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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, you're in the right place. You're tuned in

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<v Speaker 1>to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, where Rick Warren brings you

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<v Speaker 1>uplifting messages from God's Word every day to help you

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<v Speaker 1>grow deeper in faith and live with purpose. Well, today

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<v Speaker 1>we're beginning a powerful series called Toolbox for Life, where

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<v Speaker 1>Rick teaches four essential skills you need to succeed wherever

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<v Speaker 1>God has placed you, whether it's at home, at work,

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<v Speaker 1>at school, or in your community. These are tools every

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<v Speaker 1>follower of Jesus needs. Now, let's join Pastor Rick for

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<v Speaker 1>part one of a message called Ignoring the Naysayers.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there are thousands of self help books in

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<v Speaker 2>print today that will tell you this. They'll say all

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<v Speaker 2>you need to succeed is desire and determination. There are

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<v Speaker 2>thousands of books that will say all you need in

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<v Speaker 2>life to the success is desire and determination. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here to tell you that's just not true. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>not true.

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<v Speaker 3>I know a lot of.

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<v Speaker 2>People have desire and determination and have not succeeded in

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<v Speaker 2>life because it's partially true. Of course, you need desire,

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<v Speaker 2>of course you need determination, But you need more than that.

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<v Speaker 2>You need the tools, and you need the skills. To

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<v Speaker 2>succeed in life. For instance, a farmer can pray all

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<v Speaker 2>he wants for a giant corn crop, but he plants

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong seed, if he uses the wrong fertilizer, if

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't give it the proper amount of water, if

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't use the right harvester, it's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a big crop, no matter how hard he prays

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<v Speaker 2>and how sincere he is. And if I'm growing a

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<v Speaker 2>crop of wheat and I use a tomato harvester, it

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<v Speaker 2>won't work. And if I'm growing grapes and I use

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<v Speaker 2>a corn harvester, it won't work. You got to have

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<v Speaker 2>the right tools in life to succeed, and you've got

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<v Speaker 2>to have the right skills in life to succeed. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is not what I say, it's what the Bible says.

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<v Speaker 2>If you look on your outline, the top verse is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the theme verse for the next eight weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Ecclesiastes ten to ten from the Bible. It's one

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<v Speaker 2>of my life versus, and it says this, If the

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<v Speaker 2>axe is dull and its edge is unsharpened, more strength

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<v Speaker 2>is needed, but skill will bring success. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to circle the word skill, and I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>circle the word success and draw a line between the

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<v Speaker 2>two of them. You have to have the skills of

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<v Speaker 2>success in order to succeed in life. It's not just

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<v Speaker 2>good sincere desire and determination and you know, I'm you

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<v Speaker 2>know I want to succeed.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to have the skills. Now, let's go back.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually going to call this a toolbox for life,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's kind of what it is. It's a toolbox

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<v Speaker 2>for life. Part of my job, as your pastor who

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<v Speaker 2>loves you, is to equip you, vat you and give

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<v Speaker 2>you the life skills that you need to be all

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to be in all you want to

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<v Speaker 2>be in life. Now, the Bible says if an axe

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<v Speaker 2>is dull and its edge is unsharpened, more strength is required.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, if you're chopping wood and you got

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<v Speaker 2>an axe, you got a dull axe. It takes more effort,

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<v Speaker 2>far more effort to chop the wood. But if your

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<v Speaker 2>axe is really sharp, it's just not as hard. And

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<v Speaker 2>then it says skill will bring success. What that verse

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<v Speaker 2>is saying is work smarter, not harder. I know a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people in life who work harder than me.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's not about working hard. It's about working smart,

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<v Speaker 2>and it says if you sharpen your axe, then it

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<v Speaker 2>won't take as much effort for you to succeed in life.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll have the right skills. Now, anytime you come to church,

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<v Speaker 2>like right now, you're sharpening your acts, because I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to teach you some skins.

