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<v Speaker 2>Hello, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series from

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<v Speaker 1>Psalm twenty three called living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>jump right in and take a look at part three

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called letting God Meet My Needs.

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<v Speaker 2>You remember when you were a little kid, your parents

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<v Speaker 2>would go on an outing. You go on a picnic

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<v Speaker 2>or a hike, or you know, you go hunting or fishing,

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<v Speaker 2>or you go to Disneyland, and at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, your little legs are so tired. Mom or

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<v Speaker 2>Dad has to carry you out to the car because

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<v Speaker 2>you're just pooped out. Your legs give out as a

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<v Speaker 2>little kid, and that's what happens during the week sometimes,

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<v Speaker 2>and you say, God, I am just pooped out, I

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<v Speaker 2>am worn out. I don't think I can put one

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<v Speaker 2>foot in front of the use. I need you to

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<v Speaker 2>carry me right now, carry me the car, take me home,

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<v Speaker 2>get me home. And he says, I'm your shepherd, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>care for you, I'll bless you. I'll protect you, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>save you, I'll guide you, I'll direct you, I'll discipline

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<v Speaker 2>you when you need it, I'll defend you. I will

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<v Speaker 2>do all of these things. And when you're worn out

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<v Speaker 2>and you're tired, and you can't put one foot in

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<v Speaker 2>front of the others, I'll carry you. Just hop on

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll take you. I'll take you to the car.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll take you home. That's what you do every day.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask him to be on my shepherd. Number two. Second

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<v Speaker 2>is very important. I give him Jesus first place in

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<v Speaker 2>every area of my life. This is extremely important that

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<v Speaker 2>I give Jesus first place in every area of my life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're a believer, you've given him first place in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Said, I want you to be number one.

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<v Speaker 2>But there's different parts of your life that are not

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<v Speaker 2>under his control. And when you say Jesus, come into

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<v Speaker 2>my house, you need to say have the whole house.

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<v Speaker 2>You got access to the bedroom, you got access to

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<v Speaker 2>the bathroom, you got to ask access to the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 2>In my life, you got access to that closet over

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<v Speaker 2>there where I've got all kinds of stuff hidden. You

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<v Speaker 2>got access to the garage, to the living room, to

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<v Speaker 2>the dining room. It's all yours, Jesus, take over the

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<v Speaker 2>whole house. Have you ever said that? Not? Yeah, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to just get me to heaven. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to be number one every area of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this, Matthew six, verse thirty one thirty three.

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<v Speaker 2>Your heavenly Father already knows perfectly well what you need.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me stop right there. Your heavenly Father perfectly knows

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<v Speaker 2>already what you need. So any need you mentioned to God,

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<v Speaker 2>he already knows. Someday, I'm going to do a message

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<v Speaker 2>called phrases. You'll never hear God say like oops. You

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<v Speaker 2>know you never want to hear a surgeon say that

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<v Speaker 2>when you're laying on a table. Oops. God never says oops.

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<v Speaker 2>God never says well, I didn't know that. Well, slap me.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I didn't see that one coming. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>see that one coming. God will never say that. God

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<v Speaker 2>knows your needs better than you do. You got needs.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't even know you've got needs. God says, man,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a big need. That's a big need in their lives.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't even see it. They're blind to it. They

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<v Speaker 2>got a blind spot. They have no idea, how many

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<v Speaker 2>needs they've got. God knows your needs better than you do.

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<v Speaker 2>So anytime you come to God with the deeds, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna go whoah. I never saw that one coming.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew it before he made you. God, listen, allows

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<v Speaker 2>needs in your life so you'll come to him so

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<v Speaker 2>he can answer that need, so you'll trust him. We

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<v Speaker 2>looked at that circle last week. You get a need

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<v Speaker 2>and then you ask God to meet that need. You

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<v Speaker 2>cry out, God meets that need, and then you trust

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<v Speaker 2>God more and you do that circle thousands of times.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how you learn to trust God. If you didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have needs, you'd never trust God. So God allows needs

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<v Speaker 2>in your life so you can learn to trust him.

