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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, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we continue a teaching series called Uncommon Courage. In

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<v Speaker 1>these lessons, Rick is going to share biblical inspiration that

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<v Speaker 1>will help you get the courage you need to follow

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<v Speaker 1>God's calling for your life. If you'd love to help

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<v Speaker 1>the kids you know learn God's work, then stay with

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<v Speaker 1>us because in just a few minutes we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you about God's big plans for me and easy

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>word daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called standing Courageously for the Truth.

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<v Speaker 2>If I claim to be a Christian, then I must

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<v Speaker 2>believe that every single life is sacred. It doesn't matter

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<v Speaker 2>if they have mental retardation, it doesn't matter if they're

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<v Speaker 2>severely deformed. Every life is precious. God gave them them

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<v Speaker 2>their life. He'll know when he wants to take them home.

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<v Speaker 2>God is God, and I'm not. That's not a popular opinion,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's the truth.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you're going.

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<v Speaker 2>To courageously stand for the truth, you have to believe

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<v Speaker 2>in the sanctity of life. Don't call yourself a Christian

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<v Speaker 2>because that's what Jesus taught, that's what you Every life

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<v Speaker 2>is valuable from the moment that God planned you, which

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<v Speaker 2>was before you even popped out of your mom Now

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<v Speaker 2>the next one's even more controversial, and it is the

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<v Speaker 2>sanctity of sex is part of the Christian worldview. The

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<v Speaker 2>sanctity of sex is this sex, It's real simple, is

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<v Speaker 2>only for marriage. I don't like that one.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't like that. Well, I may not like it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not my opinion. It's in the owner's manual. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just remember who thought up sex. It was God's idea.

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<v Speaker 2>What a god, I mean, what a god. God could

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<v Speaker 2>have made sex. God could have made reproduction with no

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<v Speaker 2>pleasure attached to it. God created those nerve endings. It

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<v Speaker 2>was God's idea, and he created it to bond a

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<v Speaker 2>husband and wife.

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<v Speaker 3>Together.

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<v Speaker 2>When a man and woman have sex together, it releases

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<v Speaker 2>oxytocin in both of them. That oxytocin is the bonding

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<v Speaker 2>chemical that binds a husband and wife together. It brings

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<v Speaker 2>emotional commitment. When a woman nurses a baby, it releases

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<v Speaker 2>oxytocin in both the mom and in the baby. It

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<v Speaker 2>is a bonding agent. That's why there's no such thing

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<v Speaker 2>as casual sex, because when you ask casual sex, it

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<v Speaker 2>releases oxytoasted in you, which is a bonding element. Whether

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<v Speaker 2>you like it or not, there's a bonding thing. That's

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<v Speaker 2>why people get hurt, why people get broken hearts, when

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<v Speaker 2>people are cheated on. It bothers them. Why because it's

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<v Speaker 2>not just physical. That's nonsense. It's not just physical. It's

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<v Speaker 2>emotional and it's spiritual. You see, sex isn't bad, Sex

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<v Speaker 2>isn't dirty, Sex isn't wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Sex is holy.

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<v Speaker 2>And the sanctity of sex is that God designed it

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<v Speaker 2>for the creation of all of us and to bring

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<v Speaker 2>husbands and wives together and to be a model of

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<v Speaker 2>the union between.

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<v Speaker 3>Christ and the Church.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't have time to go into all the

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual implications of sex, but let me tell you they're

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<v Speaker 2>about that long it's not just physical.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this in Hebrews thirteen, verse four. Marriage

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<v Speaker 2>should be honored by all, whether you ever get married

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<v Speaker 2>or not, you need to speak well of marriage. Marriage

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<v Speaker 2>should be honored by all, Even single people should honor it,

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<v Speaker 2>and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge

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<v Speaker 2>the adulter and all the sexually immoral. Now this isn't popular,

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<v Speaker 2>but let me just be clear about it. God's instructions

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<v Speaker 2>have never changed. Pre marital sex. It's unacceptable to God.

