WEBVTT - Rick Warren - Oct 22 - 8:00 pm

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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone, we'd like to welcome you to Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope with Rick Warren. And today we're continuing in

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<v Speaker 1>a series called This Is Us. You know, in this world,

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<v Speaker 1>there's so many people that feel disconnected and uncertain. So

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<v Speaker 1>Rick is sharing biblical truths that will help you find

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<v Speaker 1>your place in God's family, grow your faith, and live

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<v Speaker 1>with greater purpose and hope. Well, let's get to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is part one of a message called What on

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<v Speaker 1>Earth Am I Here For?

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<v Speaker 2>This week, I wanted to look at the most fundamental

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<v Speaker 2>message that this church was built on, which is the question,

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<v Speaker 2>what on earth am I here for? For 40 years,

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<v Speaker 2>we've been helping people understand the purpose of their lives.

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<v Speaker 2>That God has five purposes for your life. Not 10,

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<v Speaker 2>not 15, not two, not three, five. When I started

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<v Speaker 2>Saddleback Church 40 years ago with Kay small band that

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<v Speaker 2>later joined us. I said, Lord, give me a slogan

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<v Speaker 2>that we could build the foundation of this church on.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a slogan, a great commitment to the

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<v Speaker 2>great commandment and the great commission will grow a great church.

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<v Speaker 2>The great commandment and the great commission are two of

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<v Speaker 2>the most famous sentences of Jesus. And in those two passages,

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<v Speaker 2>there are five verbs and they represent the five purposes

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<v Speaker 2>why God made you. Now the five purposes are all

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<v Speaker 2>through scripture. Jesus explains them in the Great Commandment, Great Commission.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul explains them in Ephesians 4. The church models them

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<v Speaker 2>in Acts chapter two. Jesus prays about the five purposes

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<v Speaker 2>with the disciples in John 17. But today we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do a review of the most fundamental message of this church.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Twain once said, The two most important days in

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<v Speaker 2>a person's life are one, the day you're born, and two,

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<v Speaker 2>the day you figure out why. Unfortunately, most people go

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<v Speaker 2>through life never knowing why they were born. They miss

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<v Speaker 2>God's purpose for their lives. And yet God isn't playing

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<v Speaker 2>games with us. He's very, very clear in his book

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<v Speaker 2>about it. God has never created anything without a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>God is a God of purpose. Every plant has a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>Every animal has a purpose. Every fish has a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're alive, God has a purpose for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If your heart is beating right now and you're breathing air,

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<v Speaker 2>it means God still has a purpose for you. Otherwise,

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<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't be here. So God has never made anything

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<v Speaker 2>without a purpose. Now, if you wanna know the purpose

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, you gotta begin with God because he's

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<v Speaker 2>the only one who can tell you If I were

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<v Speaker 2>to hold up an invention here tonight and you'd never

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<v Speaker 2>seen this invention before and I said, guess what the

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<v Speaker 2>purpose is? You would just be guessing. You would have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea if you had never seen it before what

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose of the invention was unless either A, you

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<v Speaker 2>talked to the creator, the inventor of the invention, or B,

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<v Speaker 2>you read the owner's manual. Now the same is true spiritually.

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<v Speaker 2>You will never know the purpose of your life unless

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<v Speaker 2>you A, talk to God, the creator made you, or B,

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<v Speaker 2>read the owner's manual. You can guess at it, that's

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<v Speaker 2>what philosophy does. Well, I think the purpose of life

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<v Speaker 2>is this, and I think the purpose of life, you're

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<v Speaker 2>just guessing. You're just guessing. Or you can do the

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<v Speaker 2>popular way, which is, I call it the Star Wars way,

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<v Speaker 2>trust the force, Luke, look within. Look within yourself and

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<v Speaker 2>discover your purpose. Somebody just needs to be obvious and

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<v Speaker 2>open about it and say, folks, that doesn't work, looking within,

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<v Speaker 2>come on. We've all done that. It doesn't work. I

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<v Speaker 2>looked within, all I saw was a bunch of confusion.

