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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry

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<v Speaker 1>of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue with a series

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<v Speaker 1>called how to Get Through what You're going Through. In

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<v Speaker 1>this study, Pastor Rick and Kay Warren share biblical wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>and their life experiences to help you find God's path

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<v Speaker 1>to peace in even the most difficult seasons of life. First,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are someone you know needs some powerful Bible

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<v Speaker 1>based encouragement, then stay with us because in a few

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<v Speaker 1>minutes we're going to tell you about the Journey Toward

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<v Speaker 1>Hope guided Bible study. It's full of encouraging Bible verses, exercises,

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<v Speaker 1>and journaling pages to help you draw close to God

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<v Speaker 1>and renew your sense of hope. You can find out

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<v Speaker 1>more by going to Pastorick dot com while you listen

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<v Speaker 1>to today's message, or just text the word daily to eight

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<v Speaker 1>hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's pastorig dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Or just text the word daily to eight hundred six

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<v Speaker 1>hundred five thousand and four. Right now, here's the final

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<v Speaker 1>part of a message called how We're Getting Through Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to you a little bit about

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<v Speaker 2>hope because I would be lying to you completely lying

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<v Speaker 2>to you if I said that hope didn't disappoint me.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I was crushed by hope that didn't come true.

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<v Speaker 2>But that takes us two point three, which is the

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<v Speaker 2>next thing that you and I need to know. Life

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<v Speaker 2>is a battle, but we can have hope because we

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<v Speaker 2>know that there's more to the story. There's more to

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<v Speaker 2>the story. When Matthew's mental illness, his borderline personality disorder

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<v Speaker 2>and excuse me, major depression disorder, when it began to

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<v Speaker 2>get worse about five years ago, I found myself frantic

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<v Speaker 2>trying to find a treatment, to find medication, to find

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<v Speaker 2>a physician, to find a psychiatrist, find a hospital, to

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<v Speaker 2>find anything that would make a difference in his worsening condition.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of sleepless nights, a lot of agonizing moments

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<v Speaker 2>of darkness as we watched helplessly as our son just

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<v Speaker 2>spiraled slowly, slowly down. And so I enlisted a group

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<v Speaker 2>of confidential friends and family who would commit to pray

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<v Speaker 2>for Matthew and for us, and I began to send

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<v Speaker 2>them very specific prayer requests week after week, and these

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<v Speaker 2>incredible people would pray for him and for us, and

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<v Speaker 2>they would send back encouraging notes. They would send back

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<v Speaker 2>verses of scripture that would give us hope to hold

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<v Speaker 2>on to the belief that God was going to heal

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew's mind. And our dear friend gave me this box.

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<v Speaker 2>It looks like alabaster or marble. I don't know, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it's plastic, but it looks good. And on in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle of this box is the word hope. And I

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<v Speaker 2>began to take those scriptures that others had sent to me,

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<v Speaker 2>those verses that had been so enormously comforting that held

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<v Speaker 2>my faith streng and I wrote them on cards, and

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<v Speaker 2>I put him inside this box, and it became part

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<v Speaker 2>of a daily ritual of my time with God. Is

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<v Speaker 2>I would spend time. Every morning, I would pick up

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<v Speaker 2>this box and I would open it. I would read

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<v Speaker 2>verse after verse that inspired and built my faith and

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<v Speaker 2>my hope. Verses like the verses in Psalm one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixteen and Psalm eighteen where it says that the

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<v Speaker 2>cords of the grave have encompassed me and I'm held

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<v Speaker 2>out tightly. And then it would go a few weather

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<v Speaker 2>verses and would say, but God, you have removed the

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<v Speaker 2>tears from my eyes and kept my feet from stumbling

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<v Speaker 2>so that I can live in the land of the

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<v Speaker 2>living again. And then April fifth came and Matthew died.

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<v Speaker 2>With his death, my hopes for a healed mind here

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<v Speaker 2>on earth died too. I felt bruised by hope. So

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<v Speaker 2>what do you do? What do we do when hope

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't turn out the way we're expecting it to? What

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<v Speaker 2>do we do when we've gone out on those audacious

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<v Speaker 2>limbs of faith and things in life and situations don't

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<v Speaker 2>turn out the way we were so convinced they were

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<v Speaker 2>going to? Two Corinthians four, eight, nine, and fourteen says

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<v Speaker 2>we often suffer, but we're never crushed. Even when we

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what to do. We never give up in

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<v Speaker 2>times of trouble. God is with us, and when we

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<v Speaker 2>are knocked down, we get up again because we know

