God Is Working While You’re WaitingBy Rick Warren“I wait expectantly, trusting God to help, for he has promised.” (Psalm 130:5 TLB)God wants you to wait patiently for him to answer your prayer, but he also wants you to wait expectantly. Have faith. Trust God to hear and to answer. When you wait expectantly, you show God that you believe his promises. You believe he’s going to keep his word.Daniel ...  Read More

1 John 5:4-13For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith.  Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?  This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the tr...  Read More

What Does God Want While You Wait for an Answer?By Rick Warren“Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.” (Psalm 37:7 NLT, second edition)What does God want you to do while you’re waiting on an answer to your prayer?Psalm 37:7 says, “Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act” (NLT, second edition). God wants you to wait patiently for him...  Read More

How Can I Get Out of This Mess?By Rick Warren“Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 7:24b-25a NLT, second edition)Here is the testimony of a Chinese Christian: “I walked through the road of life and had fallen into a great ditch. The ditch was filled with depression, discouragement, and sin. As I lay in that ...  Read More

Why Can’t I Stop Doing Wrong?By Rick Warren“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8 NIV)Sin always involves self-deception. At the moment you’re sinning, you’re deceiving yourself because you think that what you’re doing will actually produce better results than what God has already told you to do.To stop defeating yourself, you must stop deceiv...  Read More

Why Do You Do What You Don’t Want To Do?By Rick Warren“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32 NIV)Have you ever wondered why you do what you don’t want to do? Ever wondered why it’s so hard to do the things that you know are the right things to do?Our sinful nature causes us to often make the wrong choice. You can probably relate to the apostle Paul when he says, “I ...  Read More

Four Ways God Speaks to YouBy Rick Warren“God does speak — sometimes one way and sometimes another — even though people may not understand it.” (Job 33:14 NCV)A lot of us think we’re too busy to listen for God’s response. But we have to take the time to tune in and listen, because God is speaking. Job 33:14 says, “God does speak — sometimes one way and sometimes another — even though people may no...  Read More

1 John 4:19-5:3 We love, because He first loved us.  If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.  And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Fathe...  Read More

Two Steps To Knowing God’s WillBy Rick Warren“If you want to know what God wants you to do, ask him, and he will gladly tell you, for he is always ready to give a bountiful supply of wisdom to all who ask him.” (James 1:5a NIV)If you want to know God’s will, you need to do a couple of things:1. Admit that you need guidance.We don’t really like to admit when we’re confused. Men especially don’t lik...  Read More

Why Won’t God Tell Me the Next Step?By Rick Warren“When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools.” (Ecclesiastes 5:4 NLT)You already know a lot of things God wants you to do with your life. So why haven’t you done them? God is not obligated to give you step 2 until you’ve already done step 1. Some of you keep saying, “I want to know God’s will...  Read More

Three Mistakes To Avoid When Seeking God’s WillBy Rick Warren“The steps of a man are established by the Lord …. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.” (Psalm 37:23a-24 NASB)You may be at what you think is a dead end in your life. “We’re never going to get out of debt! I’m never going to have a baby. My dream is never going to come true. How ...  Read More

How Do You Find God’s Will?By Rick Warren“God … invited you into this wonderful friendship with his Son, even Christ our Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:9 TLB)God’s not playing games with you. He wants you to understand his will, his purpose, and his plan for your life.You may say, “I want God to guide me, but I still get confused. I don’t know what to do.” Often the problem is we’re looking for the wrong...  Read More