WEBVTT - Rick Warren - Oct 23 - 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. So let's get started with

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<v Speaker 1>part two of a message called, What on Earth Am

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<v Speaker 1>I Here For?

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<v Speaker 2>1 Peter chapter 1 verse 3 God has given us

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<v Speaker 2>the privilege of being born again so that we are now, notice,

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<v Speaker 2>members of God's own family. You're not in God's family

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<v Speaker 2>if you haven't been born again. You're loved by him,

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<v Speaker 2>you're created by him, but you're not in his family.

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<v Speaker 2>There's only two ways to get into family, and both

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<v Speaker 2>these verses mention them. You gotta either be adopted or

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<v Speaker 2>born into it. And Jesus says, I'm doing both. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>adopting you, and you're born again. So that's how you

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<v Speaker 2>get into God's family. Now, you're automatically a part, when

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<v Speaker 2>you're born physically, you automatically become a part of the

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<v Speaker 2>human race. You don't have any choice. When you're born physically,

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<v Speaker 2>you automatically become a part of the human race. But

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<v Speaker 2>you're not part of a local family until somebody makes

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<v Speaker 2>a decision to bring you home. It's a choice. The

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<v Speaker 2>same is true spiritually. When you are spiritually born, Again,

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<v Speaker 2>you're born into God's universal family, but you're not a

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<v Speaker 2>part of his physical family called the church until you

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<v Speaker 2>choose to say, that's gonna be my family. That's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be my home. That's gonna be my spiritual base. What

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<v Speaker 2>is God's family? We looked at it last week, 1

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<v Speaker 2>Timothy 3, verse 15. That family is the church. It

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<v Speaker 2>is the church of the living God, the support and

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<v Speaker 2>foundation of the truth. The church isn't an institution, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a family. Now, God's purpose for your life includes not

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<v Speaker 2>just believing in him, but belonging in his family. So

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<v Speaker 2>you can say, I'm a believer, but you could also say,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a belonger. Because being in the family of God

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<v Speaker 2>is what makes you saved, being part of his family. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>notice it said there, that family is the church, the

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<v Speaker 2>support and foundation of truth. What happens when a building

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<v Speaker 2>has no foundation and support? It collapses. It collapses. We've

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<v Speaker 2>seen that in California a lot because of earthquakes. You

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<v Speaker 2>need the spiritual support of God's family and you need

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<v Speaker 2>a small group to support you when you go through

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<v Speaker 2>the earthquakes of life. What's the support structure for your life?

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<v Speaker 2>The church, God's spiritual family. First Peter 2.17, love your

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual family. That's what it says. Love, that's about as

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<v Speaker 2>clear as you can get it. You were commanded by

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<v Speaker 2>God to love your spiritual family. If you don't love

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<v Speaker 2>this family, just find one. Choose a church family. Say,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the church family I'm gonna love. You know, when

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<v Speaker 2>you get to heaven one day, you're gonna do two

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<v Speaker 2>things in heaven. You're gonna love God and you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>love his family. What does God want you to do

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<v Speaker 2>while you're here on earth for 80 years? Practice. So

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<v Speaker 2>when you get to heaven, you practice loving God and

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<v Speaker 2>loving other believers in his family. Why? So when you

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

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<v Speaker 2>how to love God and you already know how to

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<v Speaker 2>love other Christians who often were not always lovable. And

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<v Speaker 2>you aren't either, by the way. All right? To dwell

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<v Speaker 2>above with those we love, that will be a glory.

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<v Speaker 2>To dwell below with those we know, well, that's another story.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we love people in the ideal, but we

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<v Speaker 2>don't love them in the real because we all have

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<v Speaker 2>warts and problems and we mess up and all that.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants us to learn to love real people, not

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<v Speaker 2>ideal people. That's why he put the people around you

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<v Speaker 2>who are sitting next to you. Don't look at them.

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<v Speaker 2>Be cool, okay? But God intentionally allows people in your

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<v Speaker 2>life to sandpaper your rough edges, okay? So don't go

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<v Speaker 2>home and say, honey, thank you, heavenly sandpaper. But you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I'm talking about. Hebrews 10, verse 25 on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen. The Bible says this, let us not give

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<v Speaker 2>up the habit of meeting together. Instead, let us encourage

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<v Speaker 2>one another. God wants worship to be a habit. Notice

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<v Speaker 2>the word habit, circle the word habit on your outline.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants worship to be a habit, but he also

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<v Speaker 2>wants fellowship to be a habit. Now here's the second purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>The second purpose of life is to learn to love others.

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<v Speaker 2>The second purpose of life, first purpose of life is

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<v Speaker 2>to learn to love God. Second purpose, and that's called worship.

