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Rick Warren is an innovative pastor, renowned author, and global influencer.
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Happiness Can Be Learned - Pt 1
It's natural to focus on yourself?but it won't make you happy! Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why greater happiness begins when you shift the focus away from yourself.
2026-05-08Link to episode
How to Keep Your Heart Happy- Pt 2
If you want to find lasting happiness, you have to change the way you think. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to do this.
2026-05-07Link to episode
How to Keep Your Heart Happy - Pt 1
God is with you, he is in you, and he is for you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why those three truths can help you pushback against depression and discouragement?and find happiness.
2026-05-06Link to episode
The Humble Path to Happiness - Pt 2
In this message, Pastor Rick explains the importance of paying attention to the people around you: "Do not be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of others" (Philippians 2:4 NCV).
2026-05-05Link to episode
The Humble Path to Happiness - Pt 1
Every conflict you go through in your relationships is at least partly because of pride. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to stop pride from undermining your happiness.
2026-05-04Link to episode
How to Be Happy No Matter What - Pt 2
God's Word reminds us that lasting happiness comes from the choices we make each day. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how serving others and living generously lead to deeper joy.
2026-05-01Link to episode
How to Be Happy No Matter What - Pt 1
Pastor Rick teaches how to find happiness by learning to see things from God's point of view. You can face any problem with faith when you ask, "What is God doing here? What's the bigger picture?"
2026-04-30Link to episode
Grow Healthy Relationships - Pt 2
By focusing on the good in a relationship, you'll help the relationship grow healthy. Join Pastor Rick for this lesson from Philippians.
2026-04-29Link to episode
Grow Healthy Relationships - Pt 1
If you want to have healthy relationships, start with an attitude of gratitude. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to develop the habit of being grateful for the people in your life.
2026-04-28Link to episode
Being an Agent of Mercy in the World ? Part 3
God wants everyone to have the opportunity to accept his mercy?and we are part of that plan as agents of mercy. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches how to apply the principles of mercy to your daily habits and exercise mercy to change people's lives.
2026-04-27Link to episode
Being an Agent of Mercy in the World ? Part 2
Being merciful to others is always more important than keeping rules. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why it's more important to serve and value people than to live by a set list of rules.
2026-04-24Link to episode
Being an Agent of Mercy in the World ? Part 1
It's difficult to be merciful to others if you're not looking for and listening to people's needs. Join Pastor Rick as he unpacks the meaning behind Philippians 2:4: "Look out for one another's interests, not just for your own" (GNT).
2026-04-23Link to episode
Showing Mercy to Your Family ? Part 3
What do you do when someone in your family hurts you?and you can't just let it go? Listen as Pastor Rick looks to Scripture to show how God's mercy helps you forgive and respond with love even when it's hard.
2026-04-22Link to episode
Showing Mercy to Your Family ? Part 2
How do you deal with difficult or demanding people? Listen to this message by Pastor Rick as he teaches you how to respond to those closest to you with God's love and mercy.
2026-04-21Link to episode
Showing Mercy to Your Family ? Part 1
Anger is not necessarily a sin. The problem comes when you mismanage your anger. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how mercy helps you ignore many minor irritations that might normally make you angry.
2026-04-20Link to episode
How Much You Matter to God ? Part 3
When you're disconnected from God, you lose your potential to do great things. What have you lost that you'd like to recover? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how the mercy of God helps you recover what you've lost.
2026-04-17Link to episode
How Much You Matter to God ? Part 2
Salvation rescues you from yourself. The fact is, you need to be saved from yourself more than anything else. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's mercy helps you stop your self-defeating habits.
2026-04-16Link to episode
How Much You Matter to God ? Part 1
Jesus came to seek and save those who are spiritually lost. To be spiritually lost isn't an insult; it actually implies value! In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand how extraordinarily valuable you are to God.
2026-04-15Link to episode
God's Mercy and My Failures ? Part 4
Did you know that God uses your failures to build his church? Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's mercy encourages you to seek the support of others in your church family.
2026-04-14Link to episode
God's Mercy and My Failures ? Part 3
Every time you make a decision based on what other people think, you sow seeds of failure. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how God's mercy helps you break free from people-pleasing.
2026-04-13Link to episode
God's Mercy and My Failures ? Part 2
The Bible says one reason we have so many failures in life is because we think we're stronger than we really are. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's mercy helps you trust in God's strength, not your own.
2026-04-10Link to episode
God's Mercy and My Failures ? Part 1
No matter how many times you've failed, God's "mercies never come to an end" (Lamentations 3:22 ESV). Listen to this message by Pastor Rick to discover how Jesus responds to your failures with mercy.
2026-04-09Link to episode
God Can Use Anybody ? Part 3
You're not the center of the universe?God is. When you live a self-centered life, you become unfulfilled and eventually bored. Join Pastor Rick as he looks into Scripture to explain how God's mercy helps us live for others.
2026-04-08Link to episode
God Can Use Anybody ? Part 2
God created you to be you. In fact, his mercy allows you to be authentic. Join Pastor Rick as he dispels the myth that, for God to use you, you have to be somebody different from who you are.
2026-04-07Link to episode
God Can Use Anybody ? Part 1
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future! That's because of the mercy of God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick talks about how God wants to use you for his purposes?no matter how badly you've messed up.
2026-04-06Link to episode
Easter Means It's a New Day of Mercy ? Part 3
What does Jesus do with your disappointments? He responds with mercy. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how God's mercy forgives you and frees you.
2026-04-03Link to episode
Easter Means It's a New Day of Mercy ? Part 2
The Bible says, "We all stumble in many ways" (James 3:2 NIV). Join Pastor Rick as he explains why we all need God's mercy.
