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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here.

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<v Speaker 2>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're continuing our series from Psalm twenty three called living

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<v Speaker 1>in the Goodness of God. It's all about how God's

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<v Speaker 1>goodness meets you right where you are and brings hope

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<v Speaker 1>even in difficult seasons. And today we have the final

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<v Speaker 1>part of a message called letting God meet My needs.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the fourth thing is this very important.

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<v Speaker 3>Trust him, Trust God, Trust Jesus for one day at

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<v Speaker 3>a time.

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<v Speaker 2>Trust him for one day at a time.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't try to steal the whole future into the day

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<v Speaker 3>and bring it back here. Have worries about all this

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<v Speaker 3>kind of stuff that's coming up. Trust him for one

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<v Speaker 3>day at a time. Matthew, Chapter six, verse thirty four.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus says this, so don't worry about tomorrow. But just

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow we'll have its own worries. Each day has enough

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<v Speaker 3>trouble of its own. Anybody agree with that verse Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't need to borrow trouble. He's saying, don't borrow

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<v Speaker 3>trouble for tomorrow. I'm gonna give you enough grace for today.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not gonna give you the grace for tomorrow until

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<v Speaker 3>you get to tomorrow. You don't need it today, he's saying,

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<v Speaker 3>don't open your umbrella until it starts to rain. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>don't start worrying that stuff hadn't happened yet. Can't change

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<v Speaker 3>the future, can't change the path. Just work on today.

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<v Speaker 3>There are two days of every week. You should never

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<v Speaker 3>worry about yesterday and tomorrow because you can't do anything

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<v Speaker 3>about them. And you don't worry about the future until

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<v Speaker 3>you successfully learn to manage today. Some of you aren't

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<v Speaker 3>doing that good a job on that one. So why

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<v Speaker 3>are you borrowing trouble and worry about something's happening in

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<v Speaker 3>two weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>See, when you think about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday, And

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<v Speaker 3>so yesterday you messed up yesterday because you worry about today.

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<v Speaker 3>Now today you're messing up today because you're worrying about tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't do that.

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<v Speaker 3>Take one life, Take one day at a time through

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<v Speaker 3>your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Why why does God say that you should only live

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<v Speaker 3>your life one day at a time. Well, because it's true.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the only thing you can do. You can't live

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<v Speaker 3>in the past, you can't live in the future. You

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<v Speaker 3>can only live today. But there's a couple of reasons

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<v Speaker 3>why you should only live one day at a time. First,

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<v Speaker 3>when you worry about tomorrow's problems, you miss all the

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<v Speaker 3>blessings of today.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you you got.

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<v Speaker 3>Something coming up in two weeks or a week or month,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's scaring you to death, and you're making it

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<v Speaker 3>worse because you're ruining every day between now and then

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<v Speaker 3>by worrying about it. What is that worrying doing. It's unhelpful,

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<v Speaker 3>it's unuseful, all of those different things, And so you're

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<v Speaker 3>missing today's blessing. Some of you are so worried about retirement,

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<v Speaker 3>you're not enjoying today. You're missing the blessing of today.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, I don't want you doing that. Think it.

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<v Speaker 3>Take it one day at a time. And the other

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<v Speaker 3>reason is you cannot solve tomorrow's problems with today's power.

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<v Speaker 3>When you get there tomorrow, God will give you the

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<v Speaker 3>power and the perspective and the grace and the wisdom.

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<v Speaker 3>He'll give you what you need when you need to

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<v Speaker 3>get there, But he's not going to give you the

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<v Speaker 3>power and promise and purpose and all those things for

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow today. So you're taking.

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<v Speaker 2>On a problem.

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<v Speaker 3>God says, I'm not giving you power for that, because

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to trust me one day at a time.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible does not say, give us this day our

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<v Speaker 3>weekly bread. Now you're to pray, give me today my

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<v Speaker 3>daily bread. Give me just enough strength to make it

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<v Speaker 3>through today. He wants you to depend on him one

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<v Speaker 3>day at a time. Now, let me be clear as

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<v Speaker 3>your pastor. Because I love you. It's okay to plan

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<v Speaker 3>for tomorrow. It's okay to plan for the future. Just

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<v Speaker 3>don't worry about the future. Planning is good, Worrying is bad.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus highly recommends planning. There's a whole book in the

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<v Speaker 3>Bible about planning. It's called the Book of Proverbs. God says,

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<v Speaker 3>it's foolish, not the plan, Like only a fool would

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<v Speaker 3>go all the way through life unprepared for something you

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<v Speaker 3>know is inevitable called death.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 3>You haven't made your peace with God. You know you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to die. You don't know when it's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 3>To go through life unplanned for death, You're not ready

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<v Speaker 3>to live till you're ready to die, So you ought

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<v Speaker 3>to plan. Planning is good. Worrying is bad. You can

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<v Speaker 3>plan for tomorrow, but you can't live in tomorrow. You

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<v Speaker 3>can only live today.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that the future can often seem, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>very overwhelming.

