He alone examines the motives of our hearts. If pleasing people were my goal I would not be Christ’s servant.” Or in his letter to the Thessalonians: “Our purpose is to please God, not people. Paul put it this way in his letter to the Galatians: “I’m not trying to win the approval of people but of God. “If you expect them to meet needs that only God can meet, you are being unfair to them, you are setting them up for failure and you are setting yourself up to become bitter.”
“No person has the ability to give you all the security, approval, acceptance and love you need, regardless of what they may promise you,” he says. Can you imagine being a people pleaser for all of them?
This is back when Saddleback had only 150 members. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For written by Rick Warren which was published in. Indeed he did, the first year he started Saddleback Church, trying to be everything to everyone, and it nearly did him in. Brief Summary of Book: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For by Rick Warren. I had to wonder if Rick Warren ever had his own struggle with people pleasing. “After talking with people living in over a hundred different countries, I have come to believe that fear of being criticized or rejected by others is the most common reason people get detoured from the path God planned for them.” “The dark side of the desire for approval is the fear of disapproval,” he writes. You can listen to Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope, his daily 25-minute audio teaching, or sign up for his free daily devotionals at he puts it, people pleasing is a way of saying, “I must be liked by you to be happy.” Think how dangerous that can be. Pastor Rick also founded the Global PEACE Plan, which Plants churches of reconciliation, Equips leaders, Assists the poor, Cares for the sick, and Educates the next generation in 196 countries. As a global strategist, he advises world leaders and has spoken to the United Nations, US Congress, Davos Economic Forum, TED, Aspen Institute, and numerous parliaments.
As a theologian, he has lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, University of Judaism, and dozens of universities and seminaries. It has been translated into 90 languages and sold more than 50 million copies in multiple formats. As an author, his book The Purpose Driven Life is one of the best-selling nonfiction books in publishing history. Rick Warren leads a 30,000-member congregation in California with campuses in major cities around the world. In 2006, The Purpose Driven Life sold more than 30 million copies, making Warren a New York Times bestselling author. As founding pastor of Saddleback Church with his wife Kay, Dr.
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