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<v Speaker 2>God raised the Lord back to life, and just as

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<v Speaker 2>he raised Jesus, he will also raise us back to

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<v Speaker 2>life and bring us into His presence together. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>rebuilding hope. You can't live without hope because I know

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't the end of the story. I know that

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew's story isn't at the end. My story isn't at

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<v Speaker 2>the end. God is still writing it and because of that,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm willing to try hope again. And so I have

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<v Speaker 2>a new set of songs. There aren't quite as many,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's one that I love. It's called not for

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<v Speaker 2>a Moment by Meredith Andrews, and some of the lyrics go,

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<v Speaker 2>not for a moment, have you forsaken us? Not for

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<v Speaker 2>a moment, have you abandoned us? And my hope is

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<v Speaker 2>that not for a second. Did God abandoned my beautiful boy?

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<v Speaker 2>Not for a second, And not for a second, has

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<v Speaker 2>God abandoned or forsaken us? Rebuild your hope. Don't be

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<v Speaker 2>afraid to have hope again. Don't be afraid to trust again.

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<v Speaker 2>God is good. God is not finished writing the story.

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<v Speaker 2>Please believe with all that you have that what has

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<v Speaker 2>been broken can be restored. It is not the end

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<v Speaker 2>of our.

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<v Speaker 3>Good job.

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<v Speaker 4>Many you know, one of the most suspenseful TV shows

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<v Speaker 4>that was ever on was twenty four.

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<v Speaker 3>Everybody remember that.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, Jack Bower could solve three world problems in

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<v Speaker 4>every single episode. I wanted to be Jack Bauer, but

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<v Speaker 4>I have to admit that I never even watched a

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<v Speaker 4>show until it went off the air and went into

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<v Speaker 4>DVD because I hate watching commercials. But then I bought

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<v Speaker 4>the entire I think it was like six or seven

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<v Speaker 4>more seven years a series or five years.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever it was.

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<v Speaker 4>And I remember Cay and I were watching the first

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<v Speaker 4>year of twenty four and we're sitting on the couch

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<v Speaker 4>and Jack is getting into one of his predictable, really

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<v Speaker 4>bad messes, like five seconds to save the whole world,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'm I and I started to get a little tense,

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<v Speaker 4>and I started to think, is Jack gonna make it?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you know, is this it? I mean, is

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<v Speaker 4>this it's the end for our hero? Is Jack gonna

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<v Speaker 4>make it? And a little voice said in my ear, Relax, Rick,

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<v Speaker 4>there's five more seasons. Your tension goes down when you

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<v Speaker 4>know the end of the story. You're reading the mystery

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<v Speaker 4>novel and you're scared to death, but if you know

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<v Speaker 4>the end, you know it's gonna work out. This is

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<v Speaker 4>why believers grieve so very, very differently than the rest

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<v Speaker 4>of the world. We grieve with hope because we know

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<v Speaker 4>the end of the story. Now we grieve. Christians, believers,

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<v Speaker 4>people who know Jesus grieve just like everybody else. And

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<v Speaker 4>that we sorrow when we loved loved ones. I told you,

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<v Speaker 4>I've cried every single day since my son died. But

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not grieving for him. I'm grieving for me. I

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<v Speaker 4>miss him, I'm not grieving for him. He's in a

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<v Speaker 4>far better place. No more sorrow, no more torture, no

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<v Speaker 4>more problems in his life. He's where we're meant to

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<v Speaker 4>be forever. We're not made to stay on this earth forever.

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<v Speaker 4>We're made to be in Heaven forever. You were made

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<v Speaker 4>to last forever. God has long range plans for you.

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<v Speaker 4>And so when we grieve, we grieve for ourselves. But

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<v Speaker 4>were we grieve with hope because we know the end

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<v Speaker 4>of the story. Now, let me tell you I know

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<v Speaker 4>the difference that makes, because as a pastor, I've done

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<v Speaker 4>the funeral of people who didn't have any hope. And

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<v Speaker 4>I have looked into the faces and into the eyes

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<v Speaker 4>of people who don't have a relationship with Christ, who

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<v Speaker 4>don't have the hope of Heaven, who don't know what

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<v Speaker 4>we know, what we've learned, and the fear and the

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<v Speaker 4>panic and the hopelessness in the eyes of people.

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<v Speaker 3>Who don't have that hope is crushing. It's just crushing.

