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Rick Warren is an innovative pastor, renowned author, and global influencer.
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The God of My Valleys - Part 2
Valleys are an inevitable part of life, and you never know when they're going to show up. As Pastor Rick continues to teach in this message from Psalm 23, he reminds you that God is always with you?even in the valleys.
2026-07-27Link to episode
The God of My Valleys - Part 1
In a difficult valley, the darkness can be overwhelming. But the shadows in your life are evidence of the presence of light. Learn from Pastor Rick how to turn your back to the shadows and look at the light of God's goodness.
2026-07-24Link to episode
How to Be Led By God's Spirit - Part 3
Everyone follows something in life. You can choose to follow your culture that's constantly changing, or you can follow the eternal Word of God. Learn how to fill your mind with God's truth as Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23.
2026-07-23Link to episode
How to Be Led by God's Spirit - Part 2
Do you struggle to know what God wants you to do? Maybe you want to follow God's plan, but you don't know where to start. Don't miss this message, where Pastor Rick teaches why you need to be willing to obey God, even before you know his plans for you.
2026-07-22Link to episode
How to Be Led by God's Spirit - Part 1
To be led by God's Spirit, you first have to want him to lead you. But it's tempting to follow the world's lead instead and be distracted by other people's opinions. Join Pastor Rick to learn how to pursue God's wisdom for your life.
2026-07-21Link to episode
How God's Goodness Can Restore You - Part 3
Everything you've done wrong or will do wrong has already been paid for by Jesus on the cross. Now, he wants you to experience every day the joy of being restored to him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how, through Jesus, your broken soul can become whole again.
2026-07-20Link to episode
How God's Goodness Can Restore You - Part 2
In his humanity, Jesus experienced loneliness, betrayal, and rejection. Because of this, there's no hurt you can go through that he doesn't understand. In this message, learn from Pastor Rick how to mourn your losses and receive God's blessing.
2026-07-17Link to episode
How God's Goodness Can Restore You - Part 1
God specializes in bringing good out of bad. At the cross and Jesus' resurrection, he showed us just how much power he has to do that! Join Pastor Rick as he shares how God can redeem your hurts and use them to guide you toward holiness and make you more like Christ.
2026-07-16Link to episode
Relaxing in God's Goodness - Part 3
Rest is so important that God made it part of the Ten Commandments?right up there with not committing adultery, not murdering, and not stealing. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how rest benefits your spiritual, physical, and emotional health.
2026-07-15Link to episode
Relaxing in God's Goodness - Part 2
When you relax in God's goodness, you learn that you don't have to prove your worth. You don't have to wear yourself out, believing there's something you could do to make God love you more. Instead, as Pastor Rick teaches in this message, you can rest in the truth that you are already extremely valuable to God.
2026-07-14Link to episode
Relaxing in God's Goodness - Part 1
Do you ever feel guilty when you relax or take time off? The Bible says that God considers rest as important as work. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to live a rest-filled life as you learn new, biblical ways to measure the time you've been given.
2026-07-13Link to episode
Letting God Meet My Needs - Part 4
It's easy to look to yourself or other people to meet your needs, but God wants you to experience the joy and freedom that come from trusting in his goodness. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to show how God is ready to provide for you when you're ready to surrender to him.
2026-07-10Link to episode
Letting God Meet My Needs - Part 3
Where are you looking for security? The only security that can never be taken from you is the security that God provides. Learn how to look to God to meet all your needs as Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23.
2026-07-09Link to episode
Letting God Meet My Needs - Part 2
Worry is the result of forgetting that God is good all the time. So how should you respond when you realize you're worrying? You can pray, or you can panic. This message from Pastor Rick is essential for anyone feeling anxious and looking for peace.
2026-07-08Link to episode
Letting God Meet My Needs - Part 1
Worry affects your health, relationships, and overall well-being. But God says you don't have to worry, because he promises to meet all your needs if you trust him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how you can overcome stress and trust God in all circumstances.
