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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. 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 matter

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<v Speaker 1>where you're starting from. So sit back, relax, and here's

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<v Speaker 1>part one of a message called Why God Made You.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark Train once said, the two most important days in

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<v Speaker 2>your life our number one the day you're born, and

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<v Speaker 2>number two the day you figure out why.

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<v Speaker 3>Why you were born.

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<v Speaker 2>God has never created anything without a purpose. Every plant

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<v Speaker 2>has a purpose, every star has a purpose, every animal

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<v Speaker 2>has a purpose. God does not create things without a reason,

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<v Speaker 2>without a purpose. And if your heart is beating and

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<v Speaker 2>your breathing, there's a purpose for your life because God

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<v Speaker 2>never makes anything without a purpose. And the very fact

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<v Speaker 2>that you're alive makes your life meaningful. That God had

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<v Speaker 2>a reason for creating you. And that's what we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>look at this weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>Why God made you?

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<v Speaker 2>Now, if you want to know the purpose of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to start with God.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't find it on TV, you can't find it.

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<v Speaker 2>In the movies, you can't find it. You know, reading

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<v Speaker 2>a book, you can't find it. A lot of people say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>the way you need to find your purpose is look within,

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<v Speaker 2>like trust the force, Luke, look within. That doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>I tried that a lot of times. Look within also

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<v Speaker 2>has a bunch of confusion. You can't tell you what

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<v Speaker 2>your purpose is because you didn't make you.

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<v Speaker 3>Does that make sense?

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<v Speaker 2>Only your creator can tell you what your purpose is.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't tell yourself because you weren't alive when he

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<v Speaker 2>whoever thought you up thought you up. If I were

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<v Speaker 2>to hold up in a just in any kind of

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<v Speaker 2>invention that you had never seen, and I held up

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, tell me what this is? What's the

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of this invention? You wouldn't have the slightest idea.

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<v Speaker 2>And the only way you would know the purpose of

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<v Speaker 2>an invention you'd never seen is either a talk to

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<v Speaker 2>the inventor, the creator who made it, and they can

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what it does, or b read the owner's

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<v Speaker 2>manual the same is true for your life. The only

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<v Speaker 2>way you're ever going to know your purpose for your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Why you're here on this planet, what on earth you're

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<v Speaker 2>here for? Is a talk to your creator, God who

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<v Speaker 2>made you, and be read the Owner's Manual. Now, the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says this, look there on your outline. Ephesians chapter

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<v Speaker 2>one from the Bible says, it is in Christ that

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<v Speaker 2>we find out who we are and what we're living for.

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<v Speaker 2>So you said, I really got to find myself. You're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna find yourself in Christ. It is in Christ we

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<v Speaker 2>find out who we are, what we're living for, part

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<v Speaker 2>of the overall purpose that He God is working out

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<v Speaker 2>in everything and everyone. The next verse, Colossians chapter one,

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<v Speaker 2>verse sixteen says this, everything, absolutely everything, got started in

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<v Speaker 2>Christ and finds its purpose in him. You were made

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<v Speaker 2>by God, You were made for God. Until you understand

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<v Speaker 2>that your life is never gonna make sense.

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<v Speaker 3>You're gonna go through life one and what on earth

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<v Speaker 3>am I here for? You got to start with God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the Bible says that you were made to last forever.

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<v Speaker 2>One day your heart is going to stop. That's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be the end of your body. But it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the end of you. That's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>the end of your time on Earth. But it's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be the end of you. God has long range

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<v Speaker 2>plans for your life, and I'm not exaggerating, because He

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to live forever and ever and ever and

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<v Speaker 2>ever and ever and ever and ever. So you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>actually spend more time on the other side of death

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<v Speaker 2>than you do on this time side. On this side

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<v Speaker 2>you get eighty years at the most, maybe a hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>That's it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not really a whole lot of time. After you die,

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<v Speaker 2>you move into eternity, and you're gonna spend trillions and

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<v Speaker 2>trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions onto

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<v Speaker 2>infinity and beyond.