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<v Speaker 2>Second purpose of life is to learn to love others,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's called fellowship. Like two fellows on a ship,

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta get along. Because you're headed in the same direction,

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<v Speaker 2>you may as well get along. All right, purpose number one,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm planned for God's pleasure. He made me to love me.

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<v Speaker 2>Purpose number two, I'm formed for God's family. He made

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<v Speaker 2>me to go through life in a church family, not

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<v Speaker 2>to go through it by myself, where you get support

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<v Speaker 2>in the tough times. Number three, purpose number three, God

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<v Speaker 2>created me to become like Christ. I was created to

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<v Speaker 2>become like Christ. God created me to become like Christ. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>once you understand this third purpose, a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 2>life's gonna make a lot more sense, particularly all the

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<v Speaker 2>problems and the trials and the troubles you go through,

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<v Speaker 2>because God wants you to grow up spiritually. His goal

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<v Speaker 2>isn't to make life comfortable for you here on Earth.

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<v Speaker 2>That's heaven. That's coming someday. This is the school. This

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<v Speaker 2>is where you're learning This is where you want to

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<v Speaker 2>grow in character. And he sent Jesus Christ to be

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<v Speaker 2>the model of what he wants every woman and what

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<v Speaker 2>he wants every man to become. He wants us to

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<v Speaker 2>learn to think like Christ, to act like Christ, to

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<v Speaker 2>feel like Christ, to treat other people like Christ, to

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<v Speaker 2>be like Christ in our attitudes, in our actions, and

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<v Speaker 2>in our thoughts. Jesus Christ was the perfect human being.

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<v Speaker 2>We're never gonna achieve perfection here on earth. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>our model. You were created to become like Christ. Starting

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<v Speaker 2>now here on earth, and when you get into heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>God's gonna finish it in heaven. And you're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>completely transformed into perfection. Now, as I said, once you

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<v Speaker 2>understand this, a lot of life's gonna make sense. God

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<v Speaker 2>is far more interested in what you are becoming than

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<v Speaker 2>what you are doing. He's much more interested in what

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<v Speaker 2>you are in life than in what you do in life.

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<v Speaker 2>People always worry, does God want me to do this

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<v Speaker 2>job or that job or that job? Does God want

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<v Speaker 2>me to have this career, that career, this career? God

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<v Speaker 2>would probably say, really, your choice. What I'm more interested

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<v Speaker 2>in is the kind of woman you become while you're

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<v Speaker 2>in that job. What kind of man are you becoming

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<v Speaker 2>while you're in that job? Are you becoming more godly

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<v Speaker 2>like me? Now, you're never gonna be a god. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the oldest lie. Satan said, eat this fruit and you'll become,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll be your own god. That's the new age. You're

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<v Speaker 2>your own god. You're not a god. You're not even

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<v Speaker 2>a mini-me god, okay? Now, you'll never be a god.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a god, you can't solve your own problems,

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<v Speaker 2>much less the problems of the whole world. But God

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to become godly. That means like him in character.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants you to be loving and kind and patient

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<v Speaker 2>and all these different things. So why is God more

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<v Speaker 2>interested in your character than your career? Why? Because you're

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<v Speaker 2>not taking your career into eternity, but you are taking

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<v Speaker 2>your character. You're taking the kind of person you became

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<v Speaker 2>on this planet into eternity. So what you become is

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<v Speaker 2>far more important than what you do in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You could do a lot of different things, but the

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<v Speaker 2>key issue is are you growing spiritually? Are you becoming

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<v Speaker 2>like Christ? Romans 8, 29 says this. From the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>God decided that those who came to him, and he

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<v Speaker 2>all along knew who would, should become like his son.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the third purpose in life, to become like Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>You're created to become like Christ in character. Colossians 1.15 says,

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<v Speaker 2>we look at the sun and we see God's original

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<v Speaker 2>purpose in everything created. He's the goal. Friends, what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling you right now is not plan B. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>God's plan from the very beginning of creation. The very

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<v Speaker 2>first thing God said was, let's make man in our

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<v Speaker 2>own image. Sin marred that, but God's plan has never changed.

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<v Speaker 2>to make you in his image, to make you have

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<v Speaker 2>his character, to be as loving as he is, to

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<v Speaker 2>be as truthful as he is, to be as patient

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<v Speaker 2>as he is, to be as wise. God wants you

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<v Speaker 2>to be made in his image, not a god, but

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<v Speaker 2>godly character. Now, the question I've been asked for 40 years,

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<v Speaker 2>more than any other question, is this. Why is this

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<v Speaker 2>happening to me? Or, Version two, why is this happening

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<v Speaker 2>to me now? The answer to both of those is

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<v Speaker 2>what I just said, the third purpose, in order to

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<v Speaker 2>make you like Christ. That's the goal. God's goal is

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<v Speaker 2>not to make you comfortable. God's goal is to make

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<v Speaker 2>you like Christ. And we don't change when we see

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<v Speaker 2>the light. We change when we feel the heat. The

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<v Speaker 2>greatest lessons in your life you will learn out of pain.

