A Toolbox for Life: Skills You Need to Succeed

What if you had a toolbox for your life that you could reach into whenever you ran into a problem that needed fixing?

You would never have to worry about facing the next problem because you'd always have confidence that you have the right tools to handle it.

This four-part series by Pastor Rick Warren shares eight life skills that you need in order to fill a handy toolbox to lead a successful and satisfying life.

Desire and determination are only part of the equation for success, because you also need the necessary skills to put those things to use.

Preach these sermons to help your members find out how to maximize their strengths and take their potential to new heights!

Sermons included:

1. Ignoring the Naysayers teaches us how to defeat the naysayers in our lives who try to play God.
2. Knowing What Matters Most explores four questions we need to answer in order to determine our value and destiny in life and focus on things that matter most.
3. Maximizing Your Strengths talks about the five elements God uses to shape our lives and how to get the maximum benefit out of them.
4. Learning to Be Both Fast and Slow highlights how we need to move slow in some seasons of life and fast in others. You'll discover the pros and cons of both so that you know what to choose when the time comes.

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.