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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible teaching Ministry of Rick Warren, and today we're

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<v Speaker 1>continuing our series called the Habits of Happiness. In this series,

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<v Speaker 1>Rick dives into the Book of Philippians and helps.

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<v Speaker 2>You discover God's path to.

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<v Speaker 1>True and lasting happiness. Let's get going with part one

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called how to Keep Your Heart Happy.

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<v Speaker 2>This week, a little boy jumped into his father's lap

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, Daddy, my heart is so full of happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he jumped off, went off to play with his brother.

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<v Speaker 2>An hour later, came back in with a long face,

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<v Speaker 2>really really, you know, like gloom had come over him.

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<v Speaker 2>And his daddy said, what happened to your happy heart?

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<v Speaker 2>He said, Brian made it all leak out. Would you

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<v Speaker 2>agree that sometimes our hearts spring a leak. Would you

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<v Speaker 2>agree that it's quite easy to spring a leak. You

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<v Speaker 2>can be very very happy, and the next second, because

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<v Speaker 2>of the phone call or what somebody said to you,

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<v Speaker 2>or somebody who cuts you off in traffic or whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>you can spring a leak. And it is very very

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<v Speaker 2>easy to lose the happiness in our hearts. Now, we

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<v Speaker 2>started a few weeks ago this series through the Book

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<v Speaker 2>of Philippians that I'm calling the Habits of Happiness. And

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend, if you'll take out your message notes, I

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<v Speaker 2>want us to look at how do you keep your

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<v Speaker 2>heart happy? In spite of all the things that happen

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<v Speaker 2>and all the things that cause you to spring a leak?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you keep your heart happy? And we're looking

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<v Speaker 2>at Philippians, Chapter two, verses twelve to eighteen. Now, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a very powerful passage Philippians two twelve to eighteen,

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<v Speaker 2>because in it it gives us examples of five of

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<v Speaker 2>the most common ways that we lose our happiness. But

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<v Speaker 2>more important than that, it gives us us the antidotes,

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<v Speaker 2>the cures, the remedies, the five cures to keep you

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<v Speaker 2>from losing your happiness so often so that your heart

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't spring a leak. Now, let me read the text

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<v Speaker 2>to you, and then you see if you can pick

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<v Speaker 2>out the antidotes as I read this to you, Philippians

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<v Speaker 2>two twelve to eighteen. Therefore, my dear friends, as you've

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<v Speaker 2>always obeyed, not just in my presence, but even more

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<v Speaker 2>in my absence. Remember Paul was writing from prison to

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<v Speaker 2>these people in Philippi A church that he started. He

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<v Speaker 2>was the planter of this church. He says, Now I

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<v Speaker 2>tell you to continue. Continue, I means keep on, continue

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<v Speaker 2>to work out your salvation. Work out your salvation with

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<v Speaker 2>fear and trembling. Now fear means deep respect, and trembling

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<v Speaker 2>means with sensitivity. It means with deep reverence and humility.

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<v Speaker 2>Work out your salvation fear and trembling. For it is

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<v Speaker 2>God who works in you to will and to act

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<v Speaker 2>according to His good purpose. Do everything without complaining or arguing,

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<v Speaker 2>so that you may become blameless and pure children of

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<v Speaker 2>God without fault, and a crooked and depraved generation in

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<v Speaker 2>which you shine like stars in the universe as you

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<v Speaker 2>hold on to and hold out the Word of life,

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<v Speaker 2>in order to maybe boast of the day of Christ

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<v Speaker 2>that I did not run her labor for nothing. Then

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<v Speaker 2>he says, But even if I'm being poured out like

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<v Speaker 2>a drink, offing on the sacrifice and service coming from

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<v Speaker 2>your faith, the sacrifice and the service coming from your faith,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, I'm still glad. I'm still happy, and I

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<v Speaker 2>rejoice with all of you. And so you too should

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<v Speaker 2>be happy, and you should rejoice with me. Now the

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<v Speaker 2>key verse in this passage is there in your outline.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's verse twelve and thirteen, where it says you

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<v Speaker 2>must continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, deep respective humility, deep reverence and humility.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, you work out your salvation, for it is

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<v Speaker 2>God who works in you, both to will and to

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<v Speaker 2>act according to His good purpose. Now I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to circle the phrase work out and circle the phrase

