WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.519 Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's 2 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:10.080 Daily Hope. Well today we continue in our series called 3 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.160 God's Prescription for a Healthy Life. In it, Pastor Rick 4 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:17.719 will show you how to improve your health physically, spiritually, 5 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:23.239 relationally and emotionally by applying the five essentials needed for. 6 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:24.800 A more vibrant life. 7 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.000 If you want to have what it takes to live 8 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.960 out your calling in life, stay with us for this 9 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:34.119 amazing series. Now, in just a few moments, we're going 10 00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:37.520 to tell you about the Daniel Plan DVD study Kit, 11 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:41.560 a sixth session video based study by Rick Warren, doctor 12 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.359 Daniel Aman and doctor Mark Hyman. This out of the 13 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.840 box approach to a healthy lifestyle is based on five 14 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:55.240 essentials faith, food, fitness, focus and friends. You can find 15 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.439 out more right now by going to Pastorick dot com 16 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:01.439 while you listen to today's Manage, or you can just 17 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:05.400 text the word daily to eight hundred six hundred five 18 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.680 thousand and four. That's Pastorick dot com, or the word 19 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.840 daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. 20 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:17.560 Right now, here's Pastor Rick with part three of a 21 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:20.799 message called winning with the hand your dealt. 22 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:27.599 The freedom of choice is your greatest blessing, it is 23 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:31.920 also your greatest curse, because we make stupid choices all 24 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:35.079 the time. We make self defeating choices, We make harmful 25 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:39.319 choices that harm ourselves, our bodies, our circumstances, and everybody 26 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:45.000 around us, and so it becomes a negative thing in 27 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.359 our lives. It's a blessing, but it's also a curse. 28 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.959 But here's the good news about this card, this one 29 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:57.120 right here. God says it's a wild card. It's the 30 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:02.400 wild card. And this card can change the suit and 31 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:05.680 the number of any of the other cards you're dealt. 32 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:07.680 This is the wild card. 33 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:13.560 Your choices can determine these other cards. Now, I didn't 34 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:16.960 get to choose my chemistry, but I can choose what 35 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:19.120 I do with my body and how I make the 36 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:22.560 most of what I've got. That's my choice, and I 37 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:24.439 can choose to do the best I can with what 38 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:28.000 I've got. I didn't choose all of my relationships, but 39 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.479 I can choose how I respond to them, and I 40 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:34.479 can choose new relationships, and I can choose to learn 41 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:37.439 relational skills, and I can choose a lot of things 42 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:43.439 that will change my connections. I don't choose my circumstances, 43 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.800 but I certainly can choose how I respond to them. 44 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:52.439 I am response able. That means I'm responsible. I'm able 45 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:56.120 to respond. God has given us responsibility, which means we 46 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:59.319 have the ability to respond. And I don't control everything 47 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:02.000 that happens to me, but I control everything that happens 48 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:02.360 in me. 49 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.800 By what I choose to do in that response. 50 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.199 Even on my consciousness, I didn't control what people said 51 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.919 to me, those old tapes that went in my mind 52 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:17.439 and I started believing them, believing them. But I can 53 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:21.800 choose to stop believing them, and I can choose to 54 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:25.479 think differently, and I can choose a different consciousness, and 55 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.280 I can control my thoughts, and I can. 56 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.080 Change the rudder of my. 57 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.039 Boat by simply changing the way that I think. This 58 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:37.280 is the good news, and if you use it, you 59 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:40.199 can change the number and the suit of every card. 60 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:45.639 And your life and your destiny and eternity is determined 61 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:53.199 by this card. Ultimately, your identity is based on your choices, 62 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.599 and it's the wild card that. 63 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:56.759 Can change everything else. 64 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:03.439 You're listening to pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be 65 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:05.960 back in just a moment with the rest of today's 66 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.159 lesson you can sign up for Pastor Rick's free email 67 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:14.159 devotional at pastorick dot com. That's pastorick dot com. 68 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.920 The truth is most of us don't pay much attention 69 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.120 to our health until something goes wrong. 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Steady 86 00:05:19.079 --> 00:05:21.319 Kid to say thanks when you give a gift to 87 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.399 Daily Hope to help share the hope of Jesus with 88 00:05:24.519 --> 00:05:27.839 people around the world. Just go to Pastor Rick dot 89 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.360 com to get your copy, or you can call eight 90 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:34.079 hundred six hundred five zero zero four. That's Pastor Rick 91 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.680 dot com. Or call eight hundred six hundred five zero 92 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:43.040 zero four and thank you so much for your support. 