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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 God Turns Setbacks into Comebacks. We're so glad

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<v Speaker 1>that you've joined us today. Now, if you know someone

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<v Speaker 1>who needs some encouragement right now, be sure to invite

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<v Speaker 1>them with a text or a phone call to listen

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<v Speaker 1>along with you. But first studies have shown the more

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<v Speaker 1>grateful a person is, the happier they are. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not always easy to be thankful. That's why Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>developed the Power of Gratitude. It's a special interactive Bible

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<v Speaker 1>study to help you grow your gratitude. You can find

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

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<v Speaker 1>listen to today's message. If you want, you can just

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<v Speaker 1>text the word hope to eight hundred, six hundred five

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and four for more information. That's the word hope

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<v Speaker 1>to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Pastor Rick with the final part of a message

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<v Speaker 1>called when You're setback seems Irreversible.

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<v Speaker 2>Philippians Chapter one in the Bible Verse nineteen Paul talks

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<v Speaker 2>about the benefit of having people pray for you in

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<v Speaker 2>a small group. And he says this to the Philippian Christians.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you're praying for me and the spirit of Christ

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<v Speaker 2>is helping me. I know that this trouble will bring

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<v Speaker 2>my freedom circle that word freedom. What is Paul saying here,

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<v Speaker 2>He's saying that prayer is the pathback to your comeback.

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<v Speaker 2>Prayer is the pathback to your comeback. So you want

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<v Speaker 2>to join a small group where you've got people praying

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<v Speaker 2>for you when you're going through tough times. Now, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>here at Saddleback Church and our family, we pray specifically

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<v Speaker 2>for people in pain in all of our seven thousand

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<v Speaker 2>plus small groups hoops. Sometimes we like to do it

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<v Speaker 2>right here on the weekends and all of our campuses

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<v Speaker 2>together as a large group. And I'd like to do

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<v Speaker 2>that right now. So what I'd like everybody to do

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<v Speaker 2>is just bow your head in all of our campuses

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<v Speaker 2>if you buy it for a minute, and if you're

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<v Speaker 2>going through a time of grief, or you're going through

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<v Speaker 2>a big conflict, or you've had a big loss, are

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<v Speaker 2>you're feeling lonely, or you're dealing with chronic pain, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>stress you might be facing right now. A health setback,

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<v Speaker 2>a financial setback or any kind of setback. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to lead our entire saddle backed church family in all

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<v Speaker 2>of our four different continents to pray together for you

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<v Speaker 2>right now. And what I want to do as a

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<v Speaker 2>statement of your faith with our heads bowed, no matter

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<v Speaker 2>what campus you're at, if you are going through a

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<v Speaker 2>major problem right now and you need prayer from your

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<v Speaker 2>church family, I'm going to ask you to right now

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<v Speaker 2>to just quietly stand with your head bowed. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to say anything, just quietly stand with your head bowed

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<v Speaker 2>as our entire church family prays together for you. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>People are standing up in all of our campuses right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and if you're sitting next to someone who stood up

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<v Speaker 2>just now, you might want to just reach over and,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, pat them on the back, or grab their

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<v Speaker 2>hand and squeeze their hand, just to say we're with you.

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<v Speaker 2>We're a family, we're in this together, and we're supporting you.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's pray together as a church family for all of

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<v Speaker 2>our brothers and sisters who are standing right now. Heavenly Father,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't know all the needs that are being represented

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<v Speaker 2>by those standing, but you do, and just as you

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<v Speaker 2>care about them, we care about them our brothers and sisters.

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you for creating these who are standing right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for bringing them to be a part of

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<v Speaker 2>our church family. We ask for.

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<v Speaker 3>The things that the Job asked for, asking you to

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<v Speaker 3>give these people wisdom in their situations, give them strength

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<v Speaker 3>in their setbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>For those who are in pain right now, give them relief.

