Daily Hope Devotionals - Rethinking Your Life
Don’t Stop With Forgiveness
by Rick Warren — January 18, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
To think like Jesus means to be willing to forgive the people who have hurt you. Even on the cross, Jesus forgave. In Luke 23:34 he says of the people who tortured and hung him … Continue reading Don’t Stop With Forgiveness
Focus on Living for an Audience of One
by Rick Warren — January 17, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
When you’re always worried about what other people think of you, you can’t be what God wants you to be. But when you learn to think like Jesus, you won’t worry about pleasing everyone. Jesus … Continue reading Focus on Living for an Audience of One
What It Really Means to Repent
by Rick Warren — January 15, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
Somewhere along the way, “repent” became a negative word. When many people hear that word, they think of a guy holding a sign on the corner telling people to “turn or burn” because the end … Continue reading What It Really Means to Repent
How to Take Every Thought Captive
by Rick Warren — January 14, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
Have you noticed your mind doesn’t always do what you tell it to do? Sometimes your mind has a mind of its own. Sometimes your thoughts go off in directions that you don’t intend. When … Continue reading How to Take Every Thought Captive
Just a Nibble of Sin Will Get You Hooked
by Rick Warren — January 13, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
For my dad, a day without fishing was a wasted day. He would manage, no matter what was going on, to go fishing for at least 30 minutes every day. As I watched my dad … Continue reading Just a Nibble of Sin Will Get You Hooked
You Need to Think About What You Think About
by Rick Warren — January 12, 2024
from Rethinking Your Life
Every behavior is based on a belief. If you act scared, it’s because you believe scary thoughts at that moment. If you act resentful, it’s because you believe you’ve been devalued, and so you’re going … Continue reading You Need to Think About What You Think About
Your Weaknesses Shape Your Witness to the World
by Rick Warren — November 30, 2020
Your witness to the world will come out of your weaknesses, not your strengths. A lot of people have it backwards: They think the world is impressed by Christians’ prosperity. That doesn’t impress the world. … Continue reading Your Weaknesses Shape Your Witness to the World
The Best Use of Your Deepest Pain
by Rick Warren — November 29, 2020
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
Let Your Pain Draw You Closer to Others
by Rick Warren — November 28, 2020
Suffering changes you. It can turn you away from self-centeredness and toward caring more about other people in pain. One important way you can use your pain for good is to draw closer to others. … Continue reading Let Your Pain Draw You Closer to Others
Let Your Pain Draw You Nearer to God
by Rick Warren — November 27, 2020
When anything painful happens to you, you’ve got a choice: You can run to God, or you can run from God. If you’re running away from God, what are you running to? Who could help … Continue reading Let Your Pain Draw You Nearer to God
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