93 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:47.800 Once again, here's Rick. 94 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:50.439 Now, there are five. 95 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:56.600 Winning choices that you can make with the hand you've 96 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.279 been dealt, and each of them has to do with 97 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.800 each of these cards. With this first card, my chemistry, 98 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:08.800 my biology, my chromosomes, my makeup, my physical being number 99 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:14.800 one first choice, I can choose to get healthier. I 100 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.720 don't care what handicap you have in your life. You 101 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:21.680 can be healthier than you are right now. I can 102 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.720 choose to get healthier. There are things that I can 103 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.519 do that will increase my energy. There are things that 104 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.199 I can do that will lower my stress. There are 105 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.800 things that I can do that will cause me to 106 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:38.000 have more power, more health in my life. I can 107 00:06:38.040 --> 00:06:41.199 eat better, get more sleep, reduce the stress. They're all 108 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.839 kinds of things that I can do, and that's totally 109 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:48.680 in my control. And instead of bemoaning the fact that 110 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:54.680 you don't have an Olympic body, the fact is, instead 111 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.040 of bemoaning what you don't have, you need to do 112 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.279 a better job of making the most of what you've got. 113 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.600 And the fact is you're not. You're not making the 114 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.959 most of the body you've been given. So I'm one 115 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:09.839 nineteen Verse thirty seventy three says this, You made my body. 116 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:10.199 Lord. 117 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:15.319 Now give me sinse to heed your laws. Give me 118 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:19.079 sense to heed your laws. There are certain things you 119 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.120 can learn if you have chronic pain in your life. 120 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:27.199 You need to learn principles of pain management. There are 121 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.399 things we know about pain today that we didn't even 122 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:34.600 know ten years ago. You might write this down, The 123 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:39.199 pain is in my brain. Write that down. The pain 124 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:44.399 is in my brain. Yeah, it starts in your rear 125 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:50.720 end or wherever you're back, your knee, whatever. But that's 126 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:54.160 sending signals to a certain place called your brain, and 127 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.920 pain is processed by the brain. You can change your 128 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:03.759 pain level by changing your brain. That's controllable, that is 129 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:10.720 flat out controllable, and so improving the controllables reduces the 130 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.959 impact of the uncontrollables in my life. 131 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:14.959 Does that make sense? 132 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:18.519 The things in your life you can't change about your body, 133 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:21.480 You're never going to be one inch taller, you're never 134 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:22.560 going to be as handsome as me. 135 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:27.199 But there are a lot of things you can't change. 136 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.319 But you can change the controllables, and you could have 137 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:32.360 more energy than you've got, and you could be in 138 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:35.279 better shape, and you could probably extend your life some 139 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.000 simply by eating right, doing right, being right, things like that. 140 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:43.559 So that's in your control. Maybe you need to go 141 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.320 get a checkup, Maybe you need to go get some 142 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.120 blood work, Maybe you need to go see a dentist. 143 00:08:49.799 --> 00:08:54.279 Maybe you need to get a supplement or get on 144 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:57.720 some kind of hormone replacement or whatever. I don't know, 145 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:00.320 but the fact is there are some steps you can 146 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:04.720 do medicine, exercise, controllable things. Daniel plan And so you 147 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.039 start with the physical. The first card, What do I 148 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:13.480 need to do physically? Shakespeare said, it's impossible to be 149 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.000 a philosopher with a toothache, and it's true, and it's 150 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.399 hard to feel close to God when you're in pain. 151 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:25.480 So deal with the pain. Number two. Second choice has 152 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:28.200 to do with my connections. And the choice I make 153 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:34.159 here is I can choose to deepen relationships. That's an 154 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:37.440 intentional choice to make my relationships better. 155 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:40.759 They can be better than they are right now. 156 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:45.879 I can choose to deepen my relationships. I can learn 157 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:51.240 some communication skills. I can build some new healthy relationships 158 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:56.120 and replace some bad, unhealthy relationships. I can reach out, 159 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:00.159 I can work on my relationships. I can risk connecting. 