Captivity is the condition of having your freedom limited involuntarily. We could say that this past year, the COVID-19 global pandemic, was a year of captivity for all of us—but we’re now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. In this special Palm Sunday message, Pastor Rick Warren teaches how we can resume life successfully and honor God as things begin opening up and our choices are rest...
Pastors & Coworkers in Christ, Join us for a time of prayer and worship alongside our friends and fellow church leaders across the globe. Easter Holy Week is the most significant week of your year. That’s why, for 41 years, I’ve gathered pastors, priests, and ministers for a couple of hours at the start of Holy Week to be encouraged and inspired as we prepare our hearts to minister to people....
The world has changed dramatically in the last year. You have changed, too; you've developed some new patterns, some new habits. But instead of resuming the way you used to live, God is giving you an opportunity for a total reset. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren lays out four biblical steps for resetting your life and getting a fresh start. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching ...
Wind is one of the most powerful forces of nature. In fact, all throughout the Bible, God uses wind as a metaphor for the unexpected circumstances that show up in your life. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren describes four different kinds of wind — winds of change, opposition, temptation, and conflict — as well as what the Bible says about withstanding those winds. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick...
“Fear not” is the most-used command in the Bible. Why? Because fear is humanity's most common problem. But Jesus offers you a way to live without fear. In this special Easter message, Pastor Rick Warren explains the benefits of the better life that’s offered in the miracle of Easter and Jesus’ resurrection. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email ...
Timing affects everything you do in life. It can mean the difference between success and failure. And you can only serve God with the time that he gives you and the times he puts you in. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren walks through a six-step process you can take to discern if God is calling you to make a major change in your life. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subs...
Whether we like making plans or not, the truth is that it’s impossible to build a better life for ourselves without a plan. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren gives us Nehemiah’s seven-step planning model to partner with God as we make plans. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.com Connect with Rick! Faceb...
God wired us to need each other — you can’t succeed on your own! Being able to work together with others is one of the most important skills you’ll ever develop. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren walks you through a biblical, 7-step process for getting people to work together in pursuit of a God-given dream. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope em...
Inside nearly all of us is the desire to be the G.O.A.T., the greatest of all time, at something. But very few of us aim to have a great inner life, a great soul. In this message, Kay Warren shares about how God acts and we respond to him in the process of growing our souls. Discover how your life can change when you focus on growing a great soul. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teach...
What dreams are you dreaming today? Maybe it seems small and insignificant, or maybe it seems so out of reach that you feel discouraged. Or maybe you are currently running after that God-given dream of yours! In this message, Pastor Rick Warren shares about how you can enlist support for your dream and withstand opposition. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his...
Everybody needs to feel valued and appreciated. It’s essential to your emotional and spiritual health. But being respected doesn’t come naturally — it has to be earned. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren continues our study through the Book of Nehemiah by describing how you can earn the respect of others, especially during times of conflict. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching a...
If you’re going to build a better future, not everybody’s going to like it. In fact, one of the biggest ways God tests your character is through how you respond to critics. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren describes five ways people will try to stop you with ridicule, as well as five biblical ways to handle opposition. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to h...
Are you feeling discouraged lately? Discouragement is one of the primary reasons we feel tempted to give up on our God-given dreams. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren describes four things that typically discourage you, as well as God’s cures for your discouragement. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.com ...
Nothing is beyond God’s love. Nothing is beyond his compassion. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.com Connect with Rick! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorrickwarren Twitter: https://twitter.com/RickWarren Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastorrickwarren Podcast: http://pastorrick.com/liste...
The road to recovery is jagged. Relapse is a part of the process—so don't beat yourself up. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.com Connect with Rick! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastorrickwarren Twitter: https://twitter.com/RickWarren Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastorrickwarren Podcast: h...
Are you feeling drained? The feeling of emptiness is at an all-time high, and many of us are feeling empty and drained. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren describes the 10 reasons you might feel emotionally and spiritually drained, and then explains how Jesus is the solution to our emptiness. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at...
There are seasons when change is so rapid and relentless that you just get tired of it. In this message, Pastor Rick shares five truths from the Bible on how to trust God when you're going through changes that you don't like. Learn how God can use unavoidable change for good as a test of faith to make you more like him. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Dai...
