WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:08.720 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. 2 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:14.039 Well, today we continue with our special Christmas series called The Light of 3 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:18.839 Jesus at Christmas. In these lessons, Pastor Rick shows us how the Light 4 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:24.839 of Jesus brought into the world at Christmas, illuminates, purifies, heals, 5 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:29.440 and grows each of us in this season and beyond. Now, before we 6 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.399 get started, we want to let you know that a very generous friend has 7 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:38.600 given one hundred thousand dollars matching grant to Daily Hope. That means that all 8 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:42.759 this month, every dollar you give to help Daily Hope share the Hope of 9 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:47.799 Jesus around the world will be matched up to one hundred thousand dollars. You 10 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:52.679 can find out more by going to Pastorick dot com or by texting the word 11 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:58.840 daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's Pastorick dot com 12 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.359 or the word Daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. Right 13 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:07.680 now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message called will I 14 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:15.000 Make Room for Jesus? One Corinthians to fourteen. The unspiritual person has no 15 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:22.400 room there's that phrase no room for the gifts of God's spirit. In fact, 16 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:26.280 to him, they're folly. He can't even recognize them. I can't 17 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:30.000 put anything more in there because it's already crammed full of stuff. You've probably 18 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.599 got closets like that. Somebody brought you a whole new wardrobe, you have 19 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:42.760 no place to put it because your area is crammed. We overbook our lives, 20 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:47.719 we overspend our budget, we overestimate our strength, and all of these 21 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:52.159 things, and we walk around tired all the time because we've overbooked our heart. 22 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.120 Jesus describes it in Mark, chapter four, verse nineteen. He says, 23 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:04.079 they are overwhelmed with worries. They're overwhelmed with worries about all the things 24 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.680 they have to do and all the things they want to get that sound familiar, 25 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:14.759 and the stress strangles what they heard and nothing comes of it. Their 26 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:17.319 life is overbooked. Their life is overcrowded. And by the way, the 27 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:21.800 reason why somebody can go to church their entire life and it doesn't change them 28 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:27.719 is because of this crowded heart syndrome. You come and you hear a truth, 29 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.599 you know a kernel of truth. You get a little seed of wisdom 30 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:32.039 and it is planted in your heart. You think, yeah, I need 31 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:37.479 to do that. But you go home and immediately you're distracted by all the 32 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:38.639 things you have to do, all the things you want to get, and 33 00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:43.759 you forget it, and that seed is choked and it never grows into a 34 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.639 fruit producing tree. You see, I'm not talking about evil things here. 35 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:53.400 I'm just you can fill your life with good things, really good things, 36 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.599 still not have any time for God. I mean, you could go to 37 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.919 church six days a week, you could be involved ministry all the time, 38 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.400 and you're so busy working for God. God doesn't have any time to work 39 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:09.599 in you. That's why the Bible says, be still and know that I 40 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:15.360 am God. Translation, sit down and shut up is a chill out. 41 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.800 You need to relax. Stop trying to do so much. Let God do 42 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.560 more in you. It's much more relaxing and much more fulfilling. One example 43 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:30.360 of this is Jesus had some friends named Mary and Martha. They were sisters, 44 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:34.240 and one day they invite him over for dinner. So Jesus goes over 45 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:38.319 for dinner. Mary figures out what's important. This is the son of God 46 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:40.439 at our house. We're only gonna get this once in a lifetime. So 47 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:46.199 she sits down at the feet of Jesus will start listening. But Martha was 48 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.439 busy worrying about the rd'euvs and you know, as everything in its place. 49 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.439 And here's where the story picks up. In Luke chapter ten. It says 50 00:03:53.479 --> 00:04:00.439 Mary sat at Jesus' feet listening to what he said. Okay, but Martha 51 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:06.039 was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. Sounds like Christmas. 