2026-07-07Link to episode
Is God Really Good All the Time? - Part 3
Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23, explaining the gifts of God's goodness. Don't miss learning about how God can trade your darkness for the blessings of his guidance, provision, and abundance.
2026-07-06Link to episode
Is God Really Good All the Time? - Part 2
Understanding the goodness of God will revolutionize your life and your relationships. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can experience God's goodness that is already at work in your life.
2026-07-03Link to episode
Is God Really Good All the Time? - part 1
When you're in pain, depressed, or experiencing conflict, it can be easy to doubt or forget God's goodness?and that causes all kinds of difficulty. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God's goodness can give you perspective in the darkest of times.
2026-07-02Link to episode
Handling Opposition to Your Faith - Part 3
The Bible says sometimes suffering is God's will for your life. Why? Because it makes you more like Jesus. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about three kinds of suffering and how to remain faithful while facing opposition.
2026-07-01Link to episode
Handling Opposition to Your Faith - Part 2
Handling Opposition to Your Faith - Part 1
You should never be embarrassed for standing for the truth and doing what's right. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick helps you understand why you don't need other people's approval to be happy and how that understanding will help you face opposition to your faith.
2026-06-29Link to episode
How to Reconcile a Relationship - Part 4
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to explain how you can be a peacemaker in your relationships at home, at work, and with your friends.
2026-06-26Link to episode
How to Reconcile a Relationship - Part 3
How to Reconcile a Relationship - Part 2
When you meet with someone to resolve a conflict, you need to listen to the other person's hurt and perspective. Pastor Rick shares in this message how to speak less, listen more, and change your focus so that you can reconcile a relationship.
2026-06-24Link to episode
How to Reconcile a Relationship - Part 1
It takes courage to approach someone you are in conflict with and tell them you want to work things out. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to resolve conflict in your relationships, you have to be willing to make the first move.
2026-06-23Link to episode
God Blesses a Heart of Integrity - Part 3
Integrity demands that every area of your life is treated with the same standard. Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message what that means for you. Join him as he shares six practical ways you can work to become a person of integrity.
2026-06-22Link to episode
God Blesses a Heart of Integrity - Part 2
If you are serious about becoming a person of integrity, the first step is to admit that you don't always act with integrity. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to have integrity, you must confess your sins and then make the choice to sin less.
2026-06-19Link to episode
God Blesses a Heart of Integrity -Part 1
In a world that is absolutely obsessed with appearance and image, how can you keep it real when everybody else is faking it? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick gives you the most important thing you need to care about if you want to be a person of integrity.
2026-06-18Link to episode
Your Ministry of Mercy - Part 2
Most people think mercy means forgiving people who don't deserve it or helping people who can't help themselves. Those are two definitions of mercy, but Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message the many facets of mercy so that you can apply them to your relationships.
2026-06-17Link to episode
Your Ministry of Mercy - Part 1
Jesus says in Matthew 5:7, "God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy" (NLT). If you want to experience God's mercy, then you need to learn to be a minister of mercy. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick gives you four reasons God expects you to show mercy.
2026-06-16Link to episode
Why You Need to Stay Hungry - Part 2
The Bible says in Romans 1:17, "The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself" (NCV). Pastor Rick uses this message to explain the three points of the gospel, how God makes you right with himself, and what you need to do about it.
2026-06-15Link to episode
Why You Need to Stay Hungry - Part 1
"Righteousness" is a big word that's used hundreds of times in the Bible. But what does it really mean? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick boils righteousness down to two words and explains how it applies to your life.
2026-06-12Link to episode
The Strength of Gentleness - Part 3
Practicing gentleness helps you become more like Jesus. Listen to Pastor Rick as he teaches why developing a Christ-like gentleness will help you rest faithfully in God's love.
2026-06-11Link to episode
The Strength of Gentleness - Part 2
If you claim to be a follower of Jesus, you don't want to speak evil of anyone or be quarrelsome. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how to treat others with respect without compromising what you believe so that your gentleness is a witness to unbelievers.