160 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:05.879 And I don't say that word risk arbitrarily, because any 161 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.440 connection you make is going to be a risk. If 162 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.080 you're going to build some new, healthy relationships, you're going 163 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:17.240 to have to risk some connecting. Would you write this down? 164 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:25.600 The fear of rejection prevents connection. The fear of rejection 165 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:32.480 prevents connection. And really the reason why you feel disconnected 166 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:35.639 is your fear of being rejected, your fear of being disapproved, 167 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:40.679 your fear of being hurt, your fear of others. Let's 168 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.240 go back to this issue of marriage. A lot of 169 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:45.159 you have said, you know, I really, in my heart 170 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.120 of hearts, i'd like to be married or I'd like 171 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.399 to be remarried, but I'm not. And you're telling yourself 172 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:54.440 no one would ever want. 173 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:54.840 To marry me. 174 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:59.480 Are you sure that's a feeling, not a fact. I 175 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.399 could ever get remarried at my age. Are you sure 176 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:05.840 that's a feeling not a fact. We had a wedding 177 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:07.279 the other day with a guy who's nearly one hundred 178 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:12.080 years old. I'm too old again. Are you sure that's 179 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:16.600 a feeling not a fact? And as long as you believe, 180 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.879 of course that's going to be true. But you're basing 181 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:23.159 it on feelings, not fact. Nobody would ever want to 182 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:28.120 marry me the way I look at my age. I 183 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.320 need to invite you to some of the odd weddings 184 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:35.240 I do, because you're not nearly as odd as some 185 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:35.559 of the. 186 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.519 Weddings I have done. 187 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:42.919 You say, but I'm just not good at social interaction. 188 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:49.960 I don't like that dating stuff. It's so icky. I'm 189 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:53.679 just not good at that, And that's the fear of rejection. 190 00:11:54.720 --> 00:12:00.919 Would you write this down? Awkward won't kill me. Feeling 191 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.159 awkward won't kill me. Of course, it's awkward in developing 192 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:06.639 a new Really, I've never met anybody who didn't feel 193 00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:10.000 awkward in developing a new Really, welcome to the human race. 194 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:16.600 But you move against that awkwardness and you find out 195 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.360 feeling awkward won't kill me. 196 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.559 How do I get rid of fear? How do I 197 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:23.080 get rid. 198 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:26.440 Of that fear first? John four eighteen. Look here on 199 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:32.039 the screen. There is no fear in love. On your 200 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.720 outline circle that no fear. There is no fear, There 201 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:42.720 is no fear. There is no fear in love. Perfect 202 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:48.080 love casts out all fear. Now why it does love 203 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:51.440 take away fear? Because love takes the focus off me 204 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:57.440 and puts it on somebody else. It's not about me, 205 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:02.720 my needs, my help, my heart, my hurt. It's about you. 206 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.480 Love has no fear because it's not about me. You see, 207 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:09.000 this is why you get up tight in social settings. 208 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.519 You go to a party and you walk in, and 209 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:12.799 the first thing you think. 210 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.840 Is, how do I look to everybody else? 211 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:21.519 What is everybody else thinking about me? Do I have 212 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.759 spinach in my teeth or my legs crossed just appropriately, 213 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:29.600 there's any toilet paper dangling from back behind me? 214 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.120 How do I look? What does everybody think of me? 215 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.600 I'll tell you they're not thinking about you. No one 216 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.039 in that party is thinking about you. You know why, 217 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:46.039 because they're all thinking how do I look to everybody else? 218 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.200 They're not even thinking about you. 219 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:57.200 This is the fallacy of single adult parties. We go 220 00:13:57.279 --> 00:14:00.080 in thinking everybody's I've got to worry about everyone. How 221 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.159 everybody's gonna look at me? Nobody's looking at you. They're 222 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.480 all uptight about themselves. 223 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:06.919 Now. 224 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:11.159 Self centeredness walks into the room saying, how do I 225 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:15.159 look at everybody else? Love walks into room, going who 226 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:20.000 here needs my help? Who needs a word of encouragement? 227 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.879 Who needs a pat on the back? Who could use 228 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:27.240 a little affirmation? Who at this party looked like they're 229 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:29.799 a little on the outside and uncomfortable, and I could 230 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:31.000 put them at ease? 231 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.080 Love. 232 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:37.639 Humility is not thinking of yourself less. I'm no good, 233 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:41.039 I'm nothing, I'm junk, I'm no Humility is thinking of 234 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:47.559 yourself less. Humility isn't thinking of yourself as not good. 235 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:51.840 Humility is just not thinking about yourself. You're so focused 236 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:56.159 on thinking about other people, you're not thinking about yourself. 