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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 forty Days in the Word. In these messages, Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>for God's Word and revolutionize your life as you grow

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message

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<v Speaker 1>called how the Bible Changes Us.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible is unlike any other book. It's why we

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<v Speaker 2>call it the Holy Bible. There are a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>good books in the world. In fact, there are a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of great books in the world, and there are

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<v Speaker 2>some really super great books.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been a reader all my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a library over twenty thousand volumes some of

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<v Speaker 2>them as old as four or five hundred years old,

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<v Speaker 2>that I've been collecting since I was seventeen, and use

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<v Speaker 2>bookstores in every city I went into in the world,

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<v Speaker 2>and there are a lot of really good books. But

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<v Speaker 2>this book is unlike any other book. It has a power,

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<v Speaker 2>a supernatural power in it that no other book has

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<v Speaker 2>to change lives. And the reason it has the power

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<v Speaker 2>to change lives is because it is the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Last week we looked at the seven reasons we can

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<v Speaker 2>know for certain that this is God's Word, That it's

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<v Speaker 2>not just a human book, it's not just an ordinary book.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not just a bunch of fairy tales, or for

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<v Speaker 2>that matter, even just a history of Israel. That it

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<v Speaker 2>is theoneustosis. The Bible calls it God breathed. And the

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<v Speaker 2>reason why the Bible has the power to change our

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<v Speaker 2>lives is because it's not just words in print. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not just human ideas, it's not just pop psychology.

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<v Speaker 3>It is the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the word of God is the most powerful thing

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<v Speaker 2>in the universe. In fact, the Bible says the entire

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<v Speaker 2>universe was created by the word of God. God spoke

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<v Speaker 2>it into existence, that God gave us the universe by

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<v Speaker 2>simply speaking it and over and over again. God speaks

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<v Speaker 2>and it happens. God speaks and it happens. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>for thousands of years, scientists believed that the universe was

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<v Speaker 2>infinite and that it was eternal, that it had no

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<v Speaker 2>beginning and had no end. We know that's not true anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Einstein and the theory of relativity, and then

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<v Speaker 2>later the calculations of people like Stephen Hawkings and many

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<v Speaker 2>others have proven we now know. Scientists widely accept that

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<v Speaker 2>the universe had a definite beginning and has will have

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<v Speaker 2>a definite end. We don't know when that's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Bible of course said that, you know, thousands

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<v Speaker 2>of years ago that the Bible, the world was created,

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<v Speaker 2>the universe is created, and that there will be an

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<v Speaker 2>end to it, that God has other plans after the universe,

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<v Speaker 2>and things like that. Now the scientists call the beginning

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<v Speaker 2>of the universe the big Bang. I don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>problem with that, you know, I don't have a problem

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<v Speaker 2>with that. I mean, because wherever you got a big bang,

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<v Speaker 2>you got a big banger. And the Bible says this

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm thirty three six, The Lord merely spoke and the

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<v Speaker 2>heavens were created. He breathed the word and all the

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<v Speaker 2>stars were born. If you want to call that a

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<v Speaker 2>big bang, that in the split seconds all those stars

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<v Speaker 2>were spewed out all over. Fine, but I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you behind that bang was the Word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It wouldn't have happened unless it just didn't happen. By well,

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<v Speaker 2>it takes enormous amount of faith to believe it was

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<v Speaker 2>just an accident.

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<v Speaker 3>That something comes out of nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>We disproved spontaneous generation back in you know past yurs

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<v Speaker 2>Day and Curry and all these other guys that a

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't things don't son't happen out of nothing. That when

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<v Speaker 2>there is a cause and effect, there's the cause that

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<v Speaker 2>creates the effect. So the Word of God spoke. And

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<v Speaker 2>when you find the scriptures, the Bible says, God says,

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<v Speaker 2>let there be light. Bam, there's light. God says, let

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<v Speaker 2>there be this, and bam, there's that. And God says,

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<v Speaker 2>let there be this, and over and over, and God

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<v Speaker 2>speaks life into people. When Jesus was walking on the

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<v Speaker 2>planet two thousand years ago, he brought people back to

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<v Speaker 2>life simply by his word. These were widely seen miracles,

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<v Speaker 2>not attested to by two or three people, but four

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<v Speaker 2>or five hundred people at a time, sometimes thousands, in

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<v Speaker 2>what the Bible calls multitudes would see Jesus speak and

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<v Speaker 2>see people be healed, and see people be brought back

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<v Speaker 2>to life, and things like that. This is the power

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<v Speaker 2>of God's word. I don't have a power like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have a power like that because we're not God.

