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Rick Warren stresses that the church’s main job is compassion, while government has a different role. He describes faith as daring to believe God’s dream for one’s life and then acting on it. He also lists five purposes for believers, like worship, service, and mission.

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I don't personally have enough faith to be an atheist.

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Ministry is received, not achieved.

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Faith is facing reality without being discouraged by it.

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We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it.

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God's Word is not meant just to inform you, but to transform you.

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The Scriptures are the truth from God.

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Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.

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When you feel nothing, God is teaching you to live by faith.

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“it’s hard to be spiritually strong and mentally alert when you are emotionally stressed or physically fatigued.”

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Every church is flawed. Still, you'd better learn to love it since it's the only group Jesus said he's taking to Heaven.

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Whenever you feel unimportant, unloved, or insecure, remember to who you belong.

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A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

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We do not have to make the Bible relevant - it already is! But we do have to show its relevance.

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That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.

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Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.

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There are many pitfalls in the marathon of life. But regardless of what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining…

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If you want God to bless you and use you greatly, you must be willing to walk with a limp the rest…

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When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters,…

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So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the…

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Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was…

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Faith is choosing and believing God's dream for your life. Nothing starts happening in your life until you start dreaming. God gave…

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The fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook…

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I wish that those who believe in the doctrines of grace would be more gracious. That's all I'd say... I'm an evangelical.…

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The deepest level of worship is praising God inspite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him…

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You can keep your own religion - Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Mormonism - you just need to add Jesus to the equation. Then…

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Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track…

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I want evangelicals to be known not for what they're against, but what they're for. Yes, there are some things that I…

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“If you have just been going through the motions spiritually, don’t be surprised when God allows pain in your life. Pain is…

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“The only group large enough to handle," the world's biggest, "problems is the network of millions of local churches around the world.…

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The next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit…

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People need fewer 'ought-to' sermons, and more 'how-to' sermons. The deepest kind of teaching is that which makes a difference in people's…

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My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I…

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“You only believe the part of the Bible you do.”

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We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.

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A non-serving Christian is a contradiction in terms.

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A church will never grow beyond its capacity to meet needs.

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Don't worry about what you don't have if you do have faith!

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Spiritual emptiness is a universal disease.

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You measure a church's strength, not by its seating capacity but by its sending capacity.

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Life is not fair, but one day God's going to settle the score. He's going to right the wrongs. So, who can…

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When you jump across a canyon, cautious small steps and vacillation won't work. Sometimes you just have to go for it.

We often miss hearing God's voice simply because we aren't paying attention.

Law is downstream from culture. By the time you make a law about something, you're reacting, not acting. I'd rather shape the culture.

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It is mind-boggling to me that the Almighty power created everything I see; the Bible says that God created the entire universe just so…

The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always.

We become whatever we are committed to

“but it does mean God is able to redeem any and all situations and use them for his own good.”

Well actually I don't think it's a bunch of bad things that send us to hell. I think it is rejection of God's grace.