WEBVTT - Rick Warren - Oct 12 - 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. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I know I'm excited to get to part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called How to Keep Your Tank Filled Instead

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<v Speaker 1>of Running on Empty.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to begin today with two questions, a two-question survey, okay?

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<v Speaker 2>And the first question is this. Now, be honest. Don't lie.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you have ever run out of gas?

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<v Speaker 2>Can I see your hands? Great. All right. The rest

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<v Speaker 2>of you, I hate. Okay, all right. You are my

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<v Speaker 2>kind of people, those of you who raised your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>The rest of you, you didn't raise your hand, you

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<v Speaker 2>can go home right now. You don't need this message.

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<v Speaker 2>You are too perfect, and I envy you. You're honestly

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<v Speaker 2>in my hall of fame. Now, here's the second survey question.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody can raise their hands on this one. How low

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<v Speaker 2>do you let your gas tank get before you refill? Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so when you... Refill after a quarter of a tank low.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you do that? You can go home

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<v Speaker 2>right now. You don't need this message, all right? When

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<v Speaker 2>your tank is half empty, how many of you refill?

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<v Speaker 2>All right. When your tank is three quarters of a

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<v Speaker 2>tank empty, raise your hand. All right, all right. When

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<v Speaker 2>you are five miles past empty, raise your hand. You

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<v Speaker 2>need to stay. Okay, those of you who raised your

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<v Speaker 2>hand that you need to stay for this message. Now

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<v Speaker 2>what I want us to do today as we start

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<v Speaker 2>in this next message of the series, Strategies for Stressful Time,

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<v Speaker 2>is I want us to look at how do you

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<v Speaker 2>keep your tank filled instead of running on empty? And

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<v Speaker 2>before we do the antidote, the solution to staying spiritually

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<v Speaker 2>and emotionally and relationally filled so that your tank is full,

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<v Speaker 2>I first need to identify the 10 reasons that you

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<v Speaker 2>run out of gas. Get out your pencil and write

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<v Speaker 2>this down. The 10 reasons you run out of gas

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<v Speaker 2>because each of these reasons why we run out of

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<v Speaker 2>gas in our car actually parallels the reasons, the 10

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<v Speaker 2>reasons why you feel spiritually empty or emotionally empty too.

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<v Speaker 2>So as I give them to you, as we go

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<v Speaker 2>through this list of 10 things, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>circle the number of reasons that actually apply to your

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual or emotional condition if you're feeling a little low,

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<v Speaker 2>a little running on empty right now. Okay, here they are.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, first reason we run out of gas is

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<v Speaker 2>not starting out with a full tank. Not starting out

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<v Speaker 2>with a full tank. Not starting out every day with

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<v Speaker 2>a full tank means you're gonna be on empty much

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<v Speaker 2>of the day. Number two, being too busy to stop

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<v Speaker 2>and refuel. That's the second reason we run out of gas,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're too busy to stop and refuel. And some

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<v Speaker 2>of you can relate to that in your emotional life,

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<v Speaker 2>in your relational life, in your spiritual life. Number three,

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<v Speaker 2>ignoring the owner's manual and pushing my car farther than

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<v Speaker 2>it was created to go. you got a 10 gallon

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<v Speaker 2>tank or 15 gallon tank or 20 gallon tank or

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it is, you need to know what the owner's

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<v Speaker 2>manual says. When you push it past further than the

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<v Speaker 2>owner's manual tells you, you're gonna run out of gas. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to tell you this, but you're not Superman,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not Superwoman, you have limits. And one of the

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<v Speaker 2>limits that God puts in your life is actually in

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<v Speaker 2>the 10 commandments. And it says this, every seventh day

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<v Speaker 2>is for worship, rest, and relaxation, it's called the Sabbath.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you ignore the Sabbath, you don't take a

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<v Speaker 2>day for worship, rest and relaxation, then you're gonna pay

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<v Speaker 2>for it. And you're gonna be running on empty most