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<v Speaker 2>It always has been, it always will be living together

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<v Speaker 2>without getting married, and the commitment of marriage and the

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<v Speaker 2>blessing of God is unacceptable to God. Always has been,

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<v Speaker 2>it always will be. Adultery is unacceptable to God. It

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<v Speaker 2>always has been, it always will be. Pornography and the

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<v Speaker 2>objectification of a woman's body this unacceptable to God. It

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<v Speaker 2>always has been, it always will be. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to listen to this. Attraction is not a sin. Action

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<v Speaker 2>is a sin. You can't control all your attractions, but

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<v Speaker 2>you can control all your actions. I noticed that when

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<v Speaker 2>I married Kay thirty seven years ago, I still found

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<v Speaker 2>other women attractive. Big shock. But I've never acted on him.

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<v Speaker 2>And Kay Warren is the only woman I've ever known.

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<v Speaker 2>Attraction is not a sin. Action is a sin. Have

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<v Speaker 2>I been attracted other women? Of course I'm a man.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean a real man. I mean a manly man. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>uh huncle vernon love man, Okay, I mean just Have

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<v Speaker 2>I been attracted to other women besides my wife? Of

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<v Speaker 2>course I have, but I don't act on it. Have

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<v Speaker 2>I ever gotten mad and had an impulse to slug

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<v Speaker 2>some in the face, Yes, but I don't act on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Not everything that I feel like doing, I do. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I noticed when we started this Daniel plan that when

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<v Speaker 2>I started trying to get healthy, I was still attracted

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<v Speaker 2>to the bad stuff that wasn't good for me. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I was expecting all those attractions to go.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me tell you, you know, whatever attractions you got about anything,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to have in the rest.

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<v Speaker 3>Of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, if you're guilty of any of these sins, saddle

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<v Speaker 2>back to your church, because we're all forgiven sinners. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we are all forgiven sinners, all right, So welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>the club. Welcome to the club. You can find forgiveness here.

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<v Speaker 2>There is the sanctity of life. There's the sanctity of sex.

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<v Speaker 2>And there a third one. This one's most controversy of all,

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<v Speaker 2>right now, it is the sanctity of marriage. And the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible is very clear about marriage. One man and one

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<v Speaker 2>woman for life. That is God's intended original design. He

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<v Speaker 2>even made the body parts to fit together, and they

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<v Speaker 2>have a purpose in fitting together. One man and one

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<v Speaker 2>moment for life. That's God's intended design. He said, for Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>what about all the polygamy in the Bible. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>there were guys in the Bible had multiple wives. Listen

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<v Speaker 2>very closely to me. I talked about this in forty

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<v Speaker 2>days in the word Bible interpretation. Not everything the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>reports the Bible approves. Not everything reported in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>is affirmed in the Bible by God. If you take

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<v Speaker 2>this book and you say, Holy Bible, it's amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>It's called holy.

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<v Speaker 2>It's harder to find a book that's got more violence,

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<v Speaker 2>more incest, rape, molestation, murder, jealousy, greed, violence. Why do

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<v Speaker 2>we call it the Holy Bible? Because this one tells

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<v Speaker 2>the truth. If this were a human book, it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>tell all the worts and flaws of the heroes. It

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<v Speaker 2>just give biographies about all their good things, they did

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<v Speaker 2>their great exploits. But the Bible, when it talks about

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<v Speaker 2>Abraham and Moses and Davy, it tells us all their weakness. Says, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, they blew it just as much as

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<v Speaker 2>we do. They make as many mistakes, their families were

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<v Speaker 2>as messed up as ours are, and they had as

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<v Speaker 2>many problems and addictions as everybody else.

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<v Speaker 3>It tells the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible gives examples that there's example of scripture where

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<v Speaker 2>people had slaves, and yet the Bible is clearly against slavery,

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<v Speaker 2>well all the way back in the very first books

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<v Speaker 2>of the Bible. And then Jesus repeated them and says,

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<v Speaker 2>I came to abolish, to eliminate slavery, to release your breast.

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<v Speaker 2>And so just because you read something in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>of violence or some sexual deviation or something else, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean the.

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<v Speaker 3>Bible approves it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just reporting the brokenness of humanity. Now here's what

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<v Speaker 2>God says about marriage, Matthew nineteen. Jesus said, from the beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>in other words, from the very beginning of creation, the Creator.

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<v Speaker 3>Made male and female.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the reason a man is to leave his

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<v Speaker 2>father and mother and be united to his wife, and

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<v Speaker 2>the two become one flesh, physically, spiritually, emotionally, and they

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<v Speaker 2>are no.