52 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:13.039 You know, you could have spent the entire last month buying gifts, 53 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.480 wrapping gifts, decorating the house, putting up the lights, fixing the tree, 54 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:21.600 sending out the cards, preparing the meals, getting everything done. Have 55 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:27.120 you had any time for Jesus? No, it's his birthday. We're so 56 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:30.600 busy with the preparation. You don't have any time for him. There's no 57 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:35.480 room in your heart. It's crowded. Martha was distracted at all the preparations 58 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:39.720 that had to be made, and she came to Jesus and said, Lord, 59 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:43.160 don't you care that my sister's left me to do all the work by 60 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:48.439 myself. Sounds like a sister tell her to help me. But Jesus said, 61 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:56.079 Dear Martha, you get upset over all these little details, but there's 62 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:01.879 really only one thing worth being concerned about, and Mary has discovered it. 63 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:06.319 What is that? Getting to know the Son of God, getting to know 64 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:12.319 Jesus Christ. Why? Because everything else you do isn't going to matter an 65 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:17.240 eternity. Your career isn't going to last beyond your lifetime. Your hobbies aren't 66 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.959 going to last beyond your lifetime. Your bank account isn't going to last beyond 67 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:24.839 your lifetime. The only thing that's going to last beyond your lifetime is your 68 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:29.920 relationship to God. And God puts you on earth not just to take up 69 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.120 space, breathe, use air, retire and die. He puts you here 70 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:36.519 so you could get to know Him, to know and love him the way 71 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:41.399 He knows and loves you. That's going to last forever and ever and ever. 72 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:46.000 So, Jesus says, Mary has figured out the one thing that's worth 73 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:49.680 being concerned about. You know, as somebody who does care about you as 74 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:54.439 a friend, as a pastor. If I could give you any gift this 75 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:00.000 Christmas, my wish would be that you would figure out what's the one thing 76 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:08.040 that matters most and it isn't getting more money, and it isn't becoming famous, 77 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.959 and it isn't even having fun. It's getting to know the creator who 78 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:17.279 made you and building a relationship so you go to be with him forever an 79 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:24.519 eternity when this life's over. You know what I've discovered. See as I'm 80 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.399 saying here, you can do lots of good things and still not having any 81 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:31.519 room for Jesus in your life. What I've discovered is if Satan can't make 82 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:39.120 you bad, he'll just make you busy. He doesn't care what distracts you. 83 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:43.720 It doesn't have to be evil as long as you pay no attention to 84 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:47.879 God in your life. It could be all kinds of good things that are 85 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:54.600 proper. In fact, there are all gifts from God, but they're not 86 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.920 God. And you can't have Him at the center of your life because if 87 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:00.720 that's the center of your life, then when that dies eyes you fall apart. 88 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.920 If your job's the center of your life, your life falls apart when 89 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:08.399 you lose it. If your bank accounts the center of your life, your 90 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:13.560 life falls apart when the stocks tank. But if God is the center of 91 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:17.079 your life, nothing can shake you because it can't be taken from you. 92 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:24.519 Deuteronomy. The Bible says it like this, make sure that you don't become 93 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:29.759 so full. In other words, your life is so crammed there's no room. 94 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:35.680 You're so full of yourself and your things that you forget God. You 95 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:41.279 see, we don't pay attention when God's around. We're just not even listening. 96 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:45.639 And we crowd our lives with so many other things, even good things, 97 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.959 that we don't have any time for God. The third reason we don't 98 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:54.160 make room is because we really don't think we need to make room for God. 99 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:58.600 The bottom line is, we really don't think we need to make room 100 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.600 for Jesus. We have a sense of self sufficiency, says I'm doing fine 101 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:07.720 on my own. Oh really, Now you may be living a good life, 102 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.360 you see, I'm living the good life. Great. Would you like 103 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:16.399 to know if there's a better life, because there is. The good life 104 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.560 is good, But the good life is not good enough. You need the 105 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:24.120 better life. I mean, when I was a kid, my mom fed 106 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:28.839 me spaghettios. Now I thought they were the world until I discovered in and 107 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:35.919 out Burger, and I went from the good life to the better life. 108 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:39.080 If there was a better life, than you're living right now, and God 109 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:41.919 wanted to give it to you. Don't you think you'd be interested in it? 110 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:46.399 Well, yes you would. Don't you think I'd think I at least 111 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:50.159 want to check it out? Yeah? I think he would. And he's 112 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:54.559 saying here, we don't think we need to make room for him. See 113 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:56.919 this is what the innkeeper did. The innkeeper saying, why do I need 114 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.080 any more guests? Sorry, no room. I've already sold out. I've 115 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:07.159 made my bundle, I've bankrolled it. I made as much money as I'm 116 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.799 going to make tonight. So I really couldn't care less about anybody else because 117 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:16.840 my life, my inn, my rooms are full. And a lot of 118 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.559 people say that to Jesus today. My life, the rooms of my heart 119 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:24.679 are full. I don't have any room for God, don't have any room 120 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:31.080 for Jesus. Thank you so much for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. 