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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 today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's get to it and open with part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called Relaxing in God's Goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the big myths in Southern California is that

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<v Speaker 2>everybody here is laid back and easy going. Yeah right,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that Southern California vibe.

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<v Speaker 3>The beach boys. It's all copasetic. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>It's also a haven for workaholics. And surveys have shown

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<v Speaker 2>that Southern California residents would actually rather work than pray, play,

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<v Speaker 2>or pray for that matter. And studies actually have shown

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<v Speaker 2>surveys show that we actually prefer employment over enjoyment. And

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<v Speaker 2>all this good weather, it creates a lot of workaholics.

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<v Speaker 2>And the truth is a lot of people don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how to relax. We are addicted to adrenaline. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how to slow down. And that's true of actually

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<v Speaker 2>all of Americans. Studies have shown that the average American

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<v Speaker 2>today is sleep deprived, that the average American today gets

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<v Speaker 2>two hours less sleep a night than we did fifty

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. We don't know how to relax. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how to rest. We love to work. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of Americans are like job twenty verse eighteen. Here on

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<v Speaker 2>the screen, it says message paraphrase. They are unable to

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<v Speaker 2>relax and enjoy anything. They've worked for so busy getting

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<v Speaker 2>more to you A little quiz to see if you

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<v Speaker 2>are a workaholic.

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<v Speaker 3>Be truthful, no cheating. Now you don't have to raise

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<v Speaker 3>your hand on this. Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you always in a hurry? Is your to do

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<v Speaker 2>list always unrealistically long?

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<v Speaker 3>Me? Yeah, that's me.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you use day off days off to catch up

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<v Speaker 2>on unfinished work? Has more than one person ever told

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<v Speaker 2>you to slow down? Do you feel guilty when you relax?

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<v Speaker 3>I've got so much to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have to get sick to get time off?

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<v Speaker 2>You know you're a workaholic when all your Christmas cards

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<v Speaker 2>come back.

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<v Speaker 3>From business associates.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you're a workaholic when you head out for

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<v Speaker 2>back to school and you don't know which one your

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<v Speaker 2>kid attends. You know you're a workaholic when your family

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<v Speaker 2>refers to you as occupant. And you know you're a

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<v Speaker 2>workaholic when you take business related reading material into the bathroom.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember many times, many years ago, a lady said

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<v Speaker 2>to me, she said, you know, Pastor, I tried to

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<v Speaker 2>call you all day Monday. And I said, well, I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>but Monday it's my day off.

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<v Speaker 3>It's my Sabbath.

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<v Speaker 2>And she said, well, the devil never takes a day off.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, yeah, and if I didn't, I'd be just

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<v Speaker 2>like the devil.

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<v Speaker 3>So you want me to take a day off.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll never forget the first year of Saddle Backed Church,

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<v Speaker 2>I really was working eighteen hours a day and K

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<v Speaker 2>was two to begin this baby church. And the first

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<v Speaker 2>two years of Saddleback Church, actually twice a week, cake

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<v Speaker 2>cooked meals to have people in our home.

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<v Speaker 3>From the church.

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<v Speaker 2>We had every member of our church in our home

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<v Speaker 2>at least once the first two years of saddle Back Church.

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<v Speaker 2>That ain't gonna happen anymore, friends, not all thirty five

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<v Speaker 2>thousand of you. But I remember she cooked the same

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<v Speaker 2>meal Tuesday and Thursday twice a week for two years.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned to like it, but We were working hard, hard, heart,

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen hours a day. And at the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>first year, I stood up to speaking the last thud

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<v Speaker 2>of the year and fainted.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was just worn out.

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<v Speaker 2>From exhaustion, physical, emotional, spiritual, relational in every area. And

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<v Speaker 2>over the next year God had to teach me some

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<v Speaker 2>things about balance in life, which I actually have had

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<v Speaker 2>to learn over and over and over again. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think you ever permanently learned these things. But God gave

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<v Speaker 2>me a verse at the end of the first year

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<v Speaker 2>of Saddleback.

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<v Speaker 3>It's up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Exodus twenty three, and this is what God said

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<v Speaker 2>to the Israelites when they were going to go into.

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<v Speaker 3>The Promised Land.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I'm not going to give you everything I've

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<v Speaker 2>promised you in a single year, because you're not prepared

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<v Speaker 2>to handle that much blessing and it would be too

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<v Speaker 2>much for you to manage. Instead, you'll take possession of

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<v Speaker 2>what I want to give you, little by little so

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<v Speaker 2>that you can grow. Then you'll be strong enough to

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<v Speaker 2>handle it. All. That verse changed my life. It's what

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<v Speaker 2>I call pacing growth. Rome isn't built in a day,

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<v Speaker 2>and neither as a church or anything else worthwhile, And

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't want you to accomplish it all at once.