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<v Speaker 2>But he says, I already know what you need before

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<v Speaker 2>you even ask. And he says, and he will not

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<v Speaker 2>might he will give you what you need if here's

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<v Speaker 2>the condition. If you give him first place in your

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<v Speaker 2>life and you live as he wants you to. So

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<v Speaker 2>you give God first place in every area of your life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me just tell you something. Anytime you worry, that

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<v Speaker 2>is a warning light that that particular area of your

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<v Speaker 2>life you have not given him first place. Every time

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<v Speaker 2>you worry. You go, Oh, that's an area where God's

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<v Speaker 2>not number one. Any area of your life where God

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<v Speaker 2>is not number one, you're going to worry about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Any area of your life where God's not number one,

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<v Speaker 2>that's going to be a source of insecurity in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>your job, or anything else. Any area in your life

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<v Speaker 2>that is not under the lordship of Christ is not

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<v Speaker 2>given first place to God, that's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>constant source of worry and insecurity your entire life. So

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<v Speaker 2>if nothing first God is first place in no where

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, you got everything to be worried about.

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<v Speaker 2>You might hold on to a couple of airs. God,

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<v Speaker 2>you can have the whole house, but don't have the bedroom,

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<v Speaker 2>Then you're gonna worry about that area. God, you can

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<v Speaker 2>have every air of the house except the kitchen, then

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna worry about that area. It's the sign that

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<v Speaker 2>he's not number one. It's an indication that you've got

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<v Speaker 2>mixed up values. When you make Jesus Christ number one

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<v Speaker 2>in every single area of your life, it really simplifies

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<v Speaker 2>your priorities and it also gives you a whole lot

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<v Speaker 2>less to worry about. See, when it's given to God,

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<v Speaker 2>then you don't have to worry about it. Too often

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<v Speaker 2>we worry about things. We worry about physical possessions, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's just like that. If you have fewer possessions, you

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<v Speaker 2>have lest you know, I never, never, never, never, never

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<v Speaker 2>worry about getting barnacles on my yacht because I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a yacht, So I've never never worried about how

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<v Speaker 2>am I going to get those barnacles off that yacht.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to worry about it because my life

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<v Speaker 2>is simplified and the things that are in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>I've given them to God. Now, as long as you

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<v Speaker 2>love anything else in your life more than God, that

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<v Speaker 2>area is going to become a source of worry to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Just count on it. It's going to become a source

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<v Speaker 2>of stress and a source of insecurity if God. If

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<v Speaker 2>you love it more than God, you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>victimized by worry and anxiety. And eventually everybody has to decide,

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<v Speaker 2>you and me and everybody else what am I going

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<v Speaker 2>to live for? And who am I going to live for?

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<v Speaker 2>And whatever that answer is becomes your lord. Some of you,

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<v Speaker 2>your job is your lord. For some of you, your

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<v Speaker 2>marriage your lord. For some of you, your children, is

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<v Speaker 2>your Lord. Those are all good things, nothing wrong with it,

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<v Speaker 2>They just don't deserve God's place. And when anything takes

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<v Speaker 2>place God, that's called an idol. And it creates stress,

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<v Speaker 2>and it creates worry, and it creates insecurity. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things we worry about the most, of course,

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<v Speaker 2>is money. What I've discovered is it no matter how

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<v Speaker 2>much or how little you've got about it, you still

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<v Speaker 2>worry about it. You know, I've been in one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and sixty four countries and I've seen the poorest of

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<v Speaker 2>the poor, of the poor of the poorest of the poor.

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<v Speaker 2>And on the other hand, I know a number of

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<v Speaker 2>billionaires and multi multi billionaires. You know, I've discovered it

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<v Speaker 2>both ends. They both worry about money. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have it, you worry about getting it. If you've

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<v Speaker 2>got it, you're worrying about keeping it, saving it, spending it,

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<v Speaker 2>investing it, protecting it. And God says, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what you're worrying about. That I'll take care of all

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<v Speaker 2>your needs. So every day I ask Jesus to be

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<v Speaker 2>my shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd. Say it fifty

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<v Speaker 2>times a day, and then I give him first place

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<v Speaker 2>in every area of my life. Here's the third thing.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the third thing God wants to say to you.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're going to cover this more in detail. And

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<v Speaker 2>next week. Relax, Relax and give him my worries in prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to relax. He wants you to give

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<v Speaker 2>him your worries in prayer. And you say, Jesus, just

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<v Speaker 2>take these things I'm worried about, and you just hand

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<v Speaker 2>them over to him. You know, last week we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about counting your blessings. I said, you know, look at

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<v Speaker 2>all the things God has done for you in your

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<v Speaker 2>life that are good. I said, make a list. Make

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<v Speaker 2>a list of all the good things God's done for you.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you start getting down, pull out that list

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<v Speaker 2>and read, Wow, God, it really has been good to me.