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<v Speaker 2>But God graciously divided it.

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<v Speaker 3>Up into twenty four hour segments, so you don't get

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<v Speaker 3>all the future at once.

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<v Speaker 2>You get it twenty four hours time.

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<v Speaker 3>And if God gave you all the future at one time,

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<v Speaker 3>it would overwhelm you.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're not there yet, You're not ready.

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<v Speaker 3>For it, and so God gives it to you in

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<v Speaker 3>twenty four our increments. Think of your life like an

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<v Speaker 3>hour glass. Remember where the sand goes through the hourglass.

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<v Speaker 3>There's all this sand up here, but it goes through

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<v Speaker 3>one grain at a time. You can handle that. You

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<v Speaker 3>can handle one grain a time. You can't handle all

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<v Speaker 3>the sand at once. So it's not going to come

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<v Speaker 3>at you all at once. You're going to hit the

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<v Speaker 3>future one day at a time. You can handle that.

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<v Speaker 3>Why Because the Lord is my shepherd now. Psalm Matthew six,

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<v Speaker 3>verse thirty four says this, I love this. In the

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<v Speaker 3>message a translation, it says this, give your entire attention

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<v Speaker 3>to what God is doing right now, yesterday, not tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 3>Right now, don't get worked up about what may or

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<v Speaker 3>may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with

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<v Speaker 3>whatever hard things come up when the.

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<v Speaker 2>Time comes, when the time comes.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, having said all this, is it possible that worry

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<v Speaker 3>may be one of your most chronic sins. It's unhelpful,

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<v Speaker 3>it's unreasonable, it's unbiblical, it doesn't work, it's irrational, it's unbelief,

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<v Speaker 3>and maybe disease. Say God, I'm sorry. I haven't been

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<v Speaker 3>saying the Lord is my shepherd. I have been saying

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<v Speaker 3>I'm worried.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm worried. Now, let me just add.

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<v Speaker 3>Here, if you struggle with chronic anxiety, and you've had

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<v Speaker 3>it for years and years and years, you need more

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<v Speaker 3>than just this h and you need a care team

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<v Speaker 3>around You need to support team around you. Because if

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<v Speaker 3>you have chronic anxiety, you needed first, you need a doctor.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to go and get some tests on and

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<v Speaker 3>you may need some meds.

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<v Speaker 2>That's okay.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a chemical issue. When people's chemistry is messed up.

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<v Speaker 3>Some people are chronically anxious, like others are chronically angry,

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<v Speaker 3>or others are conically depressed. So you need a doctor

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<v Speaker 3>and you need to go get that. Then second, you

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<v Speaker 3>need a coach, You need a counselor, you need somebody

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<v Speaker 3>to talk with about it. So you need you need

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<v Speaker 3>a doctor, You need a coach, a counsel, counselor. And

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<v Speaker 3>the third thing, you need a support group and uh

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<v Speaker 3>and and you need at least those three things to

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<v Speaker 3>make it through because if you're having a chemical imbalance

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<v Speaker 3>in your mind, and for me to just say, well,

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<v Speaker 3>just trust God, it's like cutting off the wing of

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<v Speaker 3>a bird and say well, just fraw fly and he

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<v Speaker 3>goes all I'll say, and all you want fly fly.

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<v Speaker 3>If it doesn't have a wing, it's not gonna fly.

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<v Speaker 3>And so you might have to get your your brain stabilized. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>let me give you one last principle I want to

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<v Speaker 3>share on this. It's not on your outline, but you

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<v Speaker 3>want you to write it down. God is a good

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<v Speaker 3>shepherd who will give you what you need. And here's

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<v Speaker 3>what I will say. What God gives to me, he

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<v Speaker 3>wants to give through me. What God gives to me,

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<v Speaker 3>he wants to give through me. In other words, everything

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<v Speaker 3>God gives you, he wants you to share with others.

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<v Speaker 3>The Lord is my shepherd. When he meets your needs.

