Spiritual Growth

Saddleback Church is proud to release a new limited-series podcast called Rediscovering the Lost Art of Friendship. This podcast series is being produced alongside a sermon series and small group study, though the podcast series can be enjoyed on its own. This series seeks to respond to the epidemic of loneliness sweeping across the nation by looking at five biblically-based ways to build friendships that last. Hosted by Doable Discipleship host Jason Wieland, this series features conversations with an incredible lineup of ministry leaders: Saddleback Teaching Pastor Stacie Wood, Saddleback Men’s Pastor Anthony Miller, Transformation Church Lead Pastor Derwin Gray, Clinical Psychologist and Professor Todd Hall, and Celebrate Recovery Pastor Meaghan Grider. The entire 5-episode series is now available, just search from Rediscovering the Lost Art of Friendship on your favorite podcast app or click on the link in the show notes. For complete show notes, click here.

A guided time with God through prayer and reflection on Psalm 37:4...learn how to delight yourself in the LORD. What holds your delight these days? Have you had any moments of delight recently? Spend some time reflecting on all the delights God places into your life, turning your delight to Him. You will learn the meaning of Psalm 37:4, reflect on what your desires are focused on now, and have some time to pray and ask for God's help to delight more and more in Him. Written by: Brandon Bathauer Music by: Joshua Gluck Please share your comments and thoughts, we’d love to hear from you. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to “The Well” on apple podcasts or your podcast app of choice: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... http://saddleback.com/thewell If you'd like to read through at your own pace, here is a link to the manuscript of this episode: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F4eG... We'd love to hear from you! Share your thoughts about this reflection here: https:/

In this episode, Brandon, Linda and Rob finish their conversation on the topic of how we change and grow. The first part of the episode explores the current cultural trend toward tolerance and what we’re calling radical acceptance - this idea that no one should have to change anything about themselves if they don’t want to and, more than that, the act of asking someone to change is now considered an affront - real love would just accept people however they are. In the second half of the episode, we turn a corner in this conversation to begin to see how the way we’ve been designed (think neuroscience and the psychology of attachment) shape our approach to change and growth. We also explore how each of the previous approaches - knowledge, action and power - come together as aspects of change and growth that emerge from our attachment to God as his dearly loved children.

ISAIAH 5:1-5:30