WEBVTT - Rick Warren - Oct 15 - 8:00 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody, thank you so much for joining us here

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<v Speaker 1>on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren. Well today

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<v Speaker 1>we're continuing in this timely series called Strategies for Stressful Times.

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<v Speaker 1>In this series, Pastor Rick shares timeless truths from God's

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<v Speaker 1>Word that will help you manage stress, overcome worry, and

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<v Speaker 1>experience the peace and stability that only God can provide.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to get started with part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called Jesus's Secrets to Resilience.

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<v Speaker 2>This week, I want us to continue with part five

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<v Speaker 2>of my series called Strategies for Stressful Times. Specifically, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to look at how Jesus personally handled stress. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to see what I call Jesus's Seven

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<v Speaker 2>Secrets of Resilience. Now, maybe you've never thought about it,

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<v Speaker 2>but the Bible says that we are to look to

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus as our model for enduring tough times. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says we are to look to Jesus as our model

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<v Speaker 2>for enduring tough times. We are to follow his example

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<v Speaker 2>of resilience and we are to follow his example of

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<v Speaker 2>stress management. And the Bible says it this way. If

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<v Speaker 2>you've got your notes there, right at the top of

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<v Speaker 2>your outline, Hebrews chapter 12 says this, verses one to

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<v Speaker 2>three out of the New Living Translation. Since we are

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<v Speaker 2>surrounded by such a crowd of witnesses to this life

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<v Speaker 2>of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows

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<v Speaker 2>us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress.

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<v Speaker 2>And let us run with endurance, underline that, run with

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<v Speaker 2>endurance the race that God has set before us. We

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<v Speaker 2>do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>see that? We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>on whom our faith depends from start to finish. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>was willing to die a shameful death on the cross

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<v Speaker 2>because of the joy he knew would be his afterwards.

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<v Speaker 2>And now he is seated in the place of highest

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<v Speaker 2>honor beside God's throne in heaven. Think about all he endured.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we're talking about this weekend, resilience. Think about

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<v Speaker 2>all he endured when sinful people did such terrible things

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<v Speaker 2>to him so that you don't become weary and give up. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>what does that passage tell us? Nobody experienced greater stress

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<v Speaker 2>than Jesus Christ. He experienced enormous pressure. He was criticized constantly.

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<v Speaker 2>He was misunderstood. There were constant demands on his life.

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<v Speaker 2>He had little privacy and there were people who were

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<v Speaker 2>trying constantly to kill him. I doubt that's true of you,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's stress. And yet when we look at the

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<v Speaker 2>life of Jesus Christ, we look at his ministry, we

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<v Speaker 2>see that he walked and he lived with an amazing peacefulness.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter how difficult the situation became, he modeled a

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<v Speaker 2>calmness and a resilience in the face of outrageous demands.

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<v Speaker 2>This is why the book of Hebrews advises us to

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<v Speaker 2>keep our eyes on Jesus. And that's what we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do today. We're gonna watch his example of endurance. We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna learn his secrets of resilience. And today I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to unpack Jesus' seven secrets of resilience. You're going to

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<v Speaker 2>need this. So I want to encourage you to take notes.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we learn these seven secrets of resilience from Jesus'

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<v Speaker 2>own words. Let's get started. The first secret of resilience

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<v Speaker 2>when you're under stress is this, write this down. Remember

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<v Speaker 2>how much God loves me. That's the first antidote It's

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<v Speaker 2>the first secret of resilience. It is the principle of compassion.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus had no doubt in his mind that God, the Father,

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<v Speaker 2>loved him. He talks about it over and over and

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<v Speaker 2>over and over. Just one verse on your outline, John 10,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 17. The Father loves me. The Father loves me. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>knowing and remembering that God loves you unconditionally and God

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<v Speaker 2>loves you extravagantly, and God loves you continuously, and he

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<v Speaker 2>will never stop loving you. That is the foundation, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the first secret, the foundation of a resilient life. As

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says in the book of Romans, if God's for us,

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<v Speaker 2>who could be against us, okay? Who could be against us?

