WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:00.960 Hi, everybody. 2 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.600 This is Pastor Rick Warren, Kay and I and our 3 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:05.919 family and all of our staff here at Daily Hope 4 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.560 want to wish you and your family a very happy 5 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:10.000 New Year. 6 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:16.719 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry 7 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.399 of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue in a series 8 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:25.760 called Transformed. In these lessons, Rick uncovers key principles found 9 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:30.039 in God's Word that will completely transform our lives from 10 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:38.600 the inside out in every area including spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial, 11 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.320 and vocational. Now, before we get started, we want to 12 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.399 let you know that a very generous friend has given 13 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:49.200 one hundred thousand dollars matching grant to Daily Hope. That 14 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:52.560 means that all this month, every dollar you give to 15 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.439 help Daily Hope share the hope of Jesus around the 16 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:59.000 world will be matched up to one hundred thousand dollars. 17 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:02.359 You can find out more by going to Pastorick dot 18 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.959 com or by texting the word Daily to eight hundred, 19 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:10.480 six hundred five thousand and four. Here's Pastor Rick Warren 20 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:13.040 with part two of a message called how to Get 21 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:14.120 Closer to God. 22 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.760 Now, I don't know where you are today. You may 23 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:20.480 be way way way way way way, way, way way 24 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:23.120 far away. Maybe I've been at church in years and 25 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.519 years and years, or maybe you a little bit closer, 26 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:30.439 or maybe you're a little bit closer, but maybe even 27 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.280 you've just been distant for a week and you've had 28 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:35.400 one of those weeks and you just thought, you know, 29 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:39.560 I really don't feel God's presence in my life, and 30 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:42.920 yet we all long to be closer to God. How 31 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:46.680 do I get back to him? You do these four things? Okay, 32 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:51.040 write him down. This is the pathway back to spiritual transformation. 33 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:52.200 Number one. 34 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:56.719 I get fed up. That's the first. I get fed 35 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.640 up with my life. I get fed up with my circumstance. 36 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.319 I get fed up with the way I've been living. 37 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:06.000 I just get sick and tired of being sick and tired. 38 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.400 I am not going to live this way anymore. I 39 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:15.360 am too stressed out, I'm too lonely, I'm too depressed. 40 00:02:16.919 --> 00:02:22.240 I am overworked and busy, and I don't even like myself. 41 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.400 Why would anybody like me? I don't even like me. 42 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:28.479 I don't like the life I'm living right now. 43 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:28.759 Now. 44 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.400 Let me just say this, Nothing is going to happen 45 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.120 in your life in the next seven weeks until first 46 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:39.039 you get dissatisfied with the way you are. If you think, man, 47 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:43.120 it's fine, I'm just fine, I don't need any change 48 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.039 in my life, then you know what, you can sit 49 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.800 out the next seven weeks because nothing's going to happen 50 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:53.400 in your life until you decide I don't like this. 51 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:59.319 I'm tired of being stressed out all the time. I'm 52 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:03.199 tired of being frustrated all the time. I'm tired of 53 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:07.840 being overworked all the time. I'm tired of feeling distant 54 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:11.919 from God. You got to get desperate, you got to 55 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:18.120 get hungry. You've got to get anxious for change. Nothing 56 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:23.199 happens until you get fed up. In that passage in scripture, 57 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:29.400 it says this, he wasted it all, he had nothing left. 58 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:34.240 He got desperate and hungry, and he finally came to 59 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:39.840 his senses, and that's where transformation starts. Are you there yet? 60 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.719 If not, it's okay, God I'll just leave. Let you 61 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:49.879 stay there, and he'll allow a little rain in your life. 62 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.599 And if that doesn't work, he'll allow a little bit 63 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.439 more in your life. And if that doesn't work, he'll 64 00:03:55.479 --> 00:04:00.159 send a storm. Why because God loves you. Just that's 65 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:01.879 the way you are. But He loves you too much 66 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:06.840 to let you stay that way. He will not let 67 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:12.400 you waste your life. And when God, you know, wants 68 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:14.520 to come and get our attention, he comes, and he 69 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.720 he knocks on the door, and if we ignore it, 70 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:21.439 he just knocks on the door again. And then if 71 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:26.399 he we ignored, he knocks on the door again, and 72 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:33.079 if we ignored, he blows the door down. Some of 73 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.959 you have had the door blown down in your life 74 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:41.160 and you lost your job, or you lost your marriage, 75 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.079 or you lost a friend, you lost something. 