WEBVTT

1
00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:06.160
<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

2
00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.919
<v Speaker 1>the Bible Teaching Ministry of Rick Warren. And today we're

3
00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:14.400
<v Speaker 1>continuing our series called the Habits of Happiness. In this series,

4
00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.440
<v Speaker 1>Rick dives into the Book of Philippians and helps you

5
00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:22.160
<v Speaker 1>discover God's path to true and lasting happiness. And now

6
00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:25.320
<v Speaker 1>the final part of a message called the Humble Path

7
00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:26.199
<v Speaker 1>to Happiness.

8
00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.920
<v Speaker 2>This morning, I went to pick up my mother in law,

9
00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.880
<v Speaker 2>K's mom. Sweet mom. She's in her eighties. She's an

10
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.960
<v Speaker 2>assisted living place. And when I pulled up, I got

11
00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:40.439
<v Speaker 2>out of my car and she walked out and helped

12
00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.759
<v Speaker 2>get her in. And as I got back around to

13
00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:44.719
<v Speaker 2>the other side to get in the car, an aid

14
00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:49.600
<v Speaker 2>was pushing an elderly woman down in front of the

15
00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.000
<v Speaker 2>car in a wheelchair. Well, I just paused, and you know,

16
00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.200
<v Speaker 2>it's not a rocket science, So I just walked over

17
00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.719
<v Speaker 2>and said, how are you today, patted her and you know,

18
00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:02.640
<v Speaker 2>on thing, and I said, you look really great, and said, ma'am,

19
00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:04.480
<v Speaker 2>can I say you look beabelicious?

20
00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:05.959
<v Speaker 3>Now?

21
00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.159
<v Speaker 2>As a ninety year old, she probably had no idea

22
00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:10.480
<v Speaker 2>what I was saying. I didn't even know what the

23
00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.040
<v Speaker 2>word meant, but she kind of figured out it was

24
00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:16.239
<v Speaker 2>a compliment, and she smiled, and you know, it was tough.

25
00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:18.519
<v Speaker 2>It was no big heroic act. It was just the

26
00:01:18.640 --> 00:01:20.359
<v Speaker 2>kind thing. I just started getting in the car, walked

27
00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:22.920
<v Speaker 2>over and said that. I got in the car and

28
00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:27.640
<v Speaker 2>my mother in law said, thank you, Rick, I said,

29
00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.239
<v Speaker 2>what mom, She goes. Most people are too wrapped up

30
00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:38.159
<v Speaker 2>in themselves to notice us. I thought that took me

31
00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:42.760
<v Speaker 2>a whole eight seconds. There was nothing to it. It

32
00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.879
<v Speaker 2>was just being nice to the people around me. It

33
00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:48.519
<v Speaker 2>was no skin off my back. I took nothing, but

34
00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.120
<v Speaker 2>it might have brightened that lady's day. Maybe her kids

35
00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:54.439
<v Speaker 2>don't live in the nation in America, don't live in

36
00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:57.959
<v Speaker 2>the state, or maybe don't pay attention to her.

37
00:01:58.640 --> 00:01:59.640
<v Speaker 3>How many people do.

38
00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.480
<v Speaker 2>You up every day? And you have lost the art

39
00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:07.239
<v Speaker 2>of paying attention because it's all about you, and it's

40
00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.319
<v Speaker 2>all about your agenda. And I got to get to

41
00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.840
<v Speaker 2>my next meeting. And if as a good Samaritan, some

42
00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:14.599
<v Speaker 2>of whos lying on the slider road, you might not

43
00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:18.840
<v Speaker 2>even see them. If you're going to be humble, you

44
00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.280
<v Speaker 2>got to learn the lost art of paying attention.

45
00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.000
<v Speaker 3>Here's what the Bible says. It's the next verse, verse four.

46
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:29.919
<v Speaker 2>Don't be interested only in your own life, but be

47
00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:33.280
<v Speaker 2>interested in what others care about too. In other words,

48
00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:36.759
<v Speaker 2>don't just be interested in your agenda, your career, your

49
00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.439
<v Speaker 2>favorite hobbies. Be interested in what other people are interested in.

50
00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:42.800
<v Speaker 2>Be interested in their needs.

51
00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:44.240
<v Speaker 3>Let me say.

52
00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:49.560
<v Speaker 2>Dads particularly, this is a simple but powerful tool in

53
00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.879
<v Speaker 2>helping raise your kids. You just got to be interested,

54
00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:55.400
<v Speaker 2>not in what you want them to be interested in,

55
00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:58.680
<v Speaker 2>but have them be interested. Be you be interested in

56
00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:02.159
<v Speaker 2>what they are interested in. There's a word for that,

57
00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:06.680
<v Speaker 2>it's love. There's another word for it, humility, And the

58
00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.599
<v Speaker 2>Bible says those are the kind of things that build relationship.

59
00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:14.639
<v Speaker 2>Don't be interested only in your own life, but be interested.

