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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry

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<v Speaker 1>of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we begin a series called Transformed.

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<v Speaker 1>In these lessons, Rick uncovers key principles found in God's

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<v Speaker 1>Word that will completely transform our lives from the inside

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<v Speaker 1>out in every area including spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial,

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<v Speaker 1>and vocational. Now, before we get started, we want to

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>part one of a message called setting Personal Goals by Faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Romans twelve to two. Do not conform to the pattern

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<v Speaker 2>of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of

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<v Speaker 2>your mind. Okay, let's read it again. Do not conform

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<v Speaker 2>to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by

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<v Speaker 2>the renewing of your mind. God wants you to be

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<v Speaker 2>a non conformist. He wants you to be a non conformist.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but

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<v Speaker 2>be transformed. You'll be either be conformed or you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be transformed. You see, God created you to be unique.

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<v Speaker 2>God created you to be special. God created you to

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<v Speaker 2>be like nobody else. You have a unique voice print, thumbprint, handprint, heartbeat.

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't make clones. Man does. But God doesn't make clones.

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<v Speaker 2>And God says, I want you to be unique, not

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<v Speaker 2>conformed to anybody else's idea of what you should be.

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<v Speaker 2>But the problem is we all start off as originals,

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<v Speaker 2>but we end up as copies of other people, and

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<v Speaker 2>we get conformed, and we get pressured and we get

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<v Speaker 2>pushed into a into a mold. Now, during the next

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<v Speaker 2>seven weeks, we're going to look at seven key areas

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<v Speaker 2>of your life and the changes that you need to make,

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<v Speaker 2>want to make, and can make because of God's power

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. We're going to look at your spiritual health.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to look at your physical health, mental health,

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<v Speaker 2>emotional health. We're going to talk about transforming the way

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<v Speaker 2>you think, transforming the way you feel. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about financial health, transforming the way you look and

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<v Speaker 2>use look at and use money, relationships, relational health, vocational health,

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<v Speaker 2>your career, and where you're going for the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Now, let me explain to you where we're going.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to look at seven key areas of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>but we also have seven key features that are going

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<v Speaker 2>to help you grow. What I want to do today

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<v Speaker 2>is explain to you why you must set goals for

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<v Speaker 2>your life and God says it. It's very clear in

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<v Speaker 2>the Word of God why you must do it and

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<v Speaker 2>the changes that will make in your life and the

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<v Speaker 2>power that it will do. So this is all about

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<v Speaker 2>the future. A lot of times we talk about problems

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<v Speaker 2>and pressures in your life. This series is about your potential.

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<v Speaker 2>This series is about your possibilities. This series is about

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<v Speaker 2>your future making the best of the rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm very excited about it. Now, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>begin by giving you the six reasons why you need

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<v Speaker 2>to learn how to set goals in your life. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says six things about goal setting. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that goal setting is a spiritual responsibility.

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<v Speaker 2>Goal setting is a spiritual responsibility. Did you know that

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<v Speaker 2>God sets goals? God has goals for the universe. God

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<v Speaker 2>has goals for planet Earth. God has goals for history,

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<v Speaker 2>God has goals for eternity, and God certainly has goals

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<v Speaker 2>for your life. The Bible tells us that Jesus set goals.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, he often announced publicly what his next goal was.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to do this now, I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 2>this now, and I'm going to do this now. He

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<v Speaker 2>publicly would announce in advance what his goal was for

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<v Speaker 2>the next phase of his ministry. Every person who walked

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<v Speaker 2>with God in the Bible, you can find examples of

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<v Speaker 2>being goal directed. But let me just give you one example.

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<v Speaker 2>The apostle Paul Philippians, chapter three. It says this, I

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<v Speaker 2>know that I'm not yet what God wants me to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Hang on, anybody agree with that. I know that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not yet what God wants me to be. I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>reached that goal, but I keep moving toward it to

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<v Speaker 2>make it mine because Christ made me and saved me

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<v Speaker 2>for this. Now I know that I haven't reached my goal.