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<v Speaker 2>work in in your life. God has a part and

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<v Speaker 2>you have a part in your spiritual growth. God's part

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<v Speaker 2>is to work in in you, to work in your salvation,

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<v Speaker 2>and your part is to work it out. Now what

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<v Speaker 2>does it mean to work out your salvation? Notice it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't say work for big difference, you cannot work for

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<v Speaker 2>your salvation. You can't earn your salvation. You can't buy

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<v Speaker 2>your salvation, you can't deserve. So he doesn't say work

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<v Speaker 2>for your salvation, like work real hard and then you'll

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<v Speaker 2>be saved. The Bible does not teach that. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible teaches the exact opposite. And Ephesians two eight

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<v Speaker 2>and nine it said it's by God's grace that you're

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<v Speaker 2>saved through faith, and even the faith is not of yourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the gift of God, not of works. So no

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<v Speaker 2>one could boast. If you could work your way to heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>then everybody would be bragging who got up there? And

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<v Speaker 2>it would be like hell. So you can't work for

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<v Speaker 2>your salvation. He doesn't say that. He says you were

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<v Speaker 2>to work out what God works in. God works in

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<v Speaker 2>the salvation. You work when you work out a puzzle,

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<v Speaker 2>did you create the puzzle? No, it was already created.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the working out part of a puzzle? You're putting

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<v Speaker 2>it together? And then I said, oh, look at the

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<v Speaker 2>big picture. Okay, when you go work out in a gemist,

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<v Speaker 2>I can tell you do every day? Are you working

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<v Speaker 2>to create a muscle that's not there? Are you creating

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<v Speaker 2>the strength than the muscle God already gave you? The

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<v Speaker 2>second Okay, you can't create muscle. You can strengthen and

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<v Speaker 2>enlarge the muscle God gave you. But when you go

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<v Speaker 2>do a workout, it's not like you don't have any muscle.

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<v Speaker 2>You have some, it's just pretty weak. And so you

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<v Speaker 2>are to work out what God has already worked in you.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the key where to work out what God

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<v Speaker 2>works in. This week I read an article on five

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<v Speaker 2>exercises for a healthy heart, and it said, if you

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<v Speaker 2>really want to have a strong heart, good strong Coronary

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<v Speaker 2>Health said, you need to do five things. Said the

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<v Speaker 2>five workouts were a treadmill, a swimming pool, stretching, weightlifting,

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<v Speaker 2>an aerobics class. Those were the five workouts recommended by

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<v Speaker 2>the American Heart Association for a healthy heart. But I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to talk to you about a healthy heart

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<v Speaker 2>this week. In this passage is about a happy heart.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you have a happy heart? And the workout

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<v Speaker 2>for a happy heart is quite different than a workout

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<v Speaker 2>for a physically healthy heart. But in this passage that

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<v Speaker 2>we just read, we have Paul's workout strategy, his workout plan,

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<v Speaker 2>his five exercises for a happy heart. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at these five exercises for a happy heart, not

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<v Speaker 2>a healthy heart, but a happy heart. And Paul in

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<v Speaker 2>these verses gives us five things to do. Now. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>as we've been going through this book of Philippians, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a very simple, straightforward book. But simple does not mean easy.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to share these five exercises with you. They're

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<v Speaker 2>pretty easy to do, be easy to understand, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>very hard to do. I mean, you know the right

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<v Speaker 2>things that will make you physically healthy, do you do them? No?

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<v Speaker 2>And these are the things that will make you emotionally

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<v Speaker 2>and spiritually happy, and you can hear them and not

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<v Speaker 2>do them. Now with the first exercise to maintain a

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<v Speaker 2>healthy heart has to do with fear. You see, fear

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the primary reasons we lose our happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot be afraid and be happy at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>You just can't. And when we get afraid, when fear

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<v Speaker 2>comes in the front door, happiness goes out the back

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<v Speaker 2>door of our lives, and happiness stays on until fear

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<v Speaker 2>goes So you've got to get rid of fear. And

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<v Speaker 2>one of the biggest fears we have is the fear

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<v Speaker 2>of being abandoned, the fear of being alone, the feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm facing life all by myself. And you've all

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<v Speaker 2>felt that. We've all felt it at different times in

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<v Speaker 2>our lives, that we're here on alone by ourselves and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody is there to help us. And so here's the