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, okay? Here's the fourth cause that we

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<v Speaker 2>run out of gas, emotionally and spiritually, not just in

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<v Speaker 2>our cars. Number four, being unaware of hidden leaks that

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<v Speaker 2>are draining me. Most common causes of leaks in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>because you are draining energy all the time, are your relationships,

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<v Speaker 2>they drain you, and your responsibilities, they drain you. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you realize this, but conflict drains you

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<v Speaker 2>of energy. Criticism drains you of energy. Disappointment drains you

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<v Speaker 2>of energy. Frustration drains you of energy. You've experienced all

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<v Speaker 2>of these during the pandemic. Grief, when you have a loss,

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<v Speaker 2>drains you of energy. These are common leaks that empty

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<v Speaker 2>your soul, all right? And when you're unaware of the

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<v Speaker 2>hidden leaks in your life, you're gonna run out of

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<v Speaker 2>gas pretty quickly, emotionally and spiritually, okay? Number five, being

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<v Speaker 2>in a hurry. Being in a hurry drains your tank.

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<v Speaker 2>You already know that going fast wastes more gas. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that. When you're driving really fast, rapid acceleration,

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<v Speaker 2>speeding up, you know, when the light turns green, that

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<v Speaker 2>burns a lot of gas faster. And the faster I drive,

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<v Speaker 2>the faster I'm gonna run out of gas and my

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<v Speaker 2>tank is gonna go low. Now, the same is true

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<v Speaker 2>with your soul. That when you're in a hurry, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't pause enough to refill, your tank's gonna go

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<v Speaker 2>empty quicker. And the faster you go in life, the

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<v Speaker 2>faster the pace of your life, are you hearing me?

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<v Speaker 2>The faster the pace of your life, the quicker you

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<v Speaker 2>are gonna get to empty on the E of your gauge.

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<v Speaker 2>So you oughta ask yourself, what is the speed of

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<v Speaker 2>my life today? Number six, six common cause of running

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<v Speaker 2>on empty and have an empty tank is not paying

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<v Speaker 2>attention to my gauges. Not paying attention to my gauges. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>those of us like me who have ADD, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>pay attention to the gauges. I rarely see that gauge.

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<v Speaker 2>I've gotta have a big light come on going, you

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<v Speaker 2>are stupid and you're on empty and you need to

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<v Speaker 2>stop and get some gas right now. I don't pay

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<v Speaker 2>attention to my gauges. But the same is true In life,

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<v Speaker 2>did you know that you have gauges in your life

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<v Speaker 2>that can tell you if you're getting near empty? You can.

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<v Speaker 2>What are the spiritual and emotional gauges in your life?

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<v Speaker 2>Let me just give you a few of them. Your sleep,

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<v Speaker 2>your sleep pattern. When you're not getting enough sleep, guess what?

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<v Speaker 2>You're heading toward empty. Another gauge, your irritability. When everybody

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<v Speaker 2>around you notices you're more irritable than normal, guess what?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a gauge. It's a gauge that says you're running

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<v Speaker 2>on fumes, you're running on empty. You're a lot less

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<v Speaker 2>irritable when your tank's full, emotionally and spiritually. Your relationships

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<v Speaker 2>are a gauge. How are you getting along in your relationships?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a gauge in your life to tell me, tell

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<v Speaker 2>you whether you're on empty or whether you got a

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<v Speaker 2>full tank. I hate to say this, but your weight.

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<v Speaker 2>Your weight is a gauge of how you're handling life.

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<v Speaker 2>How about your attitudes? Okay, your attitudes. How about your generosity? Generosity,

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<v Speaker 2>you're much more generous when you've got a full tank.

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<v Speaker 2>When you don't have a full tank, you're not very

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<v Speaker 2>generous in life with your time, your money, your anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Worship attendance is a gauge. When people start falling off

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<v Speaker 2>and stop going to church services, going to worship, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a gauge. There are all kinds of gauge. Patience, how

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<v Speaker 2>patient are you? That's a good indicator of whether you

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<v Speaker 2>got a full tank or you're heading toward empty. Each

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<v Speaker 2>of these are gauges of how empty or full your

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<v Speaker 2>soul is. Now, the seventh common cause of being empty gas,

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<v Speaker 2>gas wise out of gas is this being overloaded, being overload.

