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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren. Now today

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<v Speaker 1>we're continuing into the new year, and we're digging deeper

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<v Speaker 1>into one of life's biggest questions, does my life really matter?

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<v Speaker 1>In today's message, Rick's going to continue his powerful series

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<v Speaker 1>Live Your Calling?

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<v Speaker 2>What on Earth Am I here for?

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<v Speaker 1>In it, you'll discover how living out God's purpose for

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<v Speaker 1>your life brings real meaning, direction, and joy no.

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<v Speaker 2>Matter where you're starting from. Let's get right to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's part one of a message titled Called to Be Sent.

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<v Speaker 3>During this series, we've looked at God's five purposes for

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<v Speaker 3>your life. You're not an accident. They're accidental parents. There

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<v Speaker 3>are no accidental children. They're illegitimate parents. There are no

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<v Speaker 3>illegitimate children. Your parents are being not a plans you.

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<v Speaker 3>But God did He fans you even before the foundation.

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<v Speaker 4>Of the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And your life has value, and your life has significance,

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<v Speaker 3>And you are not an accident. And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 3>that God created you for five purposes, for five reasons,

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<v Speaker 3>for five assignments. The Bible calls them your callings in life,

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<v Speaker 3>your vocation in your life. Your vocation is far more

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<v Speaker 3>than your career. Oh no, no, no, it's your reason

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<v Speaker 3>for existence. And God says I made you for five reasons.

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<v Speaker 3>Now we looked first at I am called to be loved.

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<v Speaker 3>The number one purpose of your life is you were

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<v Speaker 3>made to be loved by God. And until you get that,

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<v Speaker 3>nothing else is going to make sense. You're made by

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<v Speaker 3>God and for God, and He made you to love

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<v Speaker 3>you in that base of love. When you feel totally

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<v Speaker 3>completely loved by God, then you have the capacity to

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<v Speaker 3>move into every area of life that He wants you

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<v Speaker 3>to move into and to experience life in all its fullness.

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<v Speaker 4>But first, you're.

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<v Speaker 3>Called to be loved by God. Then we looked at

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<v Speaker 3>the next week at your called to belong. You're called

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<v Speaker 3>to not just be loved, you're called to belong. You're

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<v Speaker 3>called to belong to His family. You were not meant

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<v Speaker 3>to go through life on your own. You're not alone, ranger.

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<v Speaker 3>You were made for connection. You were made for community,

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<v Speaker 3>and we find our meeting and purpose in our relationships

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<v Speaker 3>to each other. You're made, You're created. You're called to belong.

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<v Speaker 3>Then we looked at the third calling in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>You're called to become. God has plans for your life.

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<v Speaker 3>He made you to become what He wants you to be.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't be anybody in the world. People will tell

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<v Speaker 3>you that it's just not true. No matter how hard

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<v Speaker 3>I try, I'm never going to be an opera singer.

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<v Speaker 3>And no matter how hard I try, I'm never going

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<v Speaker 3>to be good at certain sports. I'm just not wired

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<v Speaker 3>that way. You can be who God has made you become.

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<v Speaker 3>And joy getting in the Jay zone is when you

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<v Speaker 3>become who God made you to be. You're called to

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<v Speaker 3>be loved, you're called to belong, You're called to become.

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<v Speaker 3>And then last week we looked at the fourth calling

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<v Speaker 3>in your life. You're called to bless. You're called to

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<v Speaker 3>bless others. God didn't put you on here to live

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<v Speaker 3>a selfish little claw of a life where it's all

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<v Speaker 3>about me. No, it's not all about you. It's all

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<v Speaker 3>about God. It's all about others. And we find our

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<v Speaker 3>true meeting and purpose only as we give our lives away.

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<v Speaker 3>And as I bless other people, I am blessed myself.

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<v Speaker 3>And as I help others, I am help myself. It's

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<v Speaker 3>the law of sowing and reaping. But when you sow

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<v Speaker 3>a seed, you don't just get one seed back, you

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<v Speaker 3>get multiple seeds back. So whatever you sow in life,

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to get back more of you sow criticism,

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<v Speaker 3>you get back more criticism. But you so praise, you

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<v Speaker 3>get back more praise. And you're called to bless other

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<v Speaker 3>people with your life using what we call your shape ape,

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<v Speaker 3>your spiritual gifts, your heart, your abilities, your personality, and

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<v Speaker 3>your experience. And nobody is uniquely shaped like you are.

