WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:07.200 Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Well today, Rick will bring our Easter 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.160 series to a close. In this series, he has risen. Rick has 3 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:16.960 been sharing six major benefits that the resurrection of Jesus brings to the people who 4 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:21.399 follow him. And now the final part of a message called the Mystery of 5 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:26.399 God's Plan. Act four in the Mystery of History is the act we're in 6 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:32.960 right now, and in Act four here it is God gives us a choice. 7 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:37.359 God gives us a choice. God says, I did it all for 8 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:42.600 you, but now you must decide to accept it. And God is waiting 9 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:47.560 right now. We're in a waiting period where he's gonna see who in humanity 10 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:52.240 is gonna say. I'm in. I accept it. I'm gonna go God's 11 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.759 way. I'm not gonna go Adam's way. I'm not gonna go my own 12 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:58.000 way. I'm in. I want to be a part of God's family. 13 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:02.640 And he gives us a choice. He doesn't force you. But the Bible 14 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:07.840 says this in One Kings eighteen, how long will you waver between two opinions? 15 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:14.159 If the Lord is God? Follow him now, friends, you got 16 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.959 a real blunt decision to make. Who are you going to live for you 17 00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:23.359 or God, because you can't have two gods in your life. You can't 18 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:26.079 serve two masters. Bob Dylan used to saying, you're gonna have to serve 19 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:29.840 somebody. It may be the devil, it may be the Lord, but 20 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:33.400 you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may serve your boyfriend, you may 21 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:37.280 serve your company, you may serve getting rich, you may serve your own 22 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:42.879 selfish desires and ambitions, but you're gonna serve somebody. And anything you put 23 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:48.959 before God in your life is called an idol, and God says that's a 24 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.719 false God, and you can only have one God in your life. You've 25 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:55.200 got to decide, am I going to live for me? Or am I 26 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:59.439 going to live for God? Who's going to be in charge of my life? 27 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.280 Now you said, well that's great, but I'm just not going to 28 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:07.959 decide. Well, I'm sorry, friend, But in this particular instance, 29 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:14.199 not to decide is to decide, because one day you're going to stand before 30 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:16.840 a God who says, I thought you up, I made you, I 31 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:21.000 love you, I've seen every day of your life. I made you for 32 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.039 me, I made you to be a part of my family, and I 33 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.800 want to express my love to you, and I sent Jesus to die for 34 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:30.120 you. Did you accept my son and my gift? And you're going sorry, 35 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:35.400 I just didn't decide wrong answer. At that point, God will say, 36 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.479 like Burger king, have it your way. God will not force you 37 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:44.319 to go to heaven. Okay, he won't force you. And he said, 38 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:46.560 look, you wanted your way on earth. Fine, you obviously didn't 39 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.000 want to be a part of my family on earth, so you obviously don't 40 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:53.039 want to be a part of my family for eternity. Have it your way, 41 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:59.199 depart from me. And so God says, you get to choose. 42 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.319 What am I supposed to choose? What do I need to choose? Well, 43 00:03:01.400 --> 00:03:05.840 I need to decide three or four things. First, I decide to 44 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.120 admit to the fact that I've been living my planets that a God's plan. 45 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:15.360 I own up to my sin. That's called confession in the Bible. So 46 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:17.360 a God, You're right and I'm wrong. I've been living for me. 47 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:21.199 I haven't been living for you. I've been living for me, and I 48 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:25.719 confess it. I admit it. Second, I decide to turn from my 49 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:30.919 way to God's way, from my will to God's will. I turn from 50 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:35.639 my plan to God's plan. The Bible calls that repentance, and it says, 51 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.240 God, I'm no longer going to be the boss of my life. 52 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:39.840 You're going to be the boss of my life. You're going to be my 53 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.400 lord. Jesus, be the lord of my life. You call the shots. 