Finding and Keeping the Love of Your Life
Rick Warren
Growing a Love that Lasts - Pt 1
Rick WarrenEpisode · 20 min · September 28, 2026
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The longer you’re married, the easier it is to become ungracious. No marriage can last without grace, forgiveness, acceptance, and a lot of patience. In this message, Pastor Rick shares that to make your marriage last, you must learn to extend grace.
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View all- 1Growing a Love that Lasts - Pt 2The longer you’re married, the easier it is to become ungracious. No marriage can last without grace, forgiveness, acceptance, and a lot of patience. In this message, Pastor Rick shares that to make your marriage last, you must learn to extend grace.
- 2Growing a Love that Lasts - Pt 1The longer you’re married, the easier it is to become ungracious. No marriage can last without grace, forgiveness, acceptance, and a lot of patience. In this message, Pastor Rick shares that to make your marriage last, you must learn to extend grace.
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- 4How to Get a Marriage Makeover - Pt 2God specializes in marriage makeovers, in bringing dead, stagnant, and stale things to life again. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how accepting responsibility for your part in your relationship problems can help turn your marriage into something fresh, exciting, attractive, fulfilling, and wonderful.
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- 9Unlocking the Marriage Matrix - Pt 1One of the purposes of marriage is to learn to be considerate, because Jesus is considerate. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to be considerate of your spouse by showing them courtesy and treating them with respect and care.
- 10Finding the Love of Your Life - Pt 3A healthy marriage starts with two emotionally healthy people. Listen as Pastor Rick shares what the Bible says about emotional health and why it matters when choosing a spouse.
- 11Finding the Love of Your Life - Pt 2God wants marriage to be a partnership that helps you fulfill your calling. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how spouses who complement each other’s SHAPE, gifts, and calling have incredible marriages and can avoid much conflict and pain.
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