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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>a more vibrant life. If you want to have what

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<v Speaker 1>it takes to live out your calling in life, stay

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<v Speaker 1>with us for this amazing series. Now, in just a

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<v Speaker 1>few moments, we're going to tell you about the Daniel

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<v Speaker 1>Plan DVD study Kit, a sixth session video based study

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<v Speaker 1>by Rick Warren, doctor Daniel Aman, and doctor Mark Hyman.

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<v Speaker 1>This out of the box approach to a healthy lifestyle

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<v Speaker 1>is based on five essentials faith, food, fitness, focus and friends.

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<v Speaker 1>You can find out more right now by going to

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred five thousand and four. That's Pastorick dot com,

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<v Speaker 1>or the word daily to eight hundred six hundred five

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and four. Right now, here's Pastor Rick with part

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<v Speaker 1>one of a message called winning with the Hand your debt.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have a Bible, open to Psalm one thirty nine.

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<v Speaker 2>When people are hurting, they need simple truth, not simplistic truth.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not enough to tell somebody who is hurting, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is the answer. Now, of course we know Jesus is

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<v Speaker 2>the answer, but we must show how he is the answer.

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<v Speaker 2>Does that make sense. It's not enough to just say pray,

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<v Speaker 2>read your Bible, and go to church. You've got to

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<v Speaker 2>help people know how to make changes in their lives. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says, there's nothing simple about you. You're very complex.

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<v Speaker 2>You're multifaceted. You're not easy to understand. You're not easy

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<v Speaker 2>to explain. There are many factors and there are many

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<v Speaker 2>forces that create you. And so I'm one thirty nine,

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<v Speaker 2>Verse fourteen, David says, thank you Lord for making me

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<v Speaker 2>so wonderfully complex. Circle that on your outline. Wonderfully complex. Guys,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're sitting next to your wife, whisper into her

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<v Speaker 2>ear right now, honey, you are wonderfully complex. And then wives,

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<v Speaker 2>you whisper back, you are amazingly simple. You know, men

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<v Speaker 2>just have an on and off switch. Women they've got

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<v Speaker 2>all these gauges and dials and buttons, and you know

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<v Speaker 2>the procedures. Men it's just kind of on and off. Actually,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says we're all wonderfully complex, and to become

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<v Speaker 2>all that God intends for you to be, you have

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<v Speaker 2>to look at every dimension of your life, not just one. Ecclesiastes,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter seven, verse eighteen. I love this in the message paraphrase.

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<v Speaker 2>A person who fears God deals responsibly with all of reality,

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<v Speaker 2>not just a piece of it. If you're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>who God wants you to be, you're gonna have to

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<v Speaker 2>look at every area of your life, every factor, every facet,

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<v Speaker 2>every force in your life, and deal with all of

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<v Speaker 2>them to be all God means for you to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Now today I want us to look at this subject

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<v Speaker 2>of being who God meant you to be, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>calling it winning the hand your delt because there are

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<v Speaker 2>actually five factors in your life, not one, but five

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<v Speaker 2>that influence your identity and who you are. If you

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<v Speaker 2>remember the parable of the talent, Jesus said, the Master

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<v Speaker 2>goes out and he gives one guy ten talents, and

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<v Speaker 2>another guy five talents, and another guy one talent, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he says, go off and make the most of

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<v Speaker 2>what I've given you. You're not going to be responsible

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<v Speaker 2>for talents you weren't given. You're not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>judged by God for opportunities you didn't have. But God

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<v Speaker 2>is going to judge you one day and evaluate your

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<v Speaker 2>life on what you did with what you were given. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the point of the parable of the talents is, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't get the same thing. We don't have the same talents.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't have the same background, we don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>same pains, we don't have the same problems, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the same potential, we don't have the same anything

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<v Speaker 2>except we're all loved by God. We are all unique,

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<v Speaker 2>we are all different. But there are five factors that

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<v Speaker 2>create your identity. You did not choose these factors. God

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<v Speaker 2>dealt them to you. And just as you didn't choose

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<v Speaker 2>your talents, you didn't choose the talents you didn't get.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't choose a lot of other things in your

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<v Speaker 2>life that make you you. And so I want us

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<v Speaker 2>to look at that today. Now, how many of you

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<v Speaker 2>have ever played poker? Can I see your hands? All right? Good?