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<v Speaker 3>You have a unique voice, print, iPrint, mouth, handprint, footprint, heartbeat,

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<v Speaker 3>emotional beat. And God doesn't want you to be anybody else.

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<v Speaker 3>And when you get to heaven one day, he's not

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<v Speaker 3>going to say why won't you more like somebody else?

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<v Speaker 3>He's going to say, why won't you more like you?

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<v Speaker 3>I made you to be you? Unless you be you,

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<v Speaker 3>who's going to be you?

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<v Speaker 4>Now?

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<v Speaker 3>Tonight we look at the fifth calling, and this is

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<v Speaker 3>the calling of being sent. I'm called to belong, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>called to be loved, I'm called to become, I'm called

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<v Speaker 3>to bless, and I'm called to be sent. Now I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to write this down on your outline, God's

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<v Speaker 3>plan for history. If you want to know the purpose

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<v Speaker 3>of history. Here it is He's gathering a family. God

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<v Speaker 3>is gathering a family that will love and live with

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<v Speaker 3>him forever.

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<v Speaker 4>Makes us very very clear.

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<v Speaker 3>And the message was brought to us first by the

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<v Speaker 3>nation of Israel. God gave this message to the Jews

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<v Speaker 3>to give to the rest of us, and now we

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<v Speaker 3>are to pass it on to others. That God's plan

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<v Speaker 3>for history is that He's gathering a family that will

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<v Speaker 3>love and live with him forever. If God hadn't wanted

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<v Speaker 3>a family, he wouldn't have created a universe. He wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>have created the human race, he wouldn't have created you

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<v Speaker 3>and me. The Bible says this in Ephesians chapter one,

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<v Speaker 3>verse five. Look up here on the screen. His unchanging

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<v Speaker 3>plan has always been to adopt us into his own family.

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<v Speaker 3>This is God to adopt us into his own family

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<v Speaker 3>by bringing this to himself through Jesus Christ, and this

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<v Speaker 3>gave him great pleasure. All of us are created by God,

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<v Speaker 3>all of us are loved by God, but not everybody

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<v Speaker 3>is a child of God.

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<v Speaker 4>You got to choose to be in the family.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, there's only two ways to get into family,

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<v Speaker 3>be born into it or be adopted into it. And

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<v Speaker 3>the Bible uses both of these metaphors. Spiritual rebirth and

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<v Speaker 3>adoption is what it means to get into God's family.

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<v Speaker 3>Now for that to happen, God's whole purpose in creating

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<v Speaker 3>the universe is to gather a group of people who

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<v Speaker 3>choose willingly to love him. And God gives me a

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<v Speaker 3>free choice love or reject him. And God says, you

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<v Speaker 3>ought to give everybody else the free choice to love

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<v Speaker 3>or object. It's not faith if it's forced. So we

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<v Speaker 3>don't believe in coercion. We believe in persuasion. We believe

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<v Speaker 3>may the best idea win. But we don't believe in

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<v Speaker 3>coercion because God says, I created you to love me,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's not love unless I could choose to not

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<v Speaker 3>love him. But those who choose to love him become

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<v Speaker 3>a part of God's family. Now, once God's family is

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<v Speaker 3>gathered together, we go into phase two, which is after earth,

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<v Speaker 3>which is after life. It's in eternity where the real

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<v Speaker 3>life begins. This is the preschool. This is the warm

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<v Speaker 3>up back. This is a dress rehearsal. This is the

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<v Speaker 3>first lap around before the real race begins. The race

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<v Speaker 3>the real life is eternity. Now for God to gather

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<v Speaker 3>his family. Somebody has to pass on the good news.

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<v Speaker 3>And here's what the Bible says in Romans chapter ten,

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<v Speaker 3>verses thirteen to fifteen. Anyone who calls on the name

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<v Speaker 3>of the Lord will be saved.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a promise. But he says, how can they call.

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<v Speaker 3>On him to save them unless they believe in him?

