Daily Hope Devotionals - Connection
You Learn Your Purpose Through Relationships
by Rick Warren — May 5, 2024
from Daring Faith
We only learn who we are in relationship. We only learn our true identity in community. You’ll never learn who you really are by yourself. You only learn it in relationships. That means you must … Continue reading You Learn Your Purpose Through Relationships
The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain
by Rick Warren — February 6, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
When you’re going through pain, you can choose to focus on yourself or on other people. When you choose to focus on serving other hurting people, that’s called redemptive suffering. It is the highest and … Continue reading The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain
Your Sin Is Never Private
by Rick Warren — January 23, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
Sin may be secret, but it’s never private. It will either come out now, here on earth, or at Judgment Day, but it’s going to be known. Numbers 32:23 is one of the scariest verses … Continue reading Your Sin Is Never Private
Five First Steps to Building a Life of Love
by Rick Warren — October 16, 2023
from 40 Days of Love
I’ve been on this earth for a while now, and I’m still convicted by God about how little I really know about love. The fact is, we all have a lot of growing to do … Continue reading Five First Steps to Building a Life of Love
You Can’t Connect If You Don’t Commit
by Rick Warren — August 27, 2023
from Essentials for Living
Good relationships don’t happen by accident. They take cultivation, work, and a lot of time. They take commitment! I can’t count the number of times my wife Kay and I have felt like walking out … Continue reading You Can’t Connect If You Don’t Commit
Is Gossip Destroying Your Relationships?
by Rick Warren — August 26, 2023
from Essentials for Living
We tend to think of gossip as one of those “little” sins. But when God talks about gossip, he puts it on the list with things like sexual immorality and murder. Why? Because it is … Continue reading Is Gossip Destroying Your Relationships?
Use Your Words to Build Others Up
by Rick Warren — August 25, 2023
from Essentials for Living
Sometimes our words are like a sledgehammer. We swing away without thinking, and suddenly we look around and realize a pile of relational rubble surrounds us. When you thoughtlessly sling your words around and tear … Continue reading Use Your Words to Build Others Up
The World Does Not Revolve Around You
by Rick Warren — August 24, 2023
from Essentials for Living
Everything in our society conditions us to think of ourselves first. But the Bible says, “Look out for one another’s interests, not just for your own” (Philippians 2:4 GNT). That is such a countercultural verse. … Continue reading The World Does Not Revolve Around You
Three Things Fear Does to Relationships
by Rick Warren — August 23, 2023
from Essentials for Living
If you want to connect with someone, you need to be willing to take the first step. This often requires courage. Why? Because it’s fear that disconnects human beings. When we’re full of fear and … Continue reading Three Things Fear Does to Relationships
You’re Significant in the Body of Christ
by Rick Warren — August 22, 2023
from Essentials for Living
In the Bible, the church is often called the “body of Christ.” What Jesus Christ did when he was here in his physical body, he wants his followers to continue to do today. We are … Continue reading You’re Significant in the Body of Christ
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