76 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:44.439 Why. 77 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:47.120 Because God does everything he does in your life out 78 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.680 of love. He does not want you to miss him, 79 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:54.279 and he does not want you to waste your life. 80 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:57.240 You know the old phrase, you can lead a horse 81 00:04:57.279 --> 00:04:58.920 to water, but you can't make him drink, But you 82 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:04.040 can salt his oats make him thirsty. God often makes 83 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.680 you thirsty by putting salt in your oats. And when 84 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.759 you start saying, I'm just so unsatisfied with my life, 85 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:12.920 I just don't like the way I'm living. 86 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:15.160 I don't like this. 87 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:21.079 Hello, that's God knocking on your door. The first step 88 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:26.040 in transformation is for you to get disgusted to get discontent, 89 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:30.319 to get fed up with the way you're living. Jeremiah 90 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:34.920 twenty nine, Verse thirteen says this, God says, you will 91 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.079 find me when you get serious about finding me, and 92 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:43.639 you want it more than anything else. See, God's not 93 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.480 got to reveal himself if I just kind of want 94 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:46.759 to do it on the casual, it's kind of a 95 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.600 part time hobby. I gotta get fed up with the 96 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.360 way I'm living. Say, there's got to be more to 97 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:54.720 life than this. There's got to be a better way 98 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.240 to than this. There's got to be a saner way 99 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.600 to live than this. You get fed up. Second step, 100 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:06.399 you own up first. I get fed up. Second, I 101 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:10.879 own up. I own up to my own sin. I 102 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.040 own up to my own sin. That's the second thing 103 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:17.879 that this young man did. First he got fed up. 104 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.600 But then in verse seventeen and eighteen, it says when 105 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:24.399 he came to his senses circle that he goes, this 106 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.800 is nuts, this is nonsense, this is crazy. I can't 107 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.600 maintain this lifestyle I've been living right now. It's just 108 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:36.519 not sustainable. It's not fulfilling, and it's not sustainable. When 109 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:40.279 he came to his senses and that is you know, 110 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:44.879 he wakes up. You see, to live without God is insane. 111 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.759 To live without God does not make sense. To live 112 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:53.079 without God is not rational. To live without the creator 113 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:57.279 who made you is not logical. It doesn't make sense. 114 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:02.800 When he came to his senses, he said, I have 115 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:07.439 sinned against God and you, and nothing's going to happen 116 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.319 till you come to stage two, and stage two as 117 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.920 you go, all right, I just need to own up here. 118 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.560 I need to face up to the fact that I 119 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:19.040 have been not living God's way. I've been living my way. 120 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.000 I've been doing it my way. I've been doing it 121 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.560 the way I think is best. I've been doing it 122 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:26.759 the way that protects all my fears. I've been doing 123 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:28.920 it the way that tries to control everything around me. 124 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:31.079 Even though I know I can't control it, I'm still 125 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.920 trying to control it all. And I'm getting tired of 126 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:37.759 holding onto all of the controls. I'm about ready to 127 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:42.800 resign as general manager of the universe because I've noticed 128 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:44.240 it isn't cooperating with me. 129 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:49.040 Thank you so much for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. 130 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:52.199 We've got some incredible news to share with you. 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Today is the 165 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.360 last day to have your gift matched up to one 166 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:03.080 hundred thus thousand dollars and to receive your very special 167 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:11.360 Prayer Journal Thank you gift, so please contact us right away. 168 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:14.000 Once again, here's Rick. 169 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:18.519 To live without God is not rational. To live without 170 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.559 the creator who made you is not logical, it doesn't 171 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:26.960 make sense. When he came to his senses, he said, 172 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:33.159 I have sinned against God and you, and nothing's going 173 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:35.240 to happen till you come to stage two. 174 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.120 And stage two is you go? All right? I just 175 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.120 need to own up here. 176 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.759 I need to face up to the fact that I 177 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:45.279 have been not living God's way. I've been living my way. 178 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.200 I've been doing it my way. I've been doing it 179 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.759 the way I think is best. I've been doing it 180 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:52.960 the way that protects all my fears. I've been doing 181 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.120 it the way that tries to control everything around me. 182 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:57.320 Even though I know I can't control it, I'm still 183 00:10:57.320 --> 00:11:00.120 trying to control it all. And I'm getting tired of 184 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:03.960 holding onto all of the controls. I'm about ready to 185 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:09.000 resign as general manager of the universe because I've noticed 186 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.919 it isn't cooperating with me, and so I own up. 187 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.120 And what do I own up to? I own up 188 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:16.559 to my sin. 189 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.840 When he came to his senses, he said, I have sinned. 