121 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.879 We've got some incredible news to share with you. 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This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor 147 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:50.000 Rick Warren. Once again, here's Rick. You want to know what your 148 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.240 God is, I'll tell you what it is. It's who. Whatever you 149 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.320 think about most, whatever you think about most in your life, is your 150 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:03.919 God, because that's what's most important to you. Now. For some people, 151 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.000 their God is their career. For some people their God is their family. 152 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:13.159 For some people their God is making money or whatever. But whatever is 153 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:16.399 first place in your thought, what you think about most is your God, 154 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:20.519 and anything that's not God becomes what the Bible calls an idle, let's say, 155 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:24.679 a false God. See the deeper reason for our initition is really we 156 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:28.960 don't want God. I'm doing just fine, thank you very much. So 157 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.480 God, stay you created me, you made me. Yeah, Jesus came 158 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.799 and died for me. But I tell you what, God, you stay 159 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:37.799 on your side of the fence and I'll stay on mind. Thank you very 160 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:43.320 much. Well, there's only a problem with that. You miss the very 161 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:48.919 purpose of your life. You weren't made to be disconnected from God, and 162 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:52.120 you don't have any power in your life when you are disconnected from God. 163 00:12:52.879 --> 00:12:56.639 I don't know how many of you lost power this week, but have you 164 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:01.080 noticed that when the power's off, all of your utilities, I mean, 165 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:07.960 all of your appliances are worthless. A disconnected coaster is worthless without power, 166 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:13.159 A disconnected blender is worthless without powers, just a piece of junk. A 167 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:18.519 vacuum cleaner is a piece of junk if there's no electricity to it. Those 168 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:24.039 things cannot fulfill their purpose unless they're plugged into the power. You cannot fulfill 169 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:30.240 your purpose unless you're plugged into the God who made you, who gives you 170 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.960 that power. So we run out of power. But the truth is, 171 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:39.240 it's human nature to wander. It's my nature to go forget you, God, 172 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:41.080 I'm gonna do my thing. I got my plants. In fact, 173 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.919 I think, God, I know what will make me happy better than you 174 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:48.519 do. And so we just kind of wander off. The Bible calls us. 175 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:52.039 It says, it's like we're like sheep. We just got a sheeper. 176 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:56.279 Naturally wanderers. The Bible says this, they're on your outline. We 177 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:03.120 are all like sheep. We've all want off. We've all gotten lost. 178 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:05.279 In other words, I don't know what I'm supposed to do next year. 179 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.039 Where am I coming from, Where am I going? What is the purpose 180 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.080 of my life? What am I supposed to do with my life? I'm 181 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:15.360 not direct that I'm drifting through life. We've all gotten lost, We've all 182 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.080 done our own thing, and we've all gone our own way. Now that's 183 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:22.279 the bad news. What's the good news is the good news is that if 184 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:28.039 I make Jesus, make room for Jesus in my life, an amazing number 185 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:33.240 of benefits take place. What are those benefits? Why should I make room 186 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:37.600 for Jesus in my life, even if it means clearing out some other stuff. 