DAILY HOPE WITH RICK WARREN 20TH 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 20th August 2025 “God Can Meet Your Unmet Needs ”
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 2:13 (NLT)
My people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me—the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!
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RICK WARREN DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY 20TH AUGUST 2025.
The sad reality is this: We live in a broken, fallen world—a world where sin and evil exist. And as a result, we all live with unmet needs.
This is not a perfect place, so all your needs will not be met while you live on earth. You have unmet relational, physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual needs. You have a need to be known and understood and loved.
It’s understandable to want your needs met, but the last thing you should do is try to meet them your own way instead of trusting God. When you think you can meet your needs better than God can, it leads to broken hearts, broken dreams, broken bodies, and broken promises.
God said, “My people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me—the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!” (Jeremiah 2:13 NLT).
A cistern is a hole dug into the ground to store water. In a well, you have water that’s coming up from the ground. But a cistern is not connected to a water source, so you have to constantly fill it with water. Over time the water leaks into the ground, and the cistern goes dry. It eventually runs out of water. It’s temporary. Also, because there’s no new water coming into the cistern, the water can become murky and polluted.
God is saying that when you try to meet your needs in your own way, it’s like trying to keep fresh water in a cracked cistern. You will always run out of water in a cracked cistern—and you will always run out of power when you’re trying to meet your needs on your own.
In the book of John, Jesus refers to himself as Living Water. He said, “Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them” (John 7:38 NIV). God’s love and care for you and the power he gives you to live the Christian life are like a well that never runs dry. When you trust in him, he’ll take care of your needs in the best way and at the right time. You will have everything you need.
Don’t dig your own cistern that will always go dry. Trust in the Living Water that never runs out!
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