WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:05.799 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:09.560 of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we begin a series called 3 00:00:09.720 --> 00:00:13.839 forty Days in the Word. In these messages, Pastor Rick 4 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:18.399 shares practical Bible study tools that will reignite your passion 5 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:22.800 for God's Word and revolutionize your life as you grow 6 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:27.480 closer to Jesus. First, we're excited to let you know 7 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:31.559 that very generous friends of Daily Hope have stepped forward 8 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:36.079 with a special fifty thousand dollars matching grant that means 9 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:39.320 any gift you give to help Daily Hope share God's 10 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.759 Word with people everywhere will be double. So contact us 11 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:47.799 right away, go to Pastorick dot com or text the 12 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:52.439 Word Daily to eight hundred, six hundred, five thousand and four. 13 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.359 Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of 14 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:59.560 a message called Building My Life on the Bible. 15 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.200 Jesus ended the Sermon on the Mound, the most famous 16 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.200 sermon in the Bible, by telling a story, and he 17 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.439 says this, There was two guys who went out and 18 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:13.599 they both built homes, and they built them on different foundations. 19 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.120 One guy went out and built his house on solid 20 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:21.280 rock on that foundation, and the other guy went out 21 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:25.599 and he built his house on sand. His foundation was sand. 22 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:31.280 He said, Then unexpected rogue winds came, the trials in 23 00:01:31.319 --> 00:01:35.120 the storms of life, and a tsunami hit those homes, 24 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:39.079 and the winds came, and the floods rose, and the 25 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:42.040 winds beat against it, and the rains came down, and 26 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:45.439 the house that was built on the shifting foundation of 27 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:51.640 sand collapsed. But the house that was built on solid 28 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:57.439 rock was able to withstand the storms of life, Jesus 29 00:01:57.439 --> 00:01:59.920 says in this After saying this story, he says this 30 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:04.239 in Matthew seven thirty four twenty four. Everyone who hears 31 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:06.760 these words of mine, that's the word of God, that's 32 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.919 the Bible. Everyone who hears these words of mine and 33 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.800 puts them into practice, and we're going to teach you 34 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.199 how to do that, is like that wise man who 35 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:23.240 built his house on the rock. So this weekend, to 36 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.919 start us off, before we get into forty days, I 37 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.560 want us to look at how do you do that? 38 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:33.199 How do you build your life on the Bible so 39 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:36.639 that you're building on solid rock, so that when the 40 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:41.039 storms and trials and difficulties of your life come inevitably, 41 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:45.439 that you'll be able to handle it. If you are 42 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:49.599 not built on solid rock, on the foundation of something 43 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:54.080 that doesn't shift, you're gonna crumble. You can't build your 44 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.439 life on the opinions of others. You can't build your 45 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.240 life on popular opinion. You can't build your life on culture. 46 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:03.520 You must build on unchanging truth. If you have a Bible, 47 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:07.120 I want you to open to James chapter one, the 48 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:07.879 Book of James. 49 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:08.439 Chapter one. 50 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:10.599 We're going to look at verses nineteen down to verse 51 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.120 twenty five, and I want to as we prepare for 52 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:15.879 forty days in the world, to look at this subject 53 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:20.120 on how do I build my life on the Bible. 54 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.280 The answer to that is to look at the way 55 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:24.840 that God wired you and shaped you. 56 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:26.080 God gave you. 57 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:34.479 Five senses here smell, see, taste, and touch everything you know. 58 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.479 Everything you experience in life comes through one of those 59 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:43.120 five senses. That's how you encounter life, and God wants 60 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.639 you to learn to encounter the Bible with every one 61 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:47.919 of your senses. 62 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:50.879 We're going to look at this today. 63 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:53.919 And these are all found in James chapter one, verses 64 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:55.400 nineteen to twenty five. 65 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:56.240 Now, if you're. 66 00:03:56.120 --> 00:04:00.360 Taking notes, the first way that I build my life 67 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:04.960 on the Bible is this, I receive it with my ears. 68 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:08.479 I receive it with my ears. 69 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:13.080 We're talking about hearing the Bible, hearing the word of God, 70 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.959 hearing God speak to you. The Bible tells us in 71 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:22.160 Romans ten seventeen. Faith comes from hearing the message, and 72 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:23.399 the message. 73 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:26.120 Is heard through the Word of Christ. 74 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:31.199 Every time you hear your pastor teach a message, you 75 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.040 hear a Bible teacher, you hear a study on the radio. 76 00:04:34.199 --> 00:04:36.959 When you're hearing the word, your faith is being built. 77 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:41.360 You're doing this first one right now. You're listening to 78 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.279 the Word of God being taught, and that builds your faith. 