When you’re emotionally worn out and are searching for strength, you need a strategy to recharge your spiritual and emotional battery. In this message, Pastor Rick shares four solutions from God's Word about how to keep on going when you feel like giving up. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.com Connect wit...
Pain is inevitable. We know that Jesus never promised us an easy life, but he did promise he’d be with us. So how do we learn something from our pain rather than waste it? In this message, Pastor Rick kicks off a new series where we’ll learn the reasons we experience pain. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.co...
While we don’t have all the answers to why a good God allows pain to exist, we do know that God gave us freedom of choice. In part two of the series Where is God When It Hurts, Pastor Rick shares how you can benefit from pain by the choice you make - by choosing the way you respond to pain. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at htt...
Nobody experienced a greater amount of stress than Jesus Christ. And yet, when we look at his life, we see that he walked and he lived with amazing peacefulness. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren teaches about how we can watch Jesus’ example of endurance and learn his secrets of resilience. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at h...
In the Bible, there are over 400 passages that mention thanksgiving or gratitude. Through these passages, we learn that God wants gratitude to be the primary motivation behind everything we do, say, and think. In this message, Pastor Rick will teach us God’s three favorite ways for us to express gratitude. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope em...
The Bible has a lot to say about our plans and God’s plans. We’ve all had days, months, or even years where nothing seems to go our way. That first Christmas, Jesus’ birth changed everyone’s plans. In this message, Pastor Rick shares some encouragement about how to handle when God Changes Your Plans. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devoti...
The worst thing we could do with our pain is waste it. God can use pain for our own benefit, but he can also use the pain we’ve experienced to help others. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the four things you can share with others so God can use your pain to help. ——— Listen to Pastor Rick's daily Bible teaching and subscribe to his Daily Hope email devotional at http://pastorrick.com...
The Pharisees had a skewed view of marriage and divorce. They taught that you could divorce your wife for any reason as long as you give her a certificate of divorce. Jesus exposes their skewed teaching and declares the truth about marriage and divorce. In this sermon, Pastor Tim shows that marriage is a unity of a man and woman that God has brought together, and no man should separate. It is a...
How should a believer handle subjective feelings in the Christian life? What role, if any, do feelings and affections matter in our salvation and affirming the validity of our Christianity? Tonight we will consider what the Bible says about this topic of our feelings and emotions. 🎧MP3: https://illbehonest.com/download/biblestudies/faith-and-feelings-in-the-christian-life-craig-mussulman.mp3 ...
The Spirit of God can be easily grieved over our "small" sins. One sin that we need self-control over is being overly critical of others. It can be so easy to sin with our tongue when speaking about others; many times we're not even sensible of it until we begin to reap the bitter fruit of it. Are you sensitive to the Spirit of God when speaking about others? View the full sermon: https://www....
When Paul was saved, he was no longer setting forth his own will, but he was now concerned with doing what Christ wanted him to do. Conversion brings true surrender, and your negotiating days are over. It is no more bargaining; instead, it is unconditional surrender. → View the full sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D05yJB_KYrg → View on I'll Be Honest: https://illbehonest.com/no-more-b...
Our view of sin shouldn't just consist of obvious, flagrant acts of immorality. There are also subtle sins that we need to put to death and make no provision for. And if there's one thing that should motivate us, we should think not what our sin does to us, but what our sin does to God. Do you deeply consider how your sin affects God? Or do you just casually confess your sin and say "I am sorry...
Sinner, Christ is willing to receive you. God commands you to repent. You do not have a right to go to hell. The only way anybody perishes and goes to hell is against God's revealed will. You have to trample the blood of Jesus Christ to go to hell and you have no right to do it. God forbids you from doing it. God commands you to repent that you might have life. → Watch the full sermon: https:/...
Christian, the devil will do all that he can to discourage you and make you lose your hope. But you need to lift your eyes and see that God really does have glory awaiting you at the end of this life. → View the full sermon: Taking the Helmet of Salvation: Our Hope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkHiwR1tph4 View on I'll Be Honest: https://illbehonest.com/it-all-feels-useless-dont-give-up-loo...
But David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.' But truly, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death." - 1 Samuel 20:3 🎧 MP3: https://illbehonest.com/download/fullsermons/a-step-between-life-and-death-curt-daniel.mp3 → View on I'll Be Hones...