60
00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:17.479
<v Speaker 2>Are you interested in what your wife says? Are you

61
00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.319
<v Speaker 2>interested in what your kids say? Are you interested in

62
00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:24.800
<v Speaker 2>what your husband says? See again, this is not natural

63
00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:28.000
<v Speaker 2>because by nature, I couldn't care less what you think.

64
00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.360
<v Speaker 2>By nature, I really don't care what you're interested in.

65
00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:34.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm only interested in what I'm interested in. And if

66
00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:36.879
<v Speaker 2>you're not interested in what I'm intered in, why should

67
00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.599
<v Speaker 2>I even pay attention to you. Let me give you

68
00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.639
<v Speaker 2>an example. If I were to stand up here right

69
00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:44.280
<v Speaker 2>now and take a picture of the thousands of people

70
00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:46.879
<v Speaker 2>sitting right here, right now, and then I gave each

71
00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.120
<v Speaker 2>of you a copy of the picture. Who is the

72
00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:56.759
<v Speaker 2>first person you'd look for? Oh yeah, there's no doubt

73
00:03:56.879 --> 00:03:58.560
<v Speaker 2>you'd go straight to where am I? Where am I?

74
00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:01.520
<v Speaker 2>Where am I wearing it? And you and you need

75
00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.840
<v Speaker 2>to go, Wow, my hair looks good today? Or I

76
00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.039
<v Speaker 2>look fat in that color? Or you know what I mean?

77
00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.560
<v Speaker 2>Do you have all these comments? And if you thought

78
00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:15.520
<v Speaker 2>you looked good, it's a great picture, all right, all right?

79
00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:18.920
<v Speaker 2>And if you don't look good at that picture sucks?

80
00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:20.720
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's just terrible.

81
00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:21.759
<v Speaker 3>It's so good.

82
00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:26.680
<v Speaker 2>Well, that is the human nature. You think about you

83
00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.480
<v Speaker 2>more than anything else. God says you want to really

84
00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.560
<v Speaker 2>be happy, you got to change your frame of reference.

85
00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:37.240
<v Speaker 2>Because harmony doesn't come from you thinking about you all

86
00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:40.800
<v Speaker 2>the time. It comes from you being interested in what

87
00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:43.800
<v Speaker 2>other people are interested in, and caring about what they

88
00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.759
<v Speaker 2>care about, and being concerned with what they're concerned about.

89
00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.279
<v Speaker 2>So let me ask you a very blatant, frank question.

90
00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:54.519
<v Speaker 2>Are you interested in only what concerns you? Do you

91
00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:58.480
<v Speaker 2>get bored when you talk to friends and they talk

92
00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.600
<v Speaker 2>about things they are interested in, and you couldn't care

93
00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:03.040
<v Speaker 2>less about wow?

94
00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:05.839
<v Speaker 3>Wow wow wow? Wow? Why and why?

95
00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:08.199
<v Speaker 2>And something in your mind goes, get me out of

96
00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:14.319
<v Speaker 2>this place. You find your attention drifting. You need to

97
00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.319
<v Speaker 2>learn the lost art of paying attention. That's an act

98
00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:21.920
<v Speaker 2>of love. The greatest gift you can give somebody is

99
00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.279
<v Speaker 2>there is your attention. Because your attention is your time,

100
00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.199
<v Speaker 2>and your time is your life. You're never going to

101
00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.199
<v Speaker 2>get it back. If I give you money, I can

102
00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.600
<v Speaker 2>always get more money. But if I give you my attention,

103
00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:34.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm never getting that back. When I look you in

104
00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:37.360
<v Speaker 2>the eye, it is saying to you you matter to me.

105
00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:41.639
<v Speaker 2>What you're saying to me is important. Now you can

106
00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:45.240
<v Speaker 2>listen without paying attention. In fact, you can get real

107
00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:48.360
<v Speaker 2>good at it as a parent, as a partner, as

108
00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:52.600
<v Speaker 2>a friend. You know you're listening, and you can even mmmmmmmm,

109
00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.120
<v Speaker 2>and you're thinking about a million other things yeah, oh yeah.

110
00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:57.680
<v Speaker 2>And they're telling you all about your day and you're

111
00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:01.319
<v Speaker 2>already thinking about something else. That's paying attention. That's listening.

112
00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:05.920
<v Speaker 2>It's not paying attention. Learn the lost art of paying attention.

113
00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.720
<v Speaker 2>Don't be interested in just your own life, but others.

114
00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.480
<v Speaker 2>What others care about? To the number four, the fourth

115
00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:15.240
<v Speaker 2>thing you need to do is you ask what would

116
00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:15.759
<v Speaker 2>Jesus do?

117
00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:17.839
<v Speaker 3>Now?

118
00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:19.959
<v Speaker 2>I know this sounds like a trite question, but it's

119
00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.879
<v Speaker 2>really true, and it comes from this verse Philippians two,

120
00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:28.600
<v Speaker 2>verse five. Your attitude should be the same as that

121
00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:30.160
<v Speaker 2>of Christ Jesus.

122
00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:32.800
<v Speaker 3>And so if I really.