54 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:49.439 Third, I say, I'm going to trust. I'm going to choose 55 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.439 to trust that what Jesus Christ did on the cross for me is enough to 56 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:57.919 get me into heaven, because I know I could never get into Heaven on 57 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:00.879 my own effort. Heaven's perfect that I'm not, and I could never earn 58 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:02.400 it, or work for it or deserve it. And so I'm going to 59 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.280 trust that Jesus, what you did for me on the cross is enough to 60 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:10.000 get me into heaven. And I'm going to gratefully thank you for that. 61 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:15.720 And Fourth, I'm going to choose to follow your purpose for my life from 62 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:19.519 now on. Not my plans, not my goals, not what my mother 63 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:23.519 wants me to do, not what my friends want me to do. I'm 64 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:27.160 going to do what God wants me to do. I'm going to follow his 65 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:30.399 purpose. He said, well, how can I do that? I don't 66 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:33.480 even know God's purpose for my life. Do you want to know how you 67 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.079 know God's purpose for your life? Here's how you do it. Here's the 68 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:44.360 secret. You choose in advance before you know it and tell God I'm going 69 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.040 to do it even before I know what it is. That's called a step 70 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:53.000 of faith. And it pleases God when God says I want you to do 71 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.879 it before I even tell you. Did you ever tell your kids? Because 72 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:01.519 I say so? And just need to trust me on this. And when 73 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.079 you come to God and you say, God, I'm going to choose you, 74 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.199 and I'm choosing your son Jesus, you say, I'm signing my name 75 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:13.279 at the end of the contract before I read the fine print. I am 76 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:15.240 signing my name on the blank check and I'm letting you fill it in. 77 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.680 God, I don't know what you want to do with my life, but 78 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:23.720 I know A. You love me. B you made me see you know 79 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.040 it will make me happy more than I do. And D you only act 80 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:30.360 in love towards me. So I can trust you in this. And I'm 81 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:35.680 saying yes to you in advance. That's faith. And then God will reveal 82 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:40.120 your purpose in life a little bit at a time, like a scroll where 83 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.519 he unrolls a little bit and you do that, and he enrolls a little 84 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:44.600 bit more, and you do that, he enrolls a little bit more. 85 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:46.720 God's not going to show you his plan for your life. So just so 86 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.319 you go, no, thanks, I don't want it. No, you 87 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:56.399 make the decision, you choose in advance. Here's what Jesus said. He 88 00:05:56.519 --> 00:06:02.560 said, if anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether 89 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:05.639 or not my teaching comes from God. You want to know if Jesus teaching 90 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:10.879 comes from God. Make the decision and you will find out it is a 91 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:15.040 choice and act of the will. So, well, how would it affect 92 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:18.439 my life if I open up my life to God and I say, Jesus 93 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.680 Christ, come into my heart, and I'm going with your plan and purpose 94 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:25.279 for my life, and I'm going to turn from my way to your way? 95 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:29.279 What will it do to me? It will change you? How much 96 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:35.839 radically it will transform your life? I'll be honest with you. You cannot 97 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:41.120 invite somebody as big as God into your life and have it not change you. 98 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:45.680 If you think you've got God in your life and it hasn't changed your 99 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:49.839 life, I'll just be honest you ain't got him because you can't invite God 100 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:55.040 into your life and have him not change you. Maybe you've gone to church 101 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:58.160 all your life and you thought, well, I've got God my life. 102 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.000 Did it change you? No, then you don't have him. You may 103 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:04.279 have a religion, but you don't have a relationship and you need him in 104 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:09.160 your heart. Here's how it changes this. Look at this next verse. 105 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:15.879 The Bible says Christ died for all so that those who live by the way. 106 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:19.839 Notice Christ died for all, says all. Who's that include everybody, 107 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:30.879 Muslims, Jews, Baptist, Buddhists, Christians, Mormons, Hindus, Atheist, 108 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:35.240 Agnostics, Jesus. Christ died for all. Doesn't matter what your religious 109 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:41.079 background is. We're talking about a relationship to Christ. Christ died for all 110 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:47.160 so that those who would live would not continue to live for themselves. He 111 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:53.800 died for them and was raised from the dead so that they would live for 112 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:56.360 him. How do you know if you have Christ in your life, you 113 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:59.839 live for him. If you're not living for him, he's not in your 114 