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<v Speaker 3>For the rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is like a little tiny millimeter of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>The few measly years you're here on Earth. Most of

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<v Speaker 2>your life is gonna be on the other side. And

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<v Speaker 2>have you ever thought about this? If God wants to

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<v Speaker 2>take me to heaven, why doesn't he just take me

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<v Speaker 2>there instantly? Why didn't just make me and start with

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<v Speaker 2>me in heaven? Why does God put you on this

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<v Speaker 2>planet for eighty years?

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<v Speaker 3>Really? Why does he do that? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, you're not ready for heaven. There are

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<v Speaker 2>some things you need to learn, and God says, this

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<v Speaker 2>life follow me. This life is preparation.

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<v Speaker 3>For the next.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to know why you're on this planet,

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<v Speaker 2>it is to get ready for the next life. This

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<v Speaker 2>life is preparation for the next. This is the preschool.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the warm up act.

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<v Speaker 3>This is the.

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<v Speaker 2>Get ready stage. This is the kindergarten. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>dress rehearsal before the real show begins. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>first lap around track before the real race begins. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the warm up act, getting ready for eternity, because

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<v Speaker 2>that's the real show that's gonna go on forever and

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<v Speaker 2>ever and ever. Now, in heaven, you're going to do

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<v Speaker 2>a number of things, and the Bible tells us what's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen in heaven, and what God wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>do here on earth is practice what you're gonna do

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven forever, so when you get to heaven you

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<v Speaker 2>know what to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, I'm going to explain to.

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<v Speaker 2>You this evening exactly what God wants you to practice

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<v Speaker 2>while you're here on earth. This may be the most

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<v Speaker 2>important message you've ever heard in your life. Because I

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<v Speaker 2>can't think of anything more fundamental than why am I

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<v Speaker 2>here on earth and what am I supposed to do

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<v Speaker 2>with my life. If I only had one sermon to preach,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be this message to teach you why God

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<v Speaker 2>made you and what you're supposed to do with your life.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to practice five things on this planet.

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<v Speaker 2>We call them our purposes, the reasons for living.

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<v Speaker 3>We often use the word callings. There are five callings, but.

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<v Speaker 2>There are five things God wants you to do with

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<v Speaker 2>your life here on earth for five reasons. He made

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<v Speaker 2>you for five reasons. Now I want you to write

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<v Speaker 2>these down. Number one, the first purpose of your life

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<v Speaker 2>is this. God planned me. God planned me for his pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>God planned me for his pleasure. God created you just

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<v Speaker 2>to love you. That's the whole idea. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>that God is love. I've told you this many times.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't say God has love. It says God is love.

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<v Speaker 2>It is the essence of his nature, it is his character,

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<v Speaker 2>it is who God is. God is love. And if

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<v Speaker 2>God wasn't a God of love, you would not be

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<v Speaker 2>able to love anybody else Because you're made in God's image.

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<v Speaker 2>The only reason You're able to love is because God said, I'm.

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<v Speaker 3>Going to make men and women in my own image.

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<v Speaker 2>And if God was not a god of love, there

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<v Speaker 2>would be no love in the universe, that would be

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<v Speaker 2>no love between human beings. Now, the Bible says that

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<v Speaker 2>God made you simply to love you.

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<v Speaker 3>God made you to love you. He didn't need you.

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<v Speaker 2>God is totally satisfied in himself. Father's not holy spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>but he wanted you. That shows how valuable you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let me show you some verses about how God

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<v Speaker 2>planned you for his pleasure. He planned he created you

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<v Speaker 2>just so we could love you. Revelation four, verse eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>You God created everything, and it is for your pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle that for your pleasure that they exist, and they

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<v Speaker 2>were created. Everything was created because God gets enjoyment out

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<v Speaker 3>He wanted to love it.

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<v Speaker 2>God loves every rock, every plant, every animal, every star,

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<v Speaker 2>and every human being. So one verse four, the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>takes pleasure in his people. Anybody here a parent, who

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<v Speaker 2>has anybody here?

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<v Speaker 3>Have kids?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, those of you who are parents, do you

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<v Speaker 2>get pleasure? How many of you get pleasure in your kids?