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<v Speaker 2>He wants you to learn pacing growth, little by little,

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<v Speaker 2>that while God is growing your business, he's growing you.

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<v Speaker 2>And while God is growing your children, he's growing you.

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<v Speaker 2>And while God is growing your career or whatever else

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<v Speaker 2>is in your life, it's important to you growing you,

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<v Speaker 2>And He says, I want you to learn this little

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<v Speaker 2>by little, pacing growth. The fact is God considers rest

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<v Speaker 2>as important as work. Some people think only God smiles

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<v Speaker 2>on them when they're working or praying or doing spiritual things.

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<v Speaker 3>God smiles on you when you rest. Did you know that.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever, as a parent, gone in and watched

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<v Speaker 2>your children's sleep, and the joy that gives you just

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<v Speaker 2>watching them sleep. God enjoys watching you sleep. God rests,

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<v Speaker 2>God rests. Are you busier than God? The Bible tells

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<v Speaker 2>us this on the screen Exodus thirty one, verse seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>One day a week, God says, will always serve as

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<v Speaker 2>a reminder that I made the heavens and the earth

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<v Speaker 2>in six days, and then on the seventh day I

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<v Speaker 2>rested and relaxed. Now, why did God rest and relax

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<v Speaker 2>on the seventh day? Well, He certainly wasn't tired, because

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't get tired. God God never gets started. But

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<v Speaker 2>he was modeling for us what he wanted us to

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<v Speaker 2>do to rest and to relax, to keep a sabbath,

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<v Speaker 2>to balance and to relax in the goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we're in this series we've just started called Living

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<v Speaker 2>in the Goodness of God, and we're looking at Psalm

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three, which actually models for us keen ways that

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<v Speaker 2>a good shepherd takes care of sheep, he feeds, he leads,

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<v Speaker 2>he meets their needs, and the ten ways God's goodness

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<v Speaker 2>wants to benefit you, how God wants to take.

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<v Speaker 3>Care of you.

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<v Speaker 2>And a lot of your worry and a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>your hurry, and a lot of your scurry, and a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of your restlessness actually comes from not understanding the

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<v Speaker 2>goodness of God in your life. And when you understand

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<v Speaker 2>what God has done for you and wants to do

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<v Speaker 2>for you in the future, you can relax. You can

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<v Speaker 2>learn to rest, you can learn to let down, you

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<v Speaker 2>can learn to let go. Oh, you can live in

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<v Speaker 2>the goodness of God. Now and that Psalm the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>is my Shepherd's palm. He gives us ten things that

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<v Speaker 2>the shepherd does. And one of the things that a

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<v Speaker 2>good shepherd does is they make sure the sheep get

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<v Speaker 2>enough rest in order to stay healthy. And that takes

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<v Speaker 2>us to verses one and two. Let's look at it again.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord is my shepherd, Psalm twenty three. The Lord

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<v Speaker 2>is my shepherd, so I have everything I need. He

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<v Speaker 2>makes me lie down in green pastures and he leads

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<v Speaker 2>me beside quiet waters. Now you might want to write

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<v Speaker 2>this down. These images are actually a metaphor. They represent

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<v Speaker 2>rest and refreshment. When he makes me lie down in

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<v Speaker 2>green pastures, that's rest, and when he leads me beside

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<v Speaker 2>quiet waters, that's refreshment.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, notice I want.

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<v Speaker 2>You to circle the word he makes me. Has God

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<v Speaker 2>ever had to make you lay down for your own

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<v Speaker 2>health's sake? So because you wouldn't slow down, if you

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<v Speaker 2>won't lay down, God will make you lay down.

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<v Speaker 3>And sometimes the.

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<v Speaker 2>Only way God can get you to look up is

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<v Speaker 2>lay you flat on your back with an illness. And

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<v Speaker 2>God will do that because he's a good shepherd and

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<v Speaker 2>he cares about your health, your physical, emotional, spiritual, every

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<v Speaker 2>area of health. I want you to write this down

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<v Speaker 2>on your outline to give God my best requires rest.

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<v Speaker 2>To give God my best requires rest. If you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have rest, then you're going to be stressed. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the difference between being blessed and being stressed is often rest.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't amazing how much better things look after a good

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<v Speaker 2>night's sleep. The difference between being stressed and being blessed

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<v Speaker 2>is often rest. The Lord is my shepherd. He makes

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<v Speaker 2>me lie down. Well, I don't even want to have

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<v Speaker 2>you ever seen a kid, a child frantically trying to

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<v Speaker 2>stay awake. You know what I'm talking about, and their

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<v Speaker 2>eyes are closed, but they're trying to stay awake.