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<v Speaker 2>When your car is carrying too much weight, it uses

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<v Speaker 2>more gas than when there isn't as much weight in

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<v Speaker 2>the car, the heavier, the load you carry in a vehicle,

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<v Speaker 2>the sooner you're going to run out of gas. I

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<v Speaker 2>can tell you from personal experience years ago, um, I

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<v Speaker 2>borrowed a vacation trailer to take my young family on

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<v Speaker 2>a vacation. So I attached the trailer to my car.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd never pulled a trailer before. And I headed north

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<v Speaker 2>for a family vacation. And I did not consider that

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<v Speaker 2>carrying more weight behind my car meant that I was

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get fewer miles per gallon. I thought, well, I

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<v Speaker 2>just get the normal miles per gallon. I can go

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<v Speaker 2>this far. But I didn't realize that. And climbing up

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<v Speaker 2>the grapevine, you know the mountains north of L.A.? And

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<v Speaker 2>you're going up the mountains out of L.A. with very

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<v Speaker 2>strong winds coming against you. I helplessly watched my... gas

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<v Speaker 2>gauge go. There's no place to turn around. Okay, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no place to turn around. There are no gas stations.

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<v Speaker 2>And when we did run out of gas, inevitably, on

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<v Speaker 2>the grapevine, I had to leave Kay and the kids

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<v Speaker 2>in the car and hike up the mountain to the

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<v Speaker 2>nearest town, which was Gorman. You all know where that is.

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<v Speaker 2>And Gorman. And get a thing of gas and then

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<v Speaker 2>hike back down. And some of you are making that

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<v Speaker 2>mistake right now. When you're carrying a heavier load than

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<v Speaker 2>you normally carry, You're running out of gas sooner. Reminds

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<v Speaker 2>me of a story I heard the other day about

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<v Speaker 2>a pet delivery truck. And there was guys going down

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<v Speaker 2>El Toro Road and there's a car behind him watching

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<v Speaker 2>this happen. And this pet delivery truck at every stoplight,

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<v Speaker 2>the driver of the truck gets out with a big

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<v Speaker 2>two before and starts beating on the side of the truck.

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<v Speaker 2>And when it turns green, he would get back in

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<v Speaker 2>the truck and he would go. When he gets to

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<v Speaker 2>the next light, red light, he gets out. He beats

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<v Speaker 2>the truck with a two before, gets back in the truck.

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<v Speaker 2>He does this three or four times. And finally, the

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<v Speaker 2>guy falling behind him gets too curious. And at the

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<v Speaker 2>next light, he stops and says, what are you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>And the driver explained, well, this is a two-ton truck

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm transporting four tons of canaries. So I have

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<v Speaker 2>to keep half of them in the air all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you feel like that. You got so many

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<v Speaker 2>things in the frying pan. You got so many things

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<v Speaker 2>on your agenda. You gotta keep half of them in

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<v Speaker 2>the air all the time because you're overloaded. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're trying to say to yourself, I can't handle this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's too much. You may need to lighten your load, okay?

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<v Speaker 2>That's a typical cause of running on empty, okay? Too,

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<v Speaker 2>too big of a load. Number eight, the eighth common

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<v Speaker 2>cause of running out of gas emotionally or spiritually in

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<v Speaker 2>your life is this assuming the limits of my tank

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<v Speaker 2>don't apply to me. Now I happen to have a

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<v Speaker 2>big SUV, a big Ford SUV. You know, I've driven

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<v Speaker 2>one all my life and it holds like 26 gallons.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you, your car doesn't hold half that amount. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>but when you, when you think that your tank is

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than it really is, and you assume that it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't apply to you, there's a word for that. When

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<v Speaker 2>I take on more than I could really handle, it's

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<v Speaker 2>called pride, pride. And honestly, you guys, I meet a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people who are proud of being workaholics. They

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<v Speaker 2>are proud of how hard they work and they think

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<v Speaker 2>they're invincible. But the truth is they're running on empty.

