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

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope. Well today we continue in our series called

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<v Speaker 1>God's Prescription for a Healthy Life. In it, Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>will show you how to improve your health physically, spiritually,

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<v Speaker 1>relationally and emotionally by applying the five essentials needed for.

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<v Speaker 2>A more vibrant life.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to have what it takes to live

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<v Speaker 1>out your calling in life, stay with us for this

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<v Speaker 1>amazing series. Now, in just a few moments, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you about the Daniel Plan DVD study Kit,

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<v Speaker 1>a sixth session video based study by Rick Warren, doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Aman, and doctor Mark Hyman. This out of the

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<v Speaker 1>box approach to a healthy lifestyle is based on five

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<v Speaker 1>essentials faith, food, fitness, focus and friends. You can find

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with part two of a

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<v Speaker 1>message called winning with the Hand your dealt.

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<v Speaker 2>Any artist knows that they'll often create a flaw in

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<v Speaker 2>a picture or in a vase or in a piece

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<v Speaker 2>of pottery to say, there's nothing else like this in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. It has this unique flaw in it. I

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<v Speaker 2>collect old bibles. Bibles that have printing mistakes in them

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<v Speaker 2>are actually more valuable than those with no mistakes. They

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<v Speaker 2>cost far much, far more as an antique. The flaw

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<v Speaker 2>creates the uniqueness. Your genes have intentional flaws to create

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<v Speaker 2>your uniqueness, and your flaws are a part of your

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<v Speaker 2>custom design. And God designed you, and he even uses

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<v Speaker 2>those flaws for his purpose and his glory. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>calls them, Paul calls them my thorn in the flesh.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we don't actually know what Paul's thorn in the

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<v Speaker 2>flesh was. We know some kind of physical or mental disability.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not sure a physical or mental disability that Paul

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<v Speaker 2>carried all of his life. And Paul says, it forces

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<v Speaker 2>me to be dependent upon God. In fact, he told

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<v Speaker 2>the Galatians, the people in the city of Galatia or

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<v Speaker 2>the Ara Galatia in Greece, this here on the screen

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<v Speaker 2>Glatians four thirteen. He says, you remember, you, guys, that

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<v Speaker 2>it was because of an illness. It was because of

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<v Speaker 2>an illness that I came to you the first time

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<v Speaker 2>preaching the good News. God used even an illness to

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<v Speaker 2>get the gospel out. And this happened in Paul's life.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sure the Galatians were glad that Paul got

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<v Speaker 2>sick because he ended up going to Glacia for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't know why. And while who's there, he taught

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<v Speaker 2>the good News and those people say, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>go to heaven. So thank God Paul got sick. The

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<v Speaker 2>first characteristic in your life that makes you you is

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<v Speaker 2>your biology, your body, your chemistry. Now the second thing

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<v Speaker 2>that determines your identity is connections. My connections, my chemistry

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<v Speaker 2>and my connections. My connections are my relationships in life.

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<v Speaker 2>You are a product of your relationships, especially your early

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<v Speaker 2>years relationships. Now, those relationships may have been good, or

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<v Speaker 2>they may have been bad. They may have been healthy,

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<v Speaker 2>they may have been unhealthy, may have been nonexistent, or

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<v Speaker 2>they may have been abusive. But you are a product

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<v Speaker 2>of your relationships, particularly those early year relationships. Study after study,

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<v Speaker 2>I've told you this before, has shown that your identity,

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<v Speaker 2>how you you see yourself, is largely determined by what

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<v Speaker 2>you think the most important people in your life think

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<v Speaker 2>of you. What you think the most important people in

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<v Speaker 2>your life think of you tends to determine your self image,

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<v Speaker 2>your self esteem, your self concept. And that's why I've

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<v Speaker 2>told you many times, make sure Jesus is the most

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<v Speaker 2>important person in your life, because he's going to love

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<v Speaker 2>you unconditionally, and he's going to tell you the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>So the connections in your life, your relationships, help determine

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<v Speaker 2>your identity. My connections give my life meaning, My connections

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<v Speaker 2>give my life purpose, and my connections give my life identity.