237 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:01.360 If I walked out here week after week and I 238 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:05.919 worried about how I looked to you and to the 239 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:07.960 thousands of people who have come to saddle Back I 240 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:11.480 walk it, I'd be scared to death. But if I 241 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:13.240 come out there and I going, Lord, what do these 242 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:17.279 people need? And I'm thinking about you, your needs, your hurts, 243 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.840 your interests. I'm not thinking about me. Perfect love casts 244 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:26.440 out all fear. The antidote to your social phobia is 245 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.039 to get your eyes off you, to stop being so 246 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:32.799 self centered, and to think about somebody else, and to 247 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.399 think about their needs, their hurts, their interests, and how 248 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.399 you could help them. 249 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.679 Perfect love cast out all fear. 250 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:42.679 I'm not an authority on a lot of things, but 251 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.279 i am an authority on fear because I've dealt with 252 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:50.919 it my entire life. And fear is fea r false evidence, 253 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:55.600 appearing real. It's not real. So how do you get 254 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.360 rid of the fear in your life? The fear of 255 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:02.240 making that connection, of making a commitment, the fear of 256 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:04.639 getting to know a stranger, the fear of getting in 257 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:06.480 a small group, all of these things. 258 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.480 How do I get rid of that? 259 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:11.120 You can't talk yourself out of it because fear isn't logical, 260 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.320 it isn't rational, and so you can rationalize it all 261 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.320 you want, but it isn't gonna go away. There's only 262 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:20.840 one way to get rid of fear. Do the thing 263 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:26.159 you fear the most. Move against your fear. Fear does 264 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:29.600 not go away from logic, Fear goes away from action, 265 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:32.679 and you walk up to the Red Sea and the 266 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:35.559 and the Egyptians are behind you, and you go, God, 267 00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:37.200 I'm I'm gonna I'm in a no place. 268 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:43.639 I'm gonna cull the sack. I'm himmed in And you 269 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.559 step in and water parts. 270 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:49.440 And you go to the Jordan River and the water 271 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.360 is there, and you got to go across the Jordan 272 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:56.039 and you step in and the water backs up. You 273 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:01.039 move and the fear vanishes. Fear is always worse than 274 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:05.480 the reality. Why because fear torments you twenty four hours 275 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:08.279 a day and the reality that party might even only 276 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:13.960 last an hour. And it's the fear is always worse 277 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.759 than the reality. And so you have to say, Okay, 278 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.079 what am I gonna do? I'm gonna let look at 279 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:25.519 this next verse First Corinthians fourteen to one. Let love 280 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.599 be your highest goal, that ought to be the goal 281 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:32.799 for the rest of your life. It's not about accomplishments. 282 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:36.440 It's not about achievement, it's not about fame. It's about love. 283 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.599 Love is going to be my high school life is 284 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:43.200 all about learning how to love. Sib or Rick, I 285 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:47.559 loved and I got burned so bad. I gave my 286 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:50.039 heart on a platter and they took it and stomped 287 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:53.279 on it and tore it up into a grinder and 288 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:59.039 made hamburger out of it. And I am still hurting 289 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:05.839 from that. And and you think that excuses you to 290 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:08.400 not love again. Show me that in the Bible where 291 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:10.920 it says you get hurt by love, that allows you 292 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:16.960 to no longer love anybody. Nonsense, nonsense, You are not 293 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:23.640 allowed to not love. Love means risking connections, It means 294 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.599 stepping out. So what happens when I really tried to 295 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:29.119 love this person and it was blocked? 296 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.319 What do you do with a block love? You always 297 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.200 redirect it. 298 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:36.559 If you try to love somebody and they reject your love. 299 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.519 Let me tell you, friends, there are billions of people 300 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:42.559 in this world who are dying for your love, and 301 00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:45.559 they're all around you. And when your love is blocked 302 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:48.519 and you can't love in that direction, then you love 303 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.359 in this direction. 304 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:52.599 And there are plenty of people like. 305 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.839 The elderly who need your love, like orphans who need 306 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:00.000 your love, like little girls and little boys growing up 307 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:04.640 without daddies who need your love. There's people all around you. 308 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:08.039 There's people on your row who are starving for your love. 309 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.200 Right now, you do not get to say I'm not 310 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:16.400 going to love because I got hurt once. You ought 311 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:20.880 to pray ifhes in three seventeen, I pray that Christ 312 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.519 will live in your hearts by faith, and that your 313 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:28.559 life will be strong in love. Circle that your life 314 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:33.160 will be strong in love and be built on love. 315 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.680 So circle that strong in love, built on love. You 316 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:37.000 ought to pray that every morning. Get up in the 317 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:41.279 morning and say, God today, here's what Jesus Christ. I 318 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:44.680 want you to fill my heart by faith and Jesus Christ. 