Although, there are some interesting surprises it this interview, too
bad he doesn't ditch the purpose driven stuff. Thank for sending this, Vinny.
earlier, Sheila Killian, wrote:
>Hi Vinnie,
>This is very good!. I can really hear the Holy Spirit speaking through him!
>Thank you very much for sharing this with us.
>Sheila
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>From: "Vinny Samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:47 AM
>Subject: Fw: [CCNN] Fwd: Interesting Interview
>
>
>: Hi,
>: Thought you would like this interview.
>: Vinny
>: ----- Original Message -----
>: From: "Rick Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
>: To: <[log in to unmask]>
>: Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:20 AM
>: Subject: [CCNN] Fwd: Interesting Interview
>:
>:
>: > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>: > From: T.J. Northern <[log in to unmask]>
>: > Date: Aug 2, 2006 4:59 AM
>: > Subject: Interesting Interview
>: > To:
>: >
>: > You may have read this before, but it is worth another look. Enjoy!
>: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>: >
>: >
>: > Rick Warren Interview (Author Purpose Driven Life)
>: >
>: >
>: >
>: > You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now
>: > having cancer and his having "wealth" from the book sales.
>: >
>: > This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,
>: > "Purpose
>: > Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.
>: >
>: >
>: > In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
>: >
>: >
>: > People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a
>: > nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last
>: > forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
>: >
>: > One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my
>: > body-- but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth,
>: > but
>: > I am going to spend trillions of years in
>: > eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.
>: >
>: > God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in
>eternity.
>: > We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out,
>life
>: > isn't going to make sense.
>: >
>: > Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're
>just
>: > coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go in to another one.
>: >
>: > The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character
>: > than your comfort.
>: >
>: > God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making
>: > your life happy.
>: >
>: > We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of
>: > life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
>: >
>: > This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the
>: > toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
>: >
>: > I used to ! think that life was hills and valleys you go through a
>: > dark
>: > time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't
>: > believe
>: > that anymore.
>: >
>: > Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind
>of
>: > like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have
>: > something
>: > good and something bad in your life.
>: >
>: > No matter how good things are in your life, there is always
>something
>: > bad that needs to be worked on.
>: >
>: > And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always
>: > something good you can thank God for.
>: >
>: > You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.
>: >
>: > If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,
>: > "which is my problem, my issues, my pain."
>: >
>: > But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus
>: > off
>: > yourself and onto God and others.
>: >
>: > We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of
>: > thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy
>: > for
>: > her.
>: >
>: > It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her
>: > character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her
>a
>: > testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
>: >
>: > You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
>: > Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For
>: > instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15
>: > million copies, i t made me instantly very wealthy.
>: >
>: > It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with
>: > before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own
>: > ego
>: > or for you to live a life of ease.
>: >
>: > So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money,
>: > notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages tha
>: > thelped
>: > me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
>: >
>: > First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our
>: > lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.!
>: >
>: > Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary
>from
>: > the church.
>: >
>: > Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace
>: > Plan to plant churches,
>: > equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the
>: > next
>: > generation.
>: >
>: > Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years
>: > since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was
>: > liberating
>: > to be able to serve God for free.
>: >
>: > We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions?
>: > Popularity?
>: >
>: > Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness?
>: > Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my
>: > life)?
>: >
>: > When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say,
>: > God,
>: > if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more
>and
>: > love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a
>to-do
>: > list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why
>: > we're called human beings, not human doings.
>: >
>: >
>: > Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet
>: > moments,
>: > WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
>: >
>: > Every moment,
>: >
>: > THANK GOD
>: >
>: >
>: >
>: >
>: > --
>: > -----------------------------------------------------
>: > Rick Johnson
>: > http://360.yahoo.com/ccnnowner
>: > http://www.frappr.com/ccnnowner
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>: > http://wolfgangsvault.com
>: > http://www.romad.com
>: >
>:
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