Rick Warren Quotes On The Purpose Driven Life

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

‘Don’t Let People Undermine Your Focus On Happiness’

‘Don’t let people undermine your focus on happiness. Realize that if others resist your decision to make happiness the central focus of your life, it is not because they are right. It is because they are afraid for themselves, afraid for their own happiness, which they do not currently feel in control of.’- Teal Swan