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<v Speaker 3>Resistance to rest is immaturity. It's immaturity.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I've got a confession to make because I always

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<v Speaker 2>preach every week. I always preach these messages.

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<v Speaker 3>To me first. If it doesn't hit me, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>figure it's going to help you.

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<v Speaker 2>But if it helps me, I go, okay, that'll probably

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<v Speaker 2>help somebody else. And so this message I need to hear,

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<v Speaker 2>this message on relaxing in God's goodness. I've had a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of very frantic weeks where I had eight outside

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<v Speaker 2>messages to deliver speaking engagements outside of the area I

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<v Speaker 2>told you last week, I was at the National Prayer Breakfast,

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<v Speaker 2>and I spoke five times at that and then I

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<v Speaker 2>went to another place and I spoke to the Coalition

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<v Speaker 2>of Christian Colleges and Universities, to all the leaders of

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<v Speaker 2>the Christian schools around America. Then I went and I

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<v Speaker 2>spoke to a youth pastor's gathering. And I have been

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<v Speaker 2>overstretched the last couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>I need this message.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you get anything out of congratulations, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really preaching it for me.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So if you want to take.

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<v Speaker 2>A nap, you might get more benefit out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Then just put your head on the shoulder the person

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<v Speaker 2>next to you, with their permission, and I'll wake you up. Then,

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, rest is often the difference between being

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<v Speaker 2>blessed or stressed. And when we look at Scripture, we

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<v Speaker 2>see that God rests. We see that Jesus rested many, many,

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<v Speaker 2>many times. He had advances and retreats, advances and retreats,

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<v Speaker 2>seven of them in his three and a half year ministry.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus rested.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're going to be like God, if you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be like Jesus, you got to.

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<v Speaker 3>Learn how to rest.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to learn how to rest, how to really

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<v Speaker 2>how to relax in the goodness of God. Now that's

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<v Speaker 2>what I wants to look at today. How do you

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<v Speaker 2>relax in God's goodness? Before we do that, I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to mention why do people overwork? I mean, we

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<v Speaker 2>need to get to the source of our stress. Why

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<v Speaker 2>do we overwork? Why do we not get enough rest? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible's full of many, many examples and reasons why

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<v Speaker 2>you get stressed instead of blessed because you're not at rest.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible gives us many many examples of reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me just give you five from the Word of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and let's see if any of these might be causing

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<v Speaker 2>you to not get the rest you need to not

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<v Speaker 2>relax like God wants you to relax in life. There

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<v Speaker 2>are just some of the common reasons for the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, the first reason the Bible tells us that

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<v Speaker 2>people don't relax is this misplaced identity, and that is

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<v Speaker 2>basing my worth on my work. Basing my worth on

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<v Speaker 2>my work. Now we fall for this all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the reasons why people can't relax is they

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<v Speaker 2>confuse their work and their worth. They confuse their net

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<v Speaker 2>worth with their self worth, their value with their valuables,

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<v Speaker 2>and they think, you know, if I work real hard,

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<v Speaker 2>I succeed at work, then I am valuable. If I

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<v Speaker 3>And that's a total lie. It's a total myth.

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<v Speaker 2>But in Western culture, our identity often revolves around our work.

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<v Speaker 2>So we overwork and attempt to prove ourselves. And if

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<v Speaker 2>I achieve a lot, then I must be worth a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>I must be valuable, I must be important, I must

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<v Speaker 2>be significant. But your significance has nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 2>your job, or your career or your achievements. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>Ecclesiastes ten, verse fifteen says this, only too stupid to

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<v Speaker 2>find his way home would wear himself out with work. Hmm,

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<v Speaker 2>that's pretty frank. You might want to put that on

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<v Speaker 2>a card and put it on your windshield there. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>at least I, too stupid to find his way home,

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<v Speaker 2>would wear himself out with work. He says, life is

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<v Speaker 2>more than work. Yeah, it's important, but your life is

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<v Speaker 2>far more than the work you do. It's just a

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<v Speaker 2>portion of your life. But when we have a misplaced

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<v Speaker 2>identity and we think our worth is based on our work.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we're going to put all of our time, our money,

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<v Speaker 2>our energy, our effort into our work. Number two second

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<v Speaker 2>reason people don't relax is materialism. This is obvious, always

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<v Speaker 2>wanting more things. And when I got to have more things,

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<v Speaker 2>then I got to make more money. And when I've

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<v Speaker 2>got to make more money, I've got to work harder

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<v Speaker 2>and longer hours. And yet the Bible says not to

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<v Speaker 2>do this. Proverbs twenty three, verse four and five Warmans

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<v Speaker 2>warns us about materialism, and it says this, do not

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<v Speaker 2>wear yourself out trying to get rich. Have the wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>to show some restraint. Your money can be gone in

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<v Speaker 2>a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown

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<v Speaker 2>away like an eagle. You know you can lose your money.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't spend all of your life trying to get something

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<v Speaker 2>you could lose so quickly so you can fly away

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<v Speaker 2>like an eagle. Now, evidently America's founding fathers wanted you

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<v Speaker 2>to remember this, because they put an eagle on.

