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Created on Thursday, 23 May 2013 / Counseling
Tags: Rick Warren, preach, weaknesses, lead, Jesus, admit, grateful, share, arrogant, painful, disorder
Jesus was definitely an iconoclast, continually challenging the conventional thinking of His day. Twenty different times, Jesus said, “You’ve heard it said ... but I say to you ... ” And even ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 16 May 2013 / Administration
Tags: Rick Warren, productivity, ministry, plans, motivation, paper, tasks, steps, checkpoints, progress, Post-It Notes, benefits, finishing
Pastors, we tend to share a lot throughout the year. Some of you are preparing two or three messages and presentations every week. When you repeat that process 52 times in a year, life gets exhausting. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 10 May 2013 / Church Growth
Tags: Church growth, church health, Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Church, New Testament, Ephesians, 2 Corinthians, James, children, organism, secret, balance, fellowship, discipleship, worship, ministry, ...
When I wrote The Purpose Driven Church, I predicted that church health—not church growth—would be the primary concern of the 21st Century church. I believe that prediction is proving itself true. The New ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 25 April 2013 / Administration
Tags: Rick Warren, untapped, gold mines, church, sleeping giant, lay people, financial support, evangelicals, Saddleback
Pastor, you’ve got a sleeping giant in your church. If you awake that sleeping giant, it’ll change your church, your community and the world. This sleeping giant in your church is your unengaged lay people. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 / Pastor's Heart
Tags: Rick Warren, life, worst disasters, son, suicide, Saddleback church, grief, receive, bitter, Christ
It would be impossible, in just one message, to go into all the reasons for suffering and for why God allows tragedy. Instead I want to focus on five ways that we should respond to tragedy. I Need to Release ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 08 April 2013 / Culture
Tags: Michael Brown, Rick Warren, mean-spirited, words, non-believers, suicide, tragedy
In the aftermath of the tragic suicide of Rick and Kay Warren’s son Matthew, another tragedy is occurring. So-called followers of Jesus are using Matthew’s death as an occasion to attack Pastor Warren. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 05 April 2013 / Pastoring
Tags: Rick Warren, ministry, Saddleback, lead, position, idea, leadership
Saddleback didn’t have an organized youth ministry until we had 500 in attendance at the church. We didn’t have a singles ministry until we had 1,000 people in attendance. And I’m glad we didn’t. It’s ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 29 March 2013 / Community
Tags: Rick Warren, Easter, Visitors, Write, Email, Communicate, Personal, Warm, Sermon, Connected
For many people in your community, Easter is the only day of the year they’ll show up at church. It’s a great opportunity to reach out to those who don’t think about church the other 364 days of the year. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 / Preaching
Tags: Rick Warren, Jesus, passion, lost, sacrifices, people, Gospels, New Testament
I believe the most overlooked key to growing a church is this: We must love unbelievers the way Jesus did. Without His passion for the lost, we will be unwilling to make the sacrifices necessary to reach ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 14 March 2013 / Community
Tags: Rick Warren, community, church, worship service, plant, reinvent, congregation, elderly
What do you do when your church no longer looks like the community that surrounds it? Focus on what your church does well.  Don’t try to be something you’re not.  If your church is primarily ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 March 2013 / Calling
Tags: Rick Warren, church planting, congregation, mistakes, Saddleback Church, believers, journey
Every church needs a plan to disciple its congregation. You need a plan to take people from “come and see” to “come and die”—which is where Jesus took His disciples during His earthly ministry. For most ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 04 March 2013 / Culture
Tags: Rick Warren, God, Adventure, Mission, Great Commission, Saddleback Church
You and I were made for a great adventure—it’s why we like movies. Movies have a story to them, an adventure to follow through. It’s also why we like shows like “Star Trek.” We want to “boldly go where ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 25 February 2013 / Preaching
Tags: Rick Warren, Plan, Blessings, Mary, Legacy
Mary, the mother of Jesus, knew that faith and obedience are the keys to God’s blessing, so she chose to go with God’s destiny for her life Now, as a pastor, I want God to bless your life. I want him to ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 22 February 2013 / Community
Tags: Blessings, Rick Warren, laws, brothers, sisters, Christ
Here are the four laws of God's blessing: 1. Our blessings should flow to others. The Bible teaches us that we are blessed not just so that we can feel good, not just so we can be happy and comfortable, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 21 February 2013 / Preaching
Tags: Rick Warren, procrastination, excuses, Bible, schedule, fears, gain
The Bible gives us five actions we can take to stop procrastinating: 1. Stop making excuses. “The lazy person claims, 'There's a lion out there! If I go outside, I might be killed!'" (Prov.  22:13, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 / Vision
Tags: Rick Warren, God, Complete, Philippians, Paul
We humans are great starters, but often bad finishers. We leave unfinished symphonies, unfinished buildings, unfinished books or unfinished projects. We may not always finish what we start, but God always ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 19 February 2013 / Healing
Tags: Rick Warren, God, Acceptance, Loved, Fear, Rejection
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; I will fear no one. The LORD protects me from all danger; I will never be afraid.” (Ps. 27:1, GNT) The fear of rejection is based on two things. First, we all need ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 February 2013 / Pastoral Care
Tags: Rick Warren, Satan, Isolated, Believers, Encouragement, Detached
“Encourage one another daily … so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” (Hebrews 3:13, NIV) A church family will help keep you from backsliding. None of us are immune to temptation. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 14 February 2013 / Relationships
Tags: Rick Warren, church, family, love, lab, sacrifice
“All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.” (1 Cor. 12:27, NLT) A church family moves you out of self-centered isolation. The local church is the classroom for learning how ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 / Service
Tags: Rick Warren, God, contribution, role, local fellowship, church
“A spiritual gift is given to each of us as so we can help each other.” (1 Cor. 12:7, NLT) God has a unique role for you to play in his family. This is your ministry, and God has gifted you for this assignment: ... [ +++ ]
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