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...
Summary In this message from the «Building a Better Future» series on Nehemiah (Part 8, focusing on Nehemiah 5), Rick Warren teaches how to earn respect through handling internal conflict wisely. Respect is a deep human need and is earned, not automatic. Nehemiah models five principles amid a crisis of famine and exploitation: empathize with...
Summary Rick Warren shares how God’s sovereign timing led him to found Saddleback Church in the Saddleback Valley back in 1979-1980 through miraculous coincidences like crossed letters mentioning the same location. In this historic June 2021 message, he announces the start of the official search for his successor as lead pastor after 42 years,...
Summary Rick Warren teaches that true happiness is a choice, not dependent on circumstances, drawing from Paul’s joyful letter to the Philippians written while imprisoned in Rome. He identifies four common «killjoys» of happiness—pain, pressure, people, and problems—and shows how Paul overcame them through four key choices based on Philippians 1....
Summary In this message, Rick Warren warns that misplaced priorities are a major cause of discouragement and fatigue among pastors and believers alike, often because we focus on urgent but secondary issues instead of what truly matters eternally. Drawing from Matthew 24:14 and Jesus' emphasis on the Kingdom of God, he stresses that God’s...
Summary In this devotional, the speaker uses a humorous family story about her mother Lois Evans refusing to fly on small planes to illustrate that the strength of our faith depends not on its size but on the object it’s placed in. Drawing from personal grief and Hebrews 12:2, she urges listeners to intentionally fix their eyes on Jesus...
Summary This sermon urges believers to move beyond merely owning Bibles to actively engaging with God’s living word personally, drawing an analogy from the preacher’s tech-challenged dad who had computers but couldn’t use them. Using Hebrews 4:12 as the foundational text about the word being alive and active, she teaches her practical «Five P’s»...
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