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<v Speaker 1>Hey, friends, thanks so much for joining us today on

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching ministry of Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>We're so glad to have you with us.

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<v Speaker 1>And today Rick continues in his series called Transform. Together,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll dive into God's Word and discover powerful principles that

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<v Speaker 1>can truly change our lives from the inside out spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially,

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<v Speaker 1>and vocationally. You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation

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<v Speaker 1>to every part of your life. And now here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with part one of a message called Transforming How I

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<v Speaker 1>See and Use Money.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, we've looked at your spiritual health, we've looked at

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<v Speaker 2>physical health, we've looked at mental health, we've looked at

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<v Speaker 2>emotional health, and we've looked at relational health. We've got

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<v Speaker 2>too more dimensions to deal with work and money, and

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend I want us to look at financial health. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>it may surprise you that Jesus actually talked more about

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<v Speaker 2>money than he did heaven or hell. In fact, half

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<v Speaker 2>of all of the parables that Jesus told are about money.

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<v Speaker 2>Half of them. In fact, in the books of Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>Mark and Luke, one out of every six verses is

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<v Speaker 2>about money and money management. Why because money can dominate

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<v Speaker 2>our lives, and money influences our lives for either good

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<v Speaker 2>or bad. It can be used for great things, it

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<v Speaker 2>can be used for bad things either way. And we

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<v Speaker 2>spend so much of our time thinking about it, working

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<v Speaker 2>for it, earning it, you know, studying it, saving it,

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<v Speaker 2>and investing it, all these different things. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't learn to manage your money, it will manage you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now this weekend, we're going to look at the most

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<v Speaker 2>misunderstood story of Jesus in the entire Bible. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>doozy and it's in Luke chapter sixteen. If you have

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<v Speaker 2>a Bible, you might want to turn to Luke chapter sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason why this is a confusing passage is

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<v Speaker 2>because it appears that Jesus is approving of dishonesty. He's not.

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<v Speaker 2>He just uses a clever crook as the hero of

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<v Speaker 2>the story and he's using it for shock value. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me read you the story and then I'll make

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<v Speaker 2>a couple comments on it and we'll look in depth

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<v Speaker 2>at it. Luke chapter sixteen. Here's the story of Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>it's called the parable of the dishonest or shrewd manager.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, there once was a rich man who enlisted

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<v Speaker 2>a manager to take care of his property. But the

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<v Speaker 2>manager was accused of wasting his master's possessions. So the

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<v Speaker 2>owner called him in and said, now, give an account

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<v Speaker 2>of your stewardship and report what you've done with what

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<v Speaker 2>I entrusted to you, because your time as a manager

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<v Speaker 2>is ending now. The manager thought, what am I going

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<v Speaker 2>to do now? I'm losing my job, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>strong enough to dig ditches, and I'm too proud to

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<v Speaker 2>beg I love that part. He goes, I know what

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<v Speaker 2>I'll do. I know what I'll do so that after

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<v Speaker 2>I lose my job, I'll have plenty of friends to

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<v Speaker 2>take care of me. So he called in everybody who

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<v Speaker 2>was in debt to his master, and he asked the

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<v Speaker 2>first guy, how much do you owe my master? The

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<v Speaker 2>guy says, five eight hundred gallons of olive oil. So

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<v Speaker 2>the manager said, okay, here's what I want you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Tear up the bill and write a new bill that

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<v Speaker 2>says you only owe four hundred gallons. Okay, this is

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<v Speaker 2>going to between me and you we're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>tell this to the boss. And that's the manager found

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<v Speaker 2>another debtor and he asked him, He said, how much

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<v Speaker 2>do you Oh? The guy said a thousand bushels of

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<v Speaker 2>wheat And he said The manager replied, okay, here's what

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to do. Change your bill to say

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<v Speaker 2>you only owe eight hundred bushels. So he's doing this

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<v Speaker 2>under the table, obviously without permission. Now when the master,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the owner, heard what the dishonest manager had done,

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<v Speaker 2>he still praised him. He praised him for his shrewdness.

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<v Speaker 2>For worldly people are more shrewd in handling their affairs

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<v Speaker 2>than are those who belong to the like. Now, that

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<v Speaker 2>is a strange story. In the next couple verses, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>gives a little bit into the meaning of it, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says in verse nine, So Jesus that I tell

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<v Speaker 2>you use your worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves?