123
00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:37.160
<v Speaker 2>Care about relationships, if I want to lower the conflict,

124
00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:39.439
<v Speaker 2>then I want to raise the harmony in my life

125
00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:44.000
<v Speaker 2>so we can have more happiness in our lives. I

126
00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:48.360
<v Speaker 2>got to never let my pride be my guide. I've

127
00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:52.480
<v Speaker 2>got to always be humble or a stumble. I've got

128
00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:54.839
<v Speaker 2>to learn the lost art of paying attention. And then

129
00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.199
<v Speaker 2>the fourth thing I have to ask myself in this situation,

130
00:06:58.279 --> 00:06:59.319
<v Speaker 2>in this conflict, what.

131
00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:02.360
<v Speaker 3>Would Jesus do in this problem?

132
00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:06.600
<v Speaker 2>What would Jesus do in this time when somebody's feeling guilty?

133
00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.439
<v Speaker 2>What would Jesus do in this time where somebody's worried?

134
00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.319
<v Speaker 2>What would Jesus do? What would Jesus do at the

135
00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:18.160
<v Speaker 2>office in this situation? What would Jesus do out out

136
00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.439
<v Speaker 2>on the golf course? What would Jesus do As I'm

137
00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:22.519
<v Speaker 2>driving down the freeway and somebody just tried to run

138
00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:25.399
<v Speaker 2>me off the road, what would Jesus. Do you ask

139
00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.600
<v Speaker 2>that over and over again and you'll always come up

140
00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:31.040
<v Speaker 2>with a humble answer. You always come up with the

141
00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:36.800
<v Speaker 2>one that builds harmony and happiness rather than difficulty, defeat, bitterness,

142
00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.639
<v Speaker 2>and resentment. Now he said, well, I don't know what

143
00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.959
<v Speaker 2>it means to act like Jesus. How would Jesus act

144
00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.199
<v Speaker 2>at my school? How would Jesus act in my marriage?

145
00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.800
<v Speaker 2>How would Jesus treat my wife? How would Jesus treat

146
00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:54.199
<v Speaker 2>my husband? Well, fortunately, we have three examples in the

147
00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:59.399
<v Speaker 2>next couple verses as me in this passage, Acting like Jesus.

148
00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:00.759
<v Speaker 3>Means three things. To write these down.

149
00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.800
<v Speaker 2>Number one, it means I don't demand what I think

150
00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:06.480
<v Speaker 2>I deserve.

151
00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:09.439
<v Speaker 3>That's acting like Jesus.

152
00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:17.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't I never demand what I think I deserve. Now,

153
00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.160
<v Speaker 2>we go through life thinking we deserve a whole lot,

154
00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:22.040
<v Speaker 2>and when we don't get it, we get demanding, and

155
00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:25.560
<v Speaker 2>if some clerk doesn't meet our needs and we think

156
00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:30.319
<v Speaker 2>that clerk's a jerk, then we start getting demanding. But

157
00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.480
<v Speaker 2>Jesus didn't do that. Philippians two six and seven says this,

158
00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:40.240
<v Speaker 2>though he was God, he did not demand and cling

159
00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:45.240
<v Speaker 2>to his rights as God. He emptying himself of all

160
00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:49.480
<v Speaker 2>he had. Now, notice is here. Jesus is God, he

161
00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.639
<v Speaker 2>comes to earth, he becomes a human being, and even

162
00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:56.840
<v Speaker 2>though he's God, he doesn't demand his rights.

163
00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.080
<v Speaker 3>He empties himself.

164
00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:02.720
<v Speaker 2>All he had. Now, do you realize how counterculture that is?

165
00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.759
<v Speaker 2>Because you were brought up, if you're brought up here

166
00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.320
<v Speaker 2>in America, you were brought up with this.

167
00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:13.480
<v Speaker 3>Well, I have my rights. It's my right to do this.

168
00:09:14.360 --> 00:09:17.279
<v Speaker 2>Yes it is, but it doesn't mean you demand it.

169
00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:22.159
<v Speaker 2>It's my right to do this, and I demand my rights,

170
00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.679
<v Speaker 2>then you're not like Jesus. There's a better way to

171
00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:28.519
<v Speaker 2>do it. There's a better way to get your needs

172
00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:33.320
<v Speaker 2>met than demanding your rights. They are better ways. In fact,

173
00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:36.279
<v Speaker 2>demanding just makes people more resistant. It makes a more

174
00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:40.559
<v Speaker 2>retaliatory towards you. The Bible says, though he was God,

175
00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:44.320
<v Speaker 2>he did not demand and cling to his rights as God.

176
00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.600
<v Speaker 2>He said, I have this right as a husband, Yes

177
00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:51.120
<v Speaker 2>you do. I have this right as a wife, Yes

178
00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:53.759
<v Speaker 2>you do. But you're not going to get what you

179
00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:58.960
<v Speaker 2>need by demanding your rights. The christ Like thing to

180
00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:02.840
<v Speaker 2>do is I don't demand what I think I deserve.

