Quotes from Rick Warren

La entrega auténtica dice: «Padre, si este problema, dolor, enfermedad y circunstancia son necesarios para cumplir tu propósito y para tu gloria en mi vida o en la de otro, no me libres de este trance».

Las iglesias antiguas tienden a estar unidas por reglas, regulaciones y rituales, mientras que las iglesias más jóvenes tienden a estar unidas por un sentido de propósito y misión.

Interpretar sin aplicar es lo mismo que abortar!»

Great opportunities disguise themselves as small tasks.

God doesn't wait for you to reach maturity before he starts liking you. He loves and enjoys you at every stage of your spiritual development.

When you decide to live a totally surrendered life, that decision will be tested. Sometimes it will mean doing inconvenient, unpopular, costly, or seemingly impossible tasks. It will often mean doing the opposite of what you feel like doing.

The Daniel Plan will help you find a personal fitness strategy that you will enjoy.

Surrendering to God is not passive resignation, fatalism, or an excuse for laziness.

What may appear as audacity God views as authenticity.

El desarrollo del carácter siempre involucra una elección, y la tentación proporciona esa oportunidad.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you will never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

Tu nacimiento no fue un error o infortunio, tu vida no es una casualidad de la naturaleza. Tus padres no te planificaron; Dios lo hizo. A él no lo sorprendió tu nacimiento. Es más, lo estaba esperando.

The church should be seeker sensitive but it must not be seeker driven.

Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. (Psalm 37:5 NLT)

Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless. BERTRAND RUSSELL, ATHEIST

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward."18

God also listened patiently to David's many accusations of unfairness, betrayal, and abandonment. God did not slay Jeremiah when he claimed that God had tricked him. Job was allowed to vent his bitterness during his ordeal, and in the end, God defended Job for being honest, and he rebuked Job's friends for being inauthentic. God told them, "You haven't been honest either with me or about me — not the way my friend Job has…. My

Proverbs tells us, "The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped."12 Those who pass along insights get more from God.

El plan de Dios para tu vida involucra todo lo que te pasa, incluyendo tus errores, pecados y heridas. La enfermedad, las deudas, los desastres, el divorcio y la muerte de los seres queridos. Dios puede producir algo bueno del peor mal. Ya lo hizo en el Calvario.

It's only when we forget ourselves that we do the things that deserve to be remembered.

When it comes to your health, every body needs a buddy. After all, God created the universe in such a way that we need each other.

Research shows that people getting healthy together lose twice as much weight as those who do it alone.

James said, "Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by your past.