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<v Speaker 2>What am I supposed to buy friends? This is getting

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<v Speaker 2>even weirder. Use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>so that when it is gone, you'll be welcomed into

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<v Speaker 2>eternal dwellings. He's talking about heaven. Whoever can be trusted

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<v Speaker 2>with very little can also be trusted with much, and

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<v Speaker 2>who's ever dishonest with little will also be dishonest with much.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth,

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<v Speaker 2>he's saying, if you're not a good money manager, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not taking care of the money that I've given you,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've been untrustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who's going

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<v Speaker 2>to trust you with true riches, spiritual riches, the real

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<v Speaker 2>riches of life. And if you have not been trustworthy

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<v Speaker 2>with somebody else's property, who's going to give you property

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<v Speaker 2>of your own. No servant can serve two masters. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>either hate the one and love the other, or he'll

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<v Speaker 2>be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot

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<v Speaker 2>serve God and money. Notice he didn't say you should not.

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<v Speaker 2>He said you can't. It's impossible. You cannot serve God

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<v Speaker 2>and money. Now, that may be the most frustrating, the

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<v Speaker 2>most shocking, and the most misunderstored story that Jesus ever told.

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<v Speaker 2>It's important to note a couple of things. First, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is not praising the guy's dishonesty. He's praising his shrewdness.

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<v Speaker 2>And we'll get back to that and just meanute what

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<v Speaker 2>That means he's not praising his dishonesty. Second, you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>learn from anybody. If you know the right questions, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to agree with everything a person believes or

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<v Speaker 2>does to actually learn from them. This is very, very

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<v Speaker 2>important because today people think because I disagree with you

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<v Speaker 2>on something, then I can't learn from you on something.

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<v Speaker 2>That's nonsense. If you can only learn from people that

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<v Speaker 2>you agree with one hundred percent, well guess what, You're

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna learn anything because nobody agrees with you one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent. Have you talked to your wife lately, or

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<v Speaker 2>your husband, or your boyfriend or your girlfriend. Nobody's going

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<v Speaker 2>to agree with you all the time. And you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to agree with everything a person believes or does,

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<v Speaker 2>or acts or whatever in order for them to actually

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<v Speaker 2>teach you something. I learned from people all the time

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<v Speaker 2>who disagree with me, and you can too. And Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is saying learn from all kinds of people. For instance,

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<v Speaker 2>if I got a brain tumor and I'm looking for

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<v Speaker 2>a neurosurgeon, my first question is not did you read

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<v Speaker 2>your Bible this morning? My first question to this brain

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<v Speaker 2>surgeon is not did you go to church last week?

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<v Speaker 2>My question is not even are you a Christian? Do

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<v Speaker 2>you believe in God? My question is have you ever

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<v Speaker 2>done this before? Because the guy might be cheating on

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<v Speaker 2>his wife. But if he's a brain surgeon, he's a

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<v Speaker 2>brain surgeon, if that makes sense, And so it is

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<v Speaker 2>nonsense to say you have to agree with everybody in

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<v Speaker 2>order to learn from this guy is dishonest. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to learn that part from him. But there are

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<v Speaker 2>some things that he did right that you need to

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<v Speaker 2>do with your money. Now, the other thing I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to notice is the two reasons Jesus tells his story. First,

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<v Speaker 2>who is Jesus telling us to. He's telling this to

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<v Speaker 2>the Pharisees. Who are the Pharisees. The Pharisees are the

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<v Speaker 2>religious leader of Jesus day. And there are the characteristics

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<v Speaker 2>of a Pharisee. Number one, they're incredibly arrogant, they're not humble,

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<v Speaker 2>they're incredibly prideful, they're self righteous, they're judgmental, there's demeaning,

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<v Speaker 2>they're demanding, and they really don't like people. But the

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<v Speaker 2>number one characteristic of a Pharisees they're hypocrite. They say

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<v Speaker 2>one thing and believe something else, and they tell people

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<v Speaker 2>to do things that they themselves don't even do. So

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus loved to poke at the Pharisees. He loved to

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of bop them in the eye. He loved

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<v Speaker 2>to pop their balloon. Jesus had an amazing ability to

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<v Speaker 2>comfort the afflicted while afflicting the comfortable, and he still

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<v Speaker 2>does that today. If you're in pain, any kind of pain,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus wants to comfort you. If you're comfortable, Jesus probably

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<v Speaker 2>wants to put you in pain because there's some things

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<v Speaker 2>that need to change in your life. You've become very

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable with the status quo. So here Jesus knew that

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<v Speaker 2>the Pharisees loved money. That's why he tells this shocking

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<v Speaker 2>story and makes a crook a hero. Look at this

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<v Speaker 2>verse up here on the screen. This is the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of the chapter that I was reading from. It says

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<v Speaker 2>the Pharisees dearly loved money, so when they heard what

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, they made fun of him. But Jesus told them,

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<v Speaker 2>you're always making yourselves look good. But God sees what's

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<v Speaker 2>in your heart. The things that most people think are

