![]() ![]() With his wife, Kay, Warren has spoken out frequently about the treatment of mental illness, especially after the couple’s son, Matthew, who suffered from mental illness, died by suicide in 2013 at age 27, five days after Easter. Once known for his habit of preaching in a Hawaiian shirt, Warren’s sermons reflect his laid-back California demeanor, and by and large he has avoided national politics. Once named by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” and by Newsweek as one of the “15 People Who Make America Great,” Warren is one of the best-known pastors in the country and has often been compared to Billy Graham for his evangelical spirit and sheer popularity.īut Warren shares little else with the staid North Carolina revival preacher and friend to presidents. Īmong clergy of all stripes, Warren is looked to as a leading expert in methods of church growth and expansion. However, we hope you will support our work with your prayers and financial gifts. ![]() After the popularity of the book, Warren famously committed to a “reverse tithe,” giving away 90% of his income.Īccess to MinistryWatch content is free. Warren is perhaps most widely known for his 2002 bestselling 42-day devotional book, “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”, one of the top-selling nonfiction books of all time, with more than 50 million copies sold. “For 42 years, Kay and I have known that this time, this day would eventually arrive, and we’ve been waiting on God’s perfect timing,” Warren added. “This is such a significant decision because I’m the only lead pastor our church family has ever had,” Warren said during Sunday’s online service. Saddleback Community Church, which Warren founded in 1980, is the second-largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. “That’s a big deal,” Warren said, in a moment of characteristic understatement. You can listen to Rick Warren on Church pastor Rick Warren on Sunday (June 6) announced the church will begin the official search for his successor, signaling he will retire after 40 years in his pulpit. *The USA IRS code permits you to deduct the amount of your financial gift to Daily Hope that exceeds the fair market value of materials you received from Daily Hope. *All gifts will be doubled up to the full amount of the grant. Request your study kit when you give today-and thank you for partnering with us to share the hope of Jesus all around the world! Your support of Daily Hope helps change lives, now and for eternity.Īnd as thanks for your gift- doubled today by the $50,000 Matching Grant-we’ll send you Pastor Rick’s 40 Days in the Word Bible study, a 6-session video series and accompanying workbook designed to help you develop biblical habits that reignite a passion for God’s Word and renew your relationship with Jesus. Thank you for your generous gift below to help take the Gospel into all the world and make disciples of nearly every nation through messages about the certain hope of Jesus. ![]() Your Gift DOUBLES to Reach Even More People Around the World for Jesus! God has promised repeatedly, “I will never leave you I will never abandon you” ( Hebrews 13:5 GNT).įor more Daily Hope with Rick Warren, please visit ! Of course, God hadn’t really left David, and he’ll never leave you. “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan for help?” ( Psalm 22:1 NLT).“Lord, why are you standing aloof and far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most?” ( Psalm 10:1 TLB).God called King David “a man after my own heart” (see 1 Samuel 13:14 and Acts 13:22), yet David sometimes complained about God’s apparent absence. John of the Cross referred to these days of spiritual dryness and doubt about God as “the dark night of the soul.” To mature your friendship, God will test it with periods of seeming separation-times when it seems as if he has abandoned or forgotten you. The writer Philip Yancey once noted, “Any relationship involves times of closeness and times of distance, and in a relationship with God, no matter how intimate, the pendulum will swing from one side to the other.” The deepest level of worship is praising God in spite of pain, thanking God during a trial, trusting him when tempted, surrendering while suffering, and loving him when he seems distant. How do you worship God then? What do you do when God seems a million miles away? ![]() But circumstances are not always pleasant. It’s easy to worship God when things are going great in your life-when he’s provided food, friends, family, health, and happy situations. “The Lord has hidden himself from his people, but I trust him and place my hope in him” ( Isaiah 8:17 GNT). ![]()
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