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<v Speaker 2>If you grew up feeling disconnected from other people, you

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<v Speaker 2>have a hard time with meaning in your life. You

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<v Speaker 2>have a hard time with purpose in your life. You

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<v Speaker 2>have a hard time with your identity. People who have

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<v Speaker 2>really healthy connections, healthy relation they're not going does my

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<v Speaker 2>life matter? They never ask that. They know their life

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<v Speaker 2>matters because there are healthy relationships in their life. But

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<v Speaker 2>if you feel disconnected, if you feel dysfunction in your relationships,

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<v Speaker 2>it affects your identity, It affects your meaning and purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because life's all about relationships. One day Jesus is

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<v Speaker 2>walking down the street. The guy comes up and says, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>what's life all about? Jesus says, life is all about love.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not about accomplishment. It's not about acquisition, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not about popularity or power or prestige. It's about love.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about relationships. He says. You can summarize all of

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<v Speaker 2>life in two sentences. Love God with all your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>and love your neighbors yourself. Be connected to God, be

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<v Speaker 2>connected to each other. Be in harmony with God. Be

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<v Speaker 2>in harmony with each other. Make the connection with God,

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<v Speaker 2>make the connection with others. He said. If you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have that, you miss the purpose of life. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>about love. It's all about relationships. And if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand that, then you wonder why your life lacks meaning.

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<v Speaker 2>This is called the Great Commandment. Now in this second

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<v Speaker 2>factor in my life, the second card, my connections card.

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<v Speaker 2>There are three problems with this. One of them I

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<v Speaker 2>already mentioned is we're all imperfect. And since we're all imperfect,

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<v Speaker 2>there are no perfect relationships. That causes problems in our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>We hurt each other, we have conflict with each other,

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<v Speaker 2>we have stress, we misunderstand each other. Second sin, sin

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<v Speaker 2>disconnects us. It disconnects us from God. All of sin

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<v Speaker 2>and fallen short, we are separated from God and disconnects

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<v Speaker 2>us from each other. We can see this in the

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<v Speaker 2>very first couple, Adam and Eve. They had a perfect relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>They were in love, they had no conflict, they had

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<v Speaker 2>no disharmony. Everything's going great. And God says, guys, you

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<v Speaker 2>can do anything you want to in this garden, the

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<v Speaker 2>garden of Eden. Here's just one thing you can't do.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't eat that fruit right there.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't give him ten things to not do or

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred things. He only gave him one. Why did

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<v Speaker 2>he give him one? Because he had to give him

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<v Speaker 2>a choice, because it's not love if you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>a choice. If I can't choose to not love you,

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<v Speaker 2>then it's not If I'm forced to love you, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not love. So God gave him the minimum temptation, one thing.

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<v Speaker 2>You can do anything you want to, but just this

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<v Speaker 2>one thing. And what do they do. They head for

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<v Speaker 2>the one thing they're not supposed to do. And as

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<v Speaker 2>I've said many times, after they sand the atom takes

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<v Speaker 2>it like a man, and he blames his wife, and

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<v Speaker 2>he says, when God says, what did you do, Adam,

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<v Speaker 2>He goes, my Lord, the woman you gave me, gave

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<v Speaker 2>me this fruit to eat. Now I know he's not

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<v Speaker 2>only blaming Eve, he's blaming God, God, the woman you

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<v Speaker 2>gave me. He saying, God, if you hadn't brought this

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<v Speaker 2>female in my life, we'd be like this. Okay, things

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<v Speaker 2>would be copasetic, thing would be great. But you brought

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<v Speaker 2>this woman into my life. And therefore, God, it's really

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<v Speaker 2>your fault. He starts blaming. And we have been doing

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<v Speaker 2>it ever since, accusing, an excuse, using, accusing and excusing,

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<v Speaker 2>accusing and excusing. We accuse others and excuse ourselves. We

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<v Speaker 2>hide our faults and we hurl at others. And we've

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<v Speaker 2>been doing it ever since. And that affects our connections. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>once they sin, they not only feel disconnected from God.

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<v Speaker 2>Adam and Eve suddenly feel disconnected from each other. And

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<v Speaker 2>what's it said? It says they win. And they sewed

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<v Speaker 2>clothing out of fig leaves and started covering up. Who

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<v Speaker 2>told them to cover up? God didn't. Who told him

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<v Speaker 2>it was wrong to be naked? God didn't. Who told

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<v Speaker 2>them they had to hide from each other in their marriage?

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't, sinded Sin died, and we have been covering

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<v Speaker 2>up ever since, our vulnerabilities, our defects, our faults, and

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<v Speaker 2>we don't be rear with each other, and we fake

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<v Speaker 2>it even with those we love the most. And that

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<v Speaker 2>is what sin does. It causes us to cover up.

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<v Speaker 2>And men and women and people have been covering up

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<v Speaker 2>ever since, not just physically but emotionally. And that connection

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<v Speaker 2>card has caused all kinds of damage in your life

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<v Speaker 2>because nobody's perfect and sin disconnects us. But here's the

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<v Speaker 2>third problem with this card. The more disconnected I am,

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<v Speaker 2>the more fearful I become. Fear comes from disconnection. When

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<v Speaker 2>I feel disconnected from God, I fear God. When I

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<v Speaker 2>feel disconnected from you, I fear you. When I feel

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<v Speaker 2>disconnected at a party, I fear everybody at the party.