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<v Speaker 2>first exercise. Number one. Remember that God is with me,

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<v Speaker 2>He's in me, and he's for me. Remember that God

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<v Speaker 2>is with me and in me and for me, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is the first verse that we have to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with Verse thirteen. No matter what I'm facing, no matter

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<v Speaker 2>what you're going to face this next week, you're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to face it alone. God is with you, He

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<v Speaker 2>is in you, and he is for you. Now look

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<v Speaker 2>at these three verses. Philippians two fourteen two thirteen says this,

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<v Speaker 2>for God is always working in you, giving you both

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<v Speaker 2>the desire to obey him and the power to do

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<v Speaker 2>what pleases him. Now let's look at this verse, word

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<v Speaker 2>by word. God is always working circle the word working.

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<v Speaker 2>That word in Greek is the word inner ghosts, from

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<v Speaker 2>which we get the word energy. Energy says God is

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<v Speaker 2>the energy driver in your life. You're not just going

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<v Speaker 2>on willpower. You're not just going on your own power,

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<v Speaker 2>God says. God says, I will give you the power,

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<v Speaker 2>and I am working in you, and no matter what

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<v Speaker 2>you're facing, I am in you. Not only is he

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<v Speaker 2>in us, he is with us. Look at the next verse.

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<v Speaker 2>John fourteen eighteen to twenty says, I will not leave

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<v Speaker 2>you as orphans. Jesus is speaking, I won't leave you

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<v Speaker 2>as orphans. I will be with you, and you will

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<v Speaker 2>realize that you are in me and I am in you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's quite a promise. That's quite a promise. God says,

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<v Speaker 2>not only am I with you, I am in you.

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<v Speaker 2>And not only am I in you, I am around you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm around you. The Bible tells us in the Book

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<v Speaker 2>of Colossians that we are hid with Christ in God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now think about this. The Bible says Christ is in me.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says I am in Christ. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>we're hid with Christ in God. And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>we're sealed with the Holy Spirit. That means for the

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<v Speaker 2>devil to get to you, he's got to get through

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<v Speaker 2>the Trinity. That's a pretty good protection. That is a

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<v Speaker 2>great fear reliever. Look at the next verse. Not only

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<v Speaker 2>is God with us, and in the Bible says God

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<v Speaker 2>is for us Romans eight thirty one. If God is

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<v Speaker 2>for us, who can defeat us? So go back and

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<v Speaker 2>look at those three verses and circle the phrase in you,

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<v Speaker 2>and with you, and for you or for us. I

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<v Speaker 2>think of the verse where in Psalm twenty three it says,

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<v Speaker 2>surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. Now you know that's the Lord's the

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<v Speaker 2>shepherd's prayer, the good shepherd prayer, where the Lord is

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<v Speaker 2>my shepherd, I shall not want. And the whole poem

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<v Speaker 2>is about David being a shepherd to his sheep and

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<v Speaker 2>God being a shop to David. And he says, surely

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<v Speaker 2>goodness and mercy will follow me. You know, when a

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<v Speaker 2>shepherd leads his sheep, they are always guard dogs at

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<v Speaker 2>the back, and these little guard dogs at the bat

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<v Speaker 2>nipping at the back, so that as a shepherd leads them,

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<v Speaker 2>the guard dogs behind keep the sheep moving in the

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<v Speaker 2>right direction. And the Bible says that the guard dogs

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<v Speaker 2>in your life are goodness and mercy. God's goodness in

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<v Speaker 2>your life and God's mercy in your life. God's goodness

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<v Speaker 2>God gives you the things you don't deserve. And God's

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<v Speaker 2>mercy is he doesn't give you the things you do deserve.

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<v Speaker 2>And in those in your life, you're going to have

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<v Speaker 2>both of those. He says, I'm not just with you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not just in you, I'm for you. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>ever feel the smart smile of God in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't, you don't really know God. Some people

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<v Speaker 2>him all the time. No it says, God says, I

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<v Speaker 2>and I need to say God, I thank you that

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to be with me today. You're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>How good is that? What kind of great news is that?

