Rick Warren Quotes About Pain
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Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.
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Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.
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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 when He seems distant.
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In pain, I'd rather walk with Jesus with all of my questions, than walk by myself with all the answers.
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Don't waste your pain; use it to help others.
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God's purpose is greater than our problems, our pain and even our sin.
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There is no growth if there is no change. There is no change if there is no loss. There is no loss if there is no pain.
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Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. Listen: those who hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past! Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.
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God doesn't intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.
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Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.
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You've got a lot to look forward to in Heaven. Compared to what's in store for you in Heaven, your current pain and problems are petty.
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Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great - and you turn to God alone.
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The death, and the burial, and the resurrection of Jesus happened over three days. Friday was the day of suffering and pain and agony. Saturday was the day of doubt and confusion and misery. But Easter, that Sunday, was the day of hope and joy and victory. You will face these three days over and over and over in your lifetime. And when you do, you’ll find yourself asking, as I did, three fundamental questions: Number one, what do I do in my days of pain? Two, how do I get through my days of doubt and confusion? Three, how do I get to the days of joy and victory? The answer is Easter.
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Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.
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In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.
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The secret of endurance is to remember that your pain is temporary but your reward will be eternal.
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There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.
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