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.279 life, he says, so that we would continue to live for him. 115 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:09.120 That verse is what Baptism symbolizes. He said what is baptism all about why 116 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.759 do you think people? And dunk them underwater. It's a picture of the 117 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:18.120 two things in that verse. First, it's a picture that Jesus Christ died, 118 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.800 was buried in a tomb for three days, and on Easter Sunday rose 119 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:26.839 again. So baptism is a picture. And we take a person and we 120 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:33.159 bury him underwater and leave them there for three days, seeing if you're listening, 121 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:39.639 raise them back up. And that's a symbol of what Jesus said. 122 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:41.159 He said, don't ever forget what I did for you. Second, it's 123 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:45.519 a picture of what happens to you. I died to my old way of 124 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.240 living. I'm no longer living for me anymore. Now I'm living for God. 125 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:52.399 I'm living God's way. I'm living for his purpose. I have a 126 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:56.879 new life inside of me. Now. The point is, in this stage 127 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.720 you are free to choose. Phase four. God says, Okay, I've 128 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:03.039 done it all for you. Now you get to choose. And I'm going 129 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.240 to wait and see who chooses for me and who doesn't choose for me. 130 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:09.720 And you can choose anything you want. God's not going to force you to 131 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:11.159 love him. In fact, if you want to waste your life. God'll 132 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:15.759 let you. If you want to waste your life thinking life is all about 133 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:22.799 possessions, position, pleasure, popularity, prestige, you can waste your life 134 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.759 on those things, but that's not what life's all about. If you want 135 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.159 to waste your life thinking life is all about sex, success, status, 136 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:35.039 salary, you can waste your life on those things, but that's not what 137 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:41.720 life's all about. You See, You're free to make any choice you want 138 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:43.279 in life, and God's not going to stop you. But friend, let 139 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:48.399 me warn you, you are not free from the consequences of your choices, 140 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:54.679 and every choice you make on this planet has eternal implications. The Bible says 141 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:01.679 this today, I'm giving you a choice between good and evil, between life 142 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:07.679 and death. God's waiting for you to make the choice now. The final 143 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:13.559 act, Act five in the Mystery of History is still to come. It 144 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:18.120 hasn't happened yet, and we don't even know when it's gonna happen. But 145 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:22.679 the Bible says, one day history on Earth is going to be shut down. 146 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:26.759 The life on this planet's going to be over. God's gonna collapse at 147 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:28.360 all, the galaxy of the universe. In fact, the Bible says, 148 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:31.320 even the universe is not gonna last forever. God's going to create a new 149 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.360 heaven and a new Earth. God's going to do something new, because he's 150 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.559 always a god anew. The only thing that's going to last is his family. 151 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:43.600 Here's Act five in the Mystery of History. Act five is Jesus returns 152 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:50.440 for his family. Jesus returns for his family, and he says, those 153 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.720 who've chosen me, let's go. You're gonna last forever. Nothing else is 154 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:58.879 going to last. Friend. God's family is the only thing on this earth 155 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.759 it's going to last. The United States of America is not to last forever. 156 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:09.399 Microsoft Corporation is not to last forever. None of the celebrities in Hollywood 157 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.679 are going to last forever. What's gonna last forever are those who've chosen to 158 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.919 be a part of God's family. That's going to even outlast the universe. 159 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:22.360 And the Bible says this, Jesus died for us so that we can live 160 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:30.799 with him forever. Circle that forever, whether we're dead or alive at the 161 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.919 time of his return. In other words, some people are already in heaven 162 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.840 and some people are still down here. Either way, if you've made that 163 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.240 choice. You're going to be with him for eternity. Now, God has 164 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:45.120 long range plans for you. Follow me, listen real closely. You're only 165 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:48.039 going to spend eighty, maybe at the most ninety or one hundred years on 166 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:52.120 this planet. That's not very long. You're going to spend trillions and trillions 167 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:56.279 and trillions of years in eternity. And the Bible says God has long range 168 00:11:56.320 --> 00:12:01.639 plans for you. Look at this verse. This is his plan. At 169 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:07.799 the right time, God will bring everything together under the authority of Christ, 170 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:16.360 everything in heaven and on earth, everything will come together right now under Christ. 