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<v Speaker 3>That will help you succeed in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're in a Bible study, when you're in a

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<v Speaker 2>small group, when you take a course, a class, you're

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<v Speaker 2>never wasting your time when you're sharpening your acts because

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<v Speaker 2>skill will bring success. Now, one of the skills, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just going to start with this, and doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to be the most important. It's just the one I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to start with in this series of eight life

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<v Speaker 2>skills that you need is learning how to deal with

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<v Speaker 2>the negative people in your life, the naysayers that want

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<v Speaker 2>to keep you from succeeding. Now, what is a naysayer? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I put a definition there on your outline. Look at this.

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<v Speaker 2>This is from Webster's dictionary. A naysayer is a person

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<v Speaker 2>who says something won't work or isn't possible. A cynic

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<v Speaker 2>who habitually expresses pessimistic views. How many of you have

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<v Speaker 2>ever met a naysayer in your life, raise your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't look at him, just raise your hand. Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>may be married to a naysayer, look get them, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>As a person who's always saying it won't work, it

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<v Speaker 2>isn't possible, it can't be done, that's a naysayer. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody who's accomplished anything in life had naysayers in their life.

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<v Speaker 2>The Right Brothers when they were starting inventing the first

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<v Speaker 2>playing people, it'll never work. You can't fly, human beings

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<v Speaker 2>can't fly. When Moses going across the desert, the people

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<v Speaker 2>is saying, we're going to die in the desert. We're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to make it to the Promised Land. When

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<v Speaker 2>people said we're going to the moon, people say, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can never go to the moon. Anything great that's

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<v Speaker 2>ever been done has always had naysayers. Now, let me

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<v Speaker 2>just start by saying this. The naysayers in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not bad people. They're not bad people. In fact

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<v Speaker 2>that they are their sayers in your life who love you,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're naysayers in your life who actually want what's

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<v Speaker 2>best for you.

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<v Speaker 3>They're just mistaken.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason why they're mistaken and they say it

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<v Speaker 2>can't be done and you can't do it, and is

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<v Speaker 2>because they don't know what God has said to you.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave you a dream. I've always wanted to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave you a vision. God gave you a mission.

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<v Speaker 2>God gave you a purpose, and he didn't give that

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<v Speaker 2>dream to somebody else.

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<v Speaker 3>So somebody else isn't going.

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<v Speaker 2>To understand that dream like you do, so they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to tend to be negative about it. My life is

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<v Speaker 2>a testimony of ignoring naysayers. Everything I've done in my life,

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<v Speaker 2>people said, can be done.

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<v Speaker 3>You know it's not going to happen. You won't do it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't believe it will happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have just ignored those naysayers and gone ahead

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<v Speaker 2>and done what God told me to do. But they're

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<v Speaker 2>not bad people. They just don't have the dream you've

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<v Speaker 2>been given. You know, thirty five years ago, when Kay

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<v Speaker 2>and I were finishing my masters and then my doctorate

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<v Speaker 2>in seminary, we were in Texas and I felt like

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<v Speaker 2>God said to me to start a church. And I

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<v Speaker 2>talked to Can and said, you know, I really feel

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<v Speaker 2>in my heart, honey, that we're supposed to move to

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<v Speaker 2>southern California and start at church with no members, no money,

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<v Speaker 2>no building. I don't know anybody there, and I've never

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<v Speaker 2>been a senior pastor.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think now? My wife was not a naysayer?

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, Kay said, well, and this is the exact quote.

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<v Speaker 2>It scares me to death. But I believe in God

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<v Speaker 2>and I believe in you, so let's go. I've often

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<v Speaker 2>wondered how would history be different if my wife had

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<v Speaker 2>said no, you wouldn't be sitting here today. There would

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<v Speaker 2>be no peace plan, there'd be no purpose driven life.