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<v Speaker 2>But there is one thing I always do forgetting the

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<v Speaker 2>past and straining toward what is ahead. I keep my

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<v Speaker 2>eyes focused on the goal, so that I may one

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<v Speaker 2>day win the prize that God has called me to

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<v Speaker 2>receive through Christ in the life above. Now all of

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<v Speaker 2>you who are spiritually mature should think this same way too.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to circle three things. That goal, my goal,

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<v Speaker 2>and the goal. Paul was goal oriented. He says, I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't reach that goal. I haven't yet reached my goal.

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<v Speaker 2>And my focus, my eyes are focused on the goal.

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<v Speaker 2>Why is it important for you to set a goal?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's a spiritual responsibility. You're gonna go through life

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<v Speaker 2>either by design or by default. You're either gonna set

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<v Speaker 2>goals and you're gonna decide what's important for your life,

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<v Speaker 2>or other people are gonna decide it for you. If

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have goals for your life, you are abdicating

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<v Speaker 2>control of your life to somebody else and other things.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't have goals for your life, you're not living.

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<v Speaker 2>You're just reacting. You're just existing. If you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>clear goals for your life, you're just coasting through life.

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<v Speaker 2>You are drifting through life, and whenever you're coasting, you're

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<v Speaker 2>always going downhill. If you don't have goals for your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you have already decided to let other people run your

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<v Speaker 2>life because you don't know what's important. So you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>let them decide, and you react to circin cumstances, and

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<v Speaker 2>you go through your whole life wasting your life because

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<v Speaker 2>you have it clarified what's important.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't have goals for your life, you have

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<v Speaker 2>already decided to let other people run your life because

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know what's important, so you're gonna let them decide,

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<v Speaker 2>and you react to circumstances, and you go through your

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<v Speaker 2>whole life wasting your life because you haven't clarified what's important.

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<v Speaker 2>You're allowing others direct your life. The Bible says to

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<v Speaker 2>be spiritually mature. He says, all of you are spiritually mature,

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<v Speaker 2>should think the same way. I set my goal, I

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<v Speaker 2>strive to my goal, I move toward my goal. I

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<v Speaker 2>keep my eyes focused on the goal. That's what Paul said,

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<v Speaker 2>probably the greatest Christian who ever lived, next to Jesus himself.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, goals are statements of faith. Goals are statements

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<v Speaker 2>of faith. A lot of people, well, goal, isn't that

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<v Speaker 2>like a business thing? Isn't that like a secular thing?

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't that a like something athletes do. No no, no no.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a spiritual habit that you need to develop.

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<v Speaker 2>And goals are statements of faith. In other words, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're a believer in Jesus Christ, when you set a goal,

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<v Speaker 2>what you're saying is I believe that's faith. I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that God wants me to accomplish such and such by

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<v Speaker 2>such and such a time. That's a statement of faith.

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<v Speaker 2>A goal is a statement of this is what I

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<v Speaker 2>believe God is going to do in my life. Goals

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<v Speaker 2>don't just aren't just a statement of faith. They stretch

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<v Speaker 2>your faith. And the bigger your goal, the more your

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<v Speaker 2>faith will be stretched, and that pleases God. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>without faith, it is impossible to please God. So if

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have any goal, you don't need any faith.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you don't need any faith, the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>it's impossible to please God. In fact, in Romans fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>it says, whatsoever is not a faith is sin. So

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm going through life without having to need any faith,

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<v Speaker 2>if I don't have any goals, I don't need to

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<v Speaker 2>take any risks. And if I don't take any risks,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't need any faith, and if I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>any faith, I am being unfaithful. You see how important

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<v Speaker 2>it is for you to have a goal in every

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<v Speaker 2>area of your life. Now here's a goal stretching verse Ephesians,

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<v Speaker 2>chapter three, Verse twenty. God can do anything far more

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<v Speaker 2>than you could ever imagine. I don't know. I can

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<v Speaker 2>imagine some big things, far more than you could ever

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<v Speaker 2>imagine or guess or dare to request in your wildest dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know about you, but I can imagine some

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<v Speaker 2>pre big things. I'm a pretty big dreamer. Nobody has

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<v Speaker 2>ever accused me of being a small thinker. I've always

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<v Speaker 2>had big dreams. And yet God says Rick, you think

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<v Speaker 2>of the greatest thing, of the greatest dream I could

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<v Speaker 2>do in your life, And guess what I can top that?