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<v Speaker 2>I feel we've got a lot of sinners here. All right, good,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm feeling a lot more comfortable now knowing that a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of you played poker. In five cards stud poker,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to play the cards you're dealt. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>get to mix and match them. You don't get to say,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to play his hand. You can only play

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<v Speaker 2>the cards you are dealt. Now. In many ways, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a metaphor in life. There are some things that

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<v Speaker 2>you have been dealt in life. You didn't choose them.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't choose your parents, you didn't choose when you

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<v Speaker 2>were born, where you were born, how you were born.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't choose your race. You didn't choose your talents.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't choose the talents you don't have. There are

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things that make you you that you

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<v Speaker 2>had no choice in it all. They're the hand you

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<v Speaker 2>were dealt. But you got to play the hand you're dealt.

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<v Speaker 2>And in many ways this is a metaphor for life,

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<v Speaker 2>that life is like a hand of poker, that you

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<v Speaker 2>got to play the hand your delt. Now, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us a lot about the factors that we're given

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<v Speaker 2>in life that make us us. In fact, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>tells us four facts about the factors of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing each of these cards represent, a thing

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<v Speaker 2>that makes you you, is that every one of these

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<v Speaker 2>cards is flawed, every one of these cards is marred

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<v Speaker 2>by sin. Every one of these cards is imperfect. Because

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<v Speaker 2>nothing is perfect on this planet. The Bible says nothing

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<v Speaker 2>is perfect except God's word on this planet. Now, we've

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<v Speaker 2>talked about this many times. Everything in the world is broken.

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<v Speaker 2>The weather is broken. We have tornadoes, earthquakes, typhoons. God

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<v Speaker 2>didn't plan for the Earth to be that way. It's

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<v Speaker 2>broken by slynn. We know that the economy is broken.

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody would agree with that, okay, And it doesn't work perfectly.

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<v Speaker 2>We know your body does not work perfectly right. Things

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<v Speaker 2>don't work the right way. Your body is broken. Nobody

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<v Speaker 2>has a perfect body except me. We know that no

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<v Speaker 2>relationship is perfect. That two imperfect people cannot create a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect relationship. I've told you before. I married a sinner

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<v Speaker 2>and k married a bigger one. So you can't have

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<v Speaker 2>two imperfect people and have a perfect Really, nothing in

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<v Speaker 2>your life will ever be perfect. If you expect perfection

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<v Speaker 2>on earth, you're expecting heaven on earth, and you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be sorely disappointed. Friends, this is not heaven. This

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<v Speaker 2>is Earth. Nothing works correctly here. Everything works correctly in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>In heaven, there is no sorrow, no sadness, no tears,

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<v Speaker 2>no trials, no troubles, no pain, no pressure, no conflict.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is not heaven. We are to pray Thy

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<v Speaker 2>will be done on earth as it is in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's done perfectly there, but not here. But this

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<v Speaker 2>is not heaven. And so everything in your life, all

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<v Speaker 2>of the factors that you've been dealt, have imperfections in them,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're all marred by sin. Okay, that's the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing we know. The second thing we know is that

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<v Speaker 2>God sent Jesus as our savior to not only save

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<v Speaker 2>us from our sin, to save us into heaven, to

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<v Speaker 2>save us out of hell, but to save us from ourselves.

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<v Speaker 2>He sent Jesus to transform the cards we've been given,

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<v Speaker 2>to change the deck, to turn it into a winning hand.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it means to have Jesus as your savior,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're going to talk about that today. The third

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<v Speaker 2>thing that the Bible teaches is that one day you

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<v Speaker 2>will give an account to God on how well you

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<v Speaker 2>played your hand. And God isn't going to say, why

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<v Speaker 2>didn't you play it like your brother did, or your

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<v Speaker 2>mother or your sister or anybody else because you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have the hand they were dealt. But God expects you

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<v Speaker 2>to play the hand your dealt in life to the

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<v Speaker 2>best of your ability and to make the most of

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<v Speaker 2>what you've got, and you will give an account of

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<v Speaker 2>it one day. But the good news and what I

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<v Speaker 2>want us to look at today is the Bible tells

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<v Speaker 2>us to how still how to still win the game

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<v Speaker 2>with the hand you've been dealt. What we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>do today is I'm going to use this metaphor to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the five things that influence your life that

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<v Speaker 2>make you you, and then what God says to do

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<v Speaker 2>with them to make sure you turn it into a

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<v Speaker 2>winning hand.

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<v Speaker 3>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope Rip will be

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<v Speaker 4>The truth is most of us don't pay much attention

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<v Speaker 4>But a few pounds over five or ten years really

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, here's rick.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want us understand who you really are, you

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<v Speaker 2>have to understand the five factors that make you you.

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<v Speaker 2>And I am using this metaphor these five cards to

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<v Speaker 2>represent this. Now. The first factor that makes you you

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<v Speaker 2>is what I call chemistry, my chemistry. You might write

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<v Speaker 2>that down. This is your chromosomes, it's your DNA, it's

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<v Speaker 2>your genes, it's your hormones, it is your chemical makeup.