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<v Speaker 2>There'd be a saddleback in sixteen locations if my wife

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<v Speaker 2>had said no, Naysayers can actually stop the will of

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<v Speaker 2>God if we listen to them instead of listening to God.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes people are good, godly people and they still don't

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<v Speaker 2>get it. You know, the Bible advises many times in

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<v Speaker 2>scripture that if you're going to make a major decision,

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<v Speaker 2>you should talk to godly people. You should talk to

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<v Speaker 2>wise people who've been following Lord longer than you have

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<v Speaker 2>get their advice. And so, when I was thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>moving to Southern Californian start this church, I called up

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that I had deep respect for. He was

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<v Speaker 2>a businessman in the Midwest. He was actually a billionaire,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's a really strong devout Christian. I'd actually been

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<v Speaker 2>on conferences with him where we spoke together, and I thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna call this guy up. So I called this

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<v Speaker 2>guy up and I said, I think God is calling

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<v Speaker 2>me as I just said, to go to southern California

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<v Speaker 2>start a church with no members, no building, no support.

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<v Speaker 2>I've never been a senior pastor, but I think this

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<v Speaker 2>is what I'm supposed to do.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think now?

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<v Speaker 2>I expected this guy to go, oh, Rick, I admire

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<v Speaker 2>your deep faith. You are really a man of God.

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<v Speaker 2>This is really God's good to bless us. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what he said, He said, that's the stupidest.

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<v Speaker 3>Idea I've ever heard. That's the exact word. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I will tell you that about fifteen, maybe twenty years later,

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<v Speaker 2>he called me said that was the stupidest advice I

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<v Speaker 2>ever gave, because clearly God wanted to saddleback church and

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<v Speaker 2>they wanted to use you to start it. So even

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<v Speaker 2>the good guys get it wrong. Sometimes these are not

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<v Speaker 2>bad people. They just don't see the perspective that you

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<v Speaker 2>see now. For every person who goes after their dream

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<v Speaker 2>in life. There are nine people who are scared to

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<v Speaker 2>death to do it. All they can see is the problems.

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<v Speaker 2>All they can see is the negatives, and they're like

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<v Speaker 2>giants standing in the way that scare them to death.

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<v Speaker 2>So how do you face opposition and negativity? This is

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<v Speaker 2>one of the first skills you have to learn as

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<v Speaker 2>a leader, how to not let negativity get you down.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to learn this if you're going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a leader in life. So how do you learn that? Well, fortunate,

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<v Speaker 2>we got a story in the Bible that tells us

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<v Speaker 2>and teaches us the skill. It's the story of David

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<v Speaker 2>and Goliath. You know, this story of this little shepherd boy,

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<v Speaker 2>young boy who's out tending sheep and Israel is fighting

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<v Speaker 2>its big enemy, the Philistines. And the Philistines had a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who was literally a giant.

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<v Speaker 3>He's like eight or nine feet tall. He's just a big, big.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, and he was scaring everybody to death, and he

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<v Speaker 2>was taunting the enemies, and David says, I'll.

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<v Speaker 3>Take him on.

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<v Speaker 2>But long before that happened, David had to face for

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<v Speaker 2>other giants. And that's what I want us to look

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<v Speaker 2>at today, not David and Goliath, but what gave him

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<v Speaker 2>the courage to take on Goliath because the four giants

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<v Speaker 2>he faced before Goliath were all naysayers. They were people

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<v Speaker 2>who didn't believe in his ability, didn't believe in his competence,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't believe that God was working in his life, and

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<v Speaker 2>he had to struggle with those before he could go

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<v Speaker 2>face Goliath. So get at your pencils, and let's look

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<v Speaker 2>at four kinds of naysayers in your life, and then

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<v Speaker 2>how to handle the negativity of the people who tell

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<v Speaker 2>you can't do it. Okay, if you ever needed to

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<v Speaker 2>take notes, this is a good week take notes, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So write this down.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one.

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<v Speaker 2>The first negative or naysayer that David had to face

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<v Speaker 2>was actually his own dad, And so write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>His dad held him back. That's the first names there.

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<v Speaker 2>And oftentimes a parent will be somebody who holds you

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<v Speaker 2>to be. In Verses twelve to fifteen, all these verses

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<v Speaker 3>It says this now.