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<v Speaker 2>important are worth lists as far as God is concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that last phrase is the reason why we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to look at what we're looking at today. The things

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<v Speaker 2>that most people think matter, God says that don't matter

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<v Speaker 2>at all. What do most people think matters? Possessions, pleasure, power, prestige, popularity, sex, status, salary, money, lust, power,

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<v Speaker 2>those kinds of things. God says, those things really don't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the important things in life. And in this

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<v Speaker 2>series on transformation, we've been talking about the verse in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. It says, don't conform to the world's pattern,

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<v Speaker 2>don't fall into their standard of culture, but be transformed

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<v Speaker 2>by the way you think. I'm going to teach you

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<v Speaker 2>a whole new way to think about money today, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is radically counter culture. What God says about money

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<v Speaker 2>is the exact opposite of everything you've been taught about money.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're going to look at But Jesus is talking

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<v Speaker 2>about people who love money. And the second thing Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>tells this story, the reason he tells it is because

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<v Speaker 2>most believers are poor money managers. Many of you are

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<v Speaker 2>not very good at managing your money. You have no

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<v Speaker 2>emergency savings saved up for an emergency, you have little

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<v Speaker 2>or no retirement saved up, you're living from hand to mouth,

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<v Speaker 2>you're living on the build. In fact, you're living beyond

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<v Speaker 2>your means. It's not buy it as soon as I

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<v Speaker 2>get the money, it's buy it before I get the money.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're deeply in debt. And Jesus has some things

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<v Speaker 2>to say to all of us about money. Now, this

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<v Speaker 2>message today is not a message about giving. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>a message about tithing. This is a message about how

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<v Speaker 2>to manage your money well and how to think about

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<v Speaker 2>money the way God does. Because money is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest sources of worries. It's the number one cause

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<v Speaker 2>of divorce. It's till debt do us part. Now, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't praise the guy's dishonesty, but he does praise his shrewdness.

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<v Speaker 2>What is shrewdness? To be shrewd means you're smart, you're sharp,

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<v Speaker 2>you're strategic, and you're resourceful. And when you're shrewd, you

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<v Speaker 2>see a problem clearly, you know what needs to be done,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you figure out how to do it. And

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<v Speaker 2>what God wants you to do is God wants you

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<v Speaker 2>to learn how to be biblically shrewd with your money

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of your life and from this story,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're going to look at it today in detail.

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<v Speaker 2>We learn four things not to do with your money.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, don't do these things with your money, and

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<v Speaker 2>five things you need to remember every day of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you will remember them every day of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>your stress regarding your finances is going to go down dramatically,

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<v Speaker 2>and your joy and your satisfaction is going to increase dramatically.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's look at the Bible and see what

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<v Speaker 2>God has to say. First thing we need to learn

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<v Speaker 2>this story is four things not to do with your money.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't spend a lot of time on this, so

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<v Speaker 2>let me right quick and we'll get to the other part.

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<v Speaker 2>Four things not to do. Number one, don't waste it.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, don't waste the money that God allows

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<v Speaker 2>you to have. Luke sixteen to two. The manager was

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<v Speaker 2>accused of wasting his master's possession. Now you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>I walk around thinking it's my money, well obviously, well

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<v Speaker 2>it's my money. If I want to waste it, who cares.

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<v Speaker 2>But if I think this is God's money, then all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, I don't want to waste God's money. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a big difference. Don't waste it. Number two,

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<v Speaker 2>don't love it. The Bible says we are not to

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<v Speaker 2>love money, don't love it or live for it. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's what he says. In verse thirteen. He says, no

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<v Speaker 2>servant can serve two masters. He'll either hate one and

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<v Speaker 2>love the other, or he'll be devoted to one and

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<v Speaker 2>despise the other. You cannot cannot circle that cannot serve

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<v Speaker 2>both God and money. It's impossible to live a divided allegiance.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever tried to work for two bosses? How'd

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<v Speaker 2>that work out? Yeah? Not very good. The heart of

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<v Speaker 2>the problem is a problem with the heart, and God

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<v Speaker 2>wants your heart. And Jesus lays it out in Black

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<v Speaker 2>and Life. He isn't vague here. He goes, Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to choose what's going to be number one in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You can't have two number one things in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You can't say my number one goal lives

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<v Speaker 2>to make a lot of money, and my number one

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<v Speaker 2>goal is to love God. You're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>decide what's going to be number one. You can't have

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<v Speaker 2>two number ones in your life. Is God going to

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<v Speaker 2>be number one in your life? Or is making a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot of money the number one goal of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot serve them both. Number three, he says, don't

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<v Speaker 2>trust it, don't waste it, don't love it, don't trust

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<v Speaker 2>money for security. I don't care how much money you've got.

