DAILY HOPE WITH RICK WARREN 11TH AUGUST 2025.
Daily Hope Devotional by Pastor Rick Warren for today is here to give you the encouragement to live the life God has called you to. Please read, pray and share this devotional with someone today.
The topic of Daily Hope by Rick Warren 11th August 2025 “Are You Open to Truth? ”
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: John 8:32 (NIV)
If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
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RICK WARREN DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY 11TH AUGUST 2025.
I want to tell you the story of something I did about 55 years ago. At camp in the mountains, I knelt down in my room and prayed a simple prayer. It went something like this:
“God, if there is a God, I’m open to you. If you exist, I want to know that you exist. And, Jesus Christ, if you can change my life—if you can give me a better life—if there is a purpose for my life, I want to know it. So, God, if you’re real, I want you to make yourself real to me.”
You know what happened? Nothing.
No bright lights shown down. No angels came into the room. I didn’t hear the “Hallelujah Chorus.” Nothing happened. I didn’t get a quiver in my liver. No goose bumps. I didn’t get emotional. It was just okay.
But that was the turning point of my life. Why? Because finally I was open to the possibility of God. And I was no longer biasing myself against God. I wanted to know the truth, even if it was inconvenient. And that was the turning point of my life.
It had nothing to do with emotion. It was a simple, logical, rational decision: If there is a God, I don’t want to miss out on him. And if he has a plan for my life, I certainly don’t want to miss that. Instead of being closed to God and biased against him, I became open to the possibility.
What about you? Do you have an attitude of openness to God? Even if you’re a believer, it’s possible for parts of your heart to become closed to God’s truth.
But an openness to God says, “I want God’s truth more than anything else. I want God’s truth even if it’s uncomfortable.”
Our postmodern culture often says we can’t know the truth. But the Bible teaches differently. Is it possible to know truth? Yes! Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32 NIV).
Your heart may have been closed to the possibility of God. Or maybe you’re a Christian who’s been keeping some parts of your heart closed off to God’s truth. Today’s the day to let God know you’re open to the truth. It’s time to be set free.
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