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<v Speaker 2>If God is with me, God is in me, and

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<v Speaker 2>doing being depressed? Number two? The second habit or exercise

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<v Speaker 2>This deals with the second cause of the loss of happiness,

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<v Speaker 2>do that? Yes, we all do it. We fret and

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<v Speaker 2>we fight over a small sout. That's verse fourteen. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a hard habit to break because we're negative

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<v Speaker 2>since Adam and Eve existed, we have been going around

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<v Speaker 2>excusing and accusing, excusing and accusing, excusing and accusing. We

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<v Speaker 2>had a different husband, then i'd be happy. If I

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<v Speaker 2>had just hadn't gotten married, then I'd be happy. If

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<v Speaker 2>I had children, I'd be happy. If my children would

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<v Speaker 2>leave home, I'd be happy. That's that win. And then thinking,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're always blaming somebody else. I've said this many

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<v Speaker 2>times to you. You were as happy as you choose

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<v Speaker 2>to be. You can't blame anybody else. Happiness is a choice.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have to stop excusing it and accusing, and

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<v Speaker 2>you have to stop fretting and fighting over the small stuff. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Philippians two fourteen and fifteen says this, do everything without

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<v Speaker 2>word of blame against you, that their friends. It may

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<v Speaker 2>be one of the most difficult verses in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you agree with that, do everything without complaining or arguing,

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<v Speaker 2>so then nobody can speak a word of blame against you.

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<v Speaker 2>This week I sent on I wrote a list of

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<v Speaker 2>the type of complainers that I run into all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't put your name down, I just put I

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<v Speaker 2>just put the description. First are the whiners. You got

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<v Speaker 2>any whiners in your life? And when they complain, they

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<v Speaker 2>you know, they rise and whine in the morning. I

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<v Speaker 2>but I refuse to shine. That's what a whiner does.

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<v Speaker 2>They they wake up negative. You know, people used to

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<v Speaker 2>always ask Katie, you wake up grouchy? She said no,

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<v Speaker 2>I usually let him sleep. And you know, again, this

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<v Speaker 2>and you can say good morning, Lord or good life.

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<v Speaker 2>It's morning. That's a choice. You have a choice. And

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<v Speaker 2>the second habit of happiness, the second skill, the second

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<v Speaker 2>exercise in the workout for a happy heart, you got

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<v Speaker 2>to learn to be grateful, always grateful, and never grumble.

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<v Speaker 2>Always grateful, never grumble. They're whiners. Then the second kind

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<v Speaker 2>of complainers are martyrs. Don't look at them. Their favorite

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<v Speaker 2>expression is nobody appreciates me, and they are pros at

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<v Speaker 2>nobody loves me. I'm gonna go eat worms. They're they're martyrs.

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<v Speaker 2>Made me think of that hypochondriac who had put on

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<v Speaker 2>her tombstone. I told you I was sick. She was

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<v Speaker 2>a martyr. How do you react when you don't get

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<v Speaker 2>your way? Huh? How do you react when when you

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<v Speaker 2>don't get your way? Do you pout? Do you mount? Am?

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<v Speaker 2>You know? Complaining campaign? Do you continue to fuss and

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<v Speaker 2>argue and complain and moan? You know, but mom, they're

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<v Speaker 2>whiners and their martyrs third kind of complainer, I see her.

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<v Speaker 2>The cynics, and the cynics take a different approach. Your

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<v Speaker 2>attitude is what's the use? Why bother? Why try? It

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<v Speaker 2>isn't going to make any difference. And cynics they just

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<v Speaker 2>they just kind of poison everything. It's like the lady

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<v Speaker 2>who walked into the uh, you know, the seafood restaurant,

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<v Speaker 2>and she said to the waiter, sir, do you serve

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<v Speaker 2>crabs here? He said, man, we serve everybody. Or the

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<v Speaker 2>lady walked into the grocery store and the clerk said,

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<v Speaker 2>And then number four, there are perfectionists. Perfectionists and perfect

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing is ever good enough for these complainers. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>everything is just not quite the way it ought to be.

