Pastor Rick's Daily Hope
Pastor Rick Warren
Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope brings biblical hope and encouragement to people around the world. Through his daily audio and written devotional Bible teaching, Pastor Rick shares the hope of Christ and the biblical truths people need to fulfill God’s purposes for their life. https://PastorRick.com
Most Recent Episodes
Easter Means It's a New Day of Mercy—Part Two
Join Pastor Rick as he unpacks the answers to two questions: “When do I need God’s mercy in my life?” and “What difference does God’s mercy make?”The Bible says, “We all stumble in many ways” (James 3:2 NIV). Join Pastor Rick as he explains why we all need God’s mercy.
April 2, 2026 ListenEaster Means It's a New Day of Mercy—Part One
Mercy is undeserved forgiveness and unearned kindness—and it’s what God wants to give you. But most people don’t understand how merciful God really is. Join Pastor Rick as he looks to the Bible to help us understand how God’s mercy transforms lives.Join Pastor Rick as he unpacks the answers to two questions: “When do I need God’s mercy in my life?” and “What difference does God’s mercy make?”Jesus’ ministry was all about mercy. In fact, he showed mercy to everyone. In this message, Pastor Rick shares stories of mercy from God’s Word and teaches how those stories relate to your life.
April 1, 2026 ListenLiving in God’s Amazing Grace—Part Two
The 19th-century author, Robert Louis Stevenson, once said, “There's nothing but God's grace. We walk upon it. We breathe it. We live it and we die by it. It makes the nails and axles of the universe.” As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, we must first remember what happened on the cross—and the three powerful things Jesus accomplished when he died for us.Before we celebrate the resurrection, we need to pause and remember the meaning of the cross. In this message you’ll learn how to respond to what Jesus did for you—and why gratitude is the right place to begin.
March 31, 2026 ListenLiving in God’s Amazing Grace—Part One
You can be a Christian for most of your life and still never really learn to live by grace. In this series, Pastor Rick wants to help you not just understand the many expressions of God’s grace but also experience the joy it brings to your life. When you live by grace, you’ll be drawn to God in gratitude and love and discover how grace is the heart of our relationship to him.The 19th-century author, Robert Louis Stevenson, once said, “There's nothing but God's grace. We walk upon it. We breathe it. We live it and we die by it. It makes the nails and axles of the universe.” As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, we must first remember what happened on the cross—and the three powerful things Jesus accomplished when he died for us.Before we celebrate the resurrection, we need to pause and remember the meaning of the cross. In this message you’ll learn how to respond to what Jesus did for you—and why gratitude is the right place to begin.
March 30, 2026 ListenRestoring Grace—Part Three
You probably know someone who was once on fire for the Lord and is now no longer walking with him—and maybe that’s you. The good news is that God offers restoring grace when we turn away from him. In this message series, Pastor Rick teaches how to turn back to God and pray Lamentations 5:21: “Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!” (NLT).When you became a follower of Jesus, you were born again into God’s family, and you cannot be unborn. Your sin may break your fellowship with God, but your relationship with him will still be there. You’re just one step away from returning to him. In this message, Pastor Rick walks through what you should do when you sin so you can be restored to God.
March 27, 2026 ListenRestoring Grace—Part Two
You probably know someone who was once on fire for the Lord and is now no longer walking with him—and maybe that’s you. The good news is that God offers restoring grace when we turn away from him. In this message series, Pastor Rick teaches how to turn back to God and pray Lamentations 5:21: “Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!” (NLT).There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus—but there are still consequences for when we reject God’s will and go our own way. Pastor Rick shares in this message why, even when there are many things we lose when we sin, God will always point us to his restoring grace.
March 26, 2026 ListenRestoring Grace—Part One
You can be a Christian for most of your life and still never really learn to live by grace. In this series, Pastor Rick wants to help you not just understand the many expressions of God’s grace but also experience the joy it brings to your life. When you live by grace, you’ll be drawn to God in gratitude and love and discover how grace is the heart of our relationship to him.You probably know someone who was once on fire for the Lord and is now no longer walking with him—and maybe that’s you. The good news is that God offers restoring grace when we turn away from him. In this message series, Pastor Rick teaches how to turn back to God and pray Lamentations 5:21: “Restore us, O LORD, and bring us back to you again!” (NLT).If your faith starts to feel a little stale or you just don’t feel as close to God as you used to, how do you get your joy in the Lord back? In this message, Pastor Rick identifies some common causes for why people stop walking with God by looking at the story of Peter, who denied Jesus and was ultimately restored to God.
March 25, 2026 ListenOffering Grace—Part Two
God doesn’t just want you to receive his grace; he wants you to pass it on. In this message series, Pastor Rick teaches you how to “give as freely as you have received” (Matthew 10:8 TLB) when it comes to forgiveness—because that is what we have received most from God.Genuine forgiveness is never easy. So many people are walking around with deep wounds because they’ve never forgiven or been forgiven, and the bitterness has become a heavy load to carry. In this message, Pastor Rick wants you to understand what forgiveness really is and why you need to give and receive grace so that you can release your bitterness and be filled with God’s love.
March 24, 2026 ListenOffering Grace—Part One
You can be a Christian for most of your life and still never really learn to live by grace. In this series, Pastor Rick wants to help you not just understand the many expressions of God’s grace but also experience the joy it brings to your life. When you live by grace, you’ll be drawn to God in gratitude and love and discover how grace is the heart of our relationship to him.God doesn’t just want you to receive his grace; he wants you to pass it on. In this message series, Pastor Rick teaches you how to “give as freely as you have received” (Matthew 10:8 TLB) when it comes to forgiveness—because that is what we have received most from God.There are a lot of misconceptions about forgiveness today that keep us from giving forgiveness as freely as we have received it from God. Pastor Rick walks through some of those misconceptions in this message and helps you understand what forgiveness is by first understanding what it is not.
March 23, 2026 ListenLiberating Grace—Part Two
The two great enemies of grace, legalism and perfectionism, will try to convince you that God’s grace is not enough and that you have to earn God’s approval. Pastor Rick teaches in this message series why it’s foolish to try to go through life on your own power and why you need God’s liberating grace instead.Are you tired of people telling you to “chill out”? So often it just doesn’t seem possible. Today, it’s hard to find someone who’s not stressed out and wishing for more time in the day. Pastor Rick wants to help you relax in God’s grace by sharing in this message how to let go of stress and learn “the unforced rhythms of grace” (Matthew 11:29 MSG).
March 20, 2026 Listen