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<v Speaker 2>You see most of the time? Yeah, yeah, Well, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what God takes pleasure in you all of the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because He made you, He created you, He's your

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<v Speaker 2>heavenly father. Did you know that God gets pleasure in

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<v Speaker 2>just watching you beu? Some people think that God is

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<v Speaker 2>only smiling at them when they're doing something quote religious

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<v Speaker 2>that if you know, if you're feeding the poor, you're

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<v Speaker 2>helping the sick, you're confessing your sins, you're going to church,

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<v Speaker 2>you're giving a tithe, you're being generous. That when you

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<v Speaker 2>do these kind of spiritual things, reading your Bible and praying,

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<v Speaker 2>then God smiles.

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<v Speaker 3>But the rest of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, God's kind of bored with you.

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing could be further from the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>God gets pleasure in watching you be you because He

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<v Speaker 2>made you you, and when you do something that's so

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<v Speaker 2>typical of you, he goes, that's my girl, that's my boy,

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I made them to do. You know, when

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<v Speaker 2>my children were little, I used to sneak into their

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<v Speaker 2>rooms at night and sit by their bedside and watch

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<v Speaker 2>them sleep. And I got so much pleasure out of

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<v Speaker 2>just watching them breathe. You know, I would watch their

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<v Speaker 4>Rise and lower and rise and lower and rise and lower,

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<v Speaker 4>and I got so much pleasure just watching my kids breathe. Why,

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<v Speaker 4>Because I am their creator, I'm their father.

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<v Speaker 2>I made them. They wouldn't exist without me. Now, they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have to do anything special. They didn't have to

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<v Speaker 2>be reading the Bible or memorizing scripture or witnessing to

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<v Speaker 2>other two year olds. They just had to be themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>And I got pleasure out of watching them sleep. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you know that God gets pleasure out of watching you sleep?

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the way you act sometimes he's more pleased

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<v Speaker 2>with that. But the fact is, if my kids had

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<v Speaker 2>acted like the devil all day at night, they're angels.

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<v Speaker 2>And God gives pleasure out of watching his.

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<v Speaker 3>Children just be his children.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what the Bible says Ephesians, chapter one, verse four.

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<v Speaker 2>Long before he God laid down the earth found ation.

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<v Speaker 2>Other words, I mean is long before God created the universe.

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<v Speaker 2>God had us in mind.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoo. God had us in mind, and he settled on

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<v Speaker 3>us as.

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<v Speaker 2>The focus of his love circle the word focus. The

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<v Speaker 2>focus of God's love is not animals. He loves animals,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's not the focus of his love. The focus

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<v Speaker 2>of God's love is not the environment. He loves the environment,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's not his focus. His focus of his love

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<v Speaker 2>is us. And the reason why is because He has

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<v Speaker 2>given us the capacity to love him back. This is

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<v Speaker 2>what makes you different from animals. Animals can't pray, animals

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<v Speaker 2>You know almost nothing about God. God loves you in

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<v Speaker 2>Bible calls this worship. And it's the first purpose of

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<v Speaker 2>you can know in life is that God loves you,

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<v Speaker 2>and the most important thing you can do in life

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<v Speaker 3>So, as I've.

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<v Speaker 2>Said to you many times, you ought to get up

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<v Speaker 3>I have done this.

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<v Speaker 2>that day everything went wrong, it was terrible. I sin,

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<v Speaker 2>the other hand, it doesn't matter how many things you accomplished,

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<v Speaker 2>much money you make. If at the end of each

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<v Speaker 2>day you don't know God a little bit better and

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<v Speaker 2>love him a little bit more, you just wasted that day.

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<v Speaker 2>Because God did not create you and put you on

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<v Speaker 2>He put you here for the very first purpose, and

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<v Speaker 3>To know Him and love Him. Write this down. The

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<v Speaker 3>first purpose of my life is to know and love God. Bam.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. It's pretty simple. Love God with all your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>love him. To know and love God. Now, the tragedy

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<v Speaker 2>the number one purpose of life. They know everything else.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the Voice.

