Saddleback Church Weekend Messages

We all want our lives to count, and when it comes to making a difference in someone else’s life, small gestures go a long way. By being a good friend to others, our ordinary life can have an extraordinary impact. This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood looks at how the life of Jesus shows us four ways we can make a difference by being a good friend.

The most significant contribution we can make with our life is letting God use us to impact somebody else’s eternity. This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood shares the barriers that prevent us from the fullness of seeing God use our lives to impact others, and how we can seek God for help.

As we work toward better versions of ourselves, how do we manage responsibilities and prioritize our life? This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood shares four questions to help us choose better priorities.

On our journey of growth, our inner critic often works against us, delaying progress. This weekend, Pastor Stacie Wood shares how our inner thoughts can propel our growth instead of hinder it.

Are there some areas of your life that, no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to change? This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood shares 5 habits we can put in place to help us experience lasting transformation in our lives.

So often, in the beginning of the new year, we have a vision of what it means to have the best year ever. But this idealization of what life could be can prevent us from stepping into what God truly has for us. This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood shares why it’s important to pursue a better year instead of a perfect one and the ways we can do that.

Join Pastor Andy Wood for a special Christmas Day message as he shares how the Christmas story demonstrates one of the surprises God wants to give to us.

No matter where we are on our spiritual journey, God wants us to experience the gift of his peace. But how do we receive this gift? This weekend, Pastor Andy Wood talks about how to unwrap the gift of God's peace.

For many of us, the Christmas season can bring up stressful family situations. We know that Jesus wants to give us peace in every circumstance, so how do we have peace in the midst of family issues? This week, Pastor Tom Holladay shares four truths from God’s Word that tell us how we can have inner peace no matter what we’re facing in our family.

How can we have peace in the midst of chaos? So often we see our problems through the filter of our chaotic world — we let our environment determine our peace. What if, instead of letting our environment determine our peace, we were able to bring peace to our environment? This week, Pastor Andy Wood looks at how we can be a peacemaker in the world around us and bring peace with us wherever we go.

We all yearn for peace in our lives, but when faced with the chaos of our circumstances peace can seem impossible. The stress of our struggles begin to produce thoughts of anxiety, leaving us with feelings of unrest. When this happens, how do we experience God's peace? This week Pastor Andy starts a new series, The Missing Peace, and shares four ways we can choose peace for our mind.

What does it mean for us to step into the fullness of God's vision for our lives together as a church family? This week, Pastor Andy Wood introduces five of the big initiatives God is leading us to step into as a church and how we can be a part!

We live in a society made up of people from different cultures, religious beliefs, and ethnic backgrounds. Part of stepping into the fullness of God's vision for our lives is knowing and learning how to love and to interact with people who are different from us. This week Pastor Buddy Owens, along with Pastor Anthony Miller and Pastor Will Guzman, answer an important question — how do we relate to people who are different from us?

Have you ever been in a relationship that feels stuck? You’ve done everything you can, but nothing is changing — you’re continuously getting hurt. When this happens, what’s the best path to take for our health and safety? How do we heal the relationship? This week, Pastor Andy Wood shares four different ways we can respond to destructive people in our lives.

We’ve all had difficult relationships at one point in our lives — some of us are dealing with them right now. What do we do when we’re faced with relational challenges? How does God want us to move forward? This week, Pastor Stacie Wood shows us three things we can do to navigate difficult relationships.

God cares about our relationships — he cares about the way we love the people in our lives. This week, Pastor Andy Wood takes a look at Ephesians four and how it shows us three ways we can transform our relationships.

God has designed us to experience the fullness of life. This is why every culture has celebrations, because God has wired us for joy! Even Jesus said the Kingdom of heaven is a party and everyone's invited. This week, Pastor Andy Wood gave us three ways to receive the invitation to God’s party.

So often, when we begin the pursuit of a dream, we start out strong — but a good beginning doesn’t guarantee a strong finish. This week, Pastor Andy Wood wraps up the Uncommon Courage series by talking about the courage to keep going and how to finish well.