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<v Speaker 2>But the power of God's word is God can create

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<v Speaker 2>things and bring them into existence. That's enormous power. Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>said that his words were more than just words, that

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<v Speaker 2>they were spirit and life. The Bible says this, and

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<v Speaker 2>John sixt' sixty three it says, the words I have

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<v Speaker 2>spoken to you are spirit and they are life. In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, when Jesus says when I talk, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>his words. We're talking about spiritual power. We're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual life. Things that can transform society, transform history, transform people,

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<v Speaker 2>can do the impossible. Hebrews four twelve says it like this.

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<v Speaker 2>The word of God is living and active. The word

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<v Speaker 2>of God is actually a lie. It is living and active.

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<v Speaker 2>The word living there in Greek is the word zoo zoo.

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<v Speaker 2>We get the word zoo from it, or zoology. A

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<v Speaker 2>girl's name Zoe comes from that. It means to live,

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<v Speaker 2>and it says the Word of God is living. It

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<v Speaker 2>is alive. It's not just words, and it is active.

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<v Speaker 2>The Greek word there is the word inner goths or

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<v Speaker 2>inner ghosts, which is the word we.

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<v Speaker 3>Get energy from.

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<v Speaker 2>It has energy, It has power to change things. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says it is sharper than any double edged sword.

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<v Speaker 2>It penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow.

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<v Speaker 2>It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

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<v Speaker 3>What's he's saying, He says.

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<v Speaker 2>Sharper than any surgeon's skilled scalpel. The Word of God

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<v Speaker 2>has the bariability to cut right to the heart of

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<v Speaker 2>the issue. The ability of the Word of God has

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<v Speaker 2>the ability to point out what's wrong in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>what needs to be corrected in my life, and what

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<v Speaker 2>I need, what I own. It's not a skill saw,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a chain saw. It's like a scalpel. It

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<v Speaker 2>can do the fine work that needs to be done

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. Is exactly what I need. Now, what

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<v Speaker 2>do I need in my life? Well, I need the

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<v Speaker 2>same thing in my life that you need in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>What is that change the things in your life you

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<v Speaker 2>don't like, things in your life that you don't want.

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<v Speaker 3>There are things that you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Need changing in your life, and you may have even

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<v Speaker 2>tried to change them, but they haven't changed. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says the word of God can change.

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<v Speaker 3>Things that you cannot change on your own. D. L. Moody,

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<v Speaker 3>who was a.

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<v Speaker 2>Very famous pastor in Chicago one hundred years ago, said,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible wasn't given to increase our knowledge. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>was given to change our lives. And what I want

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<v Speaker 2>us to do this weekend is look at seven specific

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<v Speaker 2>ways God wants to change your life with his word.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven changes that you want in your life that God says,

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll invest your life in my word, it will

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<v Speaker 2>change you. So how does the God's living word change me?

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<v Speaker 2>You might write these down. There's seven reasons, seven ways.

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<v Speaker 2>The first way that God's word changes me is it

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<v Speaker 2>recreates my life. It recreates my life. What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>It means when my life has fallen apart, when my

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<v Speaker 2>life has gone to the dogs, when my life is

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like it said at the end of the road.

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<v Speaker 2>God comes in and recreates my life. He gives me

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<v Speaker 2>a whole new life. He gives me a fresh start.

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<v Speaker 2>He lets me begin again. The Bible calls it being

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<v Speaker 2>born again. It's that dramatic. Born again is simply meaning

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<v Speaker 2>you get a whole new life. You don't turn over

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<v Speaker 2>a new leaf. You get a whole new life. You

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<v Speaker 2>get to start over slatest clean Now. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>in James one eighteen, he chose to give us birth

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<v Speaker 2>through the word of Truth. Notice that this spiritual birth,

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<v Speaker 2>this salvation, comes through the word of Truth. You see,

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<v Speaker 2>without the word of God, you couldn't be saved. I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't be saved Without the word of God. We wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be headed for heaven. Why, we wouldn't even know there

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<v Speaker 2>was a heaven. If it wasn't for this book. We

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't know about Jesus dying the cross. We wouldn't know

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<v Speaker 2>how to trust him. We wouldn't know that God has

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<v Speaker 2>a purpose for our lives. We wouldn't know any of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that we need to know in order to

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<v Speaker 2>get to know God. Without his word. God is not silent.

