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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we continue a teaching series called Uncommon Courage. In

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<v Speaker 1>these lessons, Rick is going to share biblical inspiration that

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<v Speaker 1>will help you get the courage you need to follow

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<v Speaker 1>God's calling for your life. If you'd love to help

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<v Speaker 1>the kids you know learn God's work, then stay with

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<v Speaker 1>us because in just a few minutes we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about God's big plans for me and easy

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<v Speaker 1>to understand storybook Bible by Pastor Rick Warren. You can

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<v Speaker 1>you want, you can just text the word daily to

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>word Daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now. Now, here's Pastor Rick with part three of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called standing Courageously for the Truth.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of you know that I did President Obama's inauguration prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>What most people don't know is four years earlier, I

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<v Speaker 2>did the inaugural prayer at the start of Bush's inauguration

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<v Speaker 2>just wasn't controversial, so nobody even noticed. Besides Billy Graham.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the only guy who's prayed for both the Republican

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<v Speaker 2>and a Democrat president. But both times I was told,

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<v Speaker 2>don't use the word Jesus, don't say in Jesus name.

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<v Speaker 2>So what do you think I did? I mean, really,

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<v Speaker 2>in fact that the last inauguration I used, I quoted

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<v Speaker 2>in four different languages, Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, and English. I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to make people sure I believe in Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>that's my God. Now what's the result of these four

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<v Speaker 2>world views? Materialism money is God and hedonism, pleasure happiness

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<v Speaker 2>as God and individualism I'm God and socialism the government's God.

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<v Speaker 2>It should be in control. I summarize the damage like this.

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<v Speaker 2>We have the crumbling of our culture, crisis in our schools,

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<v Speaker 2>controversies in our courts, corruption in our businesses, chaos in

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<v Speaker 2>our government, carnality in our churches, confusion in our families,

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<v Speaker 2>and conflicts in our personal lives. Anytime we don't go

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<v Speaker 2>by the owner's manual, we're the ones who get hurt.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, we don't really break God's laws. They break us.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean One of the laws that God established in

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<v Speaker 2>the universe is called the law of gravity. I could

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<v Speaker 2>be up on the entire state building and say I

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<v Speaker 2>don't believe in the law gravity. It doesn't matter whether

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it or not. It's still in effect. I'd say,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't believe in law of gravity. Fine, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>believe in it, It's still in effect. And I could

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<v Speaker 2>jump out of the top story of the Empire State

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<v Speaker 2>Building and as I'm coming down about fifty floors out,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody sticks their head out the window and says, how's

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<v Speaker 2>it going, Rick, And I'd say, well, so far, so good. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's where most people are today. They are ignoring

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<v Speaker 2>the laws of God. And he says, how's it going,

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<v Speaker 2>So far, so good. You can run from God the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life, but then you can't run anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>One day there will be a day of accountability. And

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<v Speaker 2>when I hit bottom, when I hit the pavement law gravity,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to break the law gravity. It's going

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<v Speaker 2>to break me. I always hurt myself when I ignore

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<v Speaker 2>what God says to do. Now, what is the biblical

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<v Speaker 2>world view? The answer is everything in this book. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why God gave us the Bible. This is the correct

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<v Speaker 2>God's biblical world view, and there's a lot to study

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<v Speaker 2>in it. But today, because we're talking about courage, I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to mention to you the three most controversial

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<v Speaker 2>parts of a Christian worldview, because these are the ones

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<v Speaker 2>you need the courage and to speak up about. You See,

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<v Speaker 2>there are a lot of things in the Bible nobody

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<v Speaker 2>has a problem with. There's a there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things in the Bible where nobody is upset or it's

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<v Speaker 2>controversial or politically in confect because and you don't need

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<v Speaker 2>the courage to do those things. For instance, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says you must help the poor. Nobody disagrees with that.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says you must care for the sick. Nobody

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<v Speaker 2>disagrees with that. The Bible says you must tell the

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<v Speaker 2>truth and be fair in all your business dealings. Nobody

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<v Speaker 2>disagrees with that. The Bible says you must respect everyone,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what they believe or do. Nobody disagrees with that.

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<v Speaker 2>You must love everybody, You must take care of the environment.

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<v Speaker 2>Who disagrees with that? We're going to keep our world going.

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<v Speaker 2>We might disagree and how but these are things there's

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<v Speaker 2>no controversy. But there are three aspects of the Christian

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<v Speaker 2>worldview that are hated by this world, and most Christians

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<v Speaker 2>clam up because they're afraid to even stand up in

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<v Speaker 2>the areas that are controversial. They are the areas of sanctity.

