Daily Hope with Rick Warren

It takes practice to live with an attitude of gratitude and a spirit of appreciation. You can start practicing today!

When someone refuses to help you accomplish what God has called you to do, don’t fret about it. Just let God be God—and keep your focus on the people who want to help.

Great things happen when you unite people with your words and help them accomplish something they've always wanted to do, together.

We don’t know why God sent Jesus when he did, but we do know his timing was perfect.

Remember, to fulfill a dream, you need a team, and when you pursue a dream, you’ll always find opposition. When you understand these two facts about dream-building, you’ll be better equipped to fulfill God’s plan for your life.

Here are Nehemiah’s final two steps that you can follow in developing your own life plan.

Here are three more steps Nehemiah modeled that can also help you develop a life plan.

Nehemiah’s plan for getting to Jerusalem gives you seven steps for developing a life plan. Here are the first two:

The darkest days of your past will shine like the dawn. Streams will spring up in the wasteland of your pain. Hallelujah! This is what Jesus offers to you today when you submit to him and his dream for your life.

God's dream for your life is still in full force. It doesn't matter if you’ve been working on it for years, or you’re getting started on it a little later in life. It's never too late to get God's dream.

Part of God’s dream for your life is that you help people, not just through your gifts and strengths but also through your pain.

When you give him your life, God will work to make all the pieces fit together so that your whole life serves his purposes on earth.

Everyone has failures. But how you respond to failure can set you apart. As a follower of Jesus, repent of your sin; then encourage other believers in their faith, showing them how to be obedient to God’s Word.

God’s dream focuses your energy so that you can run straight to the goal he has set for you. When you run with that kind of effort, you won’t waste a second of your life.

Choose your dream wisely. A dream based on God’s vision for your life will make a difference in how well you live out your purpose. And it will also point others to God and his plan, the only way to find fullness of life.