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<v Speaker 2>God has chosen to reveal himself because he wants us

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<v Speaker 2>to know him. God knows everything about us. He wants

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<v Speaker 2>us to know about him. Paul told Timothy and two

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<v Speaker 2>Timothy three point fifteen. He says, you know from a child,

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<v Speaker 2>you have known the Holy scriptures, which you're able to

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<v Speaker 2>make you wise under salvation.

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<v Speaker 3>It's this book that's going to show you the path

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<v Speaker 3>to Heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be

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<v Speaker 4>Pastor Rick says, the Bible isn't meant to just inform us,

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<v Speaker 4>It's meant to transform us. That's why it's so important

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<v Speaker 4>to study God's Word. Maybe you've never studied the Bible

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<v Speaker 4>and you don't even know where to start. Or maybe

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<v Speaker 4>you read the Bible every day, but you're not getting

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<v Speaker 4>all God has for you out of the time you

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<v Speaker 4>spend with him. That's why Pastor Rick created a very

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<v Speaker 4>special Bible study called forty Days in the Word. This

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<v Speaker 4>life changing resource will ignite your passion for God's Word

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<v Speaker 4>and revolutionize your relationship with Jesus. The Forty Days in

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<v Speaker 4>the Word Study Kid includes six videos, sessions on DVD,

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<v Speaker 4>and a two hundred and six page, two color work book.

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<v Speaker 4>In the workbook, you'll find six easy to learn methods

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<v Speaker 4>for reading and meditating on Scripture. These are the very

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<v Speaker 4>You'll also find interactive journaling pages and Bible verse cards

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to more from God's Word with Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the Bible is often compared to a seed. We

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<v Speaker 2>like a seed planet in your life. And once it

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<v Speaker 2>begins to grow, and then it begins to bear fruit,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you see all these changes for the good

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. The Bible says it like this one

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<v Speaker 2>Peter one twenty three, You have been born again, not

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<v Speaker 2>of perishable seed, but of imperishable, in other words, eternal,

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<v Speaker 2>through the living and enduring Word of God. You might

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<v Speaker 2>circle that living and enduring the Word of God is

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<v Speaker 2>not just words. It is alive, the living and enduring

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<v Speaker 2>Word of God. And so we, as James says, humbly,

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<v Speaker 2>accept the word planeted you, which can save you. So

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<v Speaker 2>it starts off by recreating my life, but it's got

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<v Speaker 3>Let me give you the others. Number two.

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<v Speaker 2>The second thing that the Word of God can do

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<v Speaker 2>in my life is it eradicates my guilt.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to live have any guilt anymore in

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't want you going through life caring a baggage

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<v Speaker 2>of guilt in your life? Did you know that God

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to be free from guilt? And did you

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<v Speaker 2>know that the Bible was given so you could become

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<v Speaker 2>guilt free? That God uses the word to eradicate your guilt.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll never forget. Many many years ago, I was in

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, have you got a minute for me

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<v Speaker 3>And I began to take her through scripture after scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>On John chapter one, verse nine, if we confess our

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<v Speaker 2>and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I call that the

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<v Speaker 2>soap dish verse. God says, I'm gonna give you a bath.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not only gonna just forgive you, I'm gonna wipe

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. That's a cleaning verse. That's a disinfecting verse.

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<v Speaker 2>And I took it to verses like Romans eight, verse

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<v Speaker 2>one that says there's now no condemnation. That means none, zero,

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<v Speaker 2>zip none. There is no condemnation for those who are

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<v Speaker 2>in Christ. Jesus, you mean all the things I've done

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<v Speaker 2>wrong in my life, God's not gonna punish.

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<v Speaker 3>Me for it. Nope.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because Jesus already took that punishment on the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>What about the sins I commit tomorrow? Those two no condemnation.