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<v Speaker 3>God wants to use you to meet the needs of

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<v Speaker 3>other people. The fact is, I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 3>ever realized this, but God is constantly testing how much

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<v Speaker 3>you trust him. Every day of your life. Your faith,

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<v Speaker 3>your trust is being tested by God. He's going to

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<v Speaker 3>see are you going to trust me? And He does

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<v Speaker 3>it in many many ways. By the way, do you

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<v Speaker 3>know what is the number one way God tests your

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<v Speaker 3>trust in your faith?

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<v Speaker 2>Money? Money finances?

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<v Speaker 3>Why, because we spend so much of our life trying

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<v Speaker 3>to earn it, make it, spend it, use it, save it,

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<v Speaker 3>invest it, whatever. And what I've learned is that the

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<v Speaker 3>more you have, the less likely you are to trust God.

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<v Speaker 3>Why because you start trusting your bank account. And this

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<v Speaker 3>is a test. It's a test. But when I meet

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<v Speaker 3>other people's needs with what God has blessed me with,

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<v Speaker 3>God gets extremely happy because God is a generous God,

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<v Speaker 3>and he gives nine promises. I'm going to close with

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<v Speaker 3>a verse you may have never read. It's not on

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<v Speaker 3>your outline, so write it down, because I wont't you

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<v Speaker 3>go home and read this verse again. Isaiah chapter fifty eight.

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<v Speaker 3>Isaiah fifty eight, verses seven to eleven. And in this

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<v Speaker 3>passage God makes some amazing, astounding promises as our shepherd,

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<v Speaker 3>And he says, if you'll do these certain things, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>make sure all of your needs are met.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to read it to you.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, it's up here on the screen Isaiah fifty eight

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<v Speaker 3>seven to eleven. Now he's He starts off with what

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<v Speaker 3>he wants you to do. God says this, I want

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<v Speaker 3>you to share your food with the hungry. Okay, you're

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<v Speaker 3>eating well. He says, I want you to share your

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<v Speaker 3>food with the hungry. Then he says, and I want

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<v Speaker 3>you to welcome the homeless poor into your homes. That

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<v Speaker 3>could even include immigrants. I want you to put clothes

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<v Speaker 3>on those who need them.

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<v Speaker 2>Great, got it.

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<v Speaker 3>And then he says, and I want you to help

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<v Speaker 3>your relatives who need your help. Oh, come on, God,

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<v Speaker 3>the first three I can get. Okay, I don't want

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<v Speaker 3>to help that crazy uncle. He's such a flake. But

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<v Speaker 3>God says, I want you to help your relatives who

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<v Speaker 3>needs your help. This is a test. Then he says,

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<v Speaker 3>if you do these things, and he makes nine promises.

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<v Speaker 3>These are amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at this.

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<v Speaker 3>If you do these things. Number one, my favor will

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<v Speaker 3>shine on you like the morning sun. God smiles on

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<v Speaker 3>your life, your business, your career. Number two, your wounds,

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<v Speaker 3>the things where you're hurting. Your wounds will be quickly

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<v Speaker 3>healed because you're helping somebody else. Number three, I will

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<v Speaker 3>always be with you to save you all right. Number four,

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<v Speaker 3>My presence will protect you on every side. I like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Number five. Fifth promise, when you pray, I will answer you.

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<v Speaker 3>Now he goes back a little more. He says, now,

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<v Speaker 2>Including people who are politically different from you.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh oh, he said, you got to stop pointing the

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<v Speaker 3>contempt of others and you indure vicious talk and pointing

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<v Speaker 3>fingers on social media, I just.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, he says, Okay, if you stop being such a gripey,

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<v Speaker 3>say that about, he said, If you'll do that, and instead,

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<v Speaker 3>if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry, and

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<v Speaker 3>darkness around you will turn into the brightness of noon.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, your light's gonna shine like crazy. And he said,

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<v Speaker 3>and I the Lord will here's the other promises, always

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<v Speaker 3>guide you. And I will satisfy your needs. That's number eight.

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<v Speaker 3>And I will keep you strong and well.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, now, if that's not true, God's a liar. You

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<v Speaker 3>should go home and never come back to church again,

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<v Speaker 3>because I'm not gonna worship of God who's a liar.

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<v Speaker 3>But God has said, if you do these things, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>do these things in your life because I am your shepherd.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's bow our heads.

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<v Speaker 3>Dear God, you are the source of everything we need

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<v Speaker 3>to live, and yet we look everywhere else and there's

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<v Speaker 3>nothing that we need that you can't supply. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>really clear in your word that you do not want

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<v Speaker 3>us to ever ever worry about anything.

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<v Speaker 2>You said it repeatedly.

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<v Speaker 3>You've told us that worry is unreasonable, it doesn't make sense,

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<v Speaker 3>it's illogical, it blows things out of proportion.