79 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:48.040 Faith comes by hearing the message, and the message comes 80 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:51.279 through the Word of Christ. Now let's look and see 81 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:54.240 what James says about this. James, Chapter one, verse nineteen. 82 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:01.399 Everyone should be quick to listen. Circle that quick to listen, 83 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:07.199 slow to speak, and slow to become angry. For man's 84 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:13.639 anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. Therefore, 85 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.560 get rid of all moral filth and evil that is 86 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:24.959 so prevalent, and humbly accept. Circle that accept the word 87 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:29.000 planted in you, which can save you. It is the 88 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.000 word of God that saves us. If you don't hear 89 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:34.319 the good news. You can't be saved. Now, he says, 90 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:37.720 be quick to listen. That's using my ears, and he 91 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:41.199 says accept the word. So in this passage, it's teaching 92 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.879 us that I must receive it with my ears. Now, 93 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:48.800 this interesting word, accept the word. The word in Greek 94 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.160 decam i literally is a hospitality term. It means to 95 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:57.120 welcome a stranger. It means to welcome the word. We 96 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:01.000 welcome you, Lord, we welcome your word. Come on in. 97 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:04.959 I'm wide open. It is an attitude of acceptance. And 98 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.879 if you're going to get the Bible in your life, 99 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:07.879 you've got to start with. 100 00:06:08.040 --> 00:06:09.240 Hey, I'm wide open. 101 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.079 I got an attitude of acceptance. I welcome the word. 102 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.439 I accept the word planted in me. Now, it says planet. 103 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:17.079 It's interesting. 104 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.839 Often through the Bible, the scripture is compared to a seed, 105 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:24.519 and the seed is the Word of God, and the 106 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.720 soil is our hearts. The parable of the soler that 107 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:32.879 Jesus told teaches this story, and he says that receiving 108 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:37.720 the word is actually the seed being planted in your life. 109 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:39.360 Now, I'm a gardener. 110 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:41.800 In fact, you could call me a farmer, because I 111 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:46.800 garden massive scale. And what I do is I've learned 112 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.040 that you can take the exact same seed and plant 113 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:52.439 it in three different locations, and in one you're going 114 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.680 to get giant tomatoes, In another you're going to get 115 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:56.680 little tomatoes, and others you're not going to get anything. 116 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:01.680 What's the difference. The difference is not the seed. The 117 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:07.120 difference is the soil. The soil must be prepared for 118 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.519 the seed. You got to mulch it, you got to 119 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.079 break it up, you got to put some fertilizer in there, 120 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:15.240 maybe a little miracle grow if you want to do that. 121 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.680 You got to get it. The soil has to be prepared. 122 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.959 This is the same thing for you here to hear God, 123 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.879 your heart has to be prepared. You see, if you 124 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.160 come to church and you've got up late, and you 125 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:30.839 rushed in and you couldn't find a parking spot, and 126 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:33.240 you were all frustrated and it was raining, and you 127 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:35.720 got in and you were just really in an irritating mood, 128 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:37.079 and they said, okay, God, I'm ready for you. 129 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:37.439 Talk to me. 130 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:43.279 You're not gonna hear God's voice. You're not in a 131 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:47.120 receptive mood. That's why you can take two people to church. 132 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:48.800 Sit them side by side, want to walk on and 133 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:53.000 goes man, that was powerful. I really that that gave 134 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:55.160 me a lot to think about. And the other person going, 135 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:58.000 I didn't get anything out of that. What's the difference? 136 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:04.639 Heart preparation? Now, for good reception, this passage teaches you 137 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:08.040 have to have four attitudes. You remember when televisions used 138 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:11.000 to have antenna's on them and you would kind of 139 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:14.120 move the antenna's around to get good reception. 140 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.199 We don't do that anymore now we do. Can you 141 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:18.920 hear me? Now? Can you hear me? Now? Can you 142 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:20.160 hear me now? Okay? 143 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:23.600 And you're looking for good reception in order for you 144 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:27.000 to hear God. Now you got to have good reception, 145 00:08:27.319 --> 00:08:29.800 and the Bible says that's a matter of your herd attitude. 146 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.919 Write down these four attitudes. First, it says, I must 147 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:38.919 be quiet for good reception. To hear God speak to me, 148 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:41.080 I've got to be quiet. It says, be quick to 149 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:45.799 listen and slow to speak. Now, you know, Kay has 150 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.519 told me many times, Rick, when you're talking, you're not listening. 151 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:54.519 At least I think that's what she said. You gotta 152 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.559 be quiet. You can't hear God if you're talking Okay, 153 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.679 number two, I gotta be calm, it says, and slow 154 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:04.480 to become angry, be quick to listen to slow to speak, 155 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:05.320 slow to become angry. 