181
00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.159
<v Speaker 2>You know, I actually use this verse as a test

182
00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:10.240
<v Speaker 2>when I'm hiring staff here at Saddleback Church, I'll take

183
00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:13.919
<v Speaker 2>a potential staff member out to lunch, and then what

184
00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:18.039
<v Speaker 2>I'll do is I will watch how they treat the waitress.

185
00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:23.679
<v Speaker 2>Are they understanding or are they demanding? And if they're demanding,

186
00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.519
<v Speaker 2>that they don't deserve to be here. This is not

187
00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.960
<v Speaker 2>a place for them. Are they You can be You

188
00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:34.399
<v Speaker 2>can be tender without surrender, and you can be understanding

189
00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:38.279
<v Speaker 2>without demanding, and you can get your needs met without

190
00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:40.919
<v Speaker 2>blowing people away, and you can do it by being

191
00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:46.240
<v Speaker 2>nice with them. Are you understanding or are you demanding?

192
00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:49.120
<v Speaker 2>So if I want to be like Jesus, I don't

193
00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.840
<v Speaker 2>demand what I think I deserve. Number two, I look

194
00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:56.360
<v Speaker 2>for ways that I can serve. I don't just demand

195
00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.799
<v Speaker 2>what I think I deserve. I don't demand. I look

196
00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:01.440
<v Speaker 2>for ways that I can serve. Verse seven says this,

197
00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:07.039
<v Speaker 2>and Jesus took on the nature of a servant, becoming

198
00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.759
<v Speaker 2>a human just like a If you want to be

199
00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.240
<v Speaker 2>like Jesus, you're going to have to learn to serve. Now,

200
00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.679
<v Speaker 2>that's the exact opposite of our culture, because our culture

201
00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:19.000
<v Speaker 2>says the whole goal in life is to get other

202
00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:21.799
<v Speaker 2>people to serve you, and the more people you have

203
00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:25.519
<v Speaker 2>serving you, the more important you are. That's what the

204
00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:29.039
<v Speaker 2>world says. But God's value system is the exact opposite.

205
00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:32.360
<v Speaker 2>It's not the more people serving you, the more important

206
00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:32.720
<v Speaker 2>you are.

207
00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:34.879
<v Speaker 3>It's the more people you serve.

208
00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:40.840
<v Speaker 2>The more important you are. Self esteem does not come

209
00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:44.279
<v Speaker 2>from your salary. Self esteem does not come from your status.

210
00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:48.679
<v Speaker 2>Self esteem does not come from your stuff. Self esteem

211
00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:51.960
<v Speaker 2>comes from service. And the more you give your life away,

212
00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:56.120
<v Speaker 2>the more God blesses you with honor. I call it

213
00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:00.720
<v Speaker 2>the Mother Teresa principle. Mother Teresa gave her life hoping

214
00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:05.399
<v Speaker 2>the least influential people in the world, beggars, dying in Calcutta,

215
00:12:06.799 --> 00:12:09.080
<v Speaker 2>and God raised her up to a position of influence

216
00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.279
<v Speaker 2>that she had influence over the United Nations.

217
00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:12.919
<v Speaker 3>And the US Congress and all kinds of things.

218
00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:17.240
<v Speaker 2>Why because God says the way up is down, and

219
00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:21.720
<v Speaker 2>God says before honor is humility. And God says, if

220
00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:23.799
<v Speaker 2>you want to be great, learn to be the servant

221
00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:28.240
<v Speaker 2>of all. Now you can practice this. It's a habit

222
00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.519
<v Speaker 2>you can develop, and you develop the habit not in

223
00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.080
<v Speaker 2>the big things in life, but in the little things.

224
00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:41.840
<v Speaker 2>God tests your humility every single day of your life.

225
00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.279
<v Speaker 2>When you walk out of this service and you walk

226
00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.679
<v Speaker 2>across the campus and you see a piece of trash.

227
00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:54.159
<v Speaker 3>That's a test. Will I pick it up? Oh?

228
00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.600
<v Speaker 2>No, that's for other people to pick up. That's beneath me.

229
00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:00.600
<v Speaker 2>I'm too good for that. I should now to pick that.

230
00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.600
<v Speaker 2>They pay staff to pick that stuff up. Yeah, you

231
00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:06.159
<v Speaker 2>can make up all the reasons, but this is a test.

232
00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.879
<v Speaker 2>How humble are you? Are you a servant? Do you

233
00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.200
<v Speaker 2>see a piece of trash? Do you pick it up?

234
00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:17.759
<v Speaker 2>That's a test. You're tested in the little things of life,

235
00:13:17.840 --> 00:13:20.080
<v Speaker 2>and then it's shown in the big things in life.

236
00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.279
<v Speaker 2>Character is revealed in the Great Crisis, but it's built

237
00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:27.240
<v Speaker 2>in the little day to day things, liked returning the.

238
00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:30.759
<v Speaker 3>Grocery cart to the lot.

239
00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.080
<v Speaker 2>How many times do you walk out of a grocery

240
00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:36.879
<v Speaker 2>store and you brought the grocery here and then you're

241
00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:37.480
<v Speaker 2>tired and.