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<v Speaker 2>Disconnection causes fear. And if you grew up feeling disconnected,

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<v Speaker 2>you have a hard time trusting other people. It's part

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<v Speaker 2>of the way your identity has been formed. Now what

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<v Speaker 2>happens is we get caught in this dilemma, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is a terrible dilemma because we crave connection, We crave it,

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<v Speaker 2>we deeply crave, but we fear making connections. We crave intimacy.

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<v Speaker 2>We crave it. We crave intimacy, but we fear vulnerability,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the only way you get intimacy.

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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 1>Once again, here's Rick.

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<v Speaker 2>We crave intimacy. We crave it. We crave intimacy, but

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<v Speaker 2>we fear vulnerability, which is the only way you get intimacy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like we want one without the other. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not just talking about sexual intimacy. I'm talking about in

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<v Speaker 2>every area of your life, that deep, soul searching, heart

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<v Speaker 2>to heart. I'm totally understood, you totally understand me, and

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<v Speaker 2>we accept each other and love each other. We crave that,

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<v Speaker 2>but we fear the vulnerability. We crave acceptance, but we

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<v Speaker 2>fear rejection, and that forms your identity. There's a third

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<v Speaker 2>card that makes you you. My chemistry, that's my biology,

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<v Speaker 2>my body, my connections, that's my relationship. The third card

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<v Speaker 2>that makes you you, it makes me me, is my circumstances.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the things that happen to you. These are

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<v Speaker 2>You are a product of the traumas and the troubles

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<v Speaker 2>and the shame and the shock and the stress. Problems

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever been abused, I'm sorry, but your abuse

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<v Speaker 2>has affected your identity, whether those physical, emotional, sexual, or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm sorry, but it has affected your identity. If

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<v Speaker 2>you've ever experienced rejection, that has affected your identity. If

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<v Speaker 2>a major failure in life that has affected your identity,

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<v Speaker 2>and you start telling yourself things over and over. If

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<v Speaker 2>you had a crisis, if you had a catastrophe. These

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<v Speaker 2>part of what you were dealt in life. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>this is a big one. It's what I call my consciousness.

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<v Speaker 2>My consciousness and my consciousness. I want you to write

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<v Speaker 2>this down. Is how I talk to myself. That's your consciousness.

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<v Speaker 2>How I talk to myself, how you think about you.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember one time I was preaching on John seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>which is Jesus prayer to the Father, where Jesus in

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<v Speaker 2>the guard of the gassemite before the cross is talking

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<v Speaker 2>to God the Father, and people don't get that. They say,

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of weird God talking to God. How can

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<v Speaker 2>God talk to himself? Oh, you never do that. You

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<v Speaker 2>do it all the time. You're doing it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, good point, Rick, or that point sucked?

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<v Speaker 3>Rick?

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<v Speaker 2>That wasn't any good, you know? And how soon do

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<v Speaker 2>we get out of here? You're talking to yourself constantly, constantly.

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<v Speaker 2>There is never a time in your life when you

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<v Speaker 2>are not talking to you. Now. If you talk to

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<v Speaker 2>your friends the way you talk to you, they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be your friends. Because you are your toughest critic. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way you lie to yourself all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says, the heart is deceitful. You lie to

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<v Speaker 2>yourself more than you lie to anybody else. You tell

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<v Speaker 2>yourself things that just aren't true, but you believe them. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Your consciousness influences your identity. What I say to me now,

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<v Speaker 2>what other people said to me. They said, you're no good,

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<v Speaker 2>you're worthless, you'll never mount anything, you're uncoordinated, you aren't

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<v Speaker 2>very attractive, you're a loser, blah blah blah. And you

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<v Speaker 2>filed that, but then you started repeating it, and you

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<v Speaker 2>start saying it over and over. Yeah, it's just like

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<v Speaker 2>me to be this, it's just like me to be there.

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<v Speaker 2>And you've had it over and over and over, and

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<v Speaker 2>it got deeper and deeper in your consciousness. Your habitual

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<v Speaker 2>thoughts are your identity. What you think about you, that's

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<v Speaker 2>your identity. The Bible says, this, look up here on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen Proverbs twenty three to seven. For as a

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<v Speaker 2>man thinks in his heart, so he is what you

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<v Speaker 2>think about you. That's you, whether it's true or not.

