Daily Hope Devotional

God is far more interested in changing your mind than changing your circumstances. You want God to take away all of the problems, pain, sorrow, suffering, sickness, and sadness. But God wants to work on … Continue reading Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
If you want to have lasting change in your life, you need to refocus your mind. Specifically, you need to change your thought patterns away from what you don’t want to focus on and toward … Continue reading How to Have Lasting Change in Your Life

God’s Change Takes Time

By Rick Warren — July 6, 2021
from Life's Healing Choices
When God helps you grow spiritually, he doesn’t just snap his fingers so that it happens instantly. He does it incrementally. When God wants to make a mushroom, he takes six hours, but when he … Continue reading God’s Change Takes Time

Let God Take the Driver’s Seat

By Rick Warren — July 5, 2021
from Life's Healing Choices
The key to stress reduction in your life is to let go and let God. So how do you do this? You make Jesus the manager of your life. The problem is, we usually want … Continue reading Let God Take the Driver’s Seat

Meekness Does Not Equal Weakness

By Rick Warren — July 4, 2021
from Life's Healing Choices
If you want to make healthy choices—to be well and whole again—you have to learn to be meek. Matthew 5:5 says, “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” (NIV). The Bible lists … Continue reading Meekness Does Not Equal Weakness
Change requires new thinking. In order to change, you must learn the truth and start making good choices, but you also must change the way you think. The way you think determines the way you … Continue reading If You Want to Change, Start with Your Thinking

Change Is a Choice

By Rick Warren — July 2, 2021
from Life's Healing Choices
Change requires making choices. It’s not enough to dream of changing. It’s not enough to desire change. To change, you need to make a decision. You must choose to change. Change is intentional. Are you … Continue reading Change Is a Choice
The secret to personal change is not willpower. The secret is to know and face the truth. So, if you want to change, you must know and face the truth about yourself and your nature. … Continue reading If You Want to Change, Then Face the Truth
If you woke up feeling lonely this morning, God has something to say to you: “I understand exactly how you feel.” God is with you during this difficult season. If you think Jesus doesn’t understand … Continue reading What Does God Say to Lonely People?

We Know How the Story Ends

By Rick Warren — June 29, 2021
from Leaving a Lasting Legacy
History’s conclusion is inevitable. I believe this with all my heart. It’s a fait accompli. It’s done. It’s finished. There’s no doubt. I’ve read the final chapter. God’s Word tells us how it’s going to … Continue reading We Know How the Story Ends