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<v Speaker 2>I can beat that. I am. I can do anything

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<v Speaker 2>far more than you would ever imagine or guests or

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<v Speaker 2>dare to request in your wildest dream. Let the size

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<v Speaker 2>of your God determine the size of your goal. You

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<v Speaker 2>let the size of God determine the size of my goal.

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<v Speaker 2>Many years ago, when Saddleback decided to buy this land,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one hundred and twenty acres to buy one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and twenty acres in Orange County would seem like nonsense

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<v Speaker 2>to most people. And when we as a church decided

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<v Speaker 2>to buy this one hundred and twenty acres because we

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<v Speaker 2>weren't we were just not a very big church at

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<v Speaker 2>the time. And I remember the word God on the

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<v Speaker 2>comunity is this little group of people called Saddleback was

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<v Speaker 2>I dare you stop your puny, little thinking, stop being

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<v Speaker 2>what God could do in your life if you would

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<v Speaker 2>in the next it's fifty days, and each week we're

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<v Speaker 2>go to every nation nobody had ever done that. We

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<v Speaker 2>helped us. And I have spent my life dreaming great dreams.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's amazing what God can do in your life

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<v Speaker 2>if you will do that. Now here's the cool thing.

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<v Speaker 2>do I dream about in my relationships? What do I

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<v Speaker 2>How healthy would I want to be? On all these days?

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<v Speaker 2>Dream great dreams. You see, we overestimate what we can

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<v Speaker 2>do in ten. Instead, yet is thinking puny, little tiny

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<v Speaker 2>goals and trying accomplishing them instantly. My challenge is get

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<v Speaker 2>rest of your life going after it. I did when

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<v Speaker 2>It started this church with no member, no money, nobody,

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<v Speaker 2>When I was twenty five that seemed like an eternity.

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<v Speaker 2>Goals are statements of faith. By the way, the difference

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<v Speaker 2>between a goal and a dream is you put a

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<v Speaker 2>a deadline on your goal, it's not a goal. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just a dream. A dream is good, but you need both. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what the Bible says Matthew nine nine. According to

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<v Speaker 2>your faith, it will be done to you. According to

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<v Speaker 2>you get to choose how much I bless your life,

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<v Speaker 2>how much I transform your life. Great faith will be

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<v Speaker 2>great transformation. Nothing happens in your life till you start dreaming.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, you get to choose, according to your life,

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<v Speaker 2>your faith, it will be done. So I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>encourage you that when we start setting one goal a

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<v Speaker 2>week over the next seven weeks, don't miss any of

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<v Speaker 2>these that you you ask the question, will this require

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<v Speaker 2>really going out on a limb. Don't ever be afraid

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<v Speaker 2>to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

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<v Speaker 2>The fruit is not at the trunk. You don't get

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<v Speaker 2>the fruit by playing it safe. It's out on the limb,

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<v Speaker 2>and never be afraid to rock the boat of Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>as your captain. I'm sharing your life experience tonight because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm looking out on the next generation of saddleback right here,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going I want you to know God like

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<v Speaker 2>I do, and I want you to trust Him like

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<v Speaker 2>I do. And I want you to be used by

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<v Speaker 2>God in ways that you've never ever imagined. I never

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<v Speaker 2>imagined all of this, but God did. Goals are statements

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<v Speaker 2>of faith. Number three goals focus my energy. Well, another

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<v Speaker 2>one of the reasons why you need to set goals

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<v Speaker 2>in every air of your life is they focus your energy.