187 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.440 Well, let me just give you two reasons. I could give you 188 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:43.799 a lot of them. Let me just give you two that are very simple, 189 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:48.919 but they're very profound. Here's the first reason. First reason I should 190 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:56.480 make room for Jesus in my life is because I want to know my creator 191 00:14:56.279 --> 00:15:03.000 and my savior. He made me and he saved me, so I need 192 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:05.519 to know that. I mean, if I said, hey, I'll introduce 193 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:07.279 you to Bono and you go, I don't really care. Well, it's 194 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:09.600 no big deal. If I said, let me introduce you to three or 195 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:11.639 four of the presidents, I know, well you said it was no big 196 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:13.120 deal. But if I were to say, let me introduce you to God. 197 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.600 He created you and has a purpose for your life, I would think 198 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:22.240 I'd want to be interested in that. He is my creator. I said, 199 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:24.399 I thought you're talking about meeting Jesus. I am. I thought God 200 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:31.200 made us. He did. Jesus is God come in human form. Look 201 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:37.159 at what the Bible says, before anything else existed, there was Christ with 202 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:43.120 God. He has always been alive. He didn't start at Bethlehem. Two 203 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:48.399 thy and ten years ago. He has always been inlive and is himself God. 204 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:54.840 He created everything there is that includes you and me. Nothing exists that 205 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:56.159 he didn't make. He made it all, so he owns it. All. 206 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:03.799 Eternal life is in him, and this life gives light to all mankind. 207 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.080 It helps me see in the dark when I don't think I can see 208 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.759 any other way. So I definitely want to make room in my life for 209 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:15.440 Jesus Christ because he made me, and that would make life a whole lot 210 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.960 better. You know, Like they say, when in doubt, consult the 211 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.919 owner's manual. When in doubt, read the directions. That's the Bible. 212 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:29.120 When in doubt, talk to the inventor. God invented you, but he 213 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:33.279 didn't just create you. He saves you. And the reason He came at 214 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:40.879 Christmas is to die for all your sins. Let me explain this. We've 215 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:45.600 all messed up. I think that's pretty common knowledge. We've all I don't 216 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.720 measure up to my own standards, much less God's, and you don't either. 217 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.600 I don't know really anybody who's perfect. We've all sinned. We've all 218 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:59.519 made mistakes, false fumbles, flaws, bloopers, sins, rebellion, I 219 00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:03.279 mean really, I've talked to thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people around 220 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:07.960 the world. I've never met anybody who claimed to be sinless. I've never 221 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:11.920 met anybody who saying I'm perfect. In fact, if you think you're perfect, 222 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.960 there's really only one solution for you. You need to get married. 223 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.359 Okay, that'll solve that, and really quick. Okay, okay, all 224 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.400 you needed is getting married, and you'll know you are not sinless. Okay. 225 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:30.960 Marriage doesn't create problems, it reveals them. Okay, and you are 226 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:36.039 the problem. And you know I always say, you know, before you 227 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:40.480 get married, opposite it's attract and then after you get married, opposites attack. 228 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:47.400 Now I want to not only know my creator, I want to know 229 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:52.000 my savior who came to die for my sins. Now, why, here's 230 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.640 the reason. Follow me on this. Heaven is a perfect place. No 231 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.599 sorrow, no sadness, no sickness. It's incredible, full color, amazing. 232 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:07.119 You think the world's cool, Heaven's unbelievable. Now Heaven is perfect. 233 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:11.480 I'm not, and by the way, neither are you. I stopped being 234 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:21.720 perfect about day two. So if God lets imperfect people into Heaven, is 235 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:25.880 not going to be a perfect place anymore. If God lets all of us 236 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:30.319 into heaven with all of our imperfections, Heaven's going to be no better earth 237 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:37.599 because we'll take with them our lust, our ego, our betrayals, our 238 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:42.119 rejections, murders, rapes. Heaven would be no better Earth. So God 239 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.519 had to come up with a plan be and he said, here's what I'll 240 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.640 do. I will come to earth at Christmas time. I'm going to send 241 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:56.119 my son, Jesus Christ, and he's going to live a perfect life in 242 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:00.960 your stead, in your place, and then he's gonna die for all your 243 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.720 sins, so you don't have to pay for him. They've all been paid 244 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:07.440 off. And then you get to go scot free into heaven by just trusting 245 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:12.559 him. What a deal. What a deal? And so the Bible says 246 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:18.200 this the most famous verse in the Bible. God so loved the world that's 247 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.680 you and me, that he gave his one and only son, that's Jesus, 248 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:30.039 that whoever believes in him, who's whoever involved everybody. I don't care 249 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.279 what your background is, I don't care what your age is, what your 250 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.200 ethnic group is, I don't care what your religion is. You may be 251 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:41.799 Baptist or Buddhist, or Methodist, or Muslim or Mormon or Hindu. You 252 