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<v Speaker 2>You've told us that worry is unnatural.

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing else that you've created worries everything else in creation

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<v Speaker 3>that it's not going to add a single hour to

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<v Speaker 3>our life, not make us taller or shorter. Cannot change

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<v Speaker 3>the past, cannot control the future. You told us at

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<v Speaker 3>worry is unnecess that you have promised to meet our

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<v Speaker 3>that worry is unbelief. That when we worry, we're actually

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<v Speaker 3>acting like atheists. We're acting like orphans that don't have

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<v Speaker 3>a loving heavenly father, don't have a shepherd. He said,

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<v Speaker 3>don't be worried. Believe in God and believe in Jesus. So, Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>today we want to learn to trust you to meet

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<v Speaker 3>our needs, and we want to practice it this week.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you pray.

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<v Speaker 3>Say God every day. I want to ask you to

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<v Speaker 3>be my shepherd. And if I have to say it

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<v Speaker 3>twenty times a day, the Lord is my shepherd. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>remember that when I worry, you're going to feed, you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to lead, and you're going to meet my need.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus Christ, I'm going to give you first place in

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<v Speaker 3>every area of my life. Have access to every room

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<v Speaker 3>in my home, no drawer, no you know, closet. No

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<v Speaker 3>room is off limits to you. And whenever I worry,

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<v Speaker 3>help me to realize that that area is an area

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<v Speaker 3>that's not under your control, that I've held it back,

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<v Speaker 3>and that I love it more than I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>God.

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<v Speaker 3>This week and during this entire series, teach me to

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<v Speaker 3>relax and do not hold onto my worries, not to

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<v Speaker 3>stuff them or repress them, but to confess them. To

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<v Speaker 3>give you my worries in prayer, to not hold on

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<v Speaker 3>to them. Say God, here's a worry. I'm worried about this,

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<v Speaker 3>and give it to you. And then Jesus helped me

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<v Speaker 3>to trust you for one day at a time. Do

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<v Speaker 3>not worry about tomorrow. It'll have enough trouble of its own.

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<v Speaker 3>But depend on your power today to solve today's problems

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<v Speaker 3>and your power tomorrow to solve tomorrow's problems. I just

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<v Speaker 3>want to trust you in every single area. If you've

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<v Speaker 3>never said it before, say Jesus Christ, I want you

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<v Speaker 3>to become the shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd. Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>be the Lord of my life. And I humbly ask

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<v Speaker 3>this in your name.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, if you've just prayed along with Rick, to accept

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus in your life. Rick would love to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>Just email Rick at Pastorick dot com. And now here's

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<v Speaker 1>a closing thought from Pastor Rick.

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<v Speaker 3>God has five purposes for your life. He wants you

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<v Speaker 3>to know and love Him. That's called worship. He wants

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<v Speaker 3>you to belong to his family that's called fellowship. He

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<v Speaker 3>wants you to grow in Him that's called discipleship. He

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<v Speaker 3>wants you to serve Him with your gifts and talents.

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<v Speaker 3>That's your ministry. And he wants you to share the

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<v Speaker 3>good News with other people. That's your mission. Now today,

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<v Speaker 3>as we close, I want to talk to you about

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<v Speaker 3>the third purpose, discipleship or personal growth. How do we

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<v Speaker 3>grow well, we grow through the nourishment of God's Word.

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<v Speaker 3>It's how we get to know God. To know God's

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<v Speaker 3>Word is to know God's will. God's Word is the

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<v Speaker 3>source of God's will. And God's ultimate goal for your

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<v Speaker 3>life is for you to become like Jesus Christ. To

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<v Speaker 3>do that, you have to fill your life with the

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<v Speaker 3>word of Jesus Christ. Two Timothy three seventeen says through

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<v Speaker 3>the Word, we're put together and shaped for the tasks

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<v Speaker 3>that God asked for us. I remember in the Old Testament,

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<v Speaker 3>the Bible says that job treasured God's Word more than

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<v Speaker 3>his daily bread. That's how I want you to treat

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<v Speaker 3>God's Word. That's how you grow in discipleship. Get into

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<v Speaker 3>His word every day, study it, memorize it, and meditate

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<v Speaker 3>on it. Apply it. Never take it for granted. God's

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<v Speaker 3>word is as essential to your soul as food is

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<v Speaker 3>to your body. So get into the Word today. God

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<v Speaker 3>bless you.

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

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<v Speaker 1>into God's Word for our day Daily Hope. This program

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

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<v Speaker 1>financial support.