The Jesus Model
Rick Warren
How Jesus Handled Stress — pt 2 (Identity, Guided, Pressure, Calling, Stress, Confidence, Purpose)
Rick WarrenEpisode · 24 min · November 11, 2025
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You will be guided in life by pressure or purpose. Discover how clarifying your calling and focusing on what matter most helps you avoid the tyranny of the urgent and reach your spiritual potential.
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- 2Helping Others Like Jesus — pt 2 (Giving, Pain, Needs, Help, Others, Community, Serve, Compassion)The brokenhearted suffer from pain by disappointment, rejection, & resentment. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick as he encourages us to come alongside the brokenhearted with God’s comfort & care.
- 3Helping Others Like Jesus — pt 3 (Giving, Pain, Needs, Help, Others, Community, Serve, Compassion)The imprisoned, the blind, and the oppressed all face different forms of bondage—whether physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual. Jesus came to bring freedom to those who suffer.
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- 5Succeeding in Your Mission — pt 2 (Gospel, Purpose, Ministry, Sharing, Commission, Community)God didn’t just fax in his love to earth. He sent it in person! Discover the ways Jesus showed how to reach others through blessing them, seeking peace, and investing in people through relationships.
- 6Succeeding in Your Mission — pt 3 (Gospel, Purpose, Ministry, Sharing, Commission, Community)Anyone can be won to Christ if you find the key to their heart—and the key is always a hurt, a need, or an interest. Discover how you can complete your mission and mobilize others to do the same.
- 7How Jesus Handled Stress — pt 1 (Identity, Stress, Confidence, Purpose)If you don’t know who you are, then your confused identity is always going to cause you stress. Discover how to avoid stress by being confident in who you are and who you’re living for.
- 8How Jesus Handled Stress — pt 2 (Identity, Guided, Pressure, Calling, Stress, Confidence, Purpose)You will be guided in life by pressure or purpose. Discover how clarifying your calling and focusing on what matter most helps you avoid the tyranny of the urgent and reach your spiritual potential.
- 9How Jesus Handled Stress — pt 3 (Stress, Distraction, Noise, Meditation, Solitude, Quiet Time, Collaboration, Team, Community, Hear, Share, Ministry, Purpose)Noise is often stress—and the world is getting noisier. Discover how Jesus chose meditation in solitude & sharing with others. He did this because he needed time to hear from God—and you do, too.
- 10Growing a Heart Like Jesus — pt 1 (Love, People, Compassion, Sacrifice)To become more like Jesus, you have to learn to love the people Jesus created and died for—the world! Discover the ways Jesus loved people & how to make your life count by loving people the same way.
- 11Growing a Heart Like Jesus — pt 2 (Love, People, Compassion, Mission, Sacrifice)When you develop a heart that is more like Jesus, you do things he did while he was here on earth. Discover what Jesus did to give himself for others & how following his example can change the world.
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