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<v Speaker 2>They know all kinds of things in pop culture. But

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<v Speaker 2>they don't know God. And that's the most important thing

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<v Speaker 2>in life. It's what you were put here to do,

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<v Speaker 2>to know God. Fir Timothy, Chapter six the Bible says this,

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<v Speaker 2>some people have missed the most important thing in life.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't know God. They don't know God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, how do you know when you don't know God?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know when you're disconnected from God? How

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<v Speaker 2>do you know when in that moment you're not knowing

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<v Speaker 2>and loving God. God has given us a warning sign

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<v Speaker 2>and that goes off like a bright yellow light in

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<v Speaker 3>Worry. Are any of you familiar with this term worry? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>up to God. And when you worry, you're acting like

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<v Speaker 2>it's all your responsibility that you don't have a heavenly

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<v Speaker 2>father who loves you. That there aren't seven thousand promises

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible, that God hasn't already agreed to take

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<v Speaker 2>care of all your needs. You're acting like an orphan,

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<v Speaker 2>like you don't have to have any father.

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<v Speaker 3>God doesn't exist.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry is practical atheism. It's practically it's acting like an

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<v Speaker 2>atheist and worry. The Bible says in Matthew six point

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<v Speaker 2>thirty two, people who don't know God are always worrying. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>God planned me for his pleasure. So the first purpose

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<v Speaker 2>of my life is to know and love God. Not

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<v Speaker 2>only did God plan me for his pleasure. Number two,

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<v Speaker 2>God formed me for his family. God formed me for

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<v Speaker 2>his family. God wanted a family, and you were created

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<v Speaker 2>to be a part of it. The whole reason the

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<v Speaker 2>God wanted a family. He wanted children. Now, he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>his love to something, so he created us as objects

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<v Speaker 2>of his love. And he created the entire universe to

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<v Speaker 2>create this galaxy to create this planet, so it's on

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<v Speaker 2>an access Do you know that one degree this way

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<v Speaker 2>the human race, just so he could create you, just

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<v Speaker 2>so he could love you. That's how valuable you are

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<v Speaker 2>to God. God thought you up before he thought up

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<v Speaker 2>the universe. The Bible says this very clearly, that you

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<v Speaker 2>the focus of his love. Ephesians, chapter one, verse five.

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<v Speaker 2>God's unchanging plan, it never has changed, has always been

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<v Speaker 2>to adopt us into his own family. Whoooa whoa by

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<v Speaker 2>bringing this to himself through Jesus Christ, and this gave

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<v Speaker 2>you to be a part of it. God never meant

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<v Speaker 2>for you to go through life alone. Whether you marry

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<v Speaker 2>or not is irrelevant. Whether you are your family stays

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<v Speaker 3>To this point.

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<v Speaker 2>he told Adam is it's not good for men.

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<v Speaker 2>You're made to be in a spiritual family that he

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<v Speaker 2>in life. And by the way, I said this before,

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<v Speaker 2>your spiritual family is going to outlast your physical family.

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<v Speaker 2>No physical family lasts. People grow up, they move off,

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<v Speaker 2>they get married, they start their own family. People divorce,

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<v Speaker 2>your spiritual family is going to last forever and ever

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<v Speaker 2>and ever. In fact, it's the only thing on planet

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<v Speaker 2>God has given us the privilege of being born again,

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<v Speaker 2>so that we are now members of God's family, God's

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<v Speaker 2>Or a couple weeks ago, that when you were born physically,

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<v Speaker 2>you automatically became a part of the human race.

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<v Speaker 2>You automatically became a part of human race. But you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't become a part of a spiritual family or a

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<v Speaker 2>physical family until somebody chose to take you home. Being

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<v Speaker 2>Are you telling me that everybody is not a child

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<v Speaker 2>of God. That's exactly what I'm telling you. You got

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<v Speaker 2>to choose to be in God's family. You got to

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<v Speaker 2>let him adopt you. Everybody is created by God. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>is loved by God. God has never made a person

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't love. God has never made a person he

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<v Speaker 2>did not want in his family. But he gives you

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<v Speaker 2>the choice, and He's not going to force you in.