190 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:22.279 Now. 191 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.960 In Isaiah fifty nine, verse two, there on your outline, 192 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:29.879 the Bible says this, it's your sins. Your sins have 193 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.879 separated you from your God and have hidden his face 194 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:36.559 from you. Have you ever prayed and you felt like 195 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:41.000 God was a million miles away? Have you ever prayed 196 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.159 and felt like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling. 197 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:47.200 Have you ever prayed and felt like there's just like 198 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:50.559 this veil between me and God. I can't see God, 199 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.200 I can't hear God, I can't feel God, and I 200 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:56.320 feel like I'm just talking to myself. Where does that 201 00:11:56.480 --> 00:12:01.240 come from? Your sins have separated you from your God 202 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:06.080 and have hidden his face from you. That's where it 203 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:10.480 comes from. It comes from your sin. I sent out 204 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:13.039 on a Facebook and Twitter. I said, if you feel 205 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:20.120 far from God, guess who moved. God hasn't moved. God 206 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:23.919 didn't move. God didn't go on vacation. God didn't move 207 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:26.960 away to a foreign country. God has always been there 208 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.600 and he has never not been there, and he loves 209 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:35.080 you unconditionally. But if you feel far from God, you're 210 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.639 the one who moved, and you moved away by giving 211 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.120 your love to something else. When you give anything else 212 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:45.000 your love, there's a word for that in the Bible. 213 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:49.440 It's called an idol. Now, we think idols are like 214 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:53.440 these little stone things that people bow down to. In words, no, no, no, no, no. 215 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:57.679 An idol can look like your car. An idol can 216 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.200 look like your job, and I could be a dress. 217 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:05.519 An idle could be the way you look. Anything that 218 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.879 you love more than God becomes an idol. The First 219 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:12.919 and second commandments say, thou shalt have no other gods 220 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:17.039 afore me. Thou shalt not make any false idols. Money 221 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:20.679 can be an idol. Success can be an idol. Golf 222 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.200 can be an idol. These are not bad things, they're 223 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.159 just not deserving the first place in your life. So 224 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:31.200 I own up to my sin. Your sins have separated 225 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.679 you from your God. 226 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.559 The fact is. 227 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:37.159 This, You're as close to God as you choose to be. 228 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:42.559 You can't really blame anybody else. You can't blame your husband. 229 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.919 You can't blame your wife. You can't blame your mom, 230 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:49.799 your dad, the brother. You can't blame the government. You 231 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:52.600 can't blame other people. I said last week, you spell blame, 232 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:55.279 be lame, and that's being lame when you blame other 233 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:55.720 people for. 234 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.600 Your spiritual condition. 235 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:00.360 Well, if my husband were a more dedicated believer, really, 236 00:14:02.639 --> 00:14:06.639 well if my girlfriend was more on fire for Christ. Really, 237 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.799 you are as close to God as you choose to be. 238 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.879 And the fact is you haven't been desperate. You haven't 239 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:19.720 been fed up enough to say I am desperate. 240 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:21.720 To know God. 241 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:27.080 If I were to hold you underwater, you would struggle. 242 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:29.639 But when you really started running out of breath, you 243 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:33.480 would really struggle because you would be desperate for air. 244 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:38.559 When you're that desperate, you don't just get fed up. 245 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.960 You own up and you say I've got to know God. 246 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:45.320 You're as close to God as you choose to be. Now, 247 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.200 when I own up and I say, God, I've owned it. 248 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.120 I've been going my way. I've been I've been doing 249 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.759 your way. I've been going my way. I've been doing 250 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:56.279 what I want to do. When I do that, what 251 00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:59.720 is God's response to my facing up to my sin? 252 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:02.279 He goes, Yeah, Yeah, let me tell you what else 253 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:07.399 you're doing wrong. No, he doesn't rub it in. When 254 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.639 I come and I say, God, I've really you know, 255 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.200 you know what I've done, I'm really sorry, what does 256 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:13.679 he do? 257 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:13.960 