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<v Speaker 2>David was the youngest of Jesse's eight sons, and his

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<v Speaker 2>back to care for the sheep in Bethlehem circle. The

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<v Speaker 2>phrase held back, Have you ever been held back by anyone?

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<v Speaker 2>it's a delay. Now, some of you have been held

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<v Speaker 3>You're a woman.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you have been held back because of your race.

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<v Speaker 2>or the color of your skin, or the language you speak.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sorry, I am as your pastor, I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>The fact is everybody in this room has faced some

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<v Speaker 2>are naysayers who will tell you can't do it. You're

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody has faced this, and sometimes it will actually be

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<v Speaker 2>people who love you, a husband, a wife, a mom

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<v Speaker 2>or dad, a brother or sister, somebody in your family,

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<v Speaker 2>a friend. David's dad wanted David to be a shepherd

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of his life, and yet David had

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<v Speaker 2>already been anointed as king. Now, the first barrier in

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<v Speaker 2>your success plan. Write this down is delay. Because when

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm going to do in your life, and then

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<v Speaker 2>there's a time lapse. There's a waiting period. There's always

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<v Speaker 2>a delay where God is getting you ready while he's

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<v Speaker 2>getting the plan ready for you. This is the first barrier,

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<v Speaker 2>the delayers in your life who hold you back and

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<v Speaker 2>keep you from moving forward. David's dad didn't think he

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<v Speaker 2>was old enough or even experienced enough to go fight

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<v Speaker 2>on the battlefield with his brothers, or for that matter,

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<v Speaker 2>even be king. Now, let me tell you a little

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<v Speaker 2>backstory on this. The first king of Israel was a

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<v Speaker 2>God tells Samuel, who is the prophet, the holy Man

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel at that time, says, I'm going to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you who David's, who Saul's successor is, and I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to go anoint him as king. And he says,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to go to the town of Bethlehem

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<v Speaker 2>So Saul, I mean Samuel goes to Jesse and says,

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<v Speaker 2>God's told me to come and anoint one of your

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<v Speaker 2>brings out his seven oldest sons parades them by Samuel.

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<v Speaker 3>Not that guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, God says no to that guy next, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and He's going no, no, no, no no. And he

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<v Speaker 2>gets to the end. He goes, you got any other sons?

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<v Speaker 2>And David's dad sought thought so little David. He goes, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>well I got the runt. I got the baby. He's

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<v Speaker 2>out in the field playing with the sheep right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and he goes bring him in and he brings him

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<v Speaker 2>in and he says, Saul goes, I mean, Samuel goes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the guy, and he anoints him.

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<v Speaker 3>As the next king. Now, David's just a young boy.

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<v Speaker 2>There are many, many, many many years, and many many

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<v Speaker 2>eventually the king of the entire nation and when he

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<v Speaker 2>held him back. Now the second night, they say, or

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<v Speaker 2>actually was the society around him, or the culture around him,

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<v Speaker 2>number two. Everybody else was afraid, and that fear kept

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<v Speaker 2>The prevailing view in Israel there was that this giant

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<v Speaker 2>who was on the opposing team, Goliath, was unstoppable, that

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<v Speaker 2>he was unbeatable, and Goliath had created this climate of

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<v Speaker 2>fear and culture of fear, and everybody said it can't

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<v Speaker 3>He's just too big.

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<v Speaker 2>And so everybody in the nation was discouraged because they

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<v Speaker 2>say they got a secret weapon, they got this giant guy,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have nobody. Now here's the second thing that

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<v Speaker 2>will hold you back, and that is discouragement. The first

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<v Speaker 2>you back and The second is discouragement. And that's when

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<v Speaker 2>everybody around you thinks it can't be done. Everybody around

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<v Speaker 2>you thinks it's impossible. Everybody around you is living in fear,

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<v Speaker 2>and this can come. Discouragement can come from anywhere. Verse

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<v Speaker 3>Each day.

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<v Speaker 2>Goliath would stand and shout at the ranks of Israel's army.

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<v Speaker 3>Why do you come out here and line up for battle?