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<v Speaker 2>The freedom I have. I have a brain, I can see,

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<v Speaker 2>I can hear all of the many things that you

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<v Speaker 2>take for granted. So you make a list of blessings.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes you know what you need to do. You

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<v Speaker 2>need to make a list of worries. And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, sometimes you have a sense of I just

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<v Speaker 2>feel anxious. I have this general anxiety. I feel a

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<v Speaker 2>little uptight, a little nervous, and I don't really know

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<v Speaker 2>what's causing it. Well, you can just say, God, I

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<v Speaker 2>give you my generalized worry. But it's even better to

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<v Speaker 2>stop and go, what is it that's really bugging me?

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<v Speaker 2>Am I worried that somebody's going to disapprove of me?

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<v Speaker 2>Then you write that down. Am I worried that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be rejected? And you write that down. Am

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<v Speaker 2>I worried that I'm going to be insecure and not

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<v Speaker 2>have enough? You write that down. Am I worried that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to be lonely the rest of my life?

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<v Speaker 2>You write that down. You write them all down, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you give God your worries to say, here's the list, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>here's some stuff that's on my mind day. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>going to keep them. I'm going to give them to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Notice this next verse one Peter five seven. Give all

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<v Speaker 2>your worries and cares to God. In other words, don't

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<v Speaker 2>stuff them. He cares about what happens to you. Just

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<v Speaker 2>give them to Not You weren't made. Remember your it's

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<v Speaker 2>unnatural to worry, so you shouldn't swallow your worries. When

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<v Speaker 2>you swallow your worries, your stomach keep scores. I just said,

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<v Speaker 2>and so you need when you are worried, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>work to try to deny it or ignore it, like

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<v Speaker 2>push it down. I'm not worried. I'm not worried. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not worried. I'm not worried. That doesn't work because in

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<v Speaker 2>your mind it's going, yeah, you're worried, Yeah, you're worried, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you're worried. Yeah, you're worried, and you keep pushing it

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<v Speaker 2>out of the way, and it's like putting it under

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<v Speaker 2>the carpet, and then the carpet pile gets bigger and

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<v Speaker 2>bigger and you start stumbling over it. Now, when you

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<v Speaker 2>are worried, don't repress it, push it down, don't suppress it,

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<v Speaker 2>deny it. I'm not worried. Yeah you are. Don't repress it,

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<v Speaker 2>don't suppress it. Express it to God, Confess it to God,

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<v Speaker 2>and say God, here's my list of worries. If you

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<v Speaker 2>try to push down the worries in your life, you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get sick. It's like taking a can of coke,

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<v Speaker 2>shaking it all up real violently and then putting it

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<v Speaker 2>and it's gonna come out sideways, and it'll come out

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<v Speaker 2>sideways in your life, in a broken relationship, an explosion

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<v Speaker 2>at work in all these other areas when we take

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<v Speaker 2>so much worry onto ourselves and eventually it comes out.

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<v Speaker 2>So you relax and you give him your worries and

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<v Speaker 2>you just say, God, hear, are the things I'm worried about? Now?

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<v Speaker 2>You remember earlier we read that verse where Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 2>your needs. Well, right before that he had said this,

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<v Speaker 2>look up on the screen, Matthew six point thirty two.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, for the people who don't know God, the unbeliever,

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<v Speaker 2>Do I have accessorizing myself? And all these different things.