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<v Speaker 2>Sanctity means something is holy. Now, what a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people do is they want to pick and choose the

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<v Speaker 2>parts of the Bible. They want to believe. I like

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<v Speaker 2>this part, and I'm gonna believe I don't like that part,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm not gonna believe that that's a non Christian worldview.

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<v Speaker 2>That's syncretism. I'm gonna pick this part, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna pick this war. I'm gonna pick this over here,

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<v Speaker 2>in this over here, and put these together make my

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<v Speaker 2>own little religion. That's called syncretism. Now, when you try

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<v Speaker 2>to do that, pick God's truth, it's very presumptuous because

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<v Speaker 2>you're saying I know more than God. I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to do this part of the Bible, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to do this part of the Bible, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to do this part. But I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>believe that Jesus can save me and die for my sins.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really, why do you believe that part and not

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<v Speaker 2>the other things? He said, I mean, why don't you

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<v Speaker 2>just deny that part too, the part about being saved

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<v Speaker 2>by grace instead of earning your way to heaven. Truth

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<v Speaker 2>is always true. It's never a lie. It's as if

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<v Speaker 2>it was true ten thousand years ago, it'll be true

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<v Speaker 2>ten thousand years from today. Because truth doesn't change. Opinions

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<v Speaker 2>change all the time, science changes. Nothing is more irrelevant

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<v Speaker 2>than a ten year old science textbook. Now, the truth

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<v Speaker 2>that science discovered doesn't change, and the truth that's in

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<v Speaker 2>God's word does it change. If you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a courageous person, you've got to build your life on

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff that doesn't change. Not popular opinion, not the

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<v Speaker 2>current viewpoint, not whatever is cool or hip or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But you've got to build it on eternal truth. Where

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<v Speaker 2>do you need to stand for truth today? Let me

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<v Speaker 2>mention three very controversial areas. Number one, where you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to need courage today to speak up and stand up

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<v Speaker 2>for the truth. Number one is the sanctity of life,

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<v Speaker 2>and the sanctity of life is this, God has a

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<v Speaker 2>purpose for every unborn baby. God has a purpose for

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<v Speaker 2>every unborn child. Now think about this. God planned your

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<v Speaker 2>life before you were born. In fact, God planned your

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<v Speaker 2>life before your parents is born. In fact, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us this is the Christian worldview that before God,

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<v Speaker 2>God created the universe, he thought of you. Now there

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<v Speaker 2>are accidental parents, but there are no accidental babies. There

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<v Speaker 2>are illegitimate parents, but there are no illegitimate babies. You

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<v Speaker 2>may not have planned that child or God. Your parents

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<v Speaker 2>may not have planned you, but God planned you. And

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<v Speaker 2>God is bigger than human mistakes. In fact, God is

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<v Speaker 2>bigger than human sin. In fact, God already knows every

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<v Speaker 2>sin I'm going to ever do it, and he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll fit that into the plan too. He doesn't cause sin,

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<v Speaker 2>but God is so big he could say, I can

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<v Speaker 2>even take your mistakes and make it part of the plan.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God takes even the mistakes we make it.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, I've got a bigger plan than you have,

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<v Speaker 2>So just trust me on this. Psalmone thirty nine says this,

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<v Speaker 2>you Lord made all the delicate inner parts in my body.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, God says, this isn't an accident. God

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<v Speaker 2>designed the way you would look, and you knit me

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<v Speaker 2>together in my mother's womb. God is taking responsibility for

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<v Speaker 2>your conception and your development. He says, your workmanship is marvelous.

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<v Speaker 2>You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,

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<v Speaker 2>in the dark of the womb. Did you know that

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<v Speaker 2>God was watching every moment of your development when you

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<v Speaker 2>were still inside your mother?

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says children are a gift from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, or kids in

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope once again. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm one thirty nine says this, You Lord made all

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<v Speaker 2>the delicate inner parts in my body. In other words,

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<v Speaker 2>God says, this isn't an accident. God designed way you

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<v Speaker 2>would look, and you knit me together in my mother's womb.