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<v Speaker 3>Goliath says, choose one man.

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<v Speaker 2>To fight me, and if he's able to kill me,

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<v Speaker 2>then we'll become your subjects. But if I kill him,

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<v Speaker 2>then you will become our subjects and serve us. So

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<v Speaker 2>You pick your best guy, take your best shot at me.

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<v Speaker 2>Whoever wins will own the country. Day after day Goliath

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<v Speaker 2>taunted them, saying, this day I defy the ranks of Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>When Saul, that's the king, and the Israelites heard this,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone was deeply shaken and paralyzed with fear. Now, notice

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<v Speaker 2>the situation here. One guy is creating a climate of

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<v Speaker 2>fear in the entire country. It's demoralized everybody. They're gripped

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<v Speaker 3>Nobody is willing to do anything.

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<v Speaker 2>They're all paralyzed by fear, hopeless, so frightened, they can't

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<v Speaker 2>do a thing. They ever worked in an office like that,

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<v Speaker 2>where everybody there's a culture of fear in an office.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's so afraid of making a mistake that the big guy,

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<v Speaker 2>And this climate of fear in grips so nobody has

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<v Speaker 2>any new ideas. Nobody even tries anything in the office

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<v Speaker 3>Sounds like a lot of places where people work and.

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<v Speaker 2>People go, well, there's nothing we can do. This was

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<v Speaker 2>nobody can solve it. I want to tell you something.

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<v Speaker 2>Conventional wisdom is often wrong. The majority is often wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Public opinion is often wrong. Majority doesn't make something right.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a lot of things our culture believes that aren't right.

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<v Speaker 1>What a fantastic message from Pastor Rick. You know daily

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<v Speaker 1>my hope is changing lives every day. Here's Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>You know God often uses the hardship in our lives

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<v Speaker 2>to prepare our hearts for his message that he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to give us. And that's what a woman named Deanna

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<v Speaker 2>believes happened. When her world just collapsed all around her.

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<v Speaker 2>Deanna wrote to me and saying this, Pastor Rick, It's

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<v Speaker 2>been on my heart to send you this.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>I hit a very low valley in my life and

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<v Speaker 2>I finally figured I must be doing life wrong. I

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<v Speaker 2>had lost my job, I lost my husband, and I

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<v Speaker 2>almost died from birth complications. I went from a high paying,

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<v Speaker 2>high profile, white collar job to pick an up cigarette

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<v Speaker 2>butts and vacuuming construction job sites to support myself and

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<v Speaker 2>my son as a single mom. But I started listening

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<v Speaker 2>to your Daily Hope podcast on the way to work

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<v Speaker 2>and later listened to all that I could during my

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<v Speaker 2>to work, driving up a mountain road and going around

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<v Speaker 2>a corner, I heard you give a call to anyone

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<v Speaker 2>who had not yet given their life to Jesus. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I prayed with you that prayer and

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus has been in my heart ever since, and I

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<v Speaker 2>am so grateful. It actually is bringing tears to my eyes. Deanna,

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<v Speaker 2>did you know God created you just in order to

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<v Speaker 2>love you, and He's so pleased to accept you into

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<v Speaker 2>this forever family. In fact, the Bible says that the

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<v Speaker 2>angels had a party in heaven when you opened your

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<v Speaker 2>life to Christ and received Him into your life. And

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<v Speaker 2>guess what, I'm celebrating with them right now. Welcome. You're

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<v Speaker 2>now my sister and the Lord, and I'll see you

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven, if not sooner.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, I want to thank.

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<v Speaker 2>All the rest of you who support Daily Hope because

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<v Speaker 2>it's because of your support that Deanna was able to

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<v Speaker 2>hear the Daily Hope messages while driving in a car.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when we get to Heaven, it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be really fun to meet all the people who are

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<v Speaker 2>there because you helped share the Gospel with people all

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<v Speaker 2>around the world through Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 3>So thank you friends.

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<v Speaker 1>We sure hope you've been encouraged by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>Hey be sure to join us next time when we

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

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