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<v Speaker 2>For those who are having a hard time sleeping because

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<v Speaker 2>they're worrying, help them to sleep better. Together, as a

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<v Speaker 2>church family, we pray that you would encourage the hearts

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<v Speaker 2>of our friends and our family members who are standing

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<v Speaker 2>right now, and we ask your blessing on them turn

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<v Speaker 2>their setbacks into comebacks in Jesus's name. Amen, you may

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<v Speaker 2>be seated if you're facing a setback. I will just

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<v Speaker 2>say it this way. If you're facing a setback, you

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<v Speaker 2>got to join with other people who are going to

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<v Speaker 2>support you. Now. Here's the fourth letter of our trust, acrossteache,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the S and that stands for surrender. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth step, I surrender my future to God. This

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<v Speaker 2>is exactly what Job did in his comeback. Anytime you

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<v Speaker 2>have a loss, anytime you have a failure or set back,

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<v Speaker 2>what paralyzes you after that is actually not grief. Grief's

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<v Speaker 2>a good thing. What paralyzes you is fear. It's fear

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<v Speaker 2>of the future. And sometimes when you've had a setback,

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<v Speaker 2>people will give you the wrong advice, and that makes

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<v Speaker 2>you even more fearful. Sometimes that wrong advice will come

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<v Speaker 2>from friends that you've trusted, or even family members who

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<v Speaker 2>love you can sometimes give you the wrong advice. In

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<v Speaker 2>Job's case, he got some bad advice from his wife,

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<v Speaker 2>and in Job chapter two, verse nine and ten, it

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<v Speaker 2>says this Job's wife said to Job, are you still

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<v Speaker 2>trying to maintain your integrity? Why don't you just curse

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<v Speaker 2>God and die? Just end it. Job replies to his wife,

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<v Speaker 2>you talk like a godless woman. Should we accept only

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<v Speaker 2>good things from the hand of God and never accept

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<v Speaker 2>anything bad? So in all of this Job said nothing wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Now notice Job's response to the problem, the setback in

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<v Speaker 2>his life that seems irreversible, his total surrender. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like it, I don't understand it, but God,

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<v Speaker 2>I surrender my future to you after this major loss.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, he says in Job thirteen fifteen, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most famous verses in the Bible, where he says,

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<v Speaker 2>even if God takes my life, I will still trust

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<v Speaker 2>him though he slay me, I will trust him. That

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<v Speaker 2>is surrender. That's surrender no matter what happens in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I may not understand it, but I belong to God

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<v Speaker 2>and I know those things that are true that God

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<v Speaker 2>made me, He loves me, He has his best interest,

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<v Speaker 2>my best interest in his heart. I know that God

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<v Speaker 2>is in control. I know that this life is not

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<v Speaker 2>all there is. I know there's more to life than

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<v Speaker 2>just here. And now I know that one day I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to eternally be with God in heaven. These are

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<v Speaker 2>things that give me hope and comfort when I've lost everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I know God is a good God, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand it, and it doesn't look good and it's not good,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm in a lot of pain. But even if

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<v Speaker 2>God allows my life to be taken, I'm still going

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<v Speaker 2>to trust him because I know the kind of God

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<v Speaker 2>he is, and I know what He's got planned for

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<v Speaker 2>me in heaven. Friends, that is the ultimate expression of

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<v Speaker 2>a mature faith. How mature is your faith? It is

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<v Speaker 2>like a fair weather faith that you only trust God

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<v Speaker 2>when things are going good, Or is it a wimpy

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<v Speaker 2>faith like a washed out baby diaper faith. Or do

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<v Speaker 2>you have the mature faith of a man of God

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<v Speaker 2>or a woman of God that can handle setbacks? Or

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<v Speaker 2>do you just flip out and flake out when things

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<v Speaker 2>go wrong?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you?

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, how do you know when you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a weak faith? Do you know what the sign of

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<v Speaker 2>a weak faith is? One word worry? Worry is the

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<v Speaker 2>warning light that your faith is weak. Matthew six thirty

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<v Speaker 2>two in the CEV translation says this, people who don't

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<v Speaker 2>know God are always worrying when you have a setbacks

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. Listen, you're either gonna worry or you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna worship. Worry or worship. And the more you focus

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<v Speaker 2>your life on God, the less worry you're gonna worry

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<v Speaker 2>during the during the setback. Now, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>see the fifth and final step, and uh, you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to do this if you've had a setback that seems irreversible. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the last way that you show your trust in

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<v Speaker 2>God that you're relying on him. The last ty in

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<v Speaker 2>trust is this, Well, let's first review him. Tell God

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<v Speaker 2>exactly how you feel. That's tea. Are refuse to be bitter,

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<v Speaker 2>You unite with people who help me focus on God

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<v Speaker 2>as surrender every detail of my future to God and

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<v Speaker 2>Tea is trust Jesus for every detail of my comeback.