Well? 258 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.120 Look at the next verse. Here's the prayer you should pray, 259 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:20.279 Psalm fifty one. By the way, David prayed this prayer 260 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:24.840 after he'd committed adultery and killed a wife's husband. So 261 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:28.360 this is a pretty serious sin here, So I'm fifty 262 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.279 one to one to four. David says, this be merciful 263 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:36.679 to me, Oh God, because of your constant love, because 264 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:43.240 of your great mercy, wipe away my sin, Wash away 265 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:51.159 all my evil and make me clean. I recognize my faults, 266 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:56.480 and I'm conscious that I have sinned against you. What's 267 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:59.279 your circle of phrase? Recognize my faults. That means to 268 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:03.080 own up. I face up to my sins. I own 269 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.559 up to my sins. 270 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.720 He says. 271 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:09.240 I recognize my fault. And what is God's response when 272 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:11.080 I own up? When I face up? Look at the 273 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:16.000 next verse. The Lord says, no matter how deep the 274 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:21.240 stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can 275 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:25.200 make you clean as freshly driven snow. 276 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:27.000 Not a beautiful verse. 277 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:29.960 He says, no matter what you've done, no matter who 278 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.799 you've done it with, I can remove it. This is 279 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:38.399 the uh, this is the oxy clean verse of the Bible. Okay, 280 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.480 he said, Man, I can take it out. You know 281 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:43.840 that stain anything. Man, I'm never gonna forget that one 282 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:47.399 bad and that was so bad and it's gonna haunt 283 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.039 me the rest of my life. God says, I can 284 00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:55.399 remove that stain. This is the stain Remover verse in 285 00:16:55.519 --> 00:17:01.200 the Bible. Now, this next week, you're going to seven 286 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:04.799 habits for spiritual growth, but I want to give you 287 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.079 two more today. Okay, I'm going to give you two more. 288 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.039 You're going to study seven habits for spiritual health and 289 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.240 spiritual growth, but let me give you two more. And 290 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:16.000 the first one goes to this point, and it's this 291 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.480 is you want to develop the habit of a regular 292 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:26.160 spiritual checkup. Now, doctors will tell you that every so 293 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.519 often you need to go and get a checkup, and 294 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.720 you need to have your heart checked every so often, 295 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.880 and you had need to have your. 296 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:34.920 Colon checked every so often. That's a fun one. 297 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:39.599 Anybody want to give a testimony on that right now? Okay, 298 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:44.480 anybody have personal story from this week? Yeah, okay, But 299 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:48.599 you have to get regular checkups quiet because if something's 300 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:51.279 growing wrong in your body, you want to know sooneror 301 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:56.759 not later. Right And the same is true with your 302 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:00.759 your life. If sin starts growing and you it can 303 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:05.200 become a cancer, it's better to nip it in the bud, 304 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:09.119 like Barney Fife would say, before it gets really big. 305 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:14.799 You gotta do this spiritual checkup on a regular basis 306 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.319 and where do you do it? You do it in 307 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.799 your thought life. It's a checkup from the neck up, 308 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:24.559 and you got to think about your thoughts. 309 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:33.359 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. In just a moment, 310 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.599 Rick is going to tell you about a recent one 311 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:39.720 hundred thousand dollars matching grant from a very generous listener. 312 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:42.599 But first he's going to share with us how God 313 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:45.799 has been using your financial gifts to help us share 314 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.000 Christ with people around the world. 315 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:52.079 Here's Rick, Hi, friends, what did it surprise you to 316 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:55.480 know that there are entire groups of people who have 317 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:59.559 never heard about Jesus still in our world today. I'm 318 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:01.839 talking about the small tribes of less than a one 319 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:05.839 hundred thousand people in many, many distant places who have 320 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:09.480 never heard the name of Jesus Christ. That means there's 321 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:12.920 not a single Christian among them. There is no church, 322 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:16.359 they have no Bible, there is no believer. Can you 323 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:21.599 imagine that? Would you help me reach these unreached, unengaged people? 324 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:24.359 You know, one of the reasons I started Daily Hope 325 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:27.119 was to find partners who would help us take the 326 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.240 hope of the good News of the Gospel to the 327 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:34.440 whole world. To the final frontier, these unreached, unengaged tribes. 328 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:37.680 Jesus wants us to witness to all nations and to 329 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.480 all people. He never made a person he didn't love, 330 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:42.920 he never made a person he didn't want saved. 