242
00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.639
<v Speaker 3>You go, oh, I don't really want to take it back.

243
00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:44.480
<v Speaker 2>I'll just put it right here because other people will

244
00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:48.600
<v Speaker 2>do this. This is a test, and you just failed.

245
00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.840
<v Speaker 2>It's a test of your pride, it's a test of

246
00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.039
<v Speaker 2>your humility. It's a test of whether you are genuinely

247
00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:59.000
<v Speaker 2>have a servant and have a servant heart or not

248
00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:02.480
<v Speaker 2>so well, I'll let other people do that. Well, you

249
00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:06.320
<v Speaker 2>have just proven my point. You think you're better, and

250
00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:08.600
<v Speaker 2>if everybody did what you did, nothing would ever get

251
00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:14.840
<v Speaker 2>put back. I'll never forget one time, my friend true

252
00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.720
<v Speaker 2>At Kathy's son Dan Kathy. The Kathy's founded Chick fil

253
00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.360
<v Speaker 2>A and they're a great Christian family, and they were

254
00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:24.720
<v Speaker 2>opening a Chick fil A restaurant in Foothill Ranch and

255
00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:26.480
<v Speaker 2>Dan was here one day and we went over there

256
00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:27.399
<v Speaker 2>and it wasn't open yet.

257
00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.200
<v Speaker 3>We were looking at the building and while.

258
00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.240
<v Speaker 2>We're there, we were hungry, so we went next door

259
00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.759
<v Speaker 2>to I think it was a Taco Bell, but it

260
00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:36.519
<v Speaker 2>was some other fast food in competition with Chick fil A.

261
00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.080
<v Speaker 2>And we'd been out and our hands were all sweating

262
00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.480
<v Speaker 2>and dirty. We went into the end of the restroom,

263
00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:44.360
<v Speaker 2>used the restroom, washed our hands, and then I watched

264
00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:46.240
<v Speaker 2>Dan take out extra sheets.

265
00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:50.440
<v Speaker 3>This is the CEO of a chain of restaurants.

266
00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.759
<v Speaker 2>And I watched him pull us out and I watched

267
00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:57.440
<v Speaker 2>him hand clean the sinks of the Taco Bell bathroom.

268
00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:02.480
<v Speaker 3>We were just den and I looked at him and said,

269
00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.519
<v Speaker 3>thank you for doing that. Dan he said, Rick.

270
00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.240
<v Speaker 2>We teach our staff to always leave any place they

271
00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:13.720
<v Speaker 2>are better than it was when they found it, whether

272
00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:18.600
<v Speaker 2>it's our place or not. And I thought, nobody in

273
00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.639
<v Speaker 2>that Taco Bell, and nobody at Taco Bell Corporate will

274
00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:26.639
<v Speaker 2>know that the CEO of their competition just cleaned their

275
00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:33.320
<v Speaker 2>bathroom for free. That's called the heart of a servant,

276
00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:38.200
<v Speaker 2>and it's why God blesses Chick fil A. They have

277
00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:40.519
<v Speaker 2>a whole book on it. It's called of Course, It's

278
00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:45.440
<v Speaker 2>good Food Do. But they're a book called second Mile Service,

279
00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.200
<v Speaker 2>How we go the extra mile? And that is if

280
00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.799
<v Speaker 2>somebody asked you to do a one mile, you go

281
00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:52.600
<v Speaker 2>with them too. If they ask for your coat, you

282
00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.360
<v Speaker 2>give him your shirt. You go the second mile. God

283
00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:00.399
<v Speaker 2>blesses that. And when you do good, God does good

284
00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:04.919
<v Speaker 2>to your business. So I look for ways that I

285
00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:08.159
<v Speaker 2>can serve. Then finally, number three, I do what's right,

286
00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.799
<v Speaker 2>even when it's painful. That's what it means to do.

287
00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:17.480
<v Speaker 2>To act like Jesus. What would Jesus do? He doesn't

288
00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:22.039
<v Speaker 2>demand what he thinks he deserves. He's understanding, not demanding.

289
00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:25.360
<v Speaker 2>He looks for ways that he can serve. He's a

290
00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:29.679
<v Speaker 2>servant in every situation. That's what Jesus did, and I

291
00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:34.320
<v Speaker 2>do what's right even when it's painful. Verse eight says this,

292
00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.759
<v Speaker 2>while living as a man, Jesus humbled himself even more

293
00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:43.600
<v Speaker 2>by being fully obedient to God, even when that meant

294
00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:48.120
<v Speaker 2>his death on the cross. He did the right thing,

295
00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:52.360
<v Speaker 2>even though it is excruciatingly painful to him. That's what

296
00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:57.600
<v Speaker 2>it means to do what's right, even when it's painful. Now,

297
00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:03.879
<v Speaker 2>because Jesus is the ultimate model of humility, is there

298
00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:07.240
<v Speaker 2>a reward? Oh, yes, there's a reward. And God, because

299
00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:11.000
<v Speaker 2>Jesus was the greatest example of humility, God has given

