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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody, Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren. Hey, we're so

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<v Speaker 1>glad you're here with us today. We are continuing in

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<v Speaker 1>a series called talking about Stuff that Matters Now. In

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<v Speaker 1>this series, Rick looks into the scriptures and he's unpacking

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<v Speaker 1>what it means to live in community, have real conversation

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<v Speaker 1>about what matters most, and face discouragement with courage and faith.

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<v Speaker 1>It's honest, hopeful. So stay tuned. You won't want to

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<v Speaker 1>miss a second. And now let's get to the final

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<v Speaker 1>part of a message called forming healthy friendships.

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<v Speaker 2>Second key to building friendships be comfortable. Relax and be yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the second key to building great friendships. Relax and

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<v Speaker 2>be yourself. Be comfortable with you, he said. But Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>if I be me, they might not like the real me. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>if they're not going to like the real you, they're

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<v Speaker 2>never going to be your friend in the first place.

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<v Speaker 3>And if they don't like the real you, they don't

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<v Speaker 3>deserve to be your friend.

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<v Speaker 2>And if they don't like the way you really are,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not worthy of your friendship. So any person, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be somebody different than who you are to

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<v Speaker 2>be their friend.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not a friend. They're not a friend.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you can't just be who you are, then

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want them as a friend. They aren't worthy

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<v Speaker 2>as a friend, and they're never going to be your

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<v Speaker 2>friend in the first place. So go ahead and be yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>and that pretty quickly will determine who's a real friend

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<v Speaker 2>and who's not. You have to love yourself before you

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<v Speaker 2>love anybody else.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to think you're worthy.

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<v Speaker 2>If you missed last week's message on identity, go back

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<v Speaker 2>and listen to that about that you have something significant

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<v Speaker 2>to give to the world. Go back and listen to

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<v Speaker 2>that again. On those five reasons why you know you

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<v Speaker 2>can feel good about you. Jesus in Matthew twenty two

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<v Speaker 2>thirty nine said this, The second greatest command in the

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<v Speaker 2>whole Bible is this, love your neighbor as you love yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't love your neighbor if you don't love yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You know why, because if I don't like me and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel good about me, I certainly don't want

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<v Speaker 2>you feeling good about you. So I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 2>constantly picking on you, tearing you down, pulling you down

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't feel good about me. That's why anytime

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<v Speaker 2>you find somebody in your family, an in law, a parent,

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<v Speaker 2>of anybody who's constantly picking, picking, he just means one

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<v Speaker 2>day they don't feel good about themselves. Hurt people, hurt people,

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<v Speaker 2>hurt people, hurt people. When somebody is hurting everybody else

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<v Speaker 2>in the family, it means they need massive doses of

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<v Speaker 2>love because they're hurting. Insecure people want everybody else to

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<v Speaker 2>be insecure. So the constantly perfectionist biting, you know, arguing

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<v Speaker 2>and nipping at everything, they're just revealing their own hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>They're revealing hurt people, hurt people. Jesus said, love your neighbors,

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<v Speaker 2>you love yourself. You got to be comfortable with you,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you're not comfortable with you, that's why you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have many friends. You just need to start realizing.

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<v Speaker 2>As we talked about last week, God says you are

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<v Speaker 2>my masterpiece. I made you to be you, and nobody

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<v Speaker 2>else in the world could be you. That's one advantage

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<v Speaker 2>you have over everybody else. Nobody can be you. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you can't be around them, then then it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be a real friendship. That's why you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want these kind of friendships where you have to wear

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<v Speaker 2>a mask. Second Corinthians four, verse two says this we refuse.

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<v Speaker 2>We refuse to wear masks and play games, and we

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<v Speaker 2>don't maneuver, we don't manipulate behind the scenes. I love

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<v Speaker 2>that in the message translation, saying we're the real deal.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not perig but what you see is what you get.

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<v Speaker 2>We're authentic, We're the real deal. And if you can't

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<v Speaker 2>be real, then they're not going to be your friend anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>So be cheerful, smile, use friendly language, but be yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Be comfortable in your own skin. Number three, Be conversational

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<v Speaker 2>And what do I mean by that? Be conversational by

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<v Speaker 2>asking questions. Be conversational by asking questions. If you're talking

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<v Speaker 2>with somebody you're just meeting for the first time, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're asking them questions about themselves, that's called the conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're talking to somebody and all you're doing is

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<v Speaker 2>talking about yourself, that's called the monologue. That is not

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<v Speaker 2>a conversation. When you're going and you're trying to impress

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<v Speaker 2>everybody with how cool you are, that's a monologue.

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<v Speaker 3>That is not a way to make friends.