319 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.039 Today. 320 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.000 I want to be strong in love and I want 321 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.240 to be. 322 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.880 Built on love. 323 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:54.680 By the way, where do you learn connection techniques? The 324 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:59.160 church was designed to be the laboratory for love. Now 325 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:01.799 you can't love a The only way you can learn 326 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.680 love in this church get in a small group. 327 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:04.440 That's why we. 328 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:09.559 Insist everybody, everybody, everybody be in a small group. The 329 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:12.200 very reason you're afraid to get in a small group 330 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.160 is the very reason you need it. 331 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:20.799 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We are so glad 332 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.200 you're with us today, and if you'd like to receive 333 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:27.160 rix free daily devotional, go to pastorick dot com and 334 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:29.920 sign up right now. Rick will be back in just 335 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:32.799 a moment to close out our time today. But first, 336 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:36.039 the truth is that most of us don't pay much 337 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:39.359 attention to our health until something goes wrong. 338 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.599 We put on a. 339 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:43.880 Couple of pounds every year and think no big deal, right, 340 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:46.880 But a few pounds over five or ten years can 341 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:50.480 really add up. That's why Pastor Rick Warren has put 342 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:55.079 together the Daniel Plan DVD Study Kit. 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Let us send you a 353 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:40.720 copy of the Daniel Plan DVD Studykit as our way 354 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:44.759 of saying thanks for your financial support of this ministry. 355 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:48.559 Just go to Pastorick dot com right now to get 356 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:52.319 your copy, or you can call eight hundred six hundred 357 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:56.279 five thousand and four that's Pastorick dot com. Or call 358 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.440 eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four and thank 359 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:02.440 you so much for your support. 360 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:05.240 Here's Pastor Rick with a closing thought. 361 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:09.000 God has five purposes for your life. He wants you 362 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:12.279 to know and love Him. That's called worship. He wants 363 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:15.839 you to belong to his family that's called fellowship. He 364 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.759 wants you to grow in character to be more like Christ. 365 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:22.160 That's called discipleship. And he wants you to learn to 366 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.119 serve using your gifts and talents, serve God by serving others. 367 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:29.720 That's called your ministry. Finally, he wants you to share 368 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.599 the good news and your life message with other people 369 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.240 around the world. That's called your mission. I'd like to 370 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:38.960 close today to talk to you for just a second 371 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:43.480 about your personal mission. Did you know that the Bible 372 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.759 says every time somebody accepts the Lord, they throw a 373 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:49.160 party in heaven. Did you know that it's right there 374 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:52.000 in Luke fifteen, verse seven, where the Bible says there's 375 00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:55.599 more joy in heaven over one sinner who changes his 376 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:59.400 heart and life than over ninety nine who don't need 377 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:02.799 to turn to Christ, who are already there. The day 378 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:05.839 that you accepted Jesus Christ, there was a party in 379 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:08.559 heaven for you. And by the way, the day that 380 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:12.079 you help somebody else come to know the Lord, there's 381 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.799 going to be a party in heaven. But there's also 382 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:16.119 going to be a party in your heart. I want 383 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:19.880 to encourage you today to look outward, to look around 384 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:23.079 you and see the people who need to hear about 385 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:26.359 the love of God, about the message of Christ, about 386 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:29.680 the purpose of life, about the daily hope that we 387 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:32.680 have in our hearts. The Bible says, always be ready 388 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:35.799 to share the hope that is within you. Could I 389 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:39.279 pray for you, and as we bow in prayer, you 390 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:42.960 might want to pray this prayer with me. Say, Father, 391 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:47.640 I want the joy that you've given me to be 392 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:51.359 shared with other people. And a lot of times I'm 393 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:56.400 afraid or hesitant to talk about you to others. Would 394 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:00.039 you give me so much love for other people that 395 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:04.640 love overcomes my fears and gives me the right words 396 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:07.200 to say as I share the hope that's in me, 397 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:13.640 Allow me to help others find you, to find real hope, 398 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:17.680 to find joy through knowing you. Thank you Lord so 399 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:22.599 much for trusting me to help bring others to you. 400 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:26.400 I want to accept my mission, and I want to 401 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:29.519