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<v Speaker 2>And you can't tell you what your purpose is, because

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't create you. That's kind of logical. It is nonsensical,

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<v Speaker 2>it is irrational to think that you can look within

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<v Speaker 2>and discover your purpose. You didn't make you. You didn't

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<v Speaker 2>create you. Only the God who made you can tell

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<v Speaker 2>you the reason he made you. And that's what the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible tells us all about. Now, up here on the screen,

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<v Speaker 2>Ephesians chapter one in the Bible says this. It is

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<v Speaker 2>in Christ that we find out who we are and

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<v Speaker 2>what we're living for. Part of the overall purpose, he, God,

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<v Speaker 2>is working out in everything and everyone. God has a

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<v Speaker 2>purpose for your life, but he also has a purpose

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<v Speaker 2>for everybody else's life. And he's working out that purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>History is moving toward a climax. It is not cyclical.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not a cycle. There are seasons, but history

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<v Speaker 2>is moving toward a climax. And even physics will tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that we know the universe had a beginning, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna have an end at some point. We know

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<v Speaker 2>this from the laws of physics today. We didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>this even 100 years ago, but we know today. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible had said it, but scientists have now backed

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<v Speaker 2>it up. So what we're gonna do is look at

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<v Speaker 2>God's overall purpose for all of us, but God's unique

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<v Speaker 2>purpose for you. Colossians 1, verse 16 says this. Everything,

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely everything got started in Christ. He's the creator. He's

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<v Speaker 2>the creator. and finds its purposes in him, in him.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me summarize. You were made by God and

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<v Speaker 2>you were made for God. Until you figure that out,

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<v Speaker 2>life's never gonna make sense. You try all kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>other things, but it's not gonna make sense. Number two,

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<v Speaker 2>you were made to last forever. It is not an

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<v Speaker 2>understatement to say that God has long range plans for

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You're only gonna get 60, 80, maybe 100

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<v Speaker 2>years on this planet. That's not very much time. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the testing ground. This is the proving ground. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the preschool before the real story begins. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the warm-up act, the dress rehearsal before the real thing

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<v Speaker 2>happens in eternity. You're gonna spend far more time on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of death in eternity, heaven or hell,

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<v Speaker 2>than you do on this side in eternity. You only

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<v Speaker 2>get at the most 100 years here. So what is

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<v Speaker 2>this for? This is the warm up act. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the dress rehearsal before the real play begins. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the first lap around the track before the real race begins.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the preschool. This is the get ready stage.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not heaven. That's why there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>problems and sorrow and suffering and sadness here. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect place. And so, but God has long range

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<v Speaker 2>plans for your life and how you choose to use

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<v Speaker 2>your life here on this side of eternity will determine

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<v Speaker 2>where you spend the other side of eternity, with God

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<v Speaker 2>or without him. Do you want him in your life

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<v Speaker 2>or do you don't want him in your life? It's

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<v Speaker 2>your choice. God says like Burger King, have it your way.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you get to choose. This life is preparation

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<v Speaker 2>for eternity. In heaven, you're gonna do five things. God

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to practice those here on earth so when

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<v Speaker 2>you get to heaven, you're not a doofus. You know

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<v Speaker 2>how to do it. You know how to do it. Now, today,

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<v Speaker 2>what we're gonna do is review God's five purposes for

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<v Speaker 2>your life. This whole church for 40 years has been

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<v Speaker 2>built on this message. God's five purposes for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>We're even organized around these five purposes. Now, in order

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<v Speaker 2>to save my voice, I'm gonna do part of this

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<v Speaker 2>message by video, but I'm gonna do part of it

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<v Speaker 2>live at the end. There are five purposes for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Write these down. Number one, first, God planned me for

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<v Speaker 2>his pleasure. God planned me for his pleasure. Many, many

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<v Speaker 2>scriptures deal with this. Let me show you some. Revelation 4,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 11, you, God, created everything, and it is for

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<v Speaker 2>your pleasure that they exist and were created. You were

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<v Speaker 2>made for so God could love you. You were made

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<v Speaker 2>for his pleasure. If God hadn't wanted to love you,

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<v Speaker 2>you would not exist. You were made for God's pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm 149, verse four. The Lord takes pleasure in his people.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you are parents? I can see your hands,

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<v Speaker 2>you're parents. Okay, do you take pleasure in your kids?

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<v Speaker 2>You say, sometimes. Yeah, sometimes, but the truth is, when

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<v Speaker 2>they're sleeping at night, they may have been devils all day.