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<v Speaker 2>The way you make friends is by asking questions and why,

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<v Speaker 2>because questions shows you're interested in them.

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<v Speaker 3>Philippians two four.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't just think about your own affairs, but be interested

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<v Speaker 2>in others and in what they are doing. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>you have friends. Be interested in others in what they're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle the phrase be interested. Now I'm gonna give you

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<v Speaker 2>something if you don't get anything else. This is one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most important keys to building solid, healthy friendships. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm gonna ask you to write it down. The

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<v Speaker 2>secret of making friends is to be interested, not interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>The secret of making friends is to be interested in them,

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<v Speaker 2>not interesting yourself. This is the biggest mistake people make

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to find friends. They're trying to be interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>We're trying to look cool, smell cool, sound cool, be cool,

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<v Speaker 2>wear cool clothes, great, cool hairdoo. And we want to

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<v Speaker 2>be you know, the mysterious man of mystery or a

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<v Speaker 2>woman of me you know, and and we want to

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<v Speaker 2>be interesting. Stop trying to be interesting, be interested, be

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<v Speaker 2>interested in them.

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<v Speaker 3>You'll have plenty of friends.

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<v Speaker 2>You will make more friends in two months being interested

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<v Speaker 2>in others than you will in two years of trying

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<v Speaker 2>to be interesting, trying to be sexy, trying to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Cool, trying.

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<v Speaker 2>If you just people are waiting for people to be

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<v Speaker 2>interested in them, and if you will be put aside

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<v Speaker 2>your ego and be interested in them, how do you

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<v Speaker 2>be interested in them? Ask questions. The more questions you ask,

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<v Speaker 2>the more you know. There's sometimes I'll sit down with

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<v Speaker 2>somebody at some you know, rubber chick or dinner banquet

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<v Speaker 2>that I have to go to, and I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>them from Adam. But I'll just start asking serious questions

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll say hardly anything.

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<v Speaker 3>That night. They're talking the whole time.

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<v Speaker 2>They go away thinking mat Rick Warren, he's the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>conversationalist there is. I haven't said hardly anything. I just

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<v Speaker 2>got them talking, and I let them talk. Stop trying

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<v Speaker 2>to be interesting, start being interested. The world is looking

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<v Speaker 2>for people who will be interested in them, and so

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<v Speaker 2>that's a real key you ask questions. There's a verse

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<v Speaker 2>year on the screen. Write this down Proverbs twenty verse five.

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<v Speaker 2>It says this, A person's thoughts are like water in

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<v Speaker 2>a deep well, but with insight you can draw them out.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you draw people out? How do you get

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<v Speaker 2>people to draw the insights and the thoughts out of

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<v Speaker 2>people ask questions. Learn to ask questions. You might make

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<v Speaker 2>a list of good questions you want to ask and

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<v Speaker 2>keep them in your pockets that when you're sitting on

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<v Speaker 2>a plane next to somebody, you can think, well, what

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<v Speaker 2>are those questions I wanted to ask? And you get

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<v Speaker 2>you'll involve them. Be interested, not trying to be interesting. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>let me give you a fourth one I said, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>be cheerful, be comfortable, conversational. Number four, be considerate. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what good friends are. They're considered. What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>Listen well and empathize. You listen and you empathize. Listen well,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody in the world is waiting to be listened to.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you are a good listener, you're never going

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<v Speaker 2>to lack for friends. If you're willing to just get

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<v Speaker 2>out there and listen to people, you will never lack

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<v Speaker 2>for friends. Why because listening is loving. When I listen

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<v Speaker 2>to you, I'm giving you the most important thing in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, my time and my attention. I can always

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<v Speaker 2>get more money, but I can't get more time. I've

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<v Speaker 2>only got a certain amount of time in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've only got a certain amount of attention. When

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<v Speaker 2>I give you my time and attention. I'm never getting

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<v Speaker 2>that back. That's why right now you're giving me your

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<v Speaker 2>time and attention. That's why I will work so hard

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<v Speaker 2>on these messages. I'm always thinking, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>waste people's time, because time is your life. Wasting time

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<v Speaker 2>is suicide. It's killing your life. You're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>get any more time. When I give people my attention,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm given the most powerful thing I've got. People say,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, husbands say, I don't understand my wife and kids.

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<v Speaker 3>I give them everything they want. I buy them everything.

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<v Speaker 3>What do they want?

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<v Speaker 2>They want you? They want your attention. Did you know

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<v Speaker 2>that the average dad later study spends seven seconds a

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<v Speaker 2>day with his kids. That's not attention. That's why they're

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<v Speaker 2>paying more attention to the screens.

