Rick Warren Quotes About Christ

Quotes about: Christ

• I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Apology, Christ

  Interview with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. April 8, 2012.

• Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well adjusted lives. His purpose is far deeper: He wants to make us like himself before he takes us to heaven. This is our greatest privilege, our immediate responsibility, and our ultimate destiny.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Responsibility, Destiny

• Since God intends to make you like Jesus, he will take you through the same experiences Jesus went through. That includes loneliness, temptation, stress, criticism, rejection, and many other problems.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Loneliness, Stress

  Rick Warren (2012). “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, p.179, Zondervan

• Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was split. Every time you write a date, you’re using the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as the focal point.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Writing, Years

• 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.

  Rick Warren

  Growing Up, Character, Goal

  Rick Warren (2007). “The Purpose Driven Life Dvd Study Guide: A Six-session Video-based Study for Groups Or Individuals”, p.32, Harper Collins

• When we place our faith in Christ, God becomes our Father, we become his children, other believers become our brothers and sisters, and the church becomes our spiritual family. The family of God includes all believers in the past, the present, and the future.

  Rick Warren

  Faith, Spiritual, Brother

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Dec 10, 2016

• Becoming like Christ is a long, slow process of growth.

  Rick Warren

  Giving Up, Long, Growth

  Rick Warren (2010). “Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose”, p.85, Harper Collins

• You discover your identity and purpose through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Identity, Purpose

  Rick Warren (2015). “The Purpose Driven Life Devotional for Kids”, p.9, Harper Collins

• A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Thinking, Purpose

• I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions.

  Rick Warren

  People, Followers, Christ

• The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Easter, Home

• Worship is a powerful witness to unbelievers-if God's presence is felt, and if the message is understandable. God's presence must be sensed in the service. More people are won to Christ by feeling God's presence than by all our apologetic arguments combined. Few people, if any, are converted to Christ on purely intellectual grounds. It is the sense of God's presence that melts the heart and explodes mental barriers.

  Rick Warren

  Powerful, Heart, People

• As Christians we’re called to belong, not just to believe. We are not meant to live lone-ranger lives; instead, we are to belong to Christ’s family and be members of his body.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Believe, Body

  Rick Warren (2007). “The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message and Mission”, p.114, Zondervan

• The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.

  Rick Warren

  Forgiveness, Jesus, People

• God wants to produce the character of Christ in our lives because he knows that the more we become like him, the more fulfilled we will be.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Character, Religion

  Rick Warren (2008). “God's Power to Change Your Life”, p.17, Zondervan

• How much are you worth? Jesus says, with his arms stretched out on the cross, "I'm willing to die for you, because you mean this much to me."

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Jesus, Mean

• We are all called to fulfill God's five purposes for our lives: to worship, to fellowship, to grow like Christ, to serve, and to be on mission with God in the world.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Religion, World

  "Purpose Driven Life". Book by Rick Warren, 2002.

• The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Jesus, First Love

• Instead of focusing on that unappeasable person, refocus on Jesus, who accepts you unconditionally.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Jesus, Accepting

• I am motivated by the fact that in the next 365 days, 136,000 Californians will die and most of them will go into an eternity without Christ. In the next 365 days, 2.4 million Americans will die; most of them will go into eternity without Christ. In the next 365 days, 74 million people in the world will go into eternity without Christ and without hope. I can't live with that.

  Rick Warren

  People, World, Next

  Source: thrownscabbard.blogspot.com

• That's God's number one purpose, to make us like Christ.

  Rick Warren

  Numbers, Purpose, Christ

• So when you say who does Christ die for? He died for the church, okay. I don't think God's death on the cross through Christ was a failure, if you are saying that. I do not believe that anybody he intended to die for is failing in that area.

  Rick Warren

  Believe, Thinking, Church

  Source: thrownscabbard.blogspot.com

• Now, what is Jesus Christ? The fruit of the spirit is a good example. Jesus is total love, total joy, total peace, total patient, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, and self-control.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Self, Joy

  "Rick Warren Clarifies Doctrine, Purpose Driven Life with John Piper - TRANSCRIPT" by Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. May 28, 2011.

• Real life begins by committing yourself completely to Jesus Christ.

  Rick Warren

  Jesus, Real, Purpose Driven Life

  Rick Warren (2004). “What on Earth Am I Here For?”

• You are most like Christ, when you remain silent under attack.

  Rick Warren

  Christ, Silent

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