2026-04-02Link to episode
Easter Means It's a New Day of Mercy ? Part 1
Jesus' ministry was all about mercy. In fact, he showed mercy to everyone. In this message, Pastor Rick shares stories of mercy from God's Word and teaches how those stories relate to your life.
2026-04-01Link to episode
Living in God's Amazing Grace - pt 2
Before we celebrate the resurrection, we need to pause and remember the meaning of the cross. In this message you'll learn how to respond to what Jesus did for you?and why gratitude is the right place to begin.
2026-03-31Link to episode
Living in God's Amazing Grace - pt 1
Everything is by God's grace. We wouldn't even have our own lives if it weren't for God's grace! In this message by Pastor Rick, you'll discover the three things Jesus accomplished when he died on the cross, and why it still matters today.
2026-03-30Link to episode
Restoring Grace - pt 3
When you became a follower of Jesus, you were born again into God's family, and you cannot be unborn. Your sin may break your fellowship with God, but your relationship with him will still be there. You're just one step away from returning to him. In this message, Pastor Rick walks through what you should do when you sin so you can be restored to God.
2026-03-27Link to episode
Restoring Grace - pt 2
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus?but there are still consequences for when we reject God's will and go our own way. Pastor Rick shares in this message why, even when there are many things we lose when we sin, we can never lose our salvation and how God's refusal to reject us points to his restoring grace.
2026-03-26Link to episode
Restoring Grace - pt 1
If your faith starts to feel a little stale or you just don't feel as close to God as you used to, how do you get your joy in the Lord back? In this message, Pastor Rick identifies four common causes for why people stop walking with God by looking at the story of Peter, who denied Jesus and was ultimately restored to God, so that you too can start your restoration.
2026-03-25Link to episode
Offering Grace - pt 2
Genuine forgiveness is never easy. So many people are walking around with deep wounds because they've never forgiven or been forgiven, and the bitterness has become a heavy load to carry. In this message, Pastor Rick wants you to understand what forgiveness really is and why you need to give and receive grace so that you can release your bitterness and be filled with God's love.
2026-03-24Link to episode
Offering Grace - pt 1
There are a lot of misconceptions about forgiveness today that keep us from giving forgiveness as freely as we have received it from God. Pastor Rick walks through some of those misconceptions in this message and helps you understand what forgiveness is by first understanding what it is not.
2026-03-23Link to episode
Liberating Grace - pt 2
Are you tired of people telling you to "chill out"?because that just doesn't seem possible? Today, it's hard to find someone who is not stressed out and wishing for more time in the day. Pastor Rick wants to help you relax in God's grace by sharing in this message five steps to letting go of stress and learning "the unforced rhythms of grace" (Matthew 11:29 MSG).
2026-03-20Link to episode
Liberating Grace - pt 1
When you understand God's grace, you'll find a level of joy and freedom that you've never experienced before. In this message, Pastor Rick explains just how destructive perfectionism is in your life and why the only antidote is replacing your inner critic with God's voice of love and relaxing in his liberating grace.
2026-03-19Link to episode
Sustaining Grace - pt 2
Life often feels like a marathon, and that makes sense because the Bible describes life as a race. In your race, there are going to be many pitfalls that are going to make you feel like giving up. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at three ways life will try to trip you up and how, with God's sustaining grace, you can finish your race well.
2026-03-18Link to episode
Sustaining Grace - pt 1
Sustaining grace is the power to keep on going when you feel like giving up?and that's something we all feel like doing sometimes! Life is full of challenges. Pastor Rick encourages you in this message with the truth that, no matter what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace to help you.
2026-03-17Link to episode
Saving Grace - pt 2
God's grace is amazing, but it doesn't mean we can just go on living any way that we want to. Pastor Rick continues in this message to look at five aspects of saving grace and how God's forgiveness frees us to follow and obey Jesus not out of obligation but out of our love for him.
2026-03-16Link to episode
Saving Grace - pt 1
God's promise to save us through faith in him is the greatest offer we will ever receive, and it's important to remind ourselves just how good of a deal we've been given. In this message, Pastor Rick looks at five aspects of saving grace and how you know you're going to be with God in heaven forever.
2026-03-13Link to episode
When You're Harassed and Bullied - Part 2
Join Pastor Rick as he concludes his message on how to deal with bullying, including how to stand strong in doing the right thing and not wavering in your beliefs.
2026-03-12Link to episode
When You're Harassed and Bullied - Part 1
In this message, Pastor Rick explains practical ways from God's Word to deal with bullying and harassment in your life.
2026-03-11Link to episode
Being a Disciple in the Digital Age - Part 3
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick begins to unpack ways you can use your smartphone for the glory of God.
2026-03-10Link to episode
Being a Disciple in the Digital Age - Part 2
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to look at the negative side of smartphones, and what you can do to overcome it.
2026-03-09Link to episode
Being a Disciple in the Digital Age - Part 1
In this message, Pastor Rick looks at some of the downsides of technology and how to overcome the temptations associated with it.
2026-03-06Link to episode
Creating Life Shaping Conversations - Part 3
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick concludes his message on how to create life-shaping conversations by being a great listener and a master communicator.
2026-03-05Link to episode
Creating Life Shaping Conversations - Part 2
To be a great conversationalist, you have to know how to listen and how to speak. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the keys of being a great speaker.
2026-03-04Link to episode
Creating Life Shaping Conversations - Part 1
In this message, Pastor Rick shares the secrets of great listening. When you know how to listen, you can create life-shaping conversations.
2026-03-03Link to episode
Forming Healthy Friendships - Part 3
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick concludes his message on healthy friendships by discussing the type of friend you need to be to others.
2026-03-02Link to episode