the Man we put on the Cross.”
“God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don’t run after them.”
“Satan tries to limit your praying because he knows your praying will limit him.”
“When God is at the center of your life, you Worship, when He’s not, you Worry.”
“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 greatest use of your words is prayer. Talk to God about EVERYTHING, all the time. Maintain a running conversation.”
1 All of these quotes are from the website below:
TOP 25 QUOTES BY RICK WARREN (of 720) | A-Z Quotes (azquotes.com)