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<v Speaker 3>And how can they believe in him if they've never

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<v Speaker 3>heard of him? And how can they hear about him

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<v Speaker 3>unless someone tells them? And how can anyone go and

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<v Speaker 3>tell them without being sent? Circle the word sent. This

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<v Speaker 3>is the fifth calling of your life. You are called

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<v Speaker 3>to be sent. This is what the scripture means when

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<v Speaker 3>they say how beautiful are the feet of those who

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<v Speaker 3>bring good news? Now what this verse means is this

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<v Speaker 3>my fifth purpose in life? My fifth calling in life

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<v Speaker 3>is this. I'm sent to bring others into God's family.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sent to bring others in God's family. The moment

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<v Speaker 3>I step across the line, spiritually, God wants me to

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<v Speaker 3>share the good news with others. You know, if I

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<v Speaker 3>had the cure for AIDS and I kept it a

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<v Speaker 3>secret and I didn't tell anybody, that would be criminal.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, they had to put me in prison. If

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<v Speaker 3>I had that good news and didn't tell people, I

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<v Speaker 3>should be incarcerated. If I had the cure for cancer

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<v Speaker 3>and I didn't tell anybody about it, that would be criminal.

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<v Speaker 3>But God has given us an even greater message. How

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<v Speaker 3>to have our past forgiven, how to have a purpose

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<v Speaker 3>for living, how to have a home in heaven, and

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<v Speaker 3>then not share That would be criminal. So my fifth

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<v Speaker 3>purpose in calling in life is I'm sent to bring

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<v Speaker 3>others into God's family. We call us here at saddleback

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<v Speaker 3>the peace plan, and we base it on some verses.

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<v Speaker 3>Notice this verse. The Bible says in First Corinthias, Second

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<v Speaker 3>Corinthians five eighteen. Through Christ, God made peace between us

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<v Speaker 3>and himself. Then God gave us the work of bringing

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<v Speaker 3>others into peace with him. I want you to circle

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<v Speaker 3>the word peace twice there on your notes. God made

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<v Speaker 3>peace between us and himself through Jesus. Then God gave

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<v Speaker 3>us the work of bringing others into peace with him.

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<v Speaker 3>So God's I'm mad at you, you can be at

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>This is God's eternal peace plan. The Bible calls it

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<v Speaker 3>the ministry of Reconciliation. One day Jesus is walking down

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<v Speaker 3>the street and a guy comes up to him, says, Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>what's the most important verse in the Bible? And Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>that I can summarize the whole Bible in two sentences.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's cliff notes on the Bible. Here's the whole Bible

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<v Speaker 3>in two sentences. Love God with all your heart, and

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<v Speaker 3>love your neighbor as yourself. Be reconciled to God, and

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<v Speaker 3>be reconciled to each other. Make peace with God and

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<v Speaker 3>make peace with each other. Stop your war with God,

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<v Speaker 3>stop your war with each other. In the conflict with God,

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<v Speaker 3>and then you'll be able to end the conflict.

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<v Speaker 4>With each other.

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<v Speaker 3>Get the Prince of Peace in your life, and you'll

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<v Speaker 3>be able to live at peace. It's all about relationships.

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<v Speaker 3>Life is not about accomplishments. It's not about achievements. It's

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<v Speaker 3>not allowed about acquisitions. It's about relationships. Your relationship to God,

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<v Speaker 3>your relationship to yourself, and your relationship to other people.

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<v Speaker 3>Love God with all your heart, and love your neighbors yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the ministry of reconciliation. This is what God

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<v Speaker 3>calls we call the Peace plan. Make peace with God

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<v Speaker 3>and then make peace with others and bring the peace

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<v Speaker 3>of God into their lives. Now this peace plan, of

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<v Speaker 3>God's eternal peace plan, will only have and if you

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<v Speaker 3>fulfill your fifth calling. The Bible says it like this,

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<v Speaker 3>John Chapter twenty, verse twenty one. In fact, let's read

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<v Speaker 3>this verse aloud together. Let's read it aloud with great enthusiasm.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus said, peace be with you, as the Father has

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<v Speaker 3>sent me. I am sending you now again. Circle three words,

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<v Speaker 3>circle the word peace. It's the peace plan.

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<v Speaker 4>Peace be with you.

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<v Speaker 3>We get peace with God, and we give the peace

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<v Speaker 3>of God, and we explain the peace of God to others.

