Rick Warren's Blog, page 591

Even Your Flaws Can Bring Glory to God

When people are hurting, they need simple truth, not simplistic truth. It���s not enough to tell someone to pray, read the Bible, or go to church. You have to help them know how to make changes in their lives.

Trusting God Is Good for Your Health

God has given you the gift of your body, and it comes with an owner���s manual ��� the Bible. In it are all the instructions you need to take care of yourself and live a long life.

God Has Given You an Owner���s Manual for Your Body

If I had a pill that promised to add years to your life, you���d probably pay a lot of money for it. But what if I told you that, as a Christian, you already have the key to a long life and that it���s free?

How to Stay Enthusiastic for a Lifetime

In order to reach your goals, you have to figure out how to maintain your enthusiasm over the long haul.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ���Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm.��� I believe that with all of my heart. I have found it to be true in my life. You���ve got to have passion, you���ve got to have enthusiasm, or you���re never going to make it to the finish line.

Give Yourself Away in Love

If you want lasting change in your life, you must fill your life with love.

Love is the only thing that can change the unchangeable. Love invigorates. Love revitalizes. Love renews. Love refreshes. Love is the most powerful force in the universe, because God is love. It doesn���t say he has love; it says he is love. Love heals what cannot otherwise be healed. Love uplifts. Love strengthens. Love energizes. Love empowers

Change Requires Community

You will not make all the changes you need to make, want to make, would love to make, plan to make, or desire to make by yourself. If you could, you would. But you can���t, so you won���t!

You Can Only Manage What You Measure

The first and greatest barrier to change in any area of your life is pride.

The fact is, nobody has it all together. I don���t have it all together. You don���t have it all together. The Pope doesn���t have it all together. The Bible says there���s nothing perfect on Earth except God���s Word. Everything on this planet is broken because of sin.

Take Off the Old, Put On the New

If you want to have lasting change in your life, you have to start with your body, and that includes changing the way you think so that what you let into your mind and the things you think about honor God.

If You Want to Change Your Life, Start with Your Body

For change to happen in any area of your life, whether it���s financial, vocational, educational, mental, or relational, you have to begin with the physical.

Why? Because your body affects your behavior. Your muscles affect your moods and your motivation. Your physiology can actually affect your psychology.

Godly Goal Setting Starts with a Promise

The Bible has more than 7,000 promises from God to you ��� promises of success, confidence, health, prosperity, strength, wisdom, and more. Why does God make these promises?

Because he wants you to learn to trust him.

When you set a goal, don���t focus on the problems; focus on the promises. Find a promise in God���s Word that will take you to your goal.