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<v Speaker 3>Longer two but one.

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<v Speaker 2>And therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope once again. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, from the beginning, in other words, from the

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<v Speaker 2>very beginning of creation, the Creator made male and female.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the reason a man is to leave his

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<v Speaker 2>father and mother and be united to his wife, and

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<v Speaker 2>the two become one flesh physically, spiritually, emotionally, and they

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<v Speaker 2>are no longer two but one. And therefore what God

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<v Speaker 2>has joined together, let no one separate. You know, there

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<v Speaker 2>are many issues in life where people of goodwill can disagree.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no healthcare plan in the Bible, so people of

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<v Speaker 2>Christians can disagree on that. There's no defense plan in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. So Christians can disagree on that, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>economic recovery plan in the Bible. So Christians can disagree

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<v Speaker 2>on this. But on the sanctity of life, and the

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<v Speaker 2>intent of all three of these things. And you not

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<v Speaker 2>stand for it. These are clear and they're non negotiable.

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<v Speaker 2>You say, who says, God says, not me. God says. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, I need to accept God's word as my authority.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to accept God's word as my authority. Why

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<v Speaker 2>It will always tell you the truth, even when I

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<v Speaker 2>don't like it. It tells me the truth. The truth

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<v Speaker 2>eventually makes such free. I mean, I don't I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to hear somebody say you're stuck up first. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>So first the truth makes you miserable, then it sets

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna frequently have the ground pulled from underneath you.

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<v Speaker 2>That gives you no stability and no courage. But if

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<v Speaker 2>you build your life on God said it, I believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>That settles it. Then you're going to build your life

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<v Speaker 2>on the word of God. God said it, I believe it,

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<v Speaker 2>God has given us both his promise and his oath,

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<v Speaker 2>and God says, I'm keeping my oath. And these two

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<v Speaker 2>things are unchangeable. See truth never changes. These two things

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<v Speaker 2>are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie.

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<v Speaker 2>God will never lie to you. That's why you need

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<v Speaker 2>these other things. Therefore, we who have fled to Him

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<v Speaker 2>for refuge can take new courage. Circle the word courage,

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<v Speaker 2>for we can hold onto his promise with confidence. Where

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<v Speaker 2>do I get courage by building my life on truth

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't change again. You will build your life either

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<v Speaker 2>on the world or the word. You're going to build

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<v Speaker 2>your life on what the world says, what's popular, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the word. Now a lot of things. When you say

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<v Speaker 2>stuff it's unpopular, you say reck. Why do you say

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that's unpopular? Because I fear God's disapproval.

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<v Speaker 3>More than yours.

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<v Speaker 2>I only got to live with you for sixty eighty years,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm going to be an eternity for heaven, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be ashamed and embarrassed that I

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<v Speaker 2>whimped out and I denied Christ. I have been in

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<v Speaker 2>on a public level, because as I'm on these interview

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<v Speaker 2>things like Larry King and The Today Show and Good

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<v Speaker 2>Morning America and Oprah Winfrey, and they'll ask me questions

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<v Speaker 2>about these controversial issues.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to be like you.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted people to like me, and every bone in

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<v Speaker 2>my body wants to compromise and not say the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>But I fear God's disapproval more than I do public disapproval.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna tell the truth. Second thing, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>like this one. How do I develop more courage? Spend

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<v Speaker 2>personal time with Jesus. The more time you spend with Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>the less you're gonna be intimidated by the opinions of others.

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<v Speaker 2>And the more time you spend with Jesus, the less

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<v Speaker 2>other people's disagreements are gonna matter to you. Acts four thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>When they saw the courage of Peter and John, these

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<v Speaker 2>were uncommonly courageous men. This is the city council that said,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna kill you, We're gonna threaten you, We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>put you in jail if you keep talking about Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>When they saw the courage of Peter and John, and

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<v Speaker 2>they could see that they were unschooled, ordinary men. That

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<v Speaker 2>none of the disciples had advanced degrees. They didn't have PhDs,

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't have college high school, they didn't have grade

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<v Speaker 3>These were just common fishermen.