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<v Speaker 2>I have learned nothing from success. Zero, zip, nada. I

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<v Speaker 2>have learned nothing from fame. Everything I've learned in life,

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<v Speaker 2>I learned through pain, conflict, and suffering. It's the greater teacher.

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<v Speaker 2>When things go your way, you don't learn anything. You

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<v Speaker 2>just think, I'm just really lucky. Or, I'm just really smart.

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<v Speaker 2>And you get on a big ego trip. The greatest

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<v Speaker 2>lessons in your, the greatest ministry of your life, the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest lessons of your life will often come out of

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<v Speaker 2>your deepest pain. God speaks to us Whispers to us

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<v Speaker 2>in our pleasure. He shouts to us in our pain. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>how does God make us more like Jesus? The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says this, Philippians 2, 5. In your lives, you must

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<v Speaker 2>think and act like Christ Jesus. That's the third purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>That as I get older, hopefully I'm thinking more like Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Not like myself, but like Christ. How does God do that?

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<v Speaker 2>First place, what is Jesus like? Well, the perfect picture

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus is Galatians 5, 22, and 23, the fruit

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<v Speaker 2>of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, faithfulness, self-control.

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<v Speaker 2>Those nine qualities are a perfect picture of Jesus. And

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to build those things in your life, often

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<v Speaker 2>by putting you in the exact opposite situation. How does

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<v Speaker 2>God make us like Christ? Am I, like, God wants

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<v Speaker 2>me to be more loving. I wanna be a great

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<v Speaker 2>lover in life. I wanna love people deeply. How does

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<v Speaker 2>God build love in my life? I'm just walking down

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<v Speaker 2>the street one day, and all of a sudden, zap,

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden, I'm filled with love, and I

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<v Speaker 2>love everybody. No, it doesn't work that way. How does

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<v Speaker 2>God teach me real love? By putting me around some

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<v Speaker 2>unlovable people. It's easy to love people like you who

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<v Speaker 2>are cool. But if God's gonna teach you real love,

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<v Speaker 2>he'll put you around some unlovely people. How about joy?

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<v Speaker 2>How does God teach you joy? Joy's different than happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>Happiness depends on happenings, happenstance, circumstance. Disneyland's the happiest place

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<v Speaker 2>on Earth. I go to Disneyland, I'm happy. When I

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<v Speaker 2>come out, I realize how much I spent. I'm not happy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's circumstantial. Happiness doesn't last. Joy is internal and joy

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<v Speaker 2>is eternal. You learn joy In the middle of grief.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where, as Kay's great book says, you choose joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Joy is a choice. And you learn it in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of grief. I wish I had time to go

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<v Speaker 2>into each of these, but how about peace? How does

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<v Speaker 2>God teach peace? Not with everything going your way. You're

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<v Speaker 2>out fishing, fly fishing in Alaska. You go, man, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get any better than this.

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<v Speaker 1>This is great.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody can be peaceful there. How does God teach real peace?

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<v Speaker 2>Everything's going wrong in your life and you're under pressure

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<v Speaker 2>and the phone rings and the doorbell and the baby

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<v Speaker 2>just threw up and the dog bit the cat. Cat

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<v Speaker 2>bit the head off the Barbie. God allows you in

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<v Speaker 2>the exact opposite situation. Now becoming like Christ is a journey.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna take your entire life You're not gonna become

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<v Speaker 2>like Christ overnight. I'm still not there. But I can

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<v Speaker 2>say like Paul, thank God I'm not what I used

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<v Speaker 2>to be. Thank God I am what I am right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank God I'm not what I'm gonna be. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>true with you too. It is a journey. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the third purpose of your life. Now, write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>The third purpose of life is to grow spiritually. To

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<v Speaker 2>grow up to grow up spiritually. And that is called discipleship.

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<v Speaker 2>We've talked about worship, fellowship, discipleship. These are loving God,

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<v Speaker 2>loving his family, and growing up like him. Knowing Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>growing in Christ, loving his family. God wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>grow up. Every problem in your life has a purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you'll trust me on this, trust God's word,

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<v Speaker 2>don't trust me, trust God's word on this, You can

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<v Speaker 2>learn from any situation in life, no matter how bad,

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<v Speaker 2>how evil it is, how painful it is, you can

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<v Speaker 2>learn from any situation in life if you'll have the

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<v Speaker 2>right attitude. And that's how you turn your scars into

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<v Speaker 2>beauty marks in your life. That's how you watch God

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<v Speaker 2>transform and turn beauty for ashes and restore all the

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<v Speaker 2>years that have been messed up The Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrews 6 verse 1, let us go on and become mature.