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<v Speaker 3>Seven seconds a day.

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<v Speaker 2>So you pay attention, You listen, you empathize, you pay attention. James,

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter one, verse nineteen. Let everyone be quick to listen

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<v Speaker 2>and slow to speak. Now, typically we do the opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of that. We're quick to speak and we're slow to listen.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in a friendship, you don't try to compete

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<v Speaker 2>with your friend one upping them well their story will

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<v Speaker 2>your story is better and their trail your tale is better.

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<v Speaker 3>And they did this well, you did this better.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not friendship, that's competition. But if you become a

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<v Speaker 2>good listener, you're gonna have plenty of friends. Romans twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>verse five fifteen. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep

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<v Speaker 2>with those who weep. That's empathy. Do you know what

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<v Speaker 2>empathy is? Empathy is not sympathy. Empathy Sympathy says I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sorry you hurt. That's sympathy. I'm sorry you hurt. Empathy

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<v Speaker 2>says I hurt with you. That's the difference. Empathy is

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry you hurt. Empathy is I hurt with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now there's a third level beyond that, and that's to

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<v Speaker 2>be like Jesus, and that's compassion. Compassion is I will

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<v Speaker 2>do anything I can to stop your hurt. And repeatedly

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<v Speaker 2>we find that Jesus was moved with compassion. I will

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever it takes to stop your hurt, even it

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<v Speaker 2>means going to the cross for you, I will die.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how important you are to me. But what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>saying here is if you're going to be a friend,

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna have to learn how to share some emotion.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta be happy when they're happy. You got to

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<v Speaker 2>be sad when they're sad. You got to enter into

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<v Speaker 2>their emotion. You gotta be empathetic, got to share their feelings. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Kurt's gonna come back just second, but I want to say,

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<v Speaker 2>suppose here and say something to those of your parents

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<v Speaker 2>who still have kids at home. All these relational skills

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<v Speaker 2>that Kurt and I are teaching this weekend, they need

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<v Speaker 2>to be taught at home. They're certainly not gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>taught in a classroom at school. They need to be

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<v Speaker 2>taught at home, and they need to be modeled, and

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<v Speaker 2>they need to be practiced where it's called the family dinner.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's going the way of the Dodo bird.

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<v Speaker 2>Families don't eat dinner together anymore. And that's why kids

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<v Speaker 2>are lonely, because they haven't learned the skills of how

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<v Speaker 2>to take your turn listening. They haven't learned the skills

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<v Speaker 2>of how to ask questions. They haven't learned the skills

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<v Speaker 2>of how to talk as an intelligent person with an adult,

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<v Speaker 2>much less another kid. And I want to make a

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<v Speaker 2>plea that if you're not having family dinners, to reinstitute

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<v Speaker 2>them they're the best way to teach relational skills, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>Just best way to teach you to sit around, eat

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<v Speaker 2>to be willing. This is tough one to transport your

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<v Speaker 2>drive themselves. So there is a parental role here. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>He talks about people are like clams and every now

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<v Speaker 4>being a good friend. Having healthy conversation is recognizing when's

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<v Speaker 4>natural fit. Real quickly, let's add a few more keys

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<v Speaker 4>to building healthy friendships. The fifth one is to be consistent.

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<v Speaker 4>To be consistent, Specifically, you can be consistent by sticking

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<v Speaker 4>with them in tough time. Stick with them in tough times.

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<v Speaker 4>If you're known for being consistent, you will be known

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<v Speaker 4>for being a good friend. Proverbs eighteen twenty four says

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<v Speaker 4>about consistency, Job six 'in fourteen says, a despairing man

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<v Speaker 3>Now, if you're.

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<v Speaker 4>and when he had it all, he had lots of friends.

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<v Speaker 4>And then the wheels began to fall off the cart

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<v Speaker 4>and he lost it all. And Job quickly realized that

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<v Speaker 4>as he was losing it all, his friends were abandoning him.

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<v Speaker 4>There was not a I am with you in this moment.

