Summary Pastor Sam Rodriguez contrasts Jezebel’s death threat to Elijah (1 Kings 19:2) with Elijah’s miraculous ascension in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11), declaring that «when Heaven starts, Hell cannot stop it.» He frames the current cultural battles as the spirits of Ahab, Jezebel, and Baal raging against the church, but insists the Holy Spirit’s...
Summary Pastor Sam Rodriguez delivers a fiery message from Mark 10:46–52 about blind Bartimaeus, urging believers to «raise your volume» through bold praise and worship to attract Jesus' attention and receive breakthrough. He connects Bartimaeus' shout in Jericho to Joshua’s victorious shout generations earlier, emphasizing that...
Summary Pastor Sam Rodriguez preaches that God can turn any mess in our lives into a miracle, using the story of Jesus healing the man born blind in John 9 as the key Scripture. He emphasizes opening our eyes to see new things God is doing, to the power of the Holy Spirit (Jesus' «DNA»), and to God’s original plan for our lives. The core...
Summary The preacher emphasizes that to have a victorious year, we must put «first things first» by starting everything with God, His Word, and praise. He draws from three key Scriptures: Genesis 1:1 («In the beginning God»), John 1:1 («In the beginning was the Word»), and Judges 1 where God sends Judah (meaning praise) first into battle. The...
Summary Rick Warren shares how discouragement hits hardest at the halfway point of life’s marathon, using Nehemiah chapter 4 to highlight four common causes: fatigue, frustration from rubble, feelings of failure, and fear from threats. He explains that giving up is worse than messing up and encourages persisting like Nehemiah did. The key...
Summary Pastor Rick Warren reminds us that genuine praise to God—done with all our heart, in spirit and truth—is a vital daily habit, drawing from Psalm 150:6 and John 4:23. He stresses that lukewarm worship disgusts God, while heartfelt praise brings incredible blessings. Through seven benefits and practical singing, he encourages the...
Summary In this second message of the «Shaping Your Future Self» series, Rick Warren teaches that pleasing God requires faith, expressed through setting faith goals, based on Hebrews 11:6 which states that without faith it is impossible to please God. He explains six reasons why setting goals in faith is powerful for personal growth—it’s a...
Summary In this sermon from the «Strategies for Stressful Times» series, Rick Warren uses the analogy of running out of gas in a car to illustrate why people feel spiritually, emotionally, and relationally empty, listing ten common reasons such as not refueling regularly, ignoring limits, and carrying overloads. Drawing from Matthew 11:28–30, he...
Summary In this message, Rick Warren draws from recent tragedies like mass shootings and personal losses to emphasize that God expects believers to comfort others in grief using the comfort we’ve received from Him, based on 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. He teaches the priceless value of tears as God’s gift, a mark of humanity and love, and urges us to...
Summary In this message from the «Building a Better Future» series on Nehemiah (Part 6, focusing on Nehemiah 4), Rick Warren addresses handling opposition when pursuing God’s will. Opportunity and opposition go hand-in-hand («Opportunity + Opposition = God’s Will»). Using Nehemiah’s experience rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall, Warren outlines five...
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