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.200 may be atheist or agnostic or no religion at all, doesn't matter to me. 253 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:52.680 The Bible says, whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have 254 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:57.119 everlasting life. That's a good deal. I get to become a part of 255 00:19:57.200 --> 00:20:03.599 God's family, and that family is going to last forever. Jesus said it. 256 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:07.599 The Bible says it like this, John Chapter one. He Jesus came 257 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:12.279 into the world which belonged to him. Remember he made it so we all 258 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:18.720 belong to him anyway. But those who were his did not receive him, 259 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:26.680 no room and did not welcome him no room. But those who did receive 260 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:29.279 him and welcome him, come on into my room, Come into the rooms 261 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:34.720 of my heart, all rooms, bathroom, bedroom, living room. To 262 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:40.559 those who did receive him and welcome him, he gave the privilege and the 263 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:47.000 power to become the children of God. Because and here's how you become a 264 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:52.359 child of God. They believed in his name. And that way I become 265 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:56.440 a part of God's family, and God becomes my father. So wait a 266 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:00.000 minute, isn't God the father of everybody? No he is not God created 267 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:07.359 everybody. God loves everybody. God has a purpose for everybody. But God 268 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:12.319 is only the father of those who choose to become a part of His family 269 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:18.720 by meeting the family requirements, which are believe in the sun He sent at 270 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:23.200 Christmas. That's the condition. Now I not only get to be a part 271 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.240 of God's family, I get to know my creator and my Savior, which 272 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:30.359 is a big deal. But there are actually some benefits here and now, 273 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.720 right now, for the rest of your life here on earth. And the 274 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:38.920 second reason I want to open every room of my heart to Jesus is to 275 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:48.759 enjoy a life of purpose, peace and power. Thank you so much for 276 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:53.559 listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We've got some incredible news to share with 277 00:21:53.599 --> 00:22:00.000 you. A very generous friend has given a one hundred thousand dollars matching groat 278 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:03.839 to this ministry. That means that all this month, every dollar you give 279 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:08.440 to help Daily Hope share the certain Hope of Jesus around the world will be 280 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:14.960 matched up to one hundred thousand dollars. Here's Pastor Rick to tell you more. 281 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:18.039 Merry Christmas, everybody. Do you even know why we give Christmas gifts 282 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:22.359 to each other. It's because God gave the first Christmas gift, the gift 283 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:27.720 of his son. God has been using you and your generous support to literally 284 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:33.559 transform the lives of so many people who've never heard about the hope that we 285 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.079 have in Jesus Christ. We couldn't do any of this without you, without 286 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:40.920 your support, you know, I do this for free. I serve Daily 287 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:45.319 Hope for free. We're one hundred percent listener funded. And I want to 288 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:48.160 thank you for being obedient to God. When he tells you to give to 289 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:52.039 Daily Hope. You might not thank You've got a lot to give. It's 290 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:56.720 the regular giving, month after month after month that God multiplies, and thanks 291 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:00.119 to all of you, we are reaching more and more people with the good 292 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:04.119 news every day. So let me just say at this time of the year, 293 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:08.519 I want to appreciate your partnership in this ministry. Any success that we 294 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:12.519 have is because God is working through us together. Your prayers make a difference, 295 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:17.559 Your giving make a difference, and you telling other people about the program 296 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:21.440 makes a difference. Here's what I'm going to ask you to do. Would 297 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:25.640 you continue to pray for me? I really need your prayers. Pray that 298 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:30.079 God will give me just the right words to say this next year, as 299 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:34.519 we go into a year of Daily Hope sharing the good news of Jesus Christ 300 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:38.240 with people all around the world, then let me know how you're doing. 301 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:41.599 Let me know how we can pray for you. We have a prayer team 302 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.279 here. It blesses me to hear from you, and so just write me 303 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:51.880 Rick at pastorick dot com. It's real simple, Rick at pastorick dot com. 304 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.799 Thanks for listening, Thanks for giving, thanks for sharing, and thanks 305 00:23:55.880 --> 00:24:00.160 for caring. God bless you all this month. Every dollar you give to 306 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:04.160 help Daily Hope share the certain hope of Jesus around the world will be matched 307 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:10.640 up to one hundred thousand dollars. 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