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<v Speaker 2>They're unpleasable. And you know, the favorite phrases is that

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<v Speaker 2>the best you can do. And if you got c's,

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<v Speaker 2>the perfectionist wants you to get be's. You got b's,

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<v Speaker 2>they want you to get a's. If you got a's,

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<v Speaker 2>they want you to get straight a's. But we are complainers,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bible says, if you want to be happy,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got to be grateful and never grumble. Do everything

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<v Speaker 2>without complaining or arguing, so no one can speak a

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<v Speaker 2>word to blame against you. You know, to me, friends,

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<v Speaker 2>the most the scariest verse in the Bible is Matthew

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<v Speaker 2>twelve thirty six. It's not on your outline. You might

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<v Speaker 2>write that one down, Matthew twelve thirty six. It's up

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<v Speaker 2>here on the screen. It's something Jesus said. Here's what

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<v Speaker 2>he said. I tell you this that you will give

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<v Speaker 2>an account on judgment day of every careless word you

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<v Speaker 2>haven that ought to sin shivers up your spine. How

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<v Speaker 2>many times have I complained, grumbled, argued about something when

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<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't have been sweating the small stuff? Don't sweat

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<v Speaker 2>the small stuff is law number one of life. Law

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<v Speaker 2>number two is it's all small stuff, or at least

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<v Speaker 2>most of it is. The Bible says this in first

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<v Speaker 2>that is one. It's five eighteen. In everything, give thanks

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<v Speaker 2>for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Now people ask all the time, Rick, what's God's will

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<v Speaker 2>for my life? There it is in everything give thanks? Really, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that is God's will. When you do that, God will

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<v Speaker 2>show you step b Now, notice circle. The word in

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<v Speaker 2>it does not say four. It does not say for everything,

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<v Speaker 2>give thanks. It says in everything, give thanks. There are

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things I shouldn't be thankful for. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not thankful for war. I'm not thankful for leukemia and cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not thankful for people who get raped and molested.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not thankful for racial injustice. And there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of evil in the world. To be thankful for evil,

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<v Speaker 2>it is a perversion of what God teaches in his word.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible doesn't say you're to be thankful for everything.

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<v Speaker 2>It says you're to be thankful in everything. Why well,

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<v Speaker 2>remember when I did the series on grief and the

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<v Speaker 2>last one I talked about five ways to use your pain.

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<v Speaker 2>I can use it to draw closer to God. I

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<v Speaker 2>can use it to draw closer to others. I can

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<v Speaker 2>use it to grow more like Christ. I can use

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<v Speaker 2>it as a ministry to serve others, and I can

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<v Speaker 2>use it as a platform of witness. I can be

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<v Speaker 2>thankful in a situation because I know Romans eight twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>In all things God works for the good. Not everything's good,

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<v Speaker 2>but in all things as God works for the good.

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<v Speaker 2>We've covered this many times. And so in everything I

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<v Speaker 2>God could turn crucifixions into resurrections. He loves to change

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<v Speaker 2>beauty for ashes, our ashes into beauty. So in everything,

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<v Speaker 2>give thanks. In other words, be grateful and never grumble,

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<v Speaker 2>be grateful for what you do. Have a question, do

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<v Speaker 2>you think you would be happier if you followed this

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<v Speaker 2>second exercise every day you grumbled less and were more grateful. Duh?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay again, it's not rocket science. Okay, but if you

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<v Speaker 2>want to have a happy heard, you do what God's

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<v Speaker 2>God is always with me. God has always in me,

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<v Speaker 2>and God is always for me. That makes me happy.

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<v Speaker 2>And I should be grateful and not grumble, not complain

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<v Speaker 2>and argue, and be grateful for what I have. What

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have study after studies show on the gratitude

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>did you know that most people look for happiness in

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<v Speaker 1>all the wrong places. You won't find it through money, fame,

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<v Speaker 1>or power. You'll only find real, lasting happiness by following

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<v Speaker 1>God's commands. And that's why Rick created the Habits of

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<v Speaker 1>Happiness Bible study.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick to tell you more. If you'd like to

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<v Speaker 2>learn more about the habits of happiness, I've got a

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<v Speaker 2>new resource to help you. It's called The Habits of

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<v Speaker 2>Happiness Guided Experience Book. In this resource, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>learn how seeing things from God's perspective will help you

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<v Speaker 2>develop the Biblical habits of happiness. And you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>discover how happiness runs deeper than any circumstance or any

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<v Speaker 2>feeling or any relationship. Now I'm excited because this book

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<v Speaker 2>is filled with biblical truth, practical lessons, application exercises, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of space for you to write down your

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<v Speaker 2>responses to what God is teaching you. It's a really

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<v Speaker 2>powerful workbook, and it's a comprehensive study tool I believe

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<v Speaker 2>is going to help you grow to your next level

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<v Speaker 2>of spiritual maturity.

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