171 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:22.639 All right, now, that's his plan, and it says at the 172 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:28.279 right time. When is the right time? Nobody knows. Jesus said, 173 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.639 no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angels nor the Son, 174 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.120 but only the Father, which is in heaven. So anytime you find 175 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:37.320 somebody who gets out his charts and figures out when the end of the world 176 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:39.919 has come, you can know one thing, it won't happen on that day. 177 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.840 You can be certain that's one day it will not happen, because no 178 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.320 man knows the day they are So you can put all your charts away. 179 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:56.080 You're not on the planning committee. You're on the welcoming committee. Okay, 180 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:01.480 you're not the time, date and place committee. You're on the welcome committee. 181 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.440 What is it going to be like in eternity with God's family forever? 182 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:09.639 Oh man, I wish I had another couple hours just to explain it to 183 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:13.480 you. I could take you through all the scriptures of how cool it's going 184 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.000 to be on heaven. But just think about this. There's a lot of 185 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:20.200 cool stuff here on Earth, and this place is broken. Imagine how cool 186 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:24.080 it's going to be in a perfect place. It's going to be a gazillion 187 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.440 times better than the broken planet, and this place is pretty cool. You 188 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:31.399 agree with that. Okay, so it's going to be unbelievable. But let 189 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.720 me just give you one verse. The Bible says in Revelation twenty one, 190 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.840 Then God's home will be with his people, that's his family, that's us, 191 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:45.720 and he will live with them, and they will be his own. 192 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:50.200 We will be God's children, and He will wipe away all tears from their 193 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:54.799 eyes, and there will be no more death. There will be no more 194 00:13:54.840 --> 00:14:01.879 suffering, no more crying, no more pain. These things of the past 195 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:07.519 will be gone forever. Why because we're not on a broken planet where things 196 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:15.360 aren't fair anymore. The Bible says this, All creation is waiting eagerly for 197 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:20.960 that future day. There will come a day when God will reveal who his 198 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.960 children really are. One day, God's going to reveal who his children really 199 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:31.360 are. Everybody's made by God. Everybody is created by God. Everybody's loved 200 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.519 by God, but not everybody is a child of God. You've got to 201 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:41.519 choose to be in his family. All creation anticipates the day when it will 202 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:46.799 join God's children, that's his family, in the glorious freedom from death and 203 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.480 decay from the broken planet. I don't know when that day is going to 204 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.600 happen, but the question that matters to me is this. On that day, 205 00:14:54.799 --> 00:15:01.960 will your name beyond the family list? God will reveal who his true 206 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:07.080 children are. I want your name on that list now. I want to 207 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.759 thank you for coming at Easter. But if there's one thing I want to 208 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:15.799 leave you with, it's what I am most passionate about. If there's one 209 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:22.120 concept I really really want you to get, it is this. Your life 210 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:31.320 was made for a much bigger purpose than you've ever imagined. You are thinking 211 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:37.039 too small, and you are living too small. You were made for far 212 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:41.840 more than your puny little plans for your life. You are part of a 213 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:48.799 grand design that goes from history to history, and you were made by God 214 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:54.399 and for God, a God who desperately loves you and wants you in his 215 00:15:54.519 --> 00:16:00.720 family for eternity. And if you are living simply for yourself, and you 216 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:04.360 are living for the here and the now, you are making friend a fatal 217 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:11.320 mistake. It is not about you. It is not about here, it 218 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:17.919 is not about now. It is all about God. It is all about 219 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:22.039 his purpose and plan and his love for you, and your purpose on this 220 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.200 planet Number one is to get to know and love the God who wants you 221 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:30.799 to spend eternity with him, and anything less than that is a waste of 222 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:37.679 your life. You are part of a bigger drama that began before the universe 223 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.799 was created and will go long after Earth shuts down. It is the only 224 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:48.519 thing that's going to last. You were made to last forever, and God 225 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.639 wants you to be a part of his forever family. But he's not going 226 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:59.080 to force you. You've got to make the choice, and I beg you 227 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:10.519 to do it now. For Heaven's sake, let's bow our heads. I'm 228 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:14.200 going to pray a prayer right now that will change your life forever, and 229 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:18.079 I mean for eternity. I invite you to follow me in this prayer. 