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<v Speaker 2>Pride drains your tank. Humility refills your tank. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>A ninth cause of why you run out of gas

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<v Speaker 2>emotionally and spiritually, and even relation. The ninth cause is, um,

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<v Speaker 2>not knowing where to find a filling station. Now this

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<v Speaker 2>isn't such a big problem anymore because we all have smartphones.

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<v Speaker 2>And you got Google Maps and Apple Maps and all

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<v Speaker 2>these other things. But before that happened, you remember, you go,

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<v Speaker 2>where in the world's a gas station? And you had

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<v Speaker 2>no idea where it was, especially if you're out on

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<v Speaker 2>a long trip. You go, I have no idea. Is

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<v Speaker 2>there a gas station in the next town? And, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>when you don't know where you could get refilled, that's

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<v Speaker 2>a problem. But spiritually and emotionally, a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>don't know where to get refilled to. Now, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>Saddleback's filling stations. Saddleback Church and all the other good

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<v Speaker 2>churches that preach the Bible, teach the Bible, they are

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<v Speaker 2>emotional and spiritual filling stations. Sometimes I look like you

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<v Speaker 2>coming in here and I see you on a Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>or Sunday and I, I feel like you come walking

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<v Speaker 2>in just really drained and I feel like I've got

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<v Speaker 2>jumper cables and it's my job to attach them to

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<v Speaker 2>you and go, all right, get out there, go for

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<v Speaker 2>another week. Hang on, you know, I'm like a spiritual coach.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like the guy slapping Rocky in the corner going,

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<v Speaker 2>pouring water on him, go, go guy, man, you can

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<v Speaker 2>do it. I know you're gonna get out there and

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<v Speaker 2>do another round. And I know you're getting beat up

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<v Speaker 2>on a weekly basis. And you know, I love you

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<v Speaker 2>as your pastor. And I feel like my job is

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<v Speaker 2>to be a spiritual filling station, is to help you

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<v Speaker 2>get recharged and refilled emotionally and spiritually for the week ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the people who've gotten out of the habit

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<v Speaker 2>of coming don't do that, they're just getting more and

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<v Speaker 2>more drained. Finally, the 10th reason, and this really has

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<v Speaker 2>to do more with if you've never driven a car,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is not knowing how to refill my tank.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to admit that when I got my newer car,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know how to open the gas tank. I

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<v Speaker 2>kept looking for the thing to pop for it to open,

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<v Speaker 2>and I couldn't figure it out. And then finally I

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<v Speaker 2>figured out, oh, you just press on it, and it

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<v Speaker 2>opens up on its own. But I didn't know how

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<v Speaker 2>to refill my tank for several days. Now, the feeling

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<v Speaker 2>of emptiness is at an all-time high. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people are feeling empty right now. They're feeling drained. But

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<v Speaker 2>I want to tell you this. Everybody listen. What we're

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<v Speaker 2>going through is not new. People have gone through periods

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<v Speaker 2>of draining and feeling empty for centuries and actually millennia.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me just show you a couple things in Scripture

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<v Speaker 2>from the Bible. Look up here on the screen. In

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<v Speaker 2>Lamentations chapter 2, verse 11, Jeremiah says this. My eyes

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<v Speaker 2>have no more tears. and I'm sick to my stomach,

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<v Speaker 2>and I feel empty inside. That's thousands of years ago, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>You may be feeling that today. Well, Jeremiah, who wrote

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<v Speaker 2>that book, Jeremiah and Lamentations, felt that he said, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel empty inside. How about this one? Look on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Job chapter seven, verse three. Job says, I'm given months

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<v Speaker 2>that are empty and nights of misery. So Job understands

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<v Speaker 2>if you're feeling that way. How about this one in Isaiah?

