Richard Duane "Rick" Warren is an American evangelical Christian pastor and author of “The Purpose Driven Life" and "The Purpose Driven Church.”
Here are seven memorable quotes on faith from the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch in Lake Forest, Calif.
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1. “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.”
2. “You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”
3. “If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice.”
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4. “If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest of your life, because God uses weak people.”
5. “If you prayed as much as you complain and quarrel, you'd have a lot less to argue about and much more peace of mind.”
6. “Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.”
7. "God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitude count more than achievements."
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