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How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
There are plenty of things in the world that are good for our bodies, but what can we turn to when we need something to feed our soul and spirit?
You won't find it on the TV or a store rack. To find something for the soul, you have to seek out something deeper…
This five-part series by Pastor Rick Warren and Pastor Tom Holladay shows us what we need to find deeper happiness in life. It will teach your members to use the family that God gave them—the church—to find peace and meaning.
Your congregation will also learn that we don't join this family just for our own happiness, but that we share our faith with others and serve each other as God intended to get closer to him.
Sermons included:
- Why You Absolutely Need a Church Family examines why people go to church in the first place and discusses the numerous benefits of having a church family in our lives.
- You Need Others for Spiritual Support shares why we need other people in our lives and gives five reasons other people enrich our lives.
- Sharing Your Hope With Others teaches that leading others to Jesus is the ultimate legacy we can leave behind.
- How Worshiping With Others Changes You stresses that God hates insincere worship and gives tips on how to worship in a way that brings us closer together as a community and closer to God.
- Ministry: The Secret to Greatness is all about the greatness of serving others, not for their affirmation, but purely for other people's happiness as well as your own as you glorify God.
This resource includes:
- MP3 audio of each message for easy listening on an iPhone, Android, or any other MP3 player.
- Transcripts to read while listening to each audio and to highlight passages that stood out.
- Outlines (blank and with fill-ins) to understand the structure of each message and give to your members to take notes on.
- Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint) that can be used as a visual display for each message you preach.
- Talk It Over Discussion Questions to give to your small groups to discuss what they learned from your messages.
NOTE: The DVD set includes only the video for each sermon, not the additional resources listed above.
Sermon Series
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Why You Absolutely Need a Church Family
Delivered on 10/13/2018
Part 1 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
Why do more than 2 billion people attend church worldwide? What are the benefits? If someone were to ask us why we go to church, we may have a difficult time thinking of an answer. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren talks about how a church is not a place we go to or an event we attend — it’s a spiritual family. It’s a group of baptized believers who’ve joined together in a commitment to help each other fulfill God’s five purposes for their lives. You’ll learn why the church is the most important group on earth, and why it’s exactly where you belong!
Delivered on 10/13/2018
Part 1 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
Why do more than 2 billion people attend church worldwide? What are the benefits? If someone were to ask us why we go to church, we may have a difficult time thinking of an answer. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren talks about how a church is not a place we go to or an event we attend — it’s a spiritual family. It’s a group of baptized believers who’ve joined together in a commitment to help each other fulfill God’s five purposes for their lives. You’ll learn why the church is the most important group on earth, and why it’s exactly where you belong!
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You Need Others for Spiritual Support
Delivered on 10/20/2018
Part 2 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
In today’s world, dependency is often considered a weakness. We’re taught that we don’t need anyone to figure things out on our own. But God did not create you to be alone — he created you to depend on a spiritual family for support. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren talks about how community is God’s answer to loneliness, fatigue, defeat, and despair. Having a church family is important because we need others to walk with us, work with us, watch out for us, wait and weep with us, and witness with us.
Delivered on 10/20/2018
Part 2 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
In today’s world, dependency is often considered a weakness. We’re taught that we don’t need anyone to figure things out on our own. But God did not create you to be alone — he created you to depend on a spiritual family for support. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren talks about how community is God’s answer to loneliness, fatigue, defeat, and despair. Having a church family is important because we need others to walk with us, work with us, watch out for us, wait and weep with us, and witness with us.
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Sharing Your Hope with Others
Delivered on 10/27/2018
Part 3 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
Everyone wants to leave a legacy. But the only way to make an eternal impact is to bring someone else into God’s family. Did you know that, if you’re a Christian, you are an ambassador of Jesus Christ? You may think you’re not qualified to do this, because you don’t have the right personality or you lack certain character traits. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren shares five things to give you confidence and six things you can do this week to share your hope with others.
Delivered on 10/27/2018
Part 3 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
Everyone wants to leave a legacy. But the only way to make an eternal impact is to bring someone else into God’s family. Did you know that, if you’re a Christian, you are an ambassador of Jesus Christ? You may think you’re not qualified to do this, because you don’t have the right personality or you lack certain character traits. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren shares five things to give you confidence and six things you can do this week to share your hope with others.
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How Worshiping with Others Changes You
Delivered on 11/03/2018
Part 4 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, his answer was to love God — love him with all your heart, soul, and mind. As human beings, we’ve all been hard-wired to worship, or express our love. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren shares four reasons why we worship God and seven practical ways to worship God. We were made to be loved by God, and when you do what you were made to do, God will bless you in ways you didn’t know were possible!
Delivered on 11/03/2018
Part 4 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, his answer was to love God — love him with all your heart, soul, and mind. As human beings, we’ve all been hard-wired to worship, or express our love. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren shares four reasons why we worship God and seven practical ways to worship God. We were made to be loved by God, and when you do what you were made to do, God will bless you in ways you didn’t know were possible!
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Ministry: The Secret to Greatness
Delivered on 11/18/2018
Part 5 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
Leadership is a big topic these days — how do you get to the top? How do you become successful? How do you become the greatest? According to Jesus, the secret to greatness is serving. In Matthew 23, he said, “The greatest among you will be your servant.” The greatest businesses serve their customers. The greatest bosses serve their employees. In this message, Pastor Tom Holladay talks about the five qualities of a servant. Being a servant may sound like being weak or a pushover, but through this message you’ll find that serving will transform your life in great ways.
Delivered on 11/18/2018
Part 5 of the series How God Meets Your Five Deepest Needs: Purpose Driven Church
Leadership is a big topic these days — how do you get to the top? How do you become successful? How do you become the greatest? According to Jesus, the secret to greatness is serving. In Matthew 23, he said, “The greatest among you will be your servant.” The greatest businesses serve their customers. The greatest bosses serve their employees. In this message, Pastor Tom Holladay talks about the five qualities of a servant. Being a servant may sound like being weak or a pushover, but through this message you’ll find that serving will transform your life in great ways.
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Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox
All leaders are learners. As soon as you stop learning, you stop leading.
The Ministry Toolbox is designed to help you learn from Rick’s 40+ years in ministry. It’s a weekly shot in the arm of wisdom that will help you develop and deepen your passion for ministry and ability to serve others.