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<v Speaker 4>I have seen it in their faces, and it is

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<v Speaker 4>not something you want. But we grieve with hope now

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<v Speaker 4>to live with hope in a life of pain. And

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<v Speaker 4>by the way, i'm sorry to say this to you.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna have pain the rest of your life, but

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<v Speaker 4>in that pain, you can have hope. How you're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>have to get a bigger perspective. You're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 4>have a longer view. You're gonna have to refocus your attention.

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<v Speaker 4>You're gonna have to stop thinking about just here and now,

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<v Speaker 4>and you're gonna have to start living in light of eternity.

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<v Speaker 3>This is not all there is. And if you just

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<v Speaker 3>look at today.

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<v Speaker 4>And what's happening right now, you're gonna be hopeless that

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<v Speaker 4>if you can see in light of eternity, you realize

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<v Speaker 4>that this life is preparation of the net next. You

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<v Speaker 4>get it the most one hundred years on this planet,

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<v Speaker 4>but you get trillions and trillions of years in eternity.

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<v Speaker 4>This is simply the get ready stage for the real show.

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<v Speaker 4>Here's what the Bible says there on your outline two

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<v Speaker 4>Corinthians four eighteen. So so we don't focus on the

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<v Speaker 4>troubles we see right now. Instead we look forward to

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<v Speaker 4>what we don't see yet. For the troubles we see

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<v Speaker 4>now are temporary, Thank god, they're only temporary. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>even if I had a problem my entire life, it's

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<v Speaker 4>only temporary because it's not going to last an eternity.

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<v Speaker 4>For the problems, the troubles we see now are only temporary,

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<v Speaker 4>but the joys to come will last forever. You know

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of people when they have a loved one die,

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<v Speaker 4>they have a celebration of their life at a funeral

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<v Speaker 4>and they remember all the happy times.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good thing. In fact, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Encourage you to do that, remember all the happy times

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<v Speaker 4>of your loved ones. But that's not my comfort. It

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<v Speaker 4>is not my comfort because Matthew's life was not a

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<v Speaker 4>happy life. In many ways, it was a tragic life.

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<v Speaker 4>He was tortured. He had a tender heart, but he

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<v Speaker 4>had a tortured mind. He was very he had Matthew

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<v Speaker 4>had an ability to walk into a room at a

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<v Speaker 4>party and instantly know who was in the most pain,

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<v Speaker 4>and he would make a beeline for that person and

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<v Speaker 4>spend the entire evening with them, comforting, consoling, and incourage him.

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<v Speaker 4>He would have made an incredible counselor. He had a very,

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<v Speaker 4>very tender heart, but he had a tortured mind. And

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<v Speaker 4>so as a father, my comfort doesn't come from thinking

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<v Speaker 4>about the happy moments of Matthew's life. There were some,

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<v Speaker 4>but not that many. My comfort comes not from thinking

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<v Speaker 4>about happy moments on earth, but holy moments in heaven

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<v Speaker 4>he's having now, and that is a comfort to me.

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<v Speaker 4>You see, friends, the biggest epidemic in our society, in

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<v Speaker 4>our world today is hopelessness. It's an epidemic proportion for

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<v Speaker 4>persons it is. It's the biggest problem on the planet.

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<v Speaker 4>The biggest problem on the planet is not poverty. We're

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<v Speaker 4>trying to do something about that with the Peace Plan.

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<v Speaker 4>The biggest problem on the planet is not disease. We're

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<v Speaker 4>trying to do something about that with the Peace Plant.

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<v Speaker 4>The biggest problem on the planet is not illiteracy or

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<v Speaker 4>ignorance and lack of education. We're trying to do something

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<v Speaker 4>about that. The biggest problem on our planet is hopelessness.

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<v Speaker 4>People are living and dying without any hope, and we

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<v Speaker 4>are in a battle for hopelessness against hopelessness. Now, when

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<v Speaker 4>something happens and you have a major loss in your life,

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<v Speaker 4>you tend to think this is the end of the world. No,

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<v Speaker 4>it's not the end of the world. It's an end

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<v Speaker 4>of the moment, and in your life you're going to

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<v Speaker 4>have many ends of the moment. It's not the end

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<v Speaker 3>I don't, I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>It doesn't matter how deep you think your problem is

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<v Speaker 3>Then you know it's the end of the world.

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<v Speaker 4>The one day Jesus is going to settle the score,

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<v Speaker 4>even the odds, pay off the debts, and heal the hurts.

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<v Speaker 4>more death, no more death, And there will be no

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<v Speaker 4>there will be no more pain, for the old order.

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<v Speaker 3>Of things will pass away. I'm looking forward to that day.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be

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<v Speaker 1>back in just a moment with the rest of today's lesson.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've missed any part of today's teaching, you can

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<v Speaker 1>listen online anytime at pastorick dot com. That's pastorick dot com.