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<v Speaker 4>There wasn't a consistency. If you're unfamiliar with that, there's

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<v Speaker 4>learn a ton about healthy friendships if you look at

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<v Speaker 4>friendships is to be confidential. To be confidential, don't gossip

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<v Speaker 4>about them. Pastor Rick already hit on this. So here's

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<v Speaker 4>my pro tip, just a quick, short, little pro tip,

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<v Speaker 4>you will be become known for being a gossip Your

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<v Speaker 4>friends will figure it out, and that will hinder your

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<v Speaker 4>friendships together. These verses speak to that Proverbs eleven thirteen,

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<v Speaker 4>A true friend will keep a secret. And obviously, just

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<v Speaker 4>we're talking about those those healthy confidences. When people are

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<v Speaker 4>kind of stuff you hold confident. You want to be

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<v Speaker 4>a safe sounding board. When somebody share secrets that are

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<v Speaker 4>dangerous or harmful or hurtful, that's a time where the

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<v Speaker 4>best thing you can do is to break that confidence

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<v Speaker 4>and not to hold that secret. Proverbs eleven thirteen says this,

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<v Speaker 4>no one who gossips can be trusted. Your gossip will

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<v Speaker 4>find you out, but you can put your confidence in

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<v Speaker 4>someone who is trustworthy. A seventh key to building healthy

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<v Speaker 4>friendships is to be candid. Always tell the truth. Always

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<v Speaker 4>tell the truth. Now here's the thing that is not

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<v Speaker 4>an excuse to be a Some of the most hurtful

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<v Speaker 4>I was just being honest. Why are you so upset?

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<v Speaker 4>I was just telling you the truth. It's not an

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<v Speaker 4>Bible that says the wounds of a friend bring healing.

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<v Speaker 4>So there will be times in a healthy friendship where

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<v Speaker 4>you have to be truthful and that truth might steing

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit, But when you're saying it in love,

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<v Speaker 4>when you're saying the truth in a way that when

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<v Speaker 4>the dust settles, your friend knows that you're still a

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<v Speaker 4>source of hope, support, encouragement, you're filling their heart. The truth,

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<v Speaker 4>even when it's hurtful, can bring healing and strengthen a friendship.

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<v Speaker 4>Proverbs twenty four to twenty six. An honest answer is

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<v Speaker 4>a sign of true friendship, and then eight, and we

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<v Speaker 4>could summarize the entire message on how to be a

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<v Speaker 4>be christ Like. Be christ Like. And one of the

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<v Speaker 4>best ways for us to try to be christ Like

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<v Speaker 4>is to love them unconditionally. To love people unconditionally in

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<v Speaker 4>a world that begs for us to achieve and to

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<v Speaker 4>try to earn approval and to prove our worth. When

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<v Speaker 4>people know that you're somebody who just loves them for

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<v Speaker 4>who they are. They will be drawn to you and

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<v Speaker 4>you'll have a chance to build some really great friendships.

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<v Speaker 4>Romans fifteen seven says, accept each other just as Christ

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<v Speaker 4>accepted you. All the research shows, all the research shows

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<v Speaker 4>that the anecdote to loneliness, the primary anecdote to loneliness,

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<v Speaker 4>is healthy friendships. Over and over and over and over again.

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<v Speaker 4>The anecdote to loneliness is healthy friendships. And the key

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<v Speaker 4>to healthy friendships is to look at the model, and

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<v Speaker 4>Jesus Christ is the model. Jesus modeled what it means

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<v Speaker 4>to be a good friend. And when you can begin

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<v Speaker 4>to love people like Jesus love people, what you will

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<v Speaker 4>begin to do is to become a person who fills

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<v Speaker 3>That's great. So where's the best place to learn the

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<v Speaker 3>skills of learning to be a friend? Small groups?

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<v Speaker 2>You need this to learn the skills of friendship. That's

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<v Speaker 2>bower Heads. As we close, let me just ask you

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of questions. Are your friends helping or hindering

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<v Speaker 3>You know, dating the wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Person can cause you to miss God's purpose. Are you

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<v Speaker 2>a great friend to others? Which of these eight building

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<v Speaker 2>to invite to church? I want to close with one

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<v Speaker 2>last verse and it's John fifteen fifteen, where Jesus says,

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus has accepted you. Have you accepted him?

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<v Speaker 2>If you have to say, Jesus Christ, I accept you

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<v Speaker 2>into my life today. I want to be a friend

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<v Speaker 2>of God. I want to be a friend of Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want to know your purpose for my life.

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<v Speaker 2>If other help us to be a church, it's not

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<v Speaker 3>It's full of friends.

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<v Speaker 2>That we're friends to everyone, that we love everyone, but

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<v Speaker 2>that our closest friends are those that strive to make

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<v Speaker 2>us grow, to bring out the best in us. May

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<v Speaker 2>we be best friends by bringing out the best in others,

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<v Speaker 2>and may we choose best friends who bring out the

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<v Speaker 2>best in us. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, if you've just prayed along with Rick to accept

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<v Speaker 1>Just email Rick at Pastorick dot com. And now here's

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<v Speaker 2>You know, ever since the publication of The Purpose Driven Life,

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<v Speaker 2>teaching your children that they're loved by God and he

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