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<v Speaker 2>This is God's goal for your third purpose. Let us

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<v Speaker 2>go on and become mature in our understanding as strong

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<v Speaker 2>Christians ought to be. Is it possible to grow old

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<v Speaker 2>without growing up? Oh, baby. We all know people like

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<v Speaker 2>that who grew old and never grew up. And they

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<v Speaker 2>were still self-centered, self-serving, cranky, bitter as little old men

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<v Speaker 2>or little old ladies. You can grow old and not

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<v Speaker 2>ever grow up. This is the fundamental problem in our

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<v Speaker 2>culture in America and literally all around the world today.

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<v Speaker 2>Is we have an incredibly immature culture. It's full of

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual babies. You say, why do you say it? Babies

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<v Speaker 2>are self-absorbed. That's all they can think. They can't think

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<v Speaker 2>about anybody else but themselves. Babies are self-absorbed. Babies are impatient.

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<v Speaker 2>They want it now. They don't understand the difference between

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<v Speaker 2>no and not yet. Babies cannot delay gratification. If anything

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<v Speaker 2>describes our culture, I want it now. I want sex now.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to buy it now. I want pleasure now.

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<v Speaker 2>I want everything now. I'm not willing to wait for anything.

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<v Speaker 2>The inability to delay gratification has destroyed one culture after

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<v Speaker 2>another for thousands of years. And we're in that cycle

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Babies are focused on their feelings. Today, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter what the truth is. It's what I feel.

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<v Speaker 2>And if I feel it, it must be true. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel I'm this, so I must be that. Well, your

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<v Speaker 2>feelings lie to you all the time, but focused on feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>And Focused on short-term emotions and short-term goals, not long-term.

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<v Speaker 2>We have an incredibly immature culture. But God wants us

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<v Speaker 2>to grow up spiritually.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, some powerful words from Pastor Rick. And now this

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<v Speaker 1>really is one of my favorite parts of the broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Letters from our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick. Friends, it's exciting to get letters from all

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<v Speaker 2>over the world from people whose lives are being transformed

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<v Speaker 2>by God's word as they listen to the Daily Hope broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's one from Rafael in Brazil who says listening to

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast is a regular part of his morning routine.

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<v Speaker 2>He wrote, Dear Pastor Rick, I just wanted to let

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<v Speaker 2>you know how much I appreciate the Daily Hope podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I listen to it every single day. I started listening

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<v Speaker 2>to it to improve my English skills. Good idea. But

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<v Speaker 2>then it turns out that it improved me as a

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<v Speaker 2>servant of God. I use it as my daily devotional,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's become one of the first things I do

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<v Speaker 2>in my routine every day. It has changed my spiritual life.

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<v Speaker 2>And every day when I get up, my first thought is,

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<v Speaker 2>what am I going to receive from God today through

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<v Speaker 2>the Daily Hope podcast? Pastor Rick, I also try to

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<v Speaker 2>share the messages that impact me the most with my

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<v Speaker 2>family and with my parents and with the people from

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<v Speaker 2>my church. I've shared some messages with my father because

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<v Speaker 2>he's also learning from it. Sadly, he doesn't know English

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<v Speaker 2>because of that. Sometimes I translate the message into Portuguese

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<v Speaker 2>for him so he can understand it. Wow. Thanks for writing, Raphael.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm really blessed to hear how you wake up

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<v Speaker 2>every day expecting God to speak to you. Psalm 130

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<v Speaker 2>verse five says, I wait expectantly trusting God to help

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<v Speaker 2>for he has promised. You know, it's wonderful to know

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<v Speaker 2>that God's using daily hope to strengthen your faith, and

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<v Speaker 2>that you are using it to help your friends and

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<v Speaker 2>family learn to hear from God too. So Raphael, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for taking the time to translate daily hope for

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<v Speaker 2>your father. That shows that you really care about him,

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<v Speaker 2>and you care about others learning the hope that we

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<v Speaker 2>have in Jesus. Now our team, I'm going to say

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<v Speaker 2>this to everybody, our team is working really hard to

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<v Speaker 2>translate daily hope teaching, and as new languages are become available.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to post them for free on rickwarren.org. That's rickwarren.org.

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<v Speaker 2>You can go and see the translations we've already got.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you can help us by financially supporting a translation,

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<v Speaker 2>that would make all the difference in the world. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to encourage all of our listeners. to share

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Hope with your friends and your family. We want

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<v Speaker 2>everybody to keep hearing that there's hope in God's Word

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<v Speaker 2>and in God's Son. God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us next time as we look

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<v Speaker 1>into God's Word for our Daily Hope. This program is

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<v Speaker 1>sponsored by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and your generous financial support.