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<v Speaker 2>They're angels while they're asleep. And I used to walk

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<v Speaker 2>in and sit down and watch my kids sleep. And

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<v Speaker 2>I would watch their little bodies, their rise and lower,

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<v Speaker 2>watch their chest rise and lower, rise and lower. I

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<v Speaker 2>got so much pleasure out of watching my kids breathe

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<v Speaker 2>as little kids. Why? Because I am their father. I

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<v Speaker 2>created them. They didn't have to be doing anything spiritual.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't have to be memorizing Bible verses, winning people

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<v Speaker 2>to Christ, you know, studying scripture. They were just sleeping.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the way God feels about you. God gets

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure in watching you be you. All the time. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about your sins, but I'm talking about when

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<v Speaker 2>you just be you. When he wired you to organize,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to know how to organize a closet or

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<v Speaker 2>a garden or something. When he made you to be

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<v Speaker 2>a salesperson and he watched you make a good sale,

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<v Speaker 2>he goes, that's my girl. that's my boy. When he

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<v Speaker 2>sees you do art or music or math or mechanics

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever, it's not all the spiritual stuff. God just

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<v Speaker 2>enjoys watching you be you, because he made you. You

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<v Speaker 2>were planned for God's pleasure. You've heard me say this

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<v Speaker 2>many times. You can't make God stop loving you. You

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<v Speaker 2>can try, but you will fail. Because God's love isn't

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<v Speaker 2>based on your perfection. It's based on who he is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's based on his character. Psalm, excuse me, Ephesians 1,

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<v Speaker 2>4 on the screen. Long before he laid down the

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<v Speaker 2>earth's foundations. That's how long ago God thought of you.

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<v Speaker 2>God had us in mind. And he settled on us.

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<v Speaker 2>Not horses, not cows. Not ants, he settled on us,

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<v Speaker 2>human beings, as the focus of his love. You were

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<v Speaker 2>planned for God's pleasure. How many times over 40 years

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<v Speaker 2>have you heard me say, God doesn't just have love,

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<v Speaker 2>he is love. The Bible says God is love. It

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<v Speaker 2>is his character. It is his essence. It is his nature. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>as I've told you before, he didn't need you. He

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<v Speaker 2>wanted you. It was his love that wanted to create you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the difference between us and animals is unlike animals,

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<v Speaker 2>we're made in God's image. Your first job is to

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<v Speaker 2>let God love you and your second part of that

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<v Speaker 2>job is you to learn to love him back. And

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<v Speaker 2>the more you understand how much God loves you, the

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<v Speaker 2>more you're gonna love him. When you say, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>love God enough, that's not your problem. The problem is

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<v Speaker 2>you don't understand how much he loves you. Because if

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<v Speaker 2>you really understood how God created the entire universe to

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<v Speaker 2>create you, to love you. You can't help but love

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<v Speaker 2>God back. You don't know how much God loves you

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't love God. You just don't get it yet.

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<v Speaker 2>One day Jesus is walking down the street and a

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<v Speaker 2>guy walks up to him and says, Lord, what's the

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<v Speaker 2>most important commandment in the whole Bible? Jesus says, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not a big deal. I can answer that in

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<v Speaker 2>two sentences. Jesus says, I can summarize the whole Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>He says all the law and all the prophets in

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<v Speaker 2>just two sentences. Love God with all your heart, soul,

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<v Speaker 2>and mind and strength. Oh, and by the way, love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbor as yourself. It's all about love. Why? Because

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<v Speaker 2>the first purpose of your life is you were planned

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<v Speaker 2>for God's pleasure. He made you to love you. And

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<v Speaker 2>he wants you to learn to accept his love and

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<v Speaker 2>to love him back. Jesus said this on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Love the Lord your God with all your heart and

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<v Speaker 2>with all your soul and with all your mind. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the first and greatest commandment. This is the first

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of your life. To let God love you and

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<v Speaker 2>to learn to love him back in response. The most

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<v Speaker 2>important thing in your life is to know God. To

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<v Speaker 2>know that he loves you. And the most important thing

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<v Speaker 2>to do in your life is to learn to love

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<v Speaker 2>him back. So every morning, I suggest you do what

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<v Speaker 2>I do. You can kneel or you can sit on

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<v Speaker 2>the side of your bed. But before I get out

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<v Speaker 2>of bed, I usually just sit on the side of

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<v Speaker 2>my bed and I'll say something like this. Lord, I

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<v Speaker 2>know you made me to love me. Thank you. And

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<v Speaker 2>I love you. And Lord, today, if I don't get

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<v Speaker 2>anything else done, I wanna know you a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>better and I wanna love you a little bit more.