230 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:23.319 It is a prayer of commitment. And you say me too, God as 231 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:30.000 Rick, praise along me too. God knows the very thoughts going across your 232 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.079 mind right now. Just say, Dear God, I have never understood how 233 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:41.960 much you really love me. Thank you for creating me. Thank you for 234 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:48.440 thinking of me even before you created the universe. Thank you for loving me. 235 00:17:49.960 --> 00:17:55.079 Thank you, Thank you for sending Jesus to die for me and my 236 00:17:55.240 --> 00:18:02.759 sins. It is hard to imagine a love like that. But I want 237 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:07.400 to get to know you God, not just about you, I want to 238 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:14.240 know you personally. I admit that I have been living my own way, 239 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:21.279 living for myself, focused on my puny plans for life instead of your plan 240 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:25.079 and purpose for me. And I want that to change. Starting right now, 241 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:32.640 I want to start living for you, Jesus. I want you to 242 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:37.480 become the manager of my life, the Lord, the boss of my life. 243 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:41.640 I want to learn to trust you and love you and follow you. 244 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:49.480 I ask you to forgive all of my sins and accept me into your family 245 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:56.759 for eternity. I could never deserve that, but just by your grace and 246 00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:07.319 I pray this in Jesus's name. Amen. Hi everybody, this is Rick 247 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.279 and I hope you enjoyed today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed 248 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:17.279 that prayer for the very first time, or you just recommitted your life to 249 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:21.240 Jesus again today, would you let me know about it. There's something real 250 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:26.039 about sharing your commitment. So write me Rick at Pastorick dot com and say, 251 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.720 Rick, I prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life to 252 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:33.839 Christ. And I'll send you some material that will help you on your journey 253 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:40.759 with Jesus and I'll also pray for you. God bless you. Hey, 254 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:45.119 thanks for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Pastor Rick has created a beautifully 255 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:52.279 illustrated book called Journey with Jesus, and this book is stunning. It's filled 256 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:57.799 with beautiful photographs, colored mosaics that depict the sacrificial journey Jesus made to save 257 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:03.200 us. Here's Rick to tell you more. Every year, Christians from all 258 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:08.160 over the world remember the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ by traveling to Jerusalem, 259 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:11.799 where they walk the path that Jesus took on the way to the Cross. 260 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:17.559 That path is called the Via dol Rosa, which literally means the way 261 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:21.559 of suffering. Now, since you may not be able to ever travel to 262 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:25.920 Jerusalem, I want to suggest a way for you to celebrate and reflect on 263 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:30.200 and pray about what Jesus did for you on the Cross. So I've created 264 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:34.200 a brand new, one of a kind resource that will take you through the 265 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:41.400 fifteen stops that the Bible tells us Jesus took on the road to Calvary and 266 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:45.119 his death on the Cross. Now we're calling this resource Journey with Jesus. 267 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:52.839 Journey with Jesus is a deluxe hardcover gift edition book that's illustrated with really beautiful 268 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:59.759 photos, high quality glossy photos of mosaic tile artwork that reflect each of the 269 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:04.240 that Jesus made on his journey to the Cross. You're not ever going to 270 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:08.119 forget this gift. It's a great gift book to keep and to study over 271 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:11.640 and over again, and it'd make a great gift for your family and your 272 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:15.880 friends too. We'll send you a copy today. Just go to pastorig dot 273 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:22.440 com or text the word hope to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. 274 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:26.559 That's pastorrig dot com. Or text the word hope to eight hundred six 275 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:32.079 hundred five thousand and four. 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