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<v Speaker 2>God is taking responsibility for your conception and your development.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, your workmanship is marvelous. You watched me as

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<v Speaker 2>I was being formed in utter seclusion, in the dark

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<v Speaker 2>of the womb. Did you know that God was watching

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<v Speaker 2>every moment of your development when you were still inside

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<v Speaker 2>your mother. That's how much God loves you. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>much God cares about you. God says, I was watching

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<v Speaker 2>every second of your development from the point of conception on.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I had you in my mind before your

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<v Speaker 2>parents conceived you. I conceived you, I thought you up.

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<v Speaker 2>You wouldn't exist if God didn't want you alive. And

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<v Speaker 2>he says, I watched every moment in your mother's womb.

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<v Speaker 2>You saw me before I was born. Every day of

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<v Speaker 2>my life was recorded in your book, and every moment

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<v Speaker 2>in the Book of Proverbs, the Bible says that we

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<v Speaker 2>responsible people are to speak up for those who cannot

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<v Speaker 2>God says you are to speak up for the sanctity

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't matter if they're severely deformed. Every life is precious.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave them them their life. He'll know when he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to take them home. God is God, and I'm not.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not a popular opinion, but it's the truth. And

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<v Speaker 2>you yourself a Christian, because that's what Jesus taught, that's

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<v Speaker 2>what you Every life is valuable from the moment that

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<v Speaker 2>God planned you, which was before you even popped out

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<v Speaker 2>of your mom Now the next one's even more controversial,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is the sanctity of sex is part of

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<v Speaker 2>It's real simple is only for marriage. I don't like

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<v Speaker 2>that one. I don't like that. Well, I may not

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<v Speaker 2>like it. It's not my opinion. It's in the owner's manual. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just remember who thought up sex. It was God's idea.

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<v Speaker 2>What a god, I mean, what a god. God could

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<v Speaker 2>have made sex. God could have made reproduction with no

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure attached to it. God created those nerve endings. It

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<v Speaker 2>was God's idea, and he created it to bond a

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<v Speaker 2>husband and wife together. When a man and woman have

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<v Speaker 2>sex together, it releases oxytocin in both of them. That

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<v Speaker 2>oxytocin is the bonding chemical that binds a husband and

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<v Speaker 2>wife together. It brings emotional commitment. When a woman nurses

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<v Speaker 2>a baby, it releases oxytocin in both the mom and

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<v Speaker 2>in the baby. It is a bonding agent. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>there's no such thing as casual sex, because when you

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<v Speaker 2>have casual sex, it releases oxytosin in you, which is

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<v Speaker 2>a bonding element. Whether you like it or not, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a bonding thing that's why people get hurt, why people

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<v Speaker 2>get broken hearts, when people are cheated on, it bothers them.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because it's not just physical. That's nonsense. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>just physical. It's emotional, and it's spiritual. You see, sex

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<v Speaker 2>isn't bad, Sex isn't dirty, Sex isn't wrong, Sex is holy.

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<v Speaker 2>And the sanctity of sex is that God designed it

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<v Speaker 2>for the creation of all of us, and to bring

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<v Speaker 2>husbands and wives together and to be a model of

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<v Speaker 2>the union between Christ and the Church. And I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have time to go into all the spiritual implications of sex,

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<v Speaker 2>but let me tell you they're about that long. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not just physical. Now, the Bible says this in Hebrews thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse four. Marriage should be honored by all. Whether you

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<v Speaker 2>ever get married or not, you need to speak well

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<v Speaker 2>of marriage. Marriage should be honored by all, even single

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<v Speaker 2>people should honor it, and the marriage bed kept pure,

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<v Speaker 2>for God will judge the adulter and all the sexually immoral.

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<v Speaker 2>Now this isn't popular, but let me just be clear

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<v Speaker 2>about it. God's instructions have never changed. Pre marital sex.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unacceptable to God. It always has been, it always

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<v Speaker 2>will be. Living together without getting married, and the commitment

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<v Speaker 2>of marriage and the blessing of God is unacceptable to God,

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<v Speaker 2>always has been, it always will be. Adultery is unacceptable

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<v Speaker 2>to God. It always has been, it always will be.