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<v Speaker 2>They said, how can these people who are uneducated but

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<v Speaker 2>they have such enormous courage, It says they were astonished,

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<v Speaker 2>and they took note that these men had been with Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>circle that ben with Jesus. The more time you spend

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<v Speaker 2>with Jesus, the more courage you're gonna have. And when

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<v Speaker 2>to him. And in Acts four thirty one, after they

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<v Speaker 2>had prayed, they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and

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<v Speaker 2>they spoke God's word without fear. I love it, they amplified, says,

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<v Speaker 2>they spoke God's word with freedom and boldness and courage. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>what I've talked to you about this weekend isn't easy.

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<v Speaker 2>Standing courageously in an unpopular opinion is not easy to do.

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<v Speaker 3>But the rewards of it are enormous.

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<v Speaker 2>The rewards of standing courageously for the truth will last

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<v Speaker 2>forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and

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<v Speaker 2>ever and ever, and not millions, but trillions of years.

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<v Speaker 2>The last verse on your outline says this, do not

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<v Speaker 2>lose your courage, because it brings a great reward. That

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<v Speaker 2>reward is far greater than any disapproval you might have

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<v Speaker 2>to put up with. Let's bow our heads, Father. I

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<v Speaker 2>look out on our church family, and I see people

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<v Speaker 2>that I love, and I want them to be uncommonly courageous.

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<v Speaker 2>I want them to be people of the Word, not

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<v Speaker 2>people of the world who've built their lives on truth,

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<v Speaker 2>not on popular opinion. Now you pray God. I want

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<v Speaker 2>a man of courage. I want to be a woman

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<v Speaker 2>of courage. I don't want to back down, wimp out.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to deny you. I don't want other

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<v Speaker 2>people to control what I say or think. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to build my life on a biblical God's worldview truth.

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<v Speaker 2>So I make these two commitments today. First, Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>I accept your word as my authority. If you say it,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it. That settles it, whether I understand it

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<v Speaker 2>or not. And you will be my number one authority,

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<v Speaker 2>your word. And Second, Lord, I want to spend time

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<v Speaker 2>you Jesus on a personal basis. I want to be

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<v Speaker 2>confidence that people go that guy's been with Jesus. I

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<v Speaker 2>want people to notice it in my countenance, in my face,

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. Not that I'm super educated, not that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm super wealthy, not that I'm super beautiful. I

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<v Speaker 2>want them to notice God, I've been with Jesus that

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<v Speaker 2>I have been with you. I ask you to help

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<v Speaker 2>me to be fearless for the truth. In your name,

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<v Speaker 2>I pray Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so happy that

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<v Speaker 1>be back to close out our time today. But first,

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible says children are a gift from the Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have.

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<v Speaker 1>Kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, or kids in your neighborhood that

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<v Speaker 1>need to know God loves them and has a good

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<v Speaker 1>to God by encouraging them to read God's Word. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why we're so excited to tell you about a very

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<v Speaker 1>special resource just for kids called God's Big Plans for Me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a storybook Bible by Pastor Rick Warren. Here's Pastor

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<v Speaker 2>In Matthew nineteen fourteen, Jesus said, let the little children

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<v Speaker 2>come to me, and do not hinder them, For the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. How do

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<v Speaker 2>we bring children to Jesus?

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<v Speaker 3>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>The best way is to read the Bible with them.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when my kids were growing up, I could

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<v Speaker 2>always see their excitement about Jesus grow every time we

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<v Speaker 2>read stories from the Bible together. Now I see that

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<v Speaker 2>same excitement when I read the Bible with my grandchildren.

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<v Speaker 2>I love teaching them at such an early age that

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<v Speaker 2>an accident, that they matter to God, and that He

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<v Speaker 2>has a special plan for their lives. So I'm excited

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you that I've teamed up with a very

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<v Speaker 2>gifted children's illustrator to prepare an new Bible for children.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called God's Big Plans for Me Storybook Bible. Your

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<v Speaker 2>kids will learn from God's word in ways that are

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<v Speaker 2>on their own, this Storybook Bible is going to keep

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<v Speaker 2>on encouraging them to trust in God's promises. The God's

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<v Speaker 2>Big Plans for Me Storybook Bible contains forty well loved

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<v Speaker 2>apply God's Word to their lives. Each story is beautifully illustrated,

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<v Speaker 2>it's incredible, and includes an introduction from Me that encourages

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<v Speaker 2>it's effective, it's entertaining, it's challenging, it's captivating. It's a

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