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<v Speaker 5>Life can sometimes be challenging, isolating, and painful. Do you

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<v Speaker 5>then let me tell you about the Journey Toward Hope.

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<v Speaker 5>This guided Bible study book takes you on a journey

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<v Speaker 5>to discover the five truths about who you are. You

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<v Speaker 5>are loved, you have a purpose, you belong, you have

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<v Speaker 5>hidden reasons you may lose hope and teach you how

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<v Speaker 5>to maintain and bolster that hope for a lifetime. Will

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<v Speaker 5>send you your very own copy of Journey Toward Hope.

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<v Speaker 5>When you give a gift today to daily Hope, to

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<v Speaker 5>take the hope of Jesus to a herding world. Just

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<v Speaker 5>or you can call eight hundred six hundred five zero

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<v Speaker 4>One day Jesus is going to settle the score, even

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<v Speaker 4>the odds, pay off the debts, and heal the hurts.

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<v Speaker 3>This is in heaven. Wipe away every tear from.

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<v Speaker 4>Their eyes, and there will be no more death, no

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<v Speaker 4>then life doesn't make sense and it's an incredible battle.

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<v Speaker 4>What do we do during this middle time? We live

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<v Speaker 4>know that God is with us, and God loves us,

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<v Speaker 4>and he'll never stop loving us, and he'll never forget us.

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<v Speaker 4>Even when everything on this planet is broken, because we

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<v Speaker 4>know that God is good and God has a good plan,

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<v Speaker 3>His purpose is greater than your problem. And we live

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<v Speaker 4>Why we live with hope even when we know life's

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<v Speaker 3>But we live with hope because we know.

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<v Speaker 4>It is more to the story than just here and now.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's vow for prayer in your mindset. Dear God, I

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<v Speaker 4>want to know you better. I want to become a

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<v Speaker 4>that this is not the end of the story, that

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<v Speaker 4>we win in the end, that ultimately there will be

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<v Speaker 4>no more tears, no more sorrow, no more morning, no

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<v Speaker 4>more crying, no more death.

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<v Speaker 3>Say this in your heart, Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 4>As much as I know how, I give you every

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<v Speaker 4>area of my life. I open up myself to you.

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<v Speaker 4>Make yourself real to me. I want to learn to

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<v Speaker 4>love you more. I want to learn to trust you.

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<v Speaker 4>And I pray this in your name.

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<v Speaker 3>Amen.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi everybody, this is Rick and I hope you enjoyed

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<v Speaker 4>today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer

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<v Speaker 4>for the very first time, or you just recommitted your

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<v Speaker 4>life to Jesus again today, would you let me know

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<v Speaker 4>about it. Write me Rick at pastor rick dot com

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<v Speaker 4>and say, Rick, I prayed that prayer of commitment. I

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<v Speaker 4>gave my life to Christ. And I'll send you some

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<v Speaker 4>material that will help you on your journey with Jesus.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'll also pray for you. God bless you. This

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<v Speaker 4>his pastor Rick's daily hope. If you've missed any part

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<v Speaker 4>about Pastor Rick Warren and this ministry. Just visit Pastororick

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<v Speaker 4>dot com where you can listen online anytime. That's Pastor

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<v Speaker 4>Rick with two Rs in the Middle dot com and

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<v Speaker 4>While you're there, Rick will be back to close out

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<v Speaker 4>our time today. But first life can sometimes be challenging, isolating,

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<v Speaker 4>and painful. Do you or someone you know need a

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<v Speaker 4>powerful encouragement right now, then let me tell you about

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<v Speaker 4>the Journey Toward Hope. This guided Bible study book takes

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<v Speaker 4>who you are. You are loved, you have a purpose,

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<v Speaker 4>you belong, you have a choice, and you are needed.

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<v Speaker 4>This full color vegan leather study tool is filled with scriptures, prayers,

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<v Speaker 4>teach you how to maintain and bolster that hope for

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<v Speaker 4>a lifetime. We'll send you your very own copy of

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<v Speaker 4>Journey Toward Hope when you give a gift today to

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<v Speaker 4>daily Hope. To take the Hope of Jesus to ahrting world,

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<v Speaker 4>Here's Pastor Rick with a special message you know. Here

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<v Speaker 4>at Daily Hope, we use the Internet and podcasts and

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<v Speaker 4>share God's hope and love with as many people as

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<v Speaker 1>When you give a gift to Daily Hope, you're helping

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