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<v Speaker 2>Pornography and the objectification of a woman's body is unacceptable

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<v Speaker 2>to God. It always has been, it always will be.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to listen to this. Attraction is not

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<v Speaker 2>a sin. Action is a sin. You can't control all

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<v Speaker 2>your attractions, but you can control all your actions. I

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<v Speaker 2>noticed that when I married Kay thirty seven years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>I still found other women attractive, big shock. But I've

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<v Speaker 2>never acted on him, and Kay Warren is the only

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<v Speaker 2>woman I've ever known. Attraction is not a sin. Action

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<v Speaker 2>is a sin. Have I been attracted other women? Of

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<v Speaker 2>course I'm a man. I mean a real man. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean a manly man. Okay, uh huncle vernon love man, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean just Have I been attracted to other women

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<v Speaker 2>besides my wife? Of course I have, but I don't

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<v Speaker 2>act on it. Have I ever gotten mad and had

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<v Speaker 2>an impulse to slug some in the face, Yes, but

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<v Speaker 2>I don't act on it. Not everything that I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like doing, I do. You know. I noticed when we

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<v Speaker 2>started this Daniel plan that when I started trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get healthy, I was still attracted to the bad stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that wasn't good for me. Well, I was expecting all

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<v Speaker 2>those attractions ago. They didn't. Let me tell you, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever attractions you got about anything, you're gonna and the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life. Now, if you're guilty of any

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<v Speaker 2>of these sins, saddle back to your church, because we're

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<v Speaker 2>all forgiven sinners. Okay, we are all forgiven sinners, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>So welcome to the club. Welcome to the club. You

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<v Speaker 2>can find forgiveness here. There is the sanctity of life.

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<v Speaker 2>There's the sanctity of sex. And the third one, this

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<v Speaker 2>one's most controversy of all. Right now, it is the

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<v Speaker 2>sanctity of marriage. And the Bible is very clear about marriage.

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<v Speaker 2>One man and one woman for life. That is God's

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<v Speaker 2>intended original design. He even made the body parts to

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<v Speaker 2>One man and one moment for life. That's God's intended design.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, for Rick, what about all the polygamy in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. I mean there were guys in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>had multiple wives. Listen very closely to me, I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about this in forty days in the word Bible interpretation.

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<v Speaker 2>Not everything the Bible reports the Bible approves. Not everything

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<v Speaker 2>reported in the Bible is affirmed in the Bible by God.

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<v Speaker 2>If you take this book and you say, holy Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>it's amazing. It's called holy. It's harder to find a

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<v Speaker 2>book that's got more violence, more incest, rape, molestation, murder, jealousy, greed, violence.

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<v Speaker 2>Why do we call it the Holy Bible? Because this

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<v Speaker 2>one tells the truth. If this were a human book,

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<v Speaker 2>it wouldn't tell all the worts and flaws of the heroes.

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<v Speaker 2>It just give biographies about all their good things they did,

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<v Speaker 2>their great exploits. But the Bible, when it talks about

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham and Moses and Davy, it tells us all their

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<v Speaker 2>weakness as well. You know what, They blew it just

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<v Speaker 2>as much as we do. They make as many mistakes,

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<v Speaker 2>their families were as messed up as ours are, and

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<v Speaker 2>they had as many problems and addictions as everybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>It tells the truth. The Bible gives examples that there's

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<v Speaker 2>Bible is clearly against slavery. Well all the way back

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<v Speaker 2>repeats them and says, I came to abolish, to eliminate slavery,

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<v Speaker 2>to release your preast.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so happy that

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<v Speaker 1>be back to close out our time today. But first,

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible says children are a gift from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, or kids in

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<v Speaker 1>your neighborhood that need to know God loves them and

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<v Speaker 1>has a good plan for their lives. You can help

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<v Speaker 1>them get closer to God by encouraging them to read

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<v Speaker 1>God's word. That's why we're so excited to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>Big Plans for Me. It's a storybook Bible by Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren. Here's Pastor Rick to tell you more.

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<v Speaker 2>In Matthew nineteen fourteen, Jesus said, let the little children

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<v Speaker 2>come to me, and do not hinder them, For the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. How do

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<v Speaker 2>we bring children to Jesus, well, the best way is

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<v Speaker 2>to read the Bible with them. You know, when my

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<v Speaker 2>about Jesus grow every time we read stories from the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible together. Now I see that same excitement when I

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<v Speaker 2>read the Bible with my grandchildren. I love teaching them

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<v Speaker 2>at such an early age that God created them for

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<v Speaker 2>I've teamed up with a very gifted children's illustrator to

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<v Speaker 2>Plans for Me Storybook Bible. Your kids will learn from

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<v Speaker 2>long after they learn to read on their own, this

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<v Speaker 2>Storybook Bible contains forty well loved Bible stories that will

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<v Speaker 2>their lives. Each story is beautifully illustrated, it's incredible, and

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