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<v Speaker 2>This is out of the Amplified translation. Isaiah says this,

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<v Speaker 2>I have labored in vain and I've spent my strength

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<v Speaker 2>for nothing and in empty futility. He said, I'm feeling empty.

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<v Speaker 2>Or how about this one, one more. 2 Samuel 3, 39.

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<v Speaker 2>David says this, even though I am the appointed king,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel empty. So you may be on top of

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<v Speaker 2>your game. You may be at the pinnacle of your career.

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<v Speaker 2>You may get your name on the cover of some magazine.

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<v Speaker 2>David says, even though I'm the king, I feel empty inside. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>before we look at the solutions, I'm gonna pause right

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<v Speaker 2>here and I want you to look at that list

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<v Speaker 2>of 10 things on your outline. And I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to go back and circle the numbers that apply to

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<v Speaker 2>your life, all right? Circle, look at that list. and

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<v Speaker 2>go through it again, all right? Let's look at it again.

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<v Speaker 2>If you'd say, not starting out with a full tank

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<v Speaker 2>every day, that's me, check that one, circle it. Being

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<v Speaker 2>too busy to stop and refuel, circle that one. Ignoring

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<v Speaker 2>the owner's manual pushing my car or my life further

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<v Speaker 2>than it was created to go. Being on number four,

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<v Speaker 2>being unaware of hidden leaks. Maybe you got conflict in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Number five, be in a hurry. Number six,

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<v Speaker 2>Not paying attention to my gauges. Maybe you need to

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<v Speaker 2>check that one. Number seven, being overloaded. I got too

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<v Speaker 2>much to do right now. Number eight, assuming that the

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<v Speaker 2>limits of my tank don't apply to me. Number nine,

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<v Speaker 2>not knowing where to find a filling station. Obviously, you

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<v Speaker 2>know that one. You don't have to circle that. Number 10,

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<v Speaker 2>not knowing how to refill my tank. If you circle

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<v Speaker 2>the last one, you came to the right weekend. because

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<v Speaker 2>that's what we're going to look at. How do you

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<v Speaker 2>refill your tank?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know about you, but I am encouraged after

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<v Speaker 3>that message. And let's keep the encouragement going with a

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<v Speaker 3>letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick. Here's a note that I got from a

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<v Speaker 2>woman named Becky. She said, Pastor Rick, the Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 2>ministry has truly helped me in many ways. I attend

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<v Speaker 2>church on a regular basis. However, the Daily Hope broadcast

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<v Speaker 2>has taught me so much And I can honestly say

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<v Speaker 2>that I never miss one of those Monday through Friday

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<v Speaker 2>morning quiet times listening to Pastor Rick's teaching, growing closer

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<v Speaker 2>to the Lord, and applying what he's taught me through

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<v Speaker 2>his messages. I am blessed beyond measure, and I absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>love the way the Lord is using Pastor Rick to

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<v Speaker 2>reach out and teach Christians and non-Christians as well. One day,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe I'm going to be able to increase my

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<v Speaker 2>monthly contribution. I also believe that in the not-too-distant future,

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<v Speaker 2>that will happen. Woo-hoo! Faithfully fit, Becky. I love your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love your faith, and I love this phrase,

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<v Speaker 2>faithfully fit, Becky. That's great. I want everybody to please

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<v Speaker 2>pray with me that the Daily Hope radio broadcast and

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<v Speaker 2>all of our online resources will continue to transform lives

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<v Speaker 2>with the simple truth of hope through Jesus Christ. And

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<v Speaker 2>thanks for listening today. Let's all stay, like Becky, faithfully fit.

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<v Speaker 2>God bless you.

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<v Speaker 3>Be sure to join us next time as we look

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<v Speaker 3>into God's word for our daily hope. This program is

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<v Speaker 3>sponsored by Pastor Rick's Day. Hope and your generous financial support.