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<v Speaker 3>As the Father has sent me. I'm sending you. Circle

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<v Speaker 3>the words sent and sending. This is your fifth calling.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm called to be loved, I'm called to belong, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>called to become, I'm called to bless, and I'm called

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<v Speaker 3>to be sent. Now, you, guys, we live by this verse.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus says, as I've been sent, I am sending you.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't just believe this verse. We practice it, We

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<v Speaker 3>live it, we do it. And this is the one

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<v Speaker 3>calling that most people want to shy away from. I

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<v Speaker 3>can imagine some people get in heaven and God says, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>let's go through the purposes. I created you for the

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<v Speaker 3>reasons you exist. Let's go through the callings that give

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<v Speaker 3>in your life. Did you let me love you your

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<v Speaker 3>call to be loved? Yes, got that one? Bingo you're

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<v Speaker 3>called to belong. Got that one. I did that.

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<v Speaker 4>You're called the bulk to become. Got that.

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<v Speaker 3>Did that You're called the bus others. Got that You're

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<v Speaker 3>called to be sent and pass it on to others? Ah,

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<v Speaker 3>wrong answer, I didn't do that one. And God's going

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<v Speaker 3>to say, and what were you thinking? You think I

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<v Speaker 3>put you on earth to live for yourself. Once you

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<v Speaker 3>have the good news, don't you pass it on to others?

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<v Speaker 3>Now many of you are new to Saddleback Church, So

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<v Speaker 3>I want to take a minute and I want to

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<v Speaker 3>explain to you what we call the peace plant and

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<v Speaker 3>how we do this at Saddleback Church, because, as I said,

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<v Speaker 3>we take this verse extremely sent seriously. Jesus said, as

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<v Speaker 3>I have been sent from God the Father to Earth,

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<v Speaker 3>I am sending you out to all around the world.

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<v Speaker 3>We call it the peace Plan. What is the peace plan?

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<v Speaker 3>I wrote a definition there on your outline. The peace

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<v Speaker 3>plan is ordinary people, empowered by God, making a difference

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<v Speaker 3>together wherever they are now, every one of those phrases

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<v Speaker 3>is important ordinary people. The Peace Plan is not for superstars.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not for saints and nuns and priests and missionaries.

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<v Speaker 3>It's for people like you and me, normal people. Ordinary

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<v Speaker 3>people can do the Peace Plan empowered by God.

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<v Speaker 4>We don't do it on our own power.

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<v Speaker 3>God gives us the energy and the ability to do

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<v Speaker 3>it making a difference together. You don't do it on

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<v Speaker 3>your own. We always do it in groups. We do

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<v Speaker 3>it in teams. We do it together. We're better together.

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<v Speaker 3>We're in community, and we do it wherever we are.

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<v Speaker 3>And so we do it here, we do it there,

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<v Speaker 3>we do it everywhere. Jesus said it like this, John

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<v Speaker 3>fifteen sixteen. You did not choose me, but I chose you,

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<v Speaker 3>and I appointed you to go.

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<v Speaker 4>Circle the word to go. I've appointed you to go.

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<v Speaker 3>Part of your appointment, part of your mission in life.

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<v Speaker 3>Your life mission is to go. You are to be

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<v Speaker 3>sent and you are to go. I chose you and

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<v Speaker 3>appointed you to go and bear fruit. Fruit that will last. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>fruit is a metaphor for a successful life, a fulfilling life,

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<v Speaker 3>a productive life, a fruitful life. And Jesus said, I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to bear fruit. In your life that will last,

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<v Speaker 3>that will last. Let me now, let me be honest

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<v Speaker 3>with you. Most of what you do in life isn't

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<v Speaker 3>going to last. Most of what I do in life

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<v Speaker 3>isn't going to last. The things that we spend most

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<v Speaker 3>of our time on people aren't even going to remember

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<v Speaker 3>in ten years, much less thirty, fifty or one hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>Most of the things you do in your life, it

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<v Speaker 3>isn't going to last.

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<v Speaker 4>Nobody's going to care.

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<v Speaker 3>What movies you went to, what books you read, what

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<v Speaker 3>how you spent your summer. And Jesus said, I want

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<v Speaker 3>you to do something with your life that lasts. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>there are only two things are gonna last forever, truth

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<v Speaker 3>and people. Truth and people. So if you invest your

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<v Speaker 3>life in things that last.