300
00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.880
<v Speaker 2>Jesus the greatest honor in the universe. The last couple

301
00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:19.440
<v Speaker 2>of verses say this because of this, the example of

302
00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:24.240
<v Speaker 2>humility that Jesus showed. Because of this, God exalted Jesus

303
00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:29.039
<v Speaker 2>to the highest honor and made his name greater than

304
00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:33.720
<v Speaker 2>every other name. That at the name of Jesus, every

305
00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:38.119
<v Speaker 2>knee will one day bow in heaven and on earth

306
00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:42.680
<v Speaker 2>and under the earth, and every tongue will confess one

307
00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:48.880
<v Speaker 2>day that Jesus Christ is Lord and give glory to

308
00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.960
<v Speaker 2>the Father. Now, it says, Jesus has a name greater

309
00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.480
<v Speaker 2>in every other name. Have you ever wondered why people

310
00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.160
<v Speaker 2>use Jesus's name to swear?

311
00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.720
<v Speaker 3>Thought about that.

312
00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:07.279
<v Speaker 2>I mean, nobody ever says oh, Rick Warren, Nobody ever

313
00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.400
<v Speaker 2>uses your name to cuss. Why because we don't matter

314
00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.519
<v Speaker 2>that much? Why do people use Jesus name? Because there

315
00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:20.920
<v Speaker 2>is no other name higher in the universe. People who

316
00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.960
<v Speaker 2>swear don't even realize when they're swearing why they're using

317
00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:29.799
<v Speaker 2>Jesus name. There is no higher name. There is no

318
00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.079
<v Speaker 2>greater name, and this is why they use it. If

319
00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:36.000
<v Speaker 2>there was, they'd be using that name. There is no

320
00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:38.400
<v Speaker 2>greater name. They don't even realize that when they're swearing,

321
00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:43.000
<v Speaker 2>they're actually affirming that Jesus name is unlike anybody else's name,

322
00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:45.720
<v Speaker 2>and that's why it's the one that gets used as

323
00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:54.440
<v Speaker 2>the cuss word. Nobody says, oh Buddha. They say Jesus

324
00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.240
<v Speaker 2>when they say God because there are no higher and

325
00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:02.039
<v Speaker 2>greater names. Now, notice it says one day, one day

326
00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.880
<v Speaker 2>in heaven that everybody is going to be gathered at

327
00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.079
<v Speaker 2>the Judgment day. Every person who's ever lived will be

328
00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.799
<v Speaker 2>gathered before God, every human being has ever lived. And

329
00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.160
<v Speaker 2>it says at that time, every knee one day will

330
00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.440
<v Speaker 2>bow every human being has ever lived going to bow

331
00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:20.599
<v Speaker 2>before Jesus. This is the highest honor. And every tongue

332
00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:24.839
<v Speaker 2>will confess, in other words, will finally admit that Jesus

333
00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:28.559
<v Speaker 2>Christ is Lord and give glory to God the Father.

334
00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:32.920
<v Speaker 2>Every day, one day, even atheists, they're going to acknowledge

335
00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:36.200
<v Speaker 2>the truth. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess.

336
00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:39.279
<v Speaker 2>At that judgment day. When people say to you sometimes

337
00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:41.519
<v Speaker 2>what is the world coming to, you can say it's

338
00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.079
<v Speaker 2>coming to this?

339
00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.000
<v Speaker 3>What is the world coming to?

340
00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:49.279
<v Speaker 2>One day, every knee will bow and every tongue will

341
00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.480
<v Speaker 2>confess that Jesus is who he said he was, that

342
00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.240
<v Speaker 2>he's the Son.

343
00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.680
<v Speaker 3>Of God, that he is the Lord.

344
00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:57.799
<v Speaker 2>And it is encouraged to me that someday all of

345
00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:01.799
<v Speaker 2>the arrogance and all the idolatry, and all the denial

346
00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:05.200
<v Speaker 2>will end. And at that scene when every person who's

347
00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:09.160
<v Speaker 2>ever been created by God bows before Jesus and confesses

348
00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:12.759
<v Speaker 2>who he is, every nationality will be there, every age

349
00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:16.000
<v Speaker 2>will be there, every religion will be there, every political

350
00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.039
<v Speaker 2>strife will be there.

351
00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.799
<v Speaker 3>Everybody is going to be there, all.

352
00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:25.480
<v Speaker 2>The politicians and all the rock stars, and all the

353
00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:29.240
<v Speaker 2>businessmen and all the scientists, and all the homemakers and

354
00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:31.359
<v Speaker 2>all the athletes, they'll.

355
00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.279
<v Speaker 3>All be there saying Jesus's Lord.

356
00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:37.920
<v Speaker 2>It's not a matter of if you're ever going to

357
00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.799
<v Speaker 2>admit this, It's just a matter of when. You will

358
00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.240
<v Speaker 2>either do it now in love, or you will do

359
00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:49.000
<v Speaker 2>it later in judgment. One day you will acknowledge you

360
00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:52.960
<v Speaker 2>are not God. Only God is God, and he sent

361
00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.599
<v Speaker 2>his son to die for you, and you don't have

362
00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:56.799
<v Speaker 2>any way of getting into Heaven except through the grace

363
00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:59.440
<v Speaker 2>of Jesus Christ. And if there was any other way,

364
00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:01.640
<v Speaker 2>believe me, God would have used it and he wouldn't

365
00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:06.480
<v Speaker 2>have wasted his son. You're not God. Jesus is Lord.