156 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:06.720 Why in the world is it talking about anger? 157 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:09.399 We're going to talking about the Bible here because you 158 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.720 don't hear much when you're angry. 159 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.600 You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be 160 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.480 back in just a moment with the rest of today's lesson. 161 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.679 If you've missed any part of today's teaching, you can 162 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:30.759 listen online anytime at pastorick dot com. That's pastorick dot com. 163 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:34.639 Pastor Rick says the Bible isn't meant to just inform us, 164 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:38.879 It's meant to transform us. That's why it's so important 165 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.440 to study God's Word. Maybe you've never studied the Bible 166 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.200 and you don't even know where to start, or maybe 167 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.360 read the Bible every day, but you're not getting all 168 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.559 God has for you out of the time you spend 169 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.200 with him. That's why Pastor Rick created a very special 170 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.799 Bible study called forty Days in the Word. This life 171 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:01.440 changing resource will ignite your past for God's Word and 172 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:05.519 revolutionize your relationship with Jesus. 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Go to Pastor 192 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:11.440 Rick dot com or call eight hundred six hundred at 193 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:14.480 five zero zero four, and as a special thank you, 194 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.120 we'll send you the forty days in the word Bible 195 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:20.799 steady Kit. Again, that's Pastor Rick dot com or call 196 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:23.879 eight hundred and six hundred at five zero zero four. 197 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.720 Now let's get back to today's lesson. Here on Pastor 198 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:33.840 Rick's Daily Hope. 199 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.679 You see, if you come to church and you've got 200 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:39.919 up late, and you rushed in and you couldn't find 201 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:42.559 a parking spot, and you were all frustrated and it 202 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:44.440 was raining, and you got in and you were just 203 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:46.960 really in an irritating mood. They said, Okay, God, I'm 204 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.799 ready for you talk to me. You're not gonna hear 205 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.159 God's voice. You're not in a receptive mood. That's why 206 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:58.320 you can take two people to church, them side by side, 207 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:01.159 want to walk on and goes man. That was powerful. 208 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:04.399 I really that gave me a lot to think about. 209 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:06.399 And the other person going, I didn't get anything out 210 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:12.799 of that. What's the difference? Heart preparation? Now for good reception, 211 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:16.519 this passage teaches you have to have four attitudes. You 212 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:20.639 remember when televisions used to have antenna's on them and 213 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:23.519 you would kind of move the antenna's around to get 214 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.039 good reception. We don't do that anymore now we do. 215 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.120 Can you hear me now? Can you hear me? 216 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.440 Now? Can you hear me now? Okay? 217 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.879 And you're looking for good reception in order for you 218 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.240 to hear God. Now, you got to have good reception, 219 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.039 and the Bible says that's a matter of your heart attitude. 220 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:44.159 Write down these four attitudes. First, it says, I must 221 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:49.200 be quiet for good reception to hear God speak to me, 222 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.360 I've got to be quiet. It says, be quick to 223 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.879 listen and slow to speak. 224 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:55.279 Now. 225 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.399 You know, Kay has told me many times, Rick, when 226 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.679 you're talking, you're not listening at least I think that's 227 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:06.200 what she said. You gotta be quiet. You can't hear 228 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.320 God if you're talking. 229 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:07.799 Okay. 230 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:11.879 Number two, I gotta be calm, it says, and slow 231 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.720 to become angry. Be quick to listen to to speak 232 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:16.559 slow to become angry. Why the world is it talking 233 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.480 about anger? We're going to talking about the Bible here, 234 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:23.200 because you don't hear much when you're angry. We don't 235 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:26.440 hear much when we're upset, we don't hear. We can't 236 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:29.720 really hear what somebody else is saying. When we are irritated, 237 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:34.159 when we're angry, when we're uptight, When you are emotionally upset, 238 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:40.200 you're defensive. On the other hand, when you are emotionally relaxed, 239 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:44.519 you're quiet and you're calm, you can really hear what 240 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:47.080 the other person is saying. And the same thing is 241 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:50.480 true in getting into the Bible. You got to be 242 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.240 quiet and you got to be calm. If you're going 243 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.639 to let God speak to you in the Bible, you 244 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:56.399 can be God. I got five minutes here, talk to 245 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:56.919 me really quick. 