5 Jan 2023 0 Comment

Resistance to Rest Is Immaturity

When we started Saddleback Church, I was working 18 hours a day. We hosted people in our home twice a week, every week. On the last Sunday of the first year, I stood up to speak—and fainted. I was worn out from physical, spiritual, and...
4 Jan 2023 0 Comment

God Wants You to Rest

Are you always in a hurry? Is your to-do list unrealistically long? Has more than one person ever told you to slow down? Do you feel guilty when you relax? Do you have to get sick to take time off? The pace of modern society pushes us to...
3 Jan 2023 0 Comment

Four Steps to Help You Stop Worrying

It takes more than willpower to stop worrying—but you already know that, because you’ve already tried it. You’ve thought, “I shouldn’t worry about this,” yet it stays on your mind. Here are four steps to help you stop...
2 Jan 2023 0 Comment

Trust Jesus One Day at a Time

There are two days you should never worry about: yesterday and tomorrow. Jesus said, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34 NCV). You can’t...
1 Jan 2023 0 Comment

Meditate on God’s Word, Not Your Worries

When you are worried, don’t repress it, suppress it, or deny it. Instead, confess it. Talk to God about it. If you try to push down worries, you’re going to get sick. It’s like shaking a can of soda, and then putting it in the...
31 Dec 2022 0 Comment

The More You Trust God, the Less You’ll Worry

You know what it’s like to live in constant worry, don’t you? You feel uptight, your stomach seems tied in knots, and your whole body is tense. But you don’t have to live that way. Anything that’s learned can be unlearned. It’s...
30 Dec 2022 0 Comment

How to Stop the Worry Habit

God is the source of everything you need to live. He is the Good Shepherd who feeds you, leads you, and meets your needs. You don’t have to look anywhere else. You don’t have to look to Wall Street. You don’t have to look to the...
29 Dec 2022 0 Comment

Hope Is Believing in God’s Goodness

God has only good plans for your life. He never has, and he never will have bad plans for you. Yet, many people miss God’s plan for their lives because they don’t trust God. Instead, they decide to follow their own plan, which leads...
28 Dec 2022 0 Comment

Even in the Worst Times, God Is Good

Not everything that happens in your life is good. But God is good—and he is pouring his goodness into your life. Circumstances may be very difficult in your life right now, but God can take the bad and bring good out of it. Even in the...
27 Dec 2022 0 Comment

What Do You Have That God Hasn’t Given You?

We’ve talked about how trusting in God’s goodness helps you face life’s struggles. But what happens when you start thinking you earned the good things in your life, forgetting goodness comes from God? In Luke 12, Jesus tells the...