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<v Speaker 2>You can lose it. And so he said, don't put

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<v Speaker 2>your security in it. Now. The manager learned this pretty quick.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse three, he says, what am I going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm losing my job. Many of you know what it

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<v Speaker 2>feels like to lose your job, to be out of work,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden you got no source of

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<v Speaker 2>security anymore. How many times have I told you never, never, never,

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<v Speaker 2>put your security in anything that can be taken from you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you put your security in your appearance, how you look,

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to tell us you're not always going to

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<v Speaker 2>be as sexy as you are right now, Okay, those

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<v Speaker 2>looks are going to fade. If you put your security

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<v Speaker 2>in your health, you can lose your health. If you

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<v Speaker 2>put your security in your job, you can lose your job.

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<v Speaker 2>If you put your security in your marriage, you could

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<v Speaker 2>lose your marriage. If you put your security in a

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<v Speaker 2>loved one, you can lose a loved one. If you

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<v Speaker 2>put your security in your bank account, there's a thousand

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<v Speaker 2>ways to lose all your money. If you want to

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<v Speaker 2>really be secure, the center of your life has to

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<v Speaker 2>be built around something that can never, never be taken

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<v Speaker 2>from you. And there's only one thing that you can

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<v Speaker 2>never lose. That is God's love for you. You can't make

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<v Speaker 2>God stop loving you. You can try, but you will

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<v Speaker 2>fail because God's love is unconditional. It's not based on

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<v Speaker 2>who you are, It's based on who He is. So

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<v Speaker 2>you build your life on God's love for you and

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<v Speaker 2>that relationship. So he says, don't waste it, don't love it,

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<v Speaker 2>don't trust in it, because you can lose it. Proverbs

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three, verse five from the Bible says this, I

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<v Speaker 2>like this verse. Your money can be gone in a flash,

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<v Speaker 2>as if it had grown wings and flown away like

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<v Speaker 2>an eagle. Fly like an eagle. Okay, so just fly.

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<v Speaker 2>It can just fly away like an egle. People say

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<v Speaker 2>money talks. It does not. It just walks away quietly,

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<v Speaker 2>and you have no idea where it went, and you

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<v Speaker 2>have too much month left over at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the money, you go, what happened here? Is money just

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<v Speaker 2>flies away. You know, the state's government is so polite

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<v Speaker 2>and helpful in this that they put an eagle on

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<v Speaker 2>every dollar to remind us that money could fly away

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<v Speaker 2>like an eagle. All right, So every time you look

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<v Speaker 2>at a DOLLI I'm not keeping this one very long,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, It's going to be gone like the wind.

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<v Speaker 2>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, some powerful words from Pastor Rick today. And now

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<v Speaker 1>this is really one of my favorite parts of the broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>This is letters from our listeners, and now here's Rick Today.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to share with you a very special testimony

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<v Speaker 2>from one of our listeners named Marquita, and thanks to

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Hope and your support, she recently asked Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>to be the leader of her life. Here's her story. So,

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor Rick, I wanted to let you know that I

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<v Speaker 2>have prayed the prayer of salvation that you included in

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<v Speaker 2>the Deepening the Eyes of Faith message. I've been listening

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<v Speaker 2>to your messages for years. In fact, my child wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>even be here today if it weren't for your words.

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<v Speaker 2>You wrote there may be accidental parents, but there are

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<v Speaker 2>no accidental children. Well, I've given birth to a beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>baby girl, and she's the light of my life. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>it now hurts to remember a time that I was

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<v Speaker 2>fighting to decide whether I was going to have her

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<v Speaker 2>or not. But I repeated your words throughout my pregnancy.

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<v Speaker 2>There are accidental parents, but they're no accidental children. And

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<v Speaker 2>although I'm a single mom today, with the support of

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<v Speaker 2>my family, we're thriving. I want to make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>she grows up to find her purpose and to serve God.

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<v Speaker 2>So thanks for renewing my faith in God. And as

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<v Speaker 2>I still try to find and fulfill my purpose, please

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<v Speaker 2>pray for me and my child. Wow, Marquita, you are

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<v Speaker 2>so right. God does have a plan and a purpose

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<v Speaker 2>for every single baby. There are no accidental babies. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to take a moment right now and just

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<v Speaker 2>pray for you in this broadcast. Pray for you and

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<v Speaker 2>for your daughter. Lord, I'm asking you right now to

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<v Speaker 2>put your hand of protection, your hand of blessing, your

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<v Speaker 2>hand of guidance on Marquita and her daughter, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>praying for both of them to know your purpose, to

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<v Speaker 2>feel your presence, to discover your power, to live in

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<v Speaker 2>your plan for each of their lives. In Jesus' name.

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