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<v Speaker 2>They keep you from wasting time, money, reputation, energy. They

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<v Speaker 2>keep you focused. Selection is the name of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Focus is the key to an effective life.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's daily hope. In just a moment,

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<v Speaker 1>Rick is going to tell you about our recent one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred thousand dollars matching grant from a very generous listener.

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<v Speaker 1>But first he's going to share with us how God

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<v Speaker 1>has been using your financial gifts to help us share

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<v Speaker 1>Christ with people around the world.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's Rick, Hi, friends, what did it surprise you to

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<v Speaker 2>know that there are entire groups of people who have

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<v Speaker 2>never heard about Jesus still in our world today. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the small tribes of less than a one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred thousand people in many, many distant places who have

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<v Speaker 2>not a single Christian among them. There is no church,

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<v Speaker 2>they have no Bible, there is no believer. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>imagine that? Would you help me reach these unreached, unengaged people.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one of the reasons I started Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 2>was to find partners who would help us take the

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<v Speaker 2>whole world, to the final frontier, these unreached, unengaged tribes.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus wants us to witness to all nations and to

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<v Speaker 2>all people. He never made a person he did in love.

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<v Speaker 2>He never made a person he didn't want saved. And

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus died so that all may be saved. But people

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<v Speaker 2>can't follow Jesus if they've never heard about him, and

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<v Speaker 2>they've never heard of God's grace, how can they reas?

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm asking you to help me in this finishing

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<v Speaker 2>the task project. Thank you for your support. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Hope is now reaching over thirty four million people

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<v Speaker 2>each month through Daily Hope audio teachings and our email devotionals.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're only able to do this because of your

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<v Speaker 2>partnership with Daily Hope. We're working together to help us

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<v Speaker 2>fulfill the great commission. Imagine when you get to heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>to thank you. I'm here because you cared enough for

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<v Speaker 2>someone like me. You prayed and you gave, and you shared,

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<v Speaker 2>and you sacrificed, and I'm in heaven because of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Will that be worth it? Even as we rejoice in

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<v Speaker 2>the success, we need to remember that there's still billions

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<v Speaker 2>to keep going. So I'm asking you, prayerfully to consider

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<v Speaker 2>giving the biggest gift you've ever given, or that you

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<v Speaker 2>can give before the end of this year. Said, there

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<v Speaker 2>are still about three thousand unreached people groups that have

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<v Speaker 2>there's a Christian living among them who speaks their language

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<v Speaker 2>and can help them understand the Bible. But that's just

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<v Speaker 2>the first step. The truth is an unreached people group

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<v Speaker 2>that group. So to help that happen, we're working on

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<v Speaker 2>translating spiritual growth tools into about two hundred new languages

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<v Speaker 2>for people who have virtually no Christian resources available. Think

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<v Speaker 2>on at birthdays. These are so available in English, but

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<v Speaker 2>These translations are strategic that we've selected once to share

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<v Speaker 2>and it is a monumental vision. I can't do this

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<v Speaker 2>it's a global vision. But every vision listen requires provision Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>much I appreciate your financial support of Daily Hope. You

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<v Speaker 2>know I don't take a salary in this. This is

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<v Speaker 2>all a ministry of love and all of these funds

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<v Speaker 2>are going to help reach more people. Now, let me

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<v Speaker 2>give you some exciting news. A generous friend of Daily

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<v Speaker 2>Hope has offered a one hundred thousand dollars matching grant.

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<v Speaker 2>But any gift you give by December thirty first this

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<v Speaker 2>year will be doubled up to one hundred thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>That means every dollar you give the Daily Hope between

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<v Speaker 2>now and the end of the year will be doubled.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you please prayerfully consider how you can give today,

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<v Speaker 2>how you can reach more people for Jesus in the

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<v Speaker 2>I will faithfully teach God's word in a way that

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<v Speaker 2>You have a part of the most important task in history. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>My prayer for you is that God's going to bless

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<v Speaker 2>You know we're blessed to be a blessing, and my

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<v Speaker 1>Remember, as Rick just shared, whatever you give today will

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<v Speaker 1>God's word for our daily hope. This program is sponsored

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<v Speaker 1>by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and your generous financial support