This is a sermon I probably need to listen to EVERY DAY lol :) Check it out. It's great!
Rick Warren on "How to be Content"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfsv4lp2cc4
Here's a couple cool facts about Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, CA, where I used to live. :)
He used to read a book almost every day. Pretty cool :)
His mother was both a librarian and a Christian bookstore manager. So he learned to love books from a young age.
His personal book library collection consists of about 35,000 books. Wow.
He drives a 14 year old car even though he could have bought his own island from the earnings he made off of his book sales of "The Purpose Driven Life."
His book "The Purpose Driven Life" is the best selling book of all time besides the Bible.
He never has taken a salary from Saddleback church, because he has been savings money diligently since he was 17 years old and has always had plenty.
He lives off of 10% of his income from his book sales and gives 90% to Saddleback church.
The last 4 generations of the men in his family were pastors. Very cool.
And one funny one, his first two years of marriage to his wife he says were the hardest years of his life. And he spent one fourth of his income on marital counseling.
So for any couples out there having a hard time in marriage, know that even Rick Warren had marriage issues. Everyone does. :)
So that's all why I love to watch Rick Warren almost every day now. He has tons of great sermons on YouTube. He probably is the wisest pastor I have ever listened to. I feel like I'm really learning a lot from listening to him; about money, life, relationships, and most of all humility. Pretty cool.
God bless!
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