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<v Speaker 2>We are resilient because we know that God will never

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<v Speaker 2>stop loving us. Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, well,

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<v Speaker 2>of course God loves Jesus. He's his son. But did

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<v Speaker 2>you know that Jesus said the same thing about you too? Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>In John 15, verse 9 and 10, it says this.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says, just as the Father has loved me, so

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<v Speaker 2>have I loved you. Now remain in my love. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you obey my commands, you'll remain in my love.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I've talked to you many, many times about how

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<v Speaker 2>much God loves you because it is really the basis

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<v Speaker 2>of your personal security. If you're not convinced that God

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<v Speaker 2>always loves you, that he loves you unconditionally, completely, instantly, continuously,

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<v Speaker 2>that he never stops loving you, that you can't make

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<v Speaker 2>him stop loving you. If you don't really have this

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<v Speaker 2>foundation of God's unconditional love in your life, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be easy prey for the disapproval of other people. You're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a people pleaser. How much does God love you? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>look there on your outline. First John three, verse one

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<v Speaker 2>says this. How great, how great is the love of

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<v Speaker 2>the father that he's lavished on us that we should

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<v Speaker 2>be called the children of God. And that is what

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<v Speaker 2>we are. So the first key to resilience is to

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<v Speaker 2>build the baseline that God will never stop loving me.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus knew it, you need to know it. Number two,

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<v Speaker 2>the second key that we see in the life of Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>and you need this for your stress resistance is this,

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<v Speaker 2>remember who I am. Don't just remember that God loves

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<v Speaker 2>you unconditionally, remember who I am. This is the principle

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<v Speaker 2>of identification. Now, why is this important? Because if you're

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<v Speaker 2>not sure who you really are, you're gonna be whipped

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<v Speaker 2>around and manipulated and molded by the pressures and the

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<v Speaker 2>problems and the other people around you. When you have

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<v Speaker 2>a confused identity, when you have an unclear identity, when

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<v Speaker 2>you don't really know who you are, it makes you

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<v Speaker 2>more prone to stress. Why? Because our culture will try

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<v Speaker 2>to fit you in its mold. It's gonna make you

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<v Speaker 2>into what it wants you to be. And until you

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<v Speaker 2>settle this issue first, God loves me unconditionally. Second, I

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<v Speaker 2>know who I am. I'm a child of God. You're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be prone to stress. Now, we know that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>never had any doubts about his identity. He knew exactly

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<v Speaker 2>who he was. In fact, 18 times in scripture, he

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<v Speaker 2>publicly defines himself, 18 times. These are famous statements called

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<v Speaker 2>the I am statements of Jesus, the I am statements

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus. I've listed just a few of them there

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<v Speaker 2>on your outline. Mark chapter 14, John 8, John 14,

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<v Speaker 2>John 6, many different places. Jesus says, I am, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he fills it in. I am the light of

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<v Speaker 2>the world. I am the son of God. I am

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<v Speaker 2>the way. I am the truth. I am the life.

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<v Speaker 2>I am the bread of life. Over and over, he

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<v Speaker 2>defines himself. He knew exactly who he was. Why is

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<v Speaker 2>this helpful in handling stress? Well, in John 8, 18,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says, in other words, I testify to my own behalf.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need other people to tell me who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I know who I am. I don't depend on the

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<v Speaker 2>opinions of others to validate myself. Do you do that?

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<v Speaker 2>If you depend on the opinions of others to validate yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>you are prone to stress and you certainly aren't resilient

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<v Speaker 2>to chronic stress. The fact is, if you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>who you are, other people will decide it for you.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll force you into a mold. They'll create stress. You'll

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<v Speaker 2>end up pretending. You'll end up faking it. You'll end

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<v Speaker 2>up wearing a mask. You'll end up trying to be

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<v Speaker 2>a man or woman that you're not really who you are.

