Strategies for Stressful Times

Delivered on 08/14/2021

Part 1 of Strategies for Stressful Times

When you're emotionally worn out and are searching for strength, you need a strategy to recharge your spiritual and emotional battery. In this message, Pastor Rick shares four solutions from God's Word about how to keep going when you feel like giving up.

This resource includes:

• MP3 audio of the message
• Transcript; Word document format
• Outlines: Blank and filled out; Word document format
• Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint)
• Talk It Over: Sermon discussion points for Small Groups; Word document format

Delivered on 08/21/2021

Part 2 of Strategies for Stressful Times

Pain, pressure, people, and problems can kill your joy, but when you approach every situation with faith and not fear, God will be the ultimate source of your happiness. In this message, Pastor Rick shares four principles for being happy no matter what happens in your life. Learn how God can bring good out of anything in your life, and how to stay focused on your purpose, instead of your problems.

This resource includes:

• MP3 audio of the message
• Transcript; Word document format
• Outlines: Blank and filled out; Word document format
• Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint)
• Talk It Over: Sermon discussion points for Small Groups; Word document format

Delivered on 08/28/2021

Part 3 of Strategies for Stressful Times

You will have seasons in your life when change is so rapid and relentless that you just get tired of it. In this message, Pastor Rick shares five truths from the Bible on how to trust God when you're going through changes that you don't like. Learn how God can use unavoidable change for good as a test of faith to make you more like him.

This resource includes:

• MP3 audio of the message
• Transcript; Word document format
• Outlines: Blank and filled out; Word document format
• Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint)
• Talk It Over: Sermon discussion points for Small Groups; Word document format

Delivered on 09/05/2021

Part 4 of Strategies for Stressful Times

Are you feeling drained? The feeling of emptiness is at an all-time high, and many of us are feeling empty. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren describes the 10 reasons you might feel emotionally and spiritually drained, and explains how Jesus is the solution to our emptiness.

This resource includes:

• MP3 audio of the message
• Transcript; Word document format
• Outlines: Blank and filled out; Word document format
• Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint)
• Talk It Over: Sermon discussion points for Small Groups; Word document format

Delivered on 09/25/2021

Part 5 of Strategies for Stressful Times

Nobody experienced a greater amount of stress than Jesus Christ. And yet, when we look at his life and ministry, we see that he lived with amazing peacefulness. In this message, Pastor Rick Warren shows us what we can learn from Jesus' example of endurance and how we can apply his secrets of resilience to our own lives.

This resource includes:

• MP3 audio of the message — Listen to how Pastor Rick Warren preached this message, noting his tone, pitch, speed, and other variations of delivery.
• Transcript — Follow along as you listen to the audio message and mark the document with your own notes and highlights.
• Outlines (blank and with fill-ins) — Customize these outlines to your message and give them to your members to take notes as you preach.
• Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint) — Customize these slides to highlight certain parts/Scriptures in your message.
• Talk It Over Discussion Questions — Give these engaging, follow-up reflection questions to your small groups to discuss what they learned from your message in their weekly meetings.

Delivered on 10/17/2021

Part 6 of Strategies for Stressful Times

Pastor, do you or your members feel weighed down emotionally lately? Do things feel a little bit harder than they should be? God has promised us this: "The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down" (Psalm 146:8 NLT).

In this hopeful message by Pastor Tom Holladay, you and your members will be encouraged by God's promise to lift us up in stressful times and discover four secrets to having faith in the routine moments of life.

This resource includes:

• MP3 audio of the message — Listen to how Pastor Tom preached this message, noting his tone, pitch, speed, and other variations of delivery.
• Transcript — Follow along as you listen to the audio message and mark the document with your own notes and highlights.
• Outlines (blank and with fill-ins) — Customize these outlines to your message and give them to your members to take notes as you preach.
• Message slides (.jpeg and PowerPoint) — Customize these slides to highlight certain parts/Scriptures in your message.
• Talk It Over Discussion Questions — Give these engaging, follow-up reflection questions to your small groups to discuss what they learned from your message in their weekly meetings.