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<v Speaker 2>That is such a guilt reliever, that is such a

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<v Speaker 2>shame reducer, that is such a regret elimination and eradicator.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible was given to cleanse our lives from guilt.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me show you a couple verses Ephesians chapter five,

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<v Speaker 2>and he gave himself up for her to make her holy,

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<v Speaker 2>cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle that phrase, through the word. What is he saying

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<v Speaker 2>is that when I take the word of God and

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<v Speaker 2>I fill my mind with it, it washes my mind,

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<v Speaker 2>it washes my body. It cleanses the dirt, the junk,

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<v Speaker 2>the grime, the grit, the shame, the sin, all out

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. That's what God's word does. It makes

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<v Speaker 2>me clean inside. It is the spiritual cleansing, so my

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<v Speaker 2>guilt is eradicated. Jesus once told the twelve followers his

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<v Speaker 2>disciples this John fifteen three. You are all ready clean

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<v Speaker 2>because of the word I have spoken to you. There

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<v Speaker 2>is a cleansing power in this book that when I

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<v Speaker 2>read it, it removes the guilt out of my life

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<v Speaker 2>by teaching me the truth. So the Word of God

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<v Speaker 2>can recreate my life and it can eradicate my guilt.

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<v Speaker 2>Number three, this is a big one. It activates my faith.

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<v Speaker 2>It not only eliminates or eradicates my guilt, it activates

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<v Speaker 2>my faith. And that is so important because it gives

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<v Speaker 2>me confidence. You know, I've discovered today most people are

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<v Speaker 2>not confident. Most people are not courageous. Most people are

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<v Speaker 2>flat out scared to death. They're afraid to take risks.

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<v Speaker 2>They're fear of failure, they're afraid of dying. They're filled

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<v Speaker 2>with all kinds of fears. They're not walking confidently because

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<v Speaker 2>they're not people of faith. Now, faith is word activated.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this Romans ten seventeen. Faith comes from

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<v Speaker 2>hearing the message, and the message is heard through the

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<v Speaker 2>Word of Christ. Now, if you've ever read a verse

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible and all of a sudden it hits you,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of a sudden you thought, I can do this,

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<v Speaker 2>I can do this, you have just had your faith

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<v Speaker 2>activated by the word of God. If you've ever been

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<v Speaker 2>in a service where Pastor Tom or I or some

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<v Speaker 2>other pastor was teaching, or you've been in a Bible

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<v Speaker 2>study and you heard the word of God and all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden you thought, I can do this, I

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<v Speaker 2>can do all things that Christ you strength to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You just had your faith activated by the word of God.

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<v Speaker 2>See this is the difference between the Bible and self

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<v Speaker 2>help books. Self help books often tell you some good stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>They can tell you the right thing to do, they

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<v Speaker 2>just don't give you the power.

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<v Speaker 4>To do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you read a self help book says now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you really want to succeed in life, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to stop worrying. Oh that's helpful. Okay, give up all

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<v Speaker 2>your bad helbits. Oh that's too And it'll tell you

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<v Speaker 2>all the right things to do. And they're right about

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<v Speaker 2>a number of those things. Stop thinking it's on negatively,

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<v Speaker 2>But you don't know how to stop it. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the power because those books aren't living. They're not alive.

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<v Speaker 2>But the power of God's word is. It not only

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<v Speaker 2>shows you what to do, it gives you the power

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<v Speaker 2>to do it, and it increases your faith. When I

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<v Speaker 2>read these thousands of promises in the Bible where God says,

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<v Speaker 2>You know, some of you know this story that at

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<v Speaker 2>I had my midlife crisis at age twenty five. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I was working so hard and working eighteen hours a

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<v Speaker 2>going to keep moving forward. You know, as I've said,

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<v Speaker 2>many times, what do you do when you're going through hell?

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<v Speaker 2>You keep going. You don't want to stay there, You

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<v Speaker 2>When you're going through hell, you just keep going. And

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<v Speaker 2>so my prayer was not, Oh, God, do something really

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<v Speaker 2>great in my life. My prayer was God, get me

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<v Speaker 2>through the weekend. And I just kept doing that. But

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<v Speaker 2>during that time I was learning things that was preparing

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<v Speaker 3>Prayer me to.

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<v Speaker 2>Handle enormous levels of stress that would break most people,

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<v Speaker 2>and to be able to manage all kinds of balls

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time. I learned some skills and some

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<v Speaker 2>character development there I would have never learned if I

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't gone through a year depression, because during that your depression.

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<v Speaker 3>I was forced to read this book, and I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Reading it and reading it and reading it and reading

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. If you've missed any

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, everybody, thanks so much for listening today. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>God's Word for our daily hope. This program is sponsored

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