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<v Speaker 2>You're who everybody else wants you to be. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>called stress. Stress happens when you try to be something

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<v Speaker 2>you're not. Doesn't matter if it's for the sake of

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<v Speaker 2>your parents or the sake of your boss or the

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<v Speaker 2>sake of your spouse or the sake of your boyfriend.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't matter who you're doing it for. You're going to

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<v Speaker 2>be pressured and you're going to be stressed and you're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to be resilient. Now you say, well, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus knew he was the light of the world. Of

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<v Speaker 2>course he knew that. But did you know that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>said the same thing about you? He said, I'm the

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<v Speaker 2>light of the world. But in Matthew 5, 13 to 16,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says this, you are the light of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, you are the salt of the earth and

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<v Speaker 2>you are the light of the world. Don't hide your light.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you realize how special God says you are? There's

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<v Speaker 2>nobody in the world exactly like you. When God made you,

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<v Speaker 2>he broke the mold. Just like God doesn't make two

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<v Speaker 2>snowflakes same, God doesn't make clones of people. Even identical

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<v Speaker 2>twins are different in thousands of different ways. There will

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<v Speaker 2>never be in the history of humankind someone like you

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<v Speaker 2>at all. You're unique and you need to know that

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<v Speaker 2>God loves you unconditionally and you need to know who

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<v Speaker 2>you are. Now, identity, this issue of identity, this is

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<v Speaker 2>the second principle, the principle of identity. When you don't

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<v Speaker 2>know your identity, it increases your stress. And it comes

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<v Speaker 2>out two different ways, comparing and copying, comparing, copying, comparing.

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<v Speaker 2>When you say, well, I'm going to compare myself to

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else. God says, don't do that. And copying others,

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<v Speaker 2>we all begin as originals, but we end up as

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<v Speaker 2>carbon copies of other people. God does not want copies

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<v Speaker 2>of anybody. God does not want clones. That's why he

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<v Speaker 2>only created one of you. God wants you to be you.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you get to heaven, God isn't gonna say,

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<v Speaker 2>why weren't you more like Moses? The point is you

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<v Speaker 2>must become comfortable with being you. You must accept your

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<v Speaker 2>strengths and you must accept your limitations and your weaknesses.

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<v Speaker 2>You must accept the truth about you. When you do that,

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<v Speaker 2>this second principle, the principle of I know who I am,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll have a lot less stress, all right? Now here's

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<v Speaker 2>the third secret of resilience that we learn from looking

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<v Speaker 2>to Jesus as our model. I know that God loves me.

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<v Speaker 2>I know who I am. Here's the third thing. Know

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<v Speaker 2>who I'm trying to please. Know who I'm trying to please.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, know who you're living for. Now, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the principle of motivation. You need to know what

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<v Speaker 2>is your deepest motivation. If you don't know that, if

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't figured it out, you are prone to get stressed.

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<v Speaker 2>What motivates you every day? You see, mixed motivations are

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<v Speaker 2>a third great cause of stress. Jesus said, no man

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<v Speaker 2>could serve two masters. This third cause of stress is

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<v Speaker 2>trying to please everybody. The truth is you can't. You

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<v Speaker 2>get crowd A pleased, crowd B ticks off, get ticked off.

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<v Speaker 2>By the time you get crowd B happy, crowd A

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<v Speaker 2>is upset again. Did you know that even God can't

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<v Speaker 2>please everybody? Somebody's praying for it to rain and somebody's

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<v Speaker 2>praying for it to be sunny on the same day.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's praying for some team to win and another's praying

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<v Speaker 2>for another team to win or this guy to get

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<v Speaker 2>elected and somebody else is praying for somebody else. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>as a pastor, I have learned that for 42 years,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm always disappointing somebody. Why? Because everybody has different expectations, okay?

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<v Speaker 2>They have different expectations. The Bible says the fear of

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<v Speaker 2>man is a trap. It will capture you. It will

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<v Speaker 2>cause you to stumble. That's why Jesus says in John

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<v Speaker 2>5 30, I'm not trying to do what I want,

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<v Speaker 2>but only what my father who sent me wants. I

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<v Speaker 2>know who I'm trying to please. Now, if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>trying to please God, in all likelihood, you're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>please a bunch of people. It's a whole lot easier

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<v Speaker 2>to say, I'm just gonna focus on pleasing God and

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<v Speaker 2>let the chips fall where they may. Because if you

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<v Speaker 2>please God, it'll always be the right thing. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't please God and you're trying to please others, you

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<v Speaker 2>just get stressed out with what this person wants, that

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<v Speaker 2>person wants. This was the third reason Jesus was so

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<v Speaker 2>stress resistant. He was only trying to please one person

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<v Speaker 2>Notice there on your outline, John 8, 29. I always

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<v Speaker 2>do those things that are pleasing to him. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're pleasing God, it's always the right thing. It also

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<v Speaker 2>simplifies your life. Because I don't have to worry about,

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<v Speaker 2>am I pleasing everybody else? I'm just trying to please God.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus never let approval, or for that matter, rejection, control him.