246 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:57.600 D d da da da. 247 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:01.960 I gotta go see you later. Frantic, you're gonna you're 248 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.960 not gonna hear God speak to you. The Bible says, 249 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:08.559 be still and know that I am God. My translation 250 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:12.519 to that is sit down and shut up, be quiet, 251 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.000 and be calm. By the way, I read this week 252 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:19.960 that listening actually lowers your blood pressure and speaking raises 253 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.600 your blood pressure. So if you need to lower your 254 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.919 blood pressure, you ought to do a little bit more listening. 255 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:27.759 I need to be calm and I need to be quiet. 256 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.559 The third thing is I need to be clean. In 257 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:32.919 other words, I can't have any junk in my life. 258 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:36.039 And he's sin piled up if I expect to hear 259 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:39.000 God speak to me. The third thing he says is 260 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:44.200 get rid of all moral filth and the evil that 261 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:48.639 is so prevalent. He's saying, here, before you do the seeding, 262 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.279 you gotta do some weeding. In other words, when I 263 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.960 go out to plant a garden. But I don't just 264 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.120 go out and start planting seeds. The first thing, I 265 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.879 break up the soil. I get out all the dirt 266 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.919 clods and ate all the rocks. I pull out all 267 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:05.080 the weeds. I get that soil really ready, so it's clean, 268 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.360 it's not full of junk. And I get it all 269 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:11.799 ready for the soil. And he says, get rid of 270 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:14.120 two things. Get rid of filth and get rid of evil. 271 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.240 That's interesting this word filth in the Greek riperion. You 272 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:23.879 know what it is, The word for earwax. Yeah, that's 273 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:26.639 the stuff on the end of that que tip. That's gross. 274 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.159 He says, get rid of all the earwacks. You know 275 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:31.720 what he's saying here. The point is, I can't hear 276 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:37.200 God If I got junk in my ear, I mentally blocked. 277 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:39.360 I can't Is it God never speaks to me? 278 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:46.039 Well, you probably got ear wax, emotional, spiritual, mental, ethical earwax. 279 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:48.840 You can't hear God because you got junk in your life. 280 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.360 It plugs up the sound. He says. 281 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:53.159 Get rid of the filth, get rid of the evil, 282 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:56.000 which is anything we know in our lives that is wrong. 283 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:59.159 He says, you get rid of that before you come 284 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:02.960 to me. Going back to this gardening thing, I really 285 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.399 when I garden, I get dirty. I really actually like 286 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:11.000 being in the mud, and I like getting muddy all over. 287 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:13.440 And the crazy thing is is, after a day of 288 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:16.679 you know, gardening and stuff like that and being totally muddy, 289 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.519 I'll come up and Key goes, you take off all 290 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:21.120 those clothes where you're going to come in the house. 291 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.200 You're not bringing those filthy clothes in my house. Now, 292 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:29.720 I think this is totally unreasonable, okay, But she doesn't 293 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:35.559 want me tracking across the carpet manure. I don't know why, okay. 294 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:38.960 And so she says, you know, you clean this up 295 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.200 before you can meet with God. You need to take 296 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:43.960 out some emotional garbage. You need to take out some 297 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.600 spiritual garbage. You need to get rid of the stuff 298 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:50.200 that stinks in your life. You're not going to hear God. 299 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:54.600 If it's if your mind's filled with pornography, or resentment, 300 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:58.240 or jealousy or any other junk. 301 00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:59.639 In your life, you can't hear God. 302 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.039 Now, how do I take out the garbage? 303 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:03.639 Spiritually? 304 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:09.559 The Bible calls it confession. Confession simply means to agree 305 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:12.680 with God that was wrong. God, You're right and I 306 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:15.880 was wrong. When you say that, that's confession. When you 307 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.880 look at something, Lord, it was wrong for me to 308 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:19.279 say that to my kids. It was wrong for me 309 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:20.640 to act that way toward those people. 310 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.240 It was wrong. 311 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:25.599 That's called confession. Confession means to speak the same God. 312 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:27.640 I just agree with you. You're right and I'm wrong. 313 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:29.920 And that's how you clean out the garbage. So I 314 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.920 get calm, I get quiet, and I get clean. The 315 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.480 fourth thing I need is I need to be humble. Humble, 316 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.359 That's the fourth thing he says. He says, humbly accept 317 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.880 the word planted in you, which can save you. 318 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.160 And what does it mean? To be humble? 319 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.680 Means say ready to do whatever God tells me from 320 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.759 his word. If I come with a prideful attitude, God, 321 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:55.200 you tell me what you want me to do, and 322 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:57.079 then I'll decide whether I'm going to do it or not. 323 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:59.839 That ain't going to work. I come humbly. 