2026-06-10Link to episode
The Strength of Gentleness - Part 1
It's human to mimic the emotions of people around you. When someone gets angry at you, you often get angry back. Pastor Rick explains in this message why you need to respond to anger with gentleness and the effect that will have on the conflict.
2026-06-09Link to episode
How God Blesses Broken Hearts -Part 2
Everyone will experience loss in their lives. You don't just get over a loss, and you can't go under it or around it. You've got to go through the grief. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares six ways God blesses and heals a broken heart.
2026-06-08Link to episode
How God Blesses Broken Hearts - Part 1
Life is full of losses. The world is broken, and nothing?including your relationships?works perfectly. Pastor Rick uses this message to help you understand a couple truths that will provide perspective as you face inevitable losses in life and trust God through them.
2026-06-05Link to episode
It Depends on Who You Depend On - Part 3
If you put your security in your bank account, your job, or your investments, it won't make you more secure?because you can still lose all those things. Pastor Rick explains through this message how you get God's blessing when you depend on his wealth and not your own.
2026-06-04Link to episode
It Depends on Who You Depend On - Part 2
When you are criticized or attacked, you'll be tempted to defend yourself. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why you need to let God be your defender and, instead of retaliating, respond like Jesus did when he was insulted.
2026-06-03Link to episode
It Depends on Who You Depend On - Part 1
If you really want God's blessing on your life, you can't depend on what your feelings or your gut tells you. Join Pastor Rick as he shares in this message how to get God's wisdom so that you will have fewer dead ends and failures in your life.
2026-06-02Link to episode
How to Be Certain You're Going to Heaven - Part 3
The greatest gift you've ever been given wasn't bought in a store, yet it cost the Giver everything. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why Jesus had to come to earth and die so that you could be made right with God?and how you can accept his great gift of grace.
2026-06-01Link to episode
How to Be Certain You're Going to Heaven - Part 2
There's only one thing in the entire universe that won't change: God's love. Through this broadcast, Pastor Rick wants you to understand God's extravagant, lavish love for you so that it will provide a rock-solid foundation for your life.
2026-05-29Link to episode
How to Be Certain You're Going to Heaven - Part 1
God doesn't want you to doubt your salvation. He doesn't want you to wonder whether you'll be in heaven with him. God wants you to settle the issue. Pastor Rick uses this message to help you do that by getting back to the basics of the gospel.
2026-05-28Link to episode
The Reality of Heaven - Part 3
The Bible describes many significant things about heaven?but the most profound part of the description may be what it says won't be there. In this message, Pastor Rick gives five pieces of our earthly existence that won't be part of our heavenly one.
2026-05-27Link to episode
The Reality of Heaven - Part 2
Although human words can't properly explain the divine mysteries of heaven, we do know a little about what heaven will be like. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares five things we know about heaven from the Bible and why it's a place you want to be.
2026-05-26Link to episode
The Reality of Heaven - Part 1
Heaven is the place God is designing for his family. You and I were made for heaven, but we have many misconceptions about what heaven is like. Join Pastor Rick for this message as he talks about a right view of heaven.
2026-05-25Link to episode
The Reality of Hell?Part 3
Spiritual realities are more real than physical ones?so you need to focus on the spiritual ones. Pastor Rick uses this message to walk through the five specific spiritual realities you need to take to heart to alter your eternal destiny and the way you live in this life.
2026-05-22Link to episode
The Reality of Hell - Part 2
Based on how Jesus and others in the Bible describe hell, you don't want to have any part of it. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about what the Bible says about hell and how you can avoid spending eternity away from God.
2026-05-21Link to episode
The Reality of Hell - Part 1
Heaven is perfect. And because each person is made for eternity and no one is perfect, there must be a place for evil to spend eternity. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how the existence of evil proves the necessity of hell.
2026-05-20Link to episode
God's Promise to the Generous - Pt 2
When you're generous, other people benefit from that?but you do too! In this message, Pastor Rick explains how being generous strengthens your faith and increases your happiness.
2026-05-19Link to episode