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<v Speaker 2>And God's not going to force you into an adoption.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to want to be adopted into his family.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, what is God's family?

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<v Speaker 2>One Timothy chapter three says that family is the church.

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<v Speaker 2>The family is the Church of the Living God, the

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<v Speaker 2>support and foundation of the truth. Now, notice that the

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<v Speaker 2>church is not an organization. The church is not an institution.

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a society, it's not an organization. God says,

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<v Speaker 2>the church is a family. It's God's family. And we

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<v Speaker 2>are children of God, which makes us brothers and sisters

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<v Speaker 2>in the family of God. And God's purpose for your

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<v Speaker 2>life is not just to know Him and love him,

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<v Speaker 2>but to belong to his family. He doesn't want you

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<v Speaker 2>just to believe. He wants you to belong, to be connected.

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<v Speaker 2>A Christian without a church family is an orphan. Now

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<v Speaker 2>it says that that family is a church, a support

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<v Speaker 3>Support and foundation.

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<v Speaker 2>What happens when a building has no support and foundation,

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<v Speaker 2>It collapses? And we see that all around us. We

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<v Speaker 2>see collapsed marriages, and if you grew up in a

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<v Speaker 2>see it in collapsed health. When you don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>support and foundation of God's family, you're not gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>it through the tough times of life. You need support

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<v Speaker 2>and you need a foundation, and the Bible says that

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<v Speaker 2>is the church, God's family. You cannot fulfill God's purposes

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<v Speaker 2>for your life by yourself. Sorry, you can't. You can try,

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<v Speaker 2>but you will fail. You cannot fulfill the purpose God

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<v Speaker 2>to be in community, We're made to be in harmony.

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<v Speaker 2>We're made to be in family. We're made to be

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<v Speaker 2>in relationship. That's why you need the spiritual support of

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<v Speaker 2>a spiritual family. Now, the Bible says in one Peter

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always take away from his message. Here's Rick to

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 2>according to five specific purposes. He said, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>love God with all your heart. That's worship, and love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Jesus said, go make disciples. That's evangelism, Baptize

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<v Speaker 2>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obey everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've taught you. That's discipleship. And we call that the

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<v Speaker 2>Great Commission. We believe it daily hope that a great

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<v Speaker 2>commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will

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<v Speaker 2>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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<v Speaker 2>a great community. You know, I started daily hope so

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<v Speaker 2>I could spread the good news about Jesus, not just

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<v Speaker 2>across America, but all around the world, and we want

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<v Speaker 2>people to know that God's word is filled with hope

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<v Speaker 2>and truth and the power that we need to follow

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<v Speaker 2>him every day is available to every single one. You

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<v Speaker 2>know as well as I do, that the Word of

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<v Speaker 2>God changes lives. It's a live it's active, and it

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<v Speaker 2>breathes new life and new love into all of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>So wherever you listen to this, whether you listen on

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<v Speaker 2>the website, whether you listen on a radio station, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether you listen to a podcast, You're a part of

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<v Speaker 2>the Daily Hope family and I need your help. We

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<v Speaker 2>could not do this without your support. We're one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent listener funded. Would you continue to pray for this

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast and would you continue to support us? And let

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<v Speaker 2>write to me, let me hear from you. I absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>love reading the stories that are sent to me. So

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<v Speaker 2>write me, pray for me, and support this ministry and

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<v Speaker 2>God will bless it, and God will bless you and

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<v Speaker 2>will get to heaven. And well, thank God for all

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<v Speaker 2>the people going to be in heaven because you cared.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, if you'd like to support Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 5>just go to Pastorick dot com. That's Pastorick dot com,

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<v Speaker 5>or you can text the word hope to seven oh

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<v Speaker 5>three oh nine. That's the word hope to seven oh

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<v Speaker 5>three oh nine, And really, from the bottom of our hearts,

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<v Speaker 5>we thank you so much for your support. Your gift

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<v Speaker 5>to Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope helps us share the hope of Christ with people everywhere.

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>is sponsored by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 5>And your generous financial support.