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<v Speaker 2>Proverbs four twenty three says this here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Be careful, Be careful what you think, because your thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>run your life, and if you want your life to

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<v Speaker 2>go in a different direction, you're going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>direct those thoughts in a different direction. And here's the

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<v Speaker 2>amazing thing I just mentioned it. When you think thought,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't have to be true to hurt you. You

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<v Speaker 2>just have to believe it. And so if somebody says

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<v Speaker 2>you're never going to mount it, and you believe it,

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<v Speaker 2>guess what, You're never gonna amount to anything. If you

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<v Speaker 2>tell yourself this marriage isn't going to last, it isn't

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<v Speaker 2>gonna last. The person who says I can and the

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<v Speaker 2>person who says I can't are both right. For as

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<v Speaker 2>a man thinketh so is he Be careful what you

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<v Speaker 2>think because your thoughts run your life. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>think a thought long enough, you become it, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you believe it about yourself, you act it out. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>the problem. You know, those fears you've got that you

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<v Speaker 2>keep going over and over and over in your mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Our fears are often self fulfilling. We sabotage ourselves. We

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<v Speaker 2>set ourselves up. Job chapter three, verse twenty five. You

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<v Speaker 2>know what happened to Job? And in Job chapter three,

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<v Speaker 2>verse twenty five, Job says this, what I have always

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<v Speaker 2>feared has happened to me. What I have always feared

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<v Speaker 2>to be a self fulfilling prophecy. That's the problem with

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<v Speaker 2>fear is but fears can become reality. We start acting

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<v Speaker 2>in that way. I'm afraid to do this, and so

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<v Speaker 2>then you are afraid to do this. I'm afraid I

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<v Speaker 2>can't do this. Then you can't do that. You say, well, Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing I could do to change. Are you sure?

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<v Speaker 2>You have to challenge your thoughts. You have to challenge

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<v Speaker 2>your misperceptions constantly or they're gonna dominate your life and

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<v Speaker 2>send you in the wrong direction because you tell yourself

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<v Speaker 2>self all the time, well, I can never change. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you sure? I want you to write this down. Feelings

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<v Speaker 2>aren't facts. Feelings aren't facts. I feel unattractive doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>you are well. I feel fat doesn't mean you are well.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel nobody would ever want to marry me. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you sure? Feelings aren't facts, they're feelings, and feelings lie

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. So my consciousness affects my identity. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's a fifth card, and this fifth card is so

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<v Speaker 2>important because it controls all the other cards. The fifth

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<v Speaker 2>card that makes me me is my choices. My choices. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that you were created in the image

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Nobody else. No other animals are created in

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<v Speaker 2>the image of the Cows aren't created in the image

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Rabbits aren't created a the image of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Monkeys aren't created in the image of God. Only human

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<v Speaker 2>beings are created in the image of God. What does

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things that means is this, you have

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<v Speaker 2>a free moral choice. Dogs can't make moral choices. They

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<v Speaker 2>have instincts, but they don't know the differ between right

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<v Speaker 2>and wrong. Cats, elephants can't make moral choices. There are

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<v Speaker 2>no ethics to an elephant. There's no morality to an elephant.

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<v Speaker 2>You have the choice to choose. That's because you're made

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<v Speaker 2>in God's image. God made Angels don't have that choice,

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<v Speaker 2>but you do. You have a choose to do right

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<v Speaker 2>or wrong. Now, the freedom of choice is your greatest blessing.

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<v Speaker 2>It is also your greatest curse because we make stupid

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<v Speaker 2>thing in our lives. It's a blessing, but it's also

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<v Speaker 2>a curse. But here's the good news about this card.

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<v Speaker 2>Listene right here. God says it's a wild card. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the wild card. And this card can change the suit

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<v Speaker 2>and the number of any of the other cards you're dealt.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the wild card. Your choices can determine these

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<v Speaker 2>other cards. Now, I didn't get to choose my chemistry,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can't choose what I do with my body

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<v Speaker 2>and how I make the most of what I've got.

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<v Speaker 2>That's my choice, and I can choose to do the

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<v Speaker 2>best I can with what I've got. I didn't choose

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<v Speaker 2>all of my relationships, but I can't choose how I

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<v Speaker 2>respond to them. And I can choose new relationships, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can choose to learn relational skills, and I can

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<v Speaker 2>choose a lot of things that will change my connections.

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<v Speaker 1>This is pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We are so glad

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<v Speaker 2>For your support.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Pastor Rick with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I want to just thank every one of

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<v Speaker 2>Let me read your letter from Roda, who lives in

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<v Speaker 2>It's down toward Australia, Rhoda wrote, I want to let

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<v Speaker 2>She said, I've recommended Daily Hope to all my workmates

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<v Speaker 2>you Rick well, thank you, thank you for your note, Rhoda,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you're living out God's principles in your daily life. Rooda,

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