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<v Speaker 2>He lived for an audience of one. As I mentioned earlier,

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<v Speaker 2>Luke 16, 13, no man can serve two masters. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't please multiple audiences. He focused only on pleasing God. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what you need to do if you wanna

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<v Speaker 2>be resistant to stress and if you wanna be resilient

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<v Speaker 2>to when you get knocked down. Galatians 1.10, Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to be a people pleaser. This is Paul.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to be a people pleaser. No, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>only trying to please God. If I're still trying to

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<v Speaker 2>please people, he says, I wouldn't be Christ's servant. I

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<v Speaker 2>love that in the New Living Translation. One of the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest myths that will make you miserable is this, I

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<v Speaker 2>must be loved by everybody in order to be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just not true. You don't need other people's approval

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<v Speaker 2>to be happy. But let me ask you, right now,

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<v Speaker 2>whose approval are you depending on for your happiness? Who

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<v Speaker 2>are you still trying to please? Somebody's been trying to

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<v Speaker 2>please an unpleasable parent and they've been dead for a while.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we love to blame other people for our stress.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to do this. I must do this. I

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<v Speaker 2>can't do that. You are as free as you choose

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<v Speaker 2>to be. Nobody can pressure you without your permission. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why the third secret of resilience is know who you're

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<v Speaker 2>trying to please. Jesus said, I know who I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to please. I'm only trying to please my father. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not worried about anybody else. That's why we're looking at

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<v Speaker 2>him as our model. Now here's the fourth thing that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus did. Here's the fourth secret of resilience and resistance

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<v Speaker 2>to stress. I need to not only know God loves me.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to not only know who I'm trying to please.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to not only know that God has called me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the fourth thing. I know my calling. If you

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<v Speaker 2>wanna be resistant to stress, you need to get alone

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<v Speaker 2>with God until you know your calling. I must know

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<v Speaker 2>exactly and believe exactly what God has called me to

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<v Speaker 2>do with my life. Now, this is the principle of vocation, vocation.

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<v Speaker 2>And until you clarify this and it becomes crystal clear

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<v Speaker 2>in your mind, you're gonna be more prone to getting

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<v Speaker 2>stressed out. But when you know what God's called you

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<v Speaker 2>to do, you know what God has called you to do,

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<v Speaker 2>you also know what God has called you not to do.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, when you're sure of your calling, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what's your business, but you also know what's none

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<v Speaker 2>of your business. And that simplifies life too. Jesus knew

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what he was called to do. Here's the fourth thing.

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<v Speaker 2>In John 8, 14, he says, I know where I

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<v Speaker 2>came from and I know where I'm going. To me,

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<v Speaker 2>that sounds like a purpose-driven life. I know where I

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<v Speaker 2>came from and I know where I'm going. He lived

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<v Speaker 2>a purpose-driven life.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always take away from his message. Here's Rick to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how you can help support this ministry.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 2>according to five specific purposes. He said, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>love God with all your heart. That's worship. And love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor as yourself. That's ministry. That's called the great commandment.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism. Baptize

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<v Speaker 2>them into the family of God. That's fellowship. a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them, obey everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've taught you. That's discipleship. And we call that the

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<v Speaker 2>Great Commission. We believe at Daily Hope that a great

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<v Speaker 2>commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will

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<v Speaker 2>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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<v Speaker 2>a great community. You know, I started Daily Hope so

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<v Speaker 2>I could spread the good news about Jesus, not just

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<v Speaker 2>across America, but all around the world. And we want

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<v Speaker 2>people to know that God's word is filled with hope

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<v Speaker 2>and truth. And the power that we need to follow

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<v Speaker 2>him every day is available to every single one. You

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<v Speaker 2>know as well as I do that the word of

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<v Speaker 2>God changes lives. It's alive, it's active, and it breathes

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<v Speaker 2>new life and new love into all of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>So wherever you listen to this, whether you listen on

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Hope family. And I need your help. We could

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<v Speaker 2>we'll thank God for all the people going to be

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven because you cared.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope helps us share the hope of Christ with people everywhere. Hey,

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