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<v Speaker 4>Can you imagine getting.

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<v Speaker 3>To heaven one day and somebody comes up and says,

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<v Speaker 3>I just want to thank you, and you say, thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even know you said, no, you don't know me.

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<v Speaker 3>But you helped in a ministry, you helped in a project,

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<v Speaker 3>a humanitarian effort, you helped in your church, and you

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<v Speaker 3>know what, you did something that caused me to get

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<v Speaker 3>to know God, and I'm going to be in heaven

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<v Speaker 3>because of you.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm your friend forever.

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<v Speaker 3>There's nothing you can do more important than help people

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<v Speaker 3>determine the destiny of their lives, because it's the.

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<v Speaker 4>Only thing that's going to outla.

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<v Speaker 3>It was William James who said the greatest use of

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<v Speaker 3>your life is to invested in that which outlasted. And

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<v Speaker 3>when you invest it in people who are going to

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<v Speaker 3>last for eternity, then you are doing fruit that will last.

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<v Speaker 2>What a special message from Pastor Rick.

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<v Speaker 1>And now let's hear how lives are changing through Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>Today, I want to share a testimony from Ella, who

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<v Speaker 3>listens to Daily Hope in Canada, and she wrote, Pastor Rick,

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<v Speaker 3>like so many, I found every area of my life

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<v Speaker 3>flipped upside down when the pandemic hit in twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 3>I graduated from the university in April that year, and

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<v Speaker 3>I was lost and desperate for guidance. Yet as stubborn

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<v Speaker 3>as I was, I searched for answers everywhere else except

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<v Speaker 3>in God's word. But out of desperation, I read the

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<v Speaker 3>purpose Driven Life and I started listening.

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<v Speaker 4>To Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 3>Daily Hope was one of the resources that became monumental

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<v Speaker 3>in my journey to giving my life to Christ a

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<v Speaker 3>year after I started listening. And so I want to

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<v Speaker 3>thank you, and I want to thank everyone at Daily

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<v Speaker 3>Hope for all the work that you do. It must

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<v Speaker 3>seem so abstract when people you reach are all over

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<v Speaker 3>the world, but I know I'm not alone and saying

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<v Speaker 3>that Daily Hope has helped me find comfort and God

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<v Speaker 3>when I needed it most. Wow, Ella, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for writing, and thank you for telling me

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<v Speaker 3>that you've accepted Christ. You know, I know so many

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<v Speaker 3>people who are just like you. They're lost, They're looking

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<v Speaker 3>for answers, and they keep looking everywhere, but in the

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<v Speaker 3>right place, God's word for the truth. But praise God,

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<v Speaker 3>you found the word of God. You believed his word,

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<v Speaker 3>and you believe that Jesus is the truth. So it's

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<v Speaker 3>a blessing. It's a blessing to know that God is

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<v Speaker 3>using this broadcast to help bring you and other people

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<v Speaker 3>to Him on a daily basis. Now, you mentioned that

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<v Speaker 3>it must be unusual to reach people around the world,

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<v Speaker 3>even though I'm not able to meet Him face to face,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'd like to say this. I wish I could

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<v Speaker 3>meet everybody face to face. I wish I could take

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<v Speaker 3>every one of you out to a corner restaurant, sit

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<v Speaker 3>down and have a cup of coffee and just let

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<v Speaker 3>me hear your life story. I would Nothing would make

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<v Speaker 3>me feel happier than doing that. But that's why I'm blessed.

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<v Speaker 4>To receive letters.

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<v Speaker 3>Please write me, Please tell me your story. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to know how God is changing your life, how God

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<v Speaker 3>is using his word through Daily Hope to make a

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<v Speaker 3>difference in you. So let me know what God's doing

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<v Speaker 3>in your life. Let me know how He's using Daily

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<v Speaker 3>Hope to help you in your Christian walk, and that

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<v Speaker 3>way we can pray intelligently for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, if you'd like to let Rick know how this

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast has blessed you, he would love it. Please feel

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<v Speaker 2>free to.

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<v Speaker 1>Send him an email at Rick at pastorick dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Rick at Pastrick dot com. Be sure to join

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<v Speaker 1>us next time as we look into God's Word for

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<v Speaker 1>our daily hope. This program is sponsored by Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope and your generous financial support