331 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:45.880 And Jesus died so that all may be saved. 332 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:49.720 But people can't follow Jesus if they've never heard about him, 333 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:52.160 and they've never heard of God's grace, how can they 334 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:55.599 receive it? So I'm asking you to help me in 335 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:59.000 this Finishing the Task project. Thank you for your support. 336 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:02.559 You know, Daily Hope is now reaching over thirty four 337 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.039 million people each month through Daily Hope audio teachings and 338 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.759 our email devotionals. But we're only able to do this 339 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:12.920 because of your partnership with Daily Hope. We're working together 340 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:17.039 to help us fulfill the great commission. Imagine when you 341 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:19.240 get to heaven, somebody comes up to you and says, 342 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:21.359 I just want to thank you. I'm here because you 343 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:25.200 cared enough for someone like me. You prayed and you gave, 344 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:28.279 and you shared, and you sacrificed, and I'm in heaven 345 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:28.799 because of you. 346 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.920 Will that be worth it? 347 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:33.359 Even as we rejoice in the success, we need to 348 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.400 remember that there's still billions of people. 349 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.359 Who need to know Jesus, and we got to keep going. 350 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:45.039 So I'm asking you prayerfully to consider giving the biggest 351 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:49.480 gift you've ever given, or that you can give before 352 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:53.359 the end of this year. As I said, there's still 353 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.720 about three thousand unreached people groups that have either few 354 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.559 or no believers in them. We've been able to reach 355 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:03.720 about six hundred of those tribes, making sure there's a 356 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.039 Christian living among them who speaks their language and can 357 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.559 help them understand the Bible. 358 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:10.000 But that's just the first step. 359 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:14.480 The truth is an unreached people group isn't considered reached 360 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:18.200 until it has a healthy church, a body of Christ 361 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:21.880 that's able to plant new churches within that group. So 362 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:26.079 to help that happen, we're working on translating spiritual growth 363 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.240 tools into about two hundred new languages for people who 364 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:34.000 have virtually no Christian resources available. Think of all the 365 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:36.880 Christian books you could buy at Christmas this year, Think 366 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.079 of all the books you could pass on at birthdays. 367 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.960 These are so. 368 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:45.680 Available in English, but we need to translate them in 369 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.680 all the other languages. These translations are strategic that we've 370 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:52.759 selected once to share the gospel and to help disciple 371 00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:56.400 new believers where it is most needed right now. Now, 372 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:59.680 these resources are also going to help young pastors grow 373 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:04.839 and train others to build the church in their nations 374 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:07.000 and in their groups. Now, we made a lot of 375 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.160 good progress, but we got a lot of work ahead 376 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:12.799 of us in this task. And it is a monumental vision. 377 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:15.480 I can't do this by myself. I need your help. 378 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:19.279 It's a timely vision, it's a global vision. But every 379 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:24.559 vision Listen requires provision. Honestly, we wouldn't be able to 380 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:27.839 do any of this vision without you, and that's why 381 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:33.119 I cannot fully express how much I appreciate your financial 382 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.519 support of Daily Hope. 383 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:36.279 You know, I don't take a salary in this. 384 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:39.720 This is all a ministry of love, and all of 385 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:42.759 these funds are going to help reach more people. Now, 386 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:46.039 let me give you some exciting news. A generous friend 387 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:50.359 of Daily Hope has offered a one hundred thousand dollars 388 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:55.319 matching grant so that any gift you give by December 389 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:59.359 thirty first this year will be doubled up to one 390 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:03.200 hundred thousand dollars. That means every dollar you give the 391 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:05.519 Daily Hope between now and the end of the year 392 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:10.640 will be doubled. Would you please prayerfully consider how you 393 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:12.799 can give today, how you can reach more people for 394 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:16.039 Jesus in the coming year, And please, while you're at it, 395 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:20.079 pray that I will faithfully teach God's word in a 396 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:24.240 way that will penetrate hearts. Pray for our Daily Hope 397 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:27.480 team as they coordinate our outreach, and most of all, 398 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:30.720 pray for the people we're trying to reach, that their 399 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:33.359 hearts will be prepared to hear the message of the 400 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.480 good News of Christ, and that they will come to 401 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:39.599