Rick Warren

  • Your Miracles Always Come in Unexpected Ways

    Your Miracles Always Come in Unexpected Ways

    Most of us have needs in our lives that we want met. And many of us try to figure how to get them fulfilled. You may be looking around saying, “Maybe God could do it that way” or “Maybe I could help God along with this” or “Maybe I could give a suggestion here.” You’re

  • This Is the Ultimate Expression of Your Faith

    This Is the Ultimate Expression of Your Faith

    Surrender means leaving the future to God. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths“ (MEV). What area of your life is not surrendered to God? You’ve surrendered the kitchen and the living room. But what about

  • You Can’t Defeat Generational Bitterness Without This Spiritual Weapon

    You Can’t Defeat Generational Bitterness Without This Spiritual Weapon

    If you’re still holding on to resentment, then someone is controlling you. Have you ever said, “You make me so mad”? What you’re admitting at that point is, “You are controlling me.” The only way you get this person out of your mind and heart is to heal it with grace—God’s grace. Hebrews 12:15 says, ”

  • God Will Bless You, but Not Until He Does This

    God Will Bless You, but Not Until He Does This

    Whatever you give to God, He multiplies. If you give God your talent, He’ll multiply your talent. If you give God your energy, He’ll multiply your energy. If you give God your time, He will multiply your time. If you give God your money, He will multiply your money. If you give God your relationships,

  • 4 Truths in Knowing God Is Your Source

    4 Truths in Knowing God Is Your Source

    God is the source of everything. Everything you see in the world and everything you can’t see in the world and in the universe, God made. He’s the source of every good thing in the universe. As you depend on God as your source for everything, there are four truths you need to remember. 1.

  • In What Way Is God Testing You?

    In What Way Is God Testing You?

    “Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of those who prosper in their way, because of those who make wicked schemes” (Ps. 37:7, MEV). One of the reasons people struggle with contentment is because we’re always looking for explanations for why things happen in our lives. God doesn’t tell us

  • How to Bear Fruit in the Body of Christ

    How to Bear Fruit in the Body of Christ

    Right before Jesus went to the cross, He gave his last-minute instructions to His followers: “Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, neither can you, unless you remain in Me” (John 15:4, MEV). Jesus says that being spiritually connected is

  • To Improve Your Friendship With God, You Should Do This

    To Improve Your Friendship With God, You Should Do This

    If you want to build a deep relationship with God, you have to slow down and be quiet. Friendship with God is like any other friendship—you have to make time for it. If you don’t make time for your human friends, they’re not your friends. You make time for your friends. And if God is

  • Put On Your Raincoat: Why Family Support Is Crucial in a Storm

    Put On Your Raincoat: Why Family Support Is Crucial in a Storm

    Families are a raincoat during the storms of life. Sometimes a child is going through a storm. Sometimes Mom is going through a storm. Sometimes Dad is going through a storm. No matter which of our family members is going through a storm, we have to help each other. Awesome families protect each other in

  • Strong Marriages Build Strong Culture

    Strong Marriages Build Strong Culture

    God created marriage for the construction of society. Marriage is the fundamental building block of every community, church, state, nation, society, and culture. If you know anything about history, you know that where marriages are strong, cultures and nations and empires are strong. You know that wherever marriages and families are weak, cultures and nations

  • Marriage Should Create a Safe Place for Kids

    Marriage Should Create a Safe Place for Kids

    Studies have shown that if children grow up without a mom and dad, there’s increased risk that they’re going to fail in school. Kids without two parents are more likely to not graduate from college, to be involved in substance or alcohol abuse, to experience depression and the risk of suicide. And it increases the

  • What Does God Say About Your Body?

    What Does God Say About Your Body?

    It’s hard to change our habits, isn’t it? I like to compare it to flying an airplane on autopilot going one way, and then immediately trying to change directions. You could attempt to physically force the stick to turn. But even if you could, the plane would drift back to its original course as soon

  • 3 Reasons You Must Forgive Others

    3 Reasons You Must Forgive Others

    “Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do” (Col. 3:13, MEV). The Bible says there are three reasons you have to let go of your past and the people who’ve hurt you, and the reasons have nothing to do with

  • 3 Essentials to Restoring a Relationship

    3 Essentials to Restoring a Relationship

    “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28, MEV). Forgiveness is not resuming a relationship without change. In fact, forgiveness and resuming a relationship are two different things. One of them is what you do as the offended

  • How to Stay Enthusiastic for Christ for a Lifetime

    How to Stay Enthusiastic for Christ for a Lifetime

    In order to reach your goals, you have to figure out how to maintain your enthusiasm over the long haul. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm.” I believe that with all of my heart. I have found it to be true in my life. You’ve got to have passion, you’ve

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