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<v Speaker 2>At the most basic biological level, it's you and your body.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything that happens to you in your life happens in

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<v Speaker 2>your body, and your body is made up of chemicals. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>some of you were born, for instance, with a hypersensitivity

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<v Speaker 2>to pain, and you notice pain very very easily. You're

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<v Speaker 2>the princess and the pee, and if something doesn't fit

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<v Speaker 2>right or if you're right, you notice it immediately. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not right or wrong. It's just the way you're wired.

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<v Speaker 2>It's your chemistry. Others of you, you're born with a

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<v Speaker 2>very high tolerance for pain. You know, I once cut

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<v Speaker 2>the end off of a toe and I didn't notice

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<v Speaker 2>it till the end of the day. It's like, where'd

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<v Speaker 2>that toe go? I just it's not right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just the way I'm wired. Some of you were

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<v Speaker 2>your wife's voice. I said, thank you, thank you. I now,

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<v Speaker 2>of us have biological and chemical deficiencies, and these create

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<v Speaker 2>emotional problems. These create physical problems, These create mental problems

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives. If you have low thyroid, you can

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<v Speaker 2>hormone estrogen or testosterone, or you have an iron deficiency

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<v Speaker 2>or any other chemical, it's going to affect you emotionally, mentally,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to affect you physically. You know. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the ones I've been studying recently is the chemical oxytocin,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the chemical that creates connection. It's the chemical

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<v Speaker 2>that bonds you to other people. It's the relationship chemical

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<v Speaker 2>that allows you to connect with others. If you are

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<v Speaker 2>This has been proven over and over. They did one

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<v Speaker 2>life besides human beings, they're monogamous for life. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>if their mate dies, they will not find another mate,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is very unusual among animals. And so they

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<v Speaker 2>studied prairie rolls and discovered that they're extremely high in oxytocin,

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<v Speaker 2>that it connects them to each other. And when they

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<v Speaker 2>as rabbits. Okay, it was a chemical thing. Oxytocin is

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<v Speaker 2>oxytocin not only in the baby, but in the mother.

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<v Speaker 2>And it is the bonding chemical that binds and bonds

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<v Speaker 2>a mother to her baby. It's an amazing thing that

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<v Speaker 2>God has created in our bodies. When a husband and

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<v Speaker 2>wife make love. When they have sex, it releases oxytocin

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<v Speaker 2>them emotionally together. That was God's idea. That's why marriages

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<v Speaker 2>that don't have sex aren't as close as those that do,

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<v Speaker 2>because they're missing that chemical component that bonds you together.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also a reason why God says don't have sex

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<v Speaker 2>bonding emotionally that person who's not your mate, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>that's why rejection and unfaithfulness hurts so much, because sex

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<v Speaker 2>They've even discovered that twenty minutes of petting a dog

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<v Speaker 2>bonds the owner and the dog together. It draws them closer. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't have oxytocin in quantity in your body,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to have a difficult time connecting with people.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have a difficult time trusting people. It's simply

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<v Speaker 2>now I want you to write this down. No flaw,

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<v Speaker 2>no flaw is sinful or shameful in my physical body,

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<v Speaker 2>in my biology, in my chemistry, no flaw in me

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<v Speaker 2>is shameful or sinful. It's just the way you're wired.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. The last taboot today is mental illness. People

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<v Speaker 2>kind of bad thing. Mental illness is no different than

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<v Speaker 2>physical illness or spiritual or emotional illness. It has a

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<v Speaker 2>chemical basis, and mental illnesses no more need to be

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<v Speaker 2>ashamed of than say, uh, cancer or emotional illness needs

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<v Speaker 2>no more to be ashamed of than say, uh, you

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<v Speaker 2>know you're you got a degenerative disk in your back.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just part of who you are. That everything in

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<v Speaker 2>You know. The other day I bought a pair of

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<v Speaker 2>them and it said this, these genes have intentional flaws

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<v Speaker 2>in order to make them unique. I thought I'd like

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<v Speaker 2>to put that tag on every person. Your genes, ge

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<v Speaker 2>n ees have flaws in them to make you unique. Why,

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<v Speaker 2>because you're not a carbon copy or a clone or

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

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<v Speaker 2>in it. I collect old bibles. Bibles that have printing

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<v Speaker 2>no mistakes. They cost far much, far more as an antique.

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<v Speaker 2>The flaw creates the uniqueness. Your genes have intention flaws

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

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible calls them, Paul calls them my thorn in

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

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<v Speaker 2>You know, here at Daily Hope, we use the Internet

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<v Speaker 2>You also need to know that I don't take any

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us again next time as we

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