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<v Speaker 2>Trust Jesus for every detail of my comeback. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to trust Jesus with every detail of your life for

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<v Speaker 2>him to turn that setback into comeback.

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<v Speaker 4>Did you know experts have discovered that gratitude is the

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<v Speaker 4>healthiest human emotion. It makes you more resistant to stress

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<v Speaker 4>and increases your overall happiness and satisfaction. In fact, study

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<v Speaker 4>show the more grateful a person is, the happier they are.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the power of gratitude. The Bible tells us to rejoice, always,

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<v Speaker 4>pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances. So it's

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<v Speaker 4>clear that God wants us to develop an attitude of gratitude.

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<v Speaker 4>But we all know it's not always easy to feel grateful.

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<v Speaker 4>That's why Pastoric developed a Bible study called the Power

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<v Speaker 4>of gratitude. This innovative study is filled with scripture, teaching exercises, quotes, prayers,

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<v Speaker 4>and journal pages. As you go through the study, you'll

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<v Speaker 4>discover the many and often unique things you have to

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<v Speaker 4>be grateful for every day. You'll develop the lifelong habit

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<v Speaker 4>of expressing gratitude to God, a habit that leads to

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's get back to today's lesson. Here on Pastor

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, you're either gonna worry or you're gonna worship. Worry

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<v Speaker 2>or worship, And the more you focus your life on God,

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<v Speaker 2>the less worry you're gonna worry. During the During the setback,

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<v Speaker 2>now I want you to see the fifth and final step.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've got to do this if you've had a

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<v Speaker 2>setback that seems irreversible. Okay, here's the last way that

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<v Speaker 2>you show your trust in God that you're relying on him.

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<v Speaker 2>The last t is trust is this, Well, let's first

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<v Speaker 2>review him. Tell God exactly how you feel. That's Tea R.

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<v Speaker 2>Refuse to be bitter. You unite with people who helped me,

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<v Speaker 2>focus on God as surrender every detail of my future

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<v Speaker 2>to God. And Tea is, trust Jesus for every detail

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<v Speaker 2>of my comeback. Trust Jesus for every detail of my comeback.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to trust Jesus with every detail of your

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<v Speaker 2>life for him to turn that setback into comeback. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you know some of you are around when this happened,

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<v Speaker 2>but many of you were not. Many many years ago

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<v Speaker 2>here in the saddle Back Valley, we had a devastating

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<v Speaker 2>wildfire that spread all across the saddle Back Valley and

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<v Speaker 2>many of our members had homes that burned down. And

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<v Speaker 2>that they were safe from the fiery embers. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>when there's a fire going on, embers float through the

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<v Speaker 2>entire house down. Now, really, that's a parable of life.

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<v Speaker 2>And as your pastor who loves you and does want

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<v Speaker 2>that's waiting for just one little spark that will burn

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<v Speaker 2>and it may be loneliness or confusion or tension or

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<v Speaker 2>guilt or fear. But it's just waiting for one of

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<v Speaker 2>those little embers to ignite, and it could burn you down. Friends,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to give what's in that gutter, in the

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<v Speaker 2>gutter of your life, to Jesus Christ right now, and

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<v Speaker 2>you need to ask him to clean it out so

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<v Speaker 2>when the fires and the storms come along, you're not vulnerable.

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<v Speaker 2>John sixteen thirty three. He says, by trusting me, you

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<v Speaker 2>will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace in this world.

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<v Speaker 2>You will continue to experience difficulties, but take heart, because

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<v Speaker 2>and that is the path back to your comeback. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what job did when he lost everything. He

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<v Speaker 2>lost his family, he lost his health, he lost all

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<v Speaker 2>his wealth, he lost his prestige, he lost his power,

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<v Speaker 2>his influence. But he trusted God, and God engineered the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest comeback imaginable. Look at the last verse on your outline.

