This email from Perfect Driven Connection came at a very good timing for me. I had just been badly hurt by a couple that I thought were friends at one time but were never friends in the first place. As I said in the last post, someone decided to tell some lies about me and [...]

by Rick Warren

“Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21 TEV).

When you feel abandoned by God yet continue to trust Him in spite of your feelings, you worship Him in the deepest [...]

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood.

The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean”, she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”
Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor [...]

This is by Rick Warren and how true. How many people just “SAY” they love you, but DO NOTHING to show it?
Love Is an Action
by Rick Warren

In our Devotionals series, Pastor Rick Warren discusses the Bible passages that inspire him the most. Today’s Devotional is based on this passage:

“Dear children, let us stop just saying [...]

In our Devotionals series, Pastor Rick Warren discusses the Bible passages that inspire him the most. Today’s Devotional is based on this passage:

“That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God” [...]

Being content is a great feeling. Sometimes it’s hard to be contment because we always want more, more, more. It’s especially difficult to be content during hard times. In “The Purpose Driven Life” Rick Warren gives us lessons in contentment.

Lessons in Contentment
by Rick Warren

I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. Philippians 4:11 (NIV)
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by Rick Warren
By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. Romans 5:1 (MSG)
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You’re not reading this by accident. No, God knew before you were born that [...]

You will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)
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Once you make peace with God, that’s spiritual peace, then you get the peace of God in your heart and that’s emotional peace.
This [...]