366
00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:09.400
<v Speaker 2>When you say Jesus is Lord, that is a humbling

367
00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:12.440
<v Speaker 2>statement means I'm not Lord. I'm not the master of

368
00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.000
<v Speaker 2>my faith. I'm not in control of my life.

369
00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.799
<v Speaker 3>Are you kidding me?

370
00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:18.000
<v Speaker 2>You didn't choose when you were born, where you were born,

371
00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.079
<v Speaker 2>how you were born, where you die. You didn't choose

372
00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:23.720
<v Speaker 2>your natural giftedness, most of the things that make you you.

373
00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:26.880
<v Speaker 2>You had nothing to control. You're not in control. Your

374
00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:30.960
<v Speaker 2>control of your choices, but you're not in control. You

375
00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.799
<v Speaker 2>didn't get God gave you the brain, He gave you,

376
00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:36.319
<v Speaker 2>gave you the body he gave you. One day, everyone

377
00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:40.519
<v Speaker 2>will confess Jesus is Lord. Now when we remember that

378
00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:44.359
<v Speaker 2>Jesus is Lord, you know what means, we stop pridefully.

379
00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:45.559
<v Speaker 3>Pretending that we're God.

380
00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:49.319
<v Speaker 2>So I want to urge you as a close to

381
00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:52.799
<v Speaker 2>discover the power of this phrase. Discover the power of

382
00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:59.319
<v Speaker 2>this phrase. When you're discouraged, say Jesus's Lord. When you

383
00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:04.359
<v Speaker 2>are tempted, say Jesus is Lord. When you are worried

384
00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:09.440
<v Speaker 2>and fearful and stressed out, say Jesus is Lord. When

385
00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:13.079
<v Speaker 2>you are fatigued, say Jesus is Lord. When you're lonely,

386
00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:18.920
<v Speaker 2>say Jesus is Lord. When you are grieving, say Jesus

387
00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:23.680
<v Speaker 2>is Lord. It may look like the wrong side is winning,

388
00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:28.319
<v Speaker 2>but Jesus is Lord. It may look like your problems

389
00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:31.440
<v Speaker 2>are insurmountable and you're never going to get out of debt,

390
00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:34.839
<v Speaker 2>but Jesus is Lord. It may look like you feel

391
00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:38.519
<v Speaker 2>you can't cope with one more day, but Jesus is Lord.

392
00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:42.240
<v Speaker 2>It may look like we're never going to resolve these

393
00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:45.960
<v Speaker 2>marriage problems, but Jesus is Lord. It may look like

394
00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:49.599
<v Speaker 2>circumstances are against me and people want to defeat me.

395
00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:54.559
<v Speaker 3>But Jesus is Lord, he is God, and I'm not.

396
00:22:55.359 --> 00:23:00.720
<v Speaker 2>That's called humility, and it's the path to happiness. Power heads,

397
00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:10.440
<v Speaker 2>but you pray this prayer. Dear God. I want to

398
00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:14.279
<v Speaker 2>be what you want me to be, and I want

399
00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:17.599
<v Speaker 2>to live a happy life, and I want to live

400
00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:20.759
<v Speaker 2>with harmony in my relationships, and I certainly don't want

401
00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:24.440
<v Speaker 2>to live with conflict. Help me to do it your

402
00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:28.400
<v Speaker 2>way instead of the world's way. Help me to remember

403
00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:33.119
<v Speaker 2>to never let my pride be my guide. To not

404
00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.240
<v Speaker 2>let the attitude of it's all about me or I'm

405
00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:39.119
<v Speaker 2>always right get in the way of what you want

406
00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:43.960
<v Speaker 2>to do. Help me to be humble so I don't stumble.

407
00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:50.119
<v Speaker 2>Help me to be honest about my weaknesses. Help me

408
00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:54.519
<v Speaker 2>to think not less of myself, but less about myself.

409
00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:58.039
<v Speaker 2>Help me to think more about others and more about you.

410
00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:00.960
<v Speaker 2>To not be so self obsessed with what do other

411
00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:05.119
<v Speaker 2>people think about me? And Dear God, help me to

412
00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:09.240
<v Speaker 2>learn the lost art of paying attention. To not just

413
00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:13.559
<v Speaker 2>be interested in my sports and my hobbies, my school,

414
00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:19.240
<v Speaker 2>my career, my interest, my family. Help me to be

415
00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:23.119
<v Speaker 2>interested in what other people are interested into, and to

416
00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:29.559
<v Speaker 2>show it in love by paying attention by listening. And

417
00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:31.920
<v Speaker 2>when I am in the tough times of life, help

418
00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:36.480
<v Speaker 2>me to ask what would Jesus do? Help me not

419
00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:40.880
<v Speaker 2>to demand what I think I deserve, but to be

420
00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:43.440
<v Speaker 2>like Jesus. And when I think life is unfair, help

421
00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:47.119
<v Speaker 2>me to remember the Cross and how unfair that was.