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<v Speaker 2>like this. After Job prayed for his friends. Why was

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<v Speaker 2>doing that? Because he knew God was going to take

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<v Speaker 2>care of him, So he's prayed for his friends. After

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<v Speaker 2>That's the comeback. In fact, the Lord restored to Job

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<v Speaker 2>twice as much double of everything that he had been

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<v Speaker 2>blessed with before. That's a comeback. God doubles what he

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<v Speaker 2>had lost in the setback in the comeback because God

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<v Speaker 2>is a faithful God, and Job betrusted God's goodness. Would

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<v Speaker 2>you like to have double for your trouble? That's what

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<v Speaker 2>happened to Job. He got double for his trouble. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>there's only one person gonna do that, Jesus Christ. So

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<v Speaker 2>I want to lead you in a comeback prayer. Would

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<v Speaker 2>of our campuses and those of you watching out line.

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<v Speaker 2>Just bow your head and first tell God exactly how

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<v Speaker 2>him God, I'm sad, or I'm lonely, or I'm mad,

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<v Speaker 2>or I'm frustrated, or I'm doubting. Tell God, I'm angry,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm starting to get resentful. Tell God whatever you're feeling

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Just do that. Be honest to God about

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<v Speaker 2>the setback, the problems that you're facing. And with your

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<v Speaker 2>head still a bout, I want you to now tell

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<v Speaker 2>God that you're going to refuse to be bitter, that

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be better, not bitter, and that you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to trust God for the things that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand that have happened in your life. Say God, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that was not good, but you're good and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to trust your goodness even in the bad that's happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Just do that now. Now, tell God that you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to get serious, and I mean really serious about the

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<v Speaker 2>you in trust, uniting with people who will help you

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<v Speaker 2>focus on God. You need more worship in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You need more fellowship in your life. You need a

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<v Speaker 2>faithful in your attendance at worship, because that's where you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to get the wisdom and the strength and the

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<v Speaker 2>encouragement that you need. Say God, I haven't been faithful

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<v Speaker 2>to you in worship. I haven't been faithful in fellowship,

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<v Speaker 2>but I want to be. I want to unite with others.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're not a member of Saddleback Church, we invite

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<v Speaker 2>you to join us. Sign up for the next class

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<v Speaker 2>one oh one, which is discovering my place in the

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<v Speaker 2>Body of Christ, in the Family of God, discovering my role.

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<v Speaker 2>We welcome you to join the membership of this church. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The as in trust is surrender. Say in your prayer,

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<v Speaker 2>Dear God, I surrender my future to you. I surrender

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<v Speaker 2>my future to you. I don't know what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>but I surrender. I'm not going to worry about it.

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<v Speaker 2>And finally, the last key is trust. Say Jesus, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to trust you with every detail of my comeback.

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<v Speaker 2>I trust Jesus for my comeback. I trust Jesus for

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<v Speaker 2>my future. I trust Jesus to get me out of

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<v Speaker 2>this mess. I'm giving every area of my life to you. Father.

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<v Speaker 2>You hear these prayers and I ask you to bless them.

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<v Speaker 2>And give them a sense that you have heard the

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<v Speaker 2>prayers as they began the next step to their comeback

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<v Speaker 2>in Jesus' name. Amen. Hi everybody, this is Rick and

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you enjoyed today's broadcast. You know, if you

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<v Speaker 2>just prayed that prayer for the very first time, or

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<v Speaker 2>you just recommitted your life to Jesus again today, would

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<v Speaker 2>you let me know about it. There's something real about

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<v Speaker 2>sharing your commitment. So write me Rick at pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 2>I gave my life to Christ. And I'll send you

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll also pray for you. God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>But first, did you know that experts have discovered that

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<v Speaker 1>gratitude is the healthiest human emotion It makes you more

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, studies show the more grateful a person is,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 2>according to five specific purposes. He said, You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>love God with all your heart. That's worship, and love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism. Baptize

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<v Speaker 2>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obay everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've taught you. That's discipleship. And we call that the

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<v Speaker 2>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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<v Speaker 2>and truth and the power that we need to follow

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<v Speaker 2>Him every day is available to every single one. You

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