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<v Speaker 2>So the people who don't know God run after all

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<v Speaker 2>these things. Now, I don't have to go into this

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<v Speaker 2>because you know what, people are running after material goods,

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<v Speaker 2>all these things. You know, it's interesting. I looked up

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<v Speaker 2>this word run says these people who don't know God

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<v Speaker 2>run after these things. It actually means in Greek frantically seeking,

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<v Speaker 2>frantically seeking materialism, you know, passions, pleasures, possessions, the frantically seeking.

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<v Speaker 2>It's scurrying to get about. When I think of this

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<v Speaker 2>verse date run after these things, I think of shopping

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<v Speaker 2>crowds at the mall on Black Friday after Thanksgiving. They're

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<v Speaker 2>elbow you and push you, he says. Unbelievers, people who

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<v Speaker 2>don't know God, they're like this. They're frantic, get get,

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<v Speaker 2>get grabbing, he said, they run after all these things.

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<v Speaker 2>They're hurrying and scurrying all the time. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to write this down. Hurry creates worry. Hurry creates worry.

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<v Speaker 2>And the faster you go in life, the more likely

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<v Speaker 2>you are to worry. You need to slow down. You

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<v Speaker 2>slower pace. Hurry creates worry. Hurrying, and if you're hurrying

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<v Speaker 2>and scurrying, you're going to end up worrying. Now, the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says this, we looked at the first earlier, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna go back to on the screen Philippians four,

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<v Speaker 2>verses six and seven. It says this, don't worry about anything. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>pray about everything. Don't panic, pray, tell God about all

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<v Speaker 2>your needs. That's give it to God and thank him

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<v Speaker 2>for all He's done for you. If you do this,

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<v Speaker 2>If you do this, you'll experience God's peace. God's peace,

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<v Speaker 2>not your own peace, God's peace, which is far more

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<v Speaker 2>this the peace that passes understanding. What is the peace

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<v Speaker 2>that passes understanding. It's when you're at peace and you

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<v Speaker 2>have no logical, rational reason to be at peace. I

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<v Speaker 2>Why the Lord is my shepherd. You just got the

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<v Speaker 2>some reason, I got peace about it. Why peace that

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<v Speaker 2>the peace that understand it. And that's a witness to

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<v Speaker 2>the world. And people go, man, I want to be

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<v Speaker 2>She's at peace in the middle of chaos. Anybody can

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<v Speaker 2>if if you're at peace in the middle of chaos,

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<v Speaker 2>So every day I start the day, and throughout the day,

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<v Speaker 2>in every area of my life, not just this area,

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<v Speaker 2>but every single compartment of my life. And then I relax.

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<v Speaker 2>And every time a worry comes up, I say, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord's my shepherd, and I give that worry to God.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't hold on to it, and I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>I got to think about it. Later, I said, God,

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<v Speaker 2>take that one. I don't have time to think about

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<v Speaker 2>that worry. Take that worry. God, Take that worry. God,

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<v Speaker 2>and you just keep loading them on. He can handle it.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you, but I am encouraged after

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<v Speaker 1>that message. And let's keep the encouragement going with a

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick. You know I love hearing from Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 2>listeners like you, And here's one note that I got

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<v Speaker 2>from Raymond in New York, Your pastor, Rick, I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>you to know how much I appreciate the Daily Hope broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>The nuggets that I get I share with my lunch

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<v Speaker 2>group at work, and my family benefits as well, because

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<v Speaker 2>at dinner time, my wife and my son hear the

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<v Speaker 2>nugget that I learned during the day and we discuss it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's awesome. Well, let me just say this, Raymond, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for writing me, and thanks for sharing your story. You

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<v Speaker 2>encouraged me just now. I'm happy to hear that you're

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<v Speaker 2>sharing Daily Hope with your co workers and with your family.

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<v Speaker 2>If God has used this broadcast in your life, would

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<v Speaker 2>you let me know about it and tell your story.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll be good for you. It'll be good for me,

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<v Speaker 2>and it'll be good for all the others who hear it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love you, and I thank God for you. And

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<v Speaker 2>join me next time as we continue to look into

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<v Speaker 2>God's word for our daily hope.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, if you'd like to let Rick know how much

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<v Speaker 1>this broadcast has blessed you, please feel free to send

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<v Speaker 1>at pastorrick dot com. That's Rick at pastorick dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us next time as we look

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