422
00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:52.000
<v Speaker 2>And help me to look for ways around me every

423
00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:58.000
<v Speaker 2>day where I can serve in this leak this week. Lord,

424
00:24:58.319 --> 00:25:01.559
<v Speaker 2>when I'm tested on the these principles and these habits

425
00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:05.759
<v Speaker 2>in conflict with others, help me to do what's right

426
00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:10.279
<v Speaker 2>even when it's painful. To be understanding, not demanding, to

427
00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:13.559
<v Speaker 2>be tender without surrender, to be forgiving, to be willing

428
00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:16.720
<v Speaker 2>to compromise. Help me to be humble and willing to

429
00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:19.799
<v Speaker 2>back down, to willing to say I was wrong. Please

430
00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:24.039
<v Speaker 2>forgive me, Lord. I know that if I walk in

431
00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:27.880
<v Speaker 2>humility and dependence for you, you have promised to reward

432
00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:33.119
<v Speaker 2>me with the promises of your word. And so I

433
00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.240
<v Speaker 2>say to you, Jesus, I want you to be the

434
00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:39.720
<v Speaker 2>lord of my life. I want you to be the manager.

435
00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:42.000
<v Speaker 2>I want you to be the director. I want you

436
00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:44.440
<v Speaker 2>to call the shots. You are God, and I'm not.

437
00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:48.240
<v Speaker 2>Help me to remember that I humbly ask you to

438
00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:59.440
<v Speaker 2>save my life in your name. I pray Amen. You know,

439
00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:02.160
<v Speaker 2>if you just prayed that prayer for the very first time,

440
00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:06.480
<v Speaker 2>or you just recommitted your life to Jesus again today,

441
00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:09.359
<v Speaker 2>would you let me know about it. There's something real

442
00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:13.319
<v Speaker 2>about sharing your commitment. So write me Rick at Pastorick

443
00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:16.519
<v Speaker 2>dot com and say, Rick, I prayed that prayer of commitment.

444
00:26:16.880 --> 00:26:19.240
<v Speaker 2>I gave my life to Christ. And I'll send you

445
00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:22.599
<v Speaker 2>some material that will help you on your journey with Jesus.

446
00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:25.279
<v Speaker 2>And I'll also pray for you. God bless you.

447
00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.440
<v Speaker 3>Wow.

448
00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:32.799
<v Speaker 1>Some powerful words from Pastor Rick today. And now this

449
00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:35.480
<v Speaker 1>is really one of my favorite parts of the broadcast.

450
00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:38.839
<v Speaker 1>This is letters from our listeners, and now here's Rick.

451
00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:41.160
<v Speaker 2>Have you ever noticed that your day goes better when

452
00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:44.359
<v Speaker 2>you start with God's Word. That's been true in my life,

453
00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:46.720
<v Speaker 2>and I'm certain it'll make a difference in your life.

454
00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.359
<v Speaker 2>To you when you choose to get into God's Word

455
00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.440
<v Speaker 2>first thing every day. It's one of the most important

456
00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:55.759
<v Speaker 2>habits you can develop. Here's an email from a man

457
00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:59.279
<v Speaker 2>named Jeremy who says connecting with God every morning has

458
00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:02.160
<v Speaker 2>made such a big difference in his life. He says

459
00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:04.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, Rick, Daily Hope fills my mind with truth.

460
00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.799
<v Speaker 2>When I begin each day at three a m. Wow,

461
00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:10.279
<v Speaker 2>I realize that Daily Hope helps fill my mind with

462
00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:13.319
<v Speaker 2>the good stuff and crowds out all the negative because

463
00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:16.839
<v Speaker 2>truth and hope have really changed my attitude throughout the day.

464
00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.119
<v Speaker 2>So you can take it from Jeremy, God's word at

465
00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:23.279
<v Speaker 2>the start of your day will change your day in

466
00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:26.880
<v Speaker 2>a positive way. Thanks for listening today, everybody. I love you,

467
00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.000
<v Speaker 2>I thank God for you, and I'm praying for you.

468
00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:31.519
<v Speaker 1>Did you know that you can start every day with

469
00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:34.799
<v Speaker 1>hope and encouragement from Pastor Rick, Well, you can when

470
00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:38.039
<v Speaker 1>you sign up to receive his life changing Bible study

471
00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:42.160
<v Speaker 1>teaching delivered directly to your inbox. Just go to Pastorick

472
00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:45.599
<v Speaker 1>dot com and sign up for this free Daily Hope devotional.

473
00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.599
<v Speaker 3>You'll love it.

474
00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:49.119
<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us next time as we look

475
00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:52.640
<v Speaker 1>into God's Word for our daily hope. This program is

476
00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:57.319
<v Speaker 1>sponsored by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and your generous financial support.