324 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.759 Now, these are the spiritual hearing aids for the first 325 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:06.319 way to get God's word in your life. I receive, 326 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:10.240 I accept. I receive God's word through my ears. I 327 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.839 hear it, and I hear it by being calm and 328 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:17.200 quiet and clean and humble. Now, that's a good way 329 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.480 to get the Word of God in your life. But 330 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:21.359 if that's the only way, you're not growing very much 331 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.319 because you forget ninety five percent of what you hear 332 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:27.640 within seventy two hours. That's why I always encourage you 333 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:29.920 to write take notes, because by Wednesday you would have 334 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.400 forgotten everything I've said. Basically, So, hearing is a good 335 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.799 way to get the Word of God in your life, 336 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.000 but you forget ninety five percent of it. So you've 337 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.440 got to move to the deeper ways. 338 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:38.960 Now. 339 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:41.000 The second way to build my life on the Bible 340 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:45.920 is to read it with my eyes. I receive it 341 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:49.799 with my ears, but I read it with my eyes. 342 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.839 I read the Bible. 343 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:56.400 You cannot grow without reading the Bible. James Chapter one, 344 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.839 verse twenty two says this down to verse twenty five, 345 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:03.119 don't merely listen to the word. In other words, y'ant 346 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:05.839 to listen, but don't merely listen to the word, and 347 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.039 so deceive yourselves, because you're going to forget it. 348 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:13.039 Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word. 349 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:14.960 Of God but doesn't do what it says is like 350 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.880 a man who looks at his face in a mirror. 351 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:18.400 Now notice this mirror analogy. 352 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:21.720 He says, he looks at his face the reflection in 353 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.279 a mirror, and after looking himself, he goes away and 354 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:27.160 immediately forgets what he looks like. That's what happens a 355 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:29.519 lot of times on Sunday. You're here a message, and 356 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:31.240 by the time you get to the parking lot, you've 357 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:34.960 already forgotten it. He looks in a mirror, looks at himself, 358 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:38.200 but then he goes away and immediately forgets what he 359 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.640 looks like. 360 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.880 But here's the opposite. 361 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.119 The man who looks intently into the perfect law that 362 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:50.000 gives freedom, the Bible sets us free, and continues to 363 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:55.599 do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it. 364 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:00.759 He will be blessed in what he does. Now, I 365 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:03.799 want you to be blessed. I want you to be 366 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:06.119 blessed in ear of your life. I want God's blessing 367 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:09.559 on your family, on your work, on your finances, on 368 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:12.200 your health. Now, the Bible says, if you will do 369 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:16.279 these five things, you will be blessed. So let's go 370 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:19.759 back and circle him. Okay, you know we talked about 371 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:21.720 the first one. He said listen, but here he says, 372 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:24.880 don't merely listen. He says, the man who looks intently. 373 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:28.480 Circle looks intently. That's one of the ways you get blessed. 374 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:33.799 That's reading the Bible. Then he says and continues to 375 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:36.640 do this circle the word continue. That's reviewing the Bible. 376 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.119 And then he says, not forgetting what he's heard, that's 377 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:45.480 remembering the Bible. Circle that one, not forgetting but doing it. 378 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:50.200 That's responding to the Bible. He will be blessed in 379 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:54.480 what he does. To be blessed, you got to do 380 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.839 all these So we're going to look at all of 381 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:58.400 them today, and we're going to cover him in more 382 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:00.920 detail during forty days in the world. But let's look 383 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.880 at him one at a time. First, it says, the 384 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:08.039 person who looks intently, what's he talking about there? He's 385 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:11.000 talking about reading the Bible. But when I read it, 386 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:13.480 I don't read it speed read it. When I read 387 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:15.720 the Bible, I read it and I reflect on it, 388 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:19.599 I think about it, I ponder it, I look intently, 389 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:23.720 and it says that the person who does this is 390 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:26.200 it's like looking in a mirror. You know, many times 391 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:30.200 the Bible is compared to a mirror. In scripture, the 392 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:32.880 Bible compares itself to a mirror. What's the purpose of 393 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:38.640 a mirror? The purpose of a mirror is to evaluate ourselves. 394 00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:44.960 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. If you've missed any 395 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.519 part of this message, or if you'd like to find 396 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.200 out more about Pastor Rick Warren in this ministry, just 397 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:55.799 visit pastorick dot com, where you can listen online anytime. 398 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:59.519 That's Pastor Rick with two Rs in the Middle dot com, 399 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.279 and be sure to sign up for Rick's free daily 400 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:05.559 email devotional while you're there. Rick will be back to 401 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:08.880