‘God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you’re tempted to express the exact opposite quality.’- Rick Warren
‘Every temptation is an opportunity to do good.’- Rick Warren
‘Every time you choose to do good instead of sin, you are growing in the character of Christ.’- Rick Warren
‘God teaches us love by putting some unlovely people around us.’– Rick Warren
‘God teaches us real joy in the midst of sorrow, when we turn to him.’- Rick Warren
‘God develops real peace within us, not by making things go the way we planned, but by allowing times of chaos and confusion.’- Rick Warren
‘Patience is developed in circumstances in which we’re forced to wait and are tempted to be angry or have a short fuse.’- Rick Warren
‘We learn real peace by choosing to trust God in circumstances in which we are tempted to worry or be afraid.’- Rick Warren
‘You can’t claim to be good if you have never been tempted to be bad.’- Rick Warren
‘Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.’- Rick Warren