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<v Speaker 2>because that's the first purpose of my life. If at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the day, I don't care how many

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<v Speaker 2>problems you had, how many sins you committed, how many

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<v Speaker 2>things went wrong in your life, if at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day, you know God a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>and you love him a little bit better, that was

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<v Speaker 2>a successful day. On the other hand, doesn't matter how

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<v Speaker 2>many things you accomplish, how much money you make, how

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<v Speaker 2>many times you get your picture plastered on some magazine

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<v Speaker 2>or billboard or whatever, how famous you become, it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know God a little bit more and

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<v Speaker 2>love him a little bit better at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>that day, you just wasted that day because you were

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<v Speaker 2>not put on earth just to mark things off your

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<v Speaker 2>to-do list. That is not the purpose of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>to mark things off your to-do list Now, this first

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of life, write this down, is to know and

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<v Speaker 2>love God. He planned me for his pleasure, and so

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<v Speaker 2>the first purpose of my life is to know God

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<v Speaker 2>and to love God. The Bible word for knowing and

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<v Speaker 2>love God is called worship. Worship. Worship is letting God

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<v Speaker 2>love you and loving him back. Anytime you're expressing love

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<v Speaker 2>to God, you're worshiping. Worshiping, a lot of people think,

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<v Speaker 2>is music. Music is a way to worship. But you

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<v Speaker 2>can worship in silence. You can worship in giving. You

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<v Speaker 2>can worship in listening. You can worship in a hundred

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<v Speaker 2>different ways. Worship is simply expressing my love to God.

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<v Speaker 2>You could be building something for the glory of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's worship. It's expressing your love for God in

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<v Speaker 2>any different way. Now, the alternative to worship, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what it is? It's worry. The opposite of worship is worry. Worry.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry is the warning sign you stopped worshiping. Worry is

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<v Speaker 2>the sign that you got to focus on you, not

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<v Speaker 2>on God. So every day, you have a choice every

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<v Speaker 2>single minute of your life. Am I gonna worry or

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<v Speaker 2>am I gonna worship? If you worship, you won't worry.

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<v Speaker 2>If you worry, you won't worship. One or two will

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<v Speaker 2>be in your brain all the time. Look at this

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<v Speaker 2>verse on the screen. The Bible says people who don't

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<v Speaker 2>know God are always worrying. Worrying. Why? Because they're not

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<v Speaker 2>focused on his greatness and his love, they're focused on

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<v Speaker 2>their problems and insecurities. That's the first purpose of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>to learn to worship. The more you learn to worship,

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<v Speaker 2>the less you'll worry in life. Number two, second purpose

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. God not only planned me for his pleasure,

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<v Speaker 2>God formed me for his family. God formed me for

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<v Speaker 2>his family. You were made to be a part of

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<v Speaker 2>his family. Now last week we spent an entire message

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<v Speaker 2>on this. God's family is called the church. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna zoom through this because we spent an entire week

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<v Speaker 2>looking how God formed you for his family. But let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at these verses real quick. Ephesians 1.5. God's unchanging

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<v Speaker 2>plan has always been to adopt us into his own

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<v Speaker 2>family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And

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<v Speaker 2>this gave him what?

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<v Speaker 1>Great pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Great pleasure. When you get in the family of God,

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<v Speaker 2>when you get in God's church, then God brings God

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<v Speaker 2>great pleasure. God wanted a family you created to be

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<v Speaker 2>a part of it. God never meant for you to

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<v Speaker 2>go through life all alone. God hates loneliness. The very

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<v Speaker 2>first thing God said was wrong with the earth was

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<v Speaker 2>that it is not good for man to be alone.

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<v Speaker 2>God hates loneliness. Whether you marry or not, you need

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<v Speaker 2>a family. And the spiritual family, as we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>last week, is gonna outlast your physical family because it's eternal.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks so much for being with us today and

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. I hope that you

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<v Speaker 1>were just as blessed as I was from today's broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with a special message.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when I started Saddleback Church over 40 years

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<v Speaker 2>ago with just a handful of people in our living room,

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<v Speaker 2>I also began writing a simple devotional just for the

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<v Speaker 2>people in our church, to help them start each day

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<v Speaker 2>with hope and with truth and with peace that comes

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<v Speaker 2>from Jesus Christ. Well, you know, that little devotional grew

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<v Speaker 2>and grew and grew. And today, Daily Hope is one

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<v Speaker 2>each day, people all around the globe are reconnecting with

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<v Speaker 2>It's absolutely free. Okay, we don't have any charge for this.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day you'll get a quick devotional read and a

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in a world that's more distracted and uncertain

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<v Speaker 2>than ever, I want to help you start your day

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<v Speaker 2>centered on what never changes. And what never changes is

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<v Speaker 2>a God's love, his unconditional love for you and his

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<v Speaker 2>promises to you. You know, if you'll just spend just

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes a day in the morning with the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>it can bring so much more clarity, more purpose, more

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<v Speaker 2>peace to everything that happens in your day. Particularly, psychologists

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<v Speaker 2>have said that what you do with the first five

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<v Speaker 2>minutes of your day pretty much sets the tone. So friend,

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<v Speaker 2>you were never meant to go through life alone. I

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