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<v Speaker 3>Every dollar bill as a reminder of this verse.

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<v Speaker 2>It has been my observation, having counseled thousands of people,

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<v Speaker 2>that we spend the first half of our life sacrificing

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<v Speaker 2>our health overworking in order to get wealth, and we

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<v Speaker 2>spend the second half of our life sacrificing wealth in

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<v Speaker 2>order to get our health back. Have you ever thought

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<v Speaker 2>about that. The first half of life you give up

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<v Speaker 2>your health in overwork in order to get wealth, but

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<v Speaker 2>in the second half you spend all that wealth trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get healthy again. This is not wise, always wanting

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<v Speaker 2>more things. In Luke twelve, verse fifteen, Jesus says this

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<v Speaker 2>watch out. Always be on your guard against all kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of greed, because your life is not defined by how much.

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<v Speaker 3>You make or how many things you own.

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<v Speaker 2>So materialism, just like misplaced identic, can cause.

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<v Speaker 3>Me to overwork.

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<v Speaker 2>A third cause in the Bible, it says that envy

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<v Speaker 2>can cause you to overwork, and that is wanting to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Like other people.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to keep up with the Jones, I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to keep up with my neighbors.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to keep up.

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<v Speaker 2>With everybody else, and that will cause me to do

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<v Speaker 2>Too busy trying to keep up with others, And that's envy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, their kids have dance lessons, so we have

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<v Speaker 2>to have dance lessons for our kids, and their kids

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<v Speaker 2>are involved in these five extracurricular events, and so our

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<v Speaker 2>kids have to be involved in these five extracurricular not necessarily.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, my girlfriend is on social media all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>so I better be on social media all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>And we do things we don't need to do because

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Solomon noticed this problem of envy literally thousands of years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>In Ecclesiastes four or four, he says this, I've learned

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<v Speaker 2>why people work so hard, why they work so hard

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<v Speaker 2>to succeed, It is because they envy the things their

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<v Speaker 2>neighbors have. I want to be like them. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to have what they've got. I want to do what

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<v Speaker 2>they do. I want to go where they go. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>they may be under stress more than you, so make

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<v Speaker 3>Envy number four.

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<v Speaker 2>A fourth reason why people don't relax court in Scripture

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<v Speaker 2>is when we value achievement over relationships. When we value

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<v Speaker 2>achievement over relationships, and men we're more prone to do

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<v Speaker 2>this than women. But everybody can do this, where you

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<v Speaker 2>put your career above everything else, including relationships. We all

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<v Speaker 2>known people who've walked away from marriages because of their career,

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<v Speaker 2>or they've walked away from being a good parent or

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<v Speaker 2>just being a good friend because the career was more important,

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<v Speaker 2>the work was more important. And when goals are more

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<v Speaker 2>important than people in my life, or when goals are

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<v Speaker 2>more important than people in your life, you're skating on

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<v Speaker 2>thin ice.

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<v Speaker 1>What a special message from Pastor rec and now let's

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<v Speaker 1>hear how lives are changing through Daily Hope. Here's Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to introduce you to Agatha, who's translating Daily

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<v Speaker 2>Hope into German for her husband. She writes, Pastor Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>your preaching is bringing many souls to God. My husband,

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<v Speaker 2>who is an unbeliever, is drawing closer and closer to

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<v Speaker 2>God every day. I translate what I hear on Daily

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<v Speaker 2>Hope into German because he can't speak and understand English.

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor Rick, your teaching has changed his life and I

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<v Speaker 2>can see his progress and eagerness to follow Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>Agatha.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Agatha, thank you so much for sharing your story

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<v Speaker 2>with me. This is a wonderful story to hear that

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<v Speaker 2>you're translating what you hear on Daily Hope for your

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<v Speaker 2>husband and that he's growing closer to Jesus. I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>happy for that. We're always looking for translators to help

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<v Speaker 2>us in new languages as we take the message of

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<v Speaker 2>God to more people around the world. So you will

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<v Speaker 2>keep praying for your husband and you keep praying for

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<v Speaker 2>us that God allows us to take the good news

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<v Speaker 2>of God's hope all around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, if you'd like to let Rick know how this

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