WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.519 Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's 2 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.919 Daily Hope. Well today we bring our series called God's 3 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:12.640 Prescription for a Healthy Life to a close. 4 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:14.839 Today, Pastor Rick wraps up. 5 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.320 His look at how to improve our health physically, spiritually, 6 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:23.719 relationally and emotionally by applying the five essentials needed for. 7 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:25.199 A more vibrant life. 8 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:27.879 If you want to have what it takes to live 9 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:30.960 out your calling in life, stay with us for this 10 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:35.280 amazing series. 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That's Pastorick dot com, or the word 20 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.959 daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. 21 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:18.760 Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of 22 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:22.000 a message called the Awesome Power of Faith. 23 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:24.879 How do you have a big dream without getting a 24 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:29.040 big head. How do you have big goals without getting 25 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:34.560 a big ego? How do big dreams and humility go together? 26 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.200 Because very important, God wants us to live with humility. 27 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:39.680 In fact, pride is the worst sin. Did you know 28 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:44.599 that it's the worst sin. Pride is what got Satan 29 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.000 kicked out of heaven. God hates pride, God says, He 30 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.719 says it over and over, structure. I hate pride. He 31 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:54.760 is against the proud, He opposes the pride prideful. Now, 32 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:58.200 the middle letter pride is what I The middle letter 33 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.319 sin is what it's when I want to be my 34 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:03.239 own God, and I want to do my own thing, 35 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:04.840 and I want to call the shots and I don't 36 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:06.920 need God. I'll do what I want to do in life. 37 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.960 That's called pride. That's the negative kind. We talked about 38 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:16.159 good time earlier. And so God says, how do I, 39 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.319 or you say, how do I have big dreams without 40 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:22.879 getting a big ego? Well, let me just tell you 41 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:26.080 from experience, it's not very hard for God to humble you. 42 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:35.120 Do you have children, are you married? Do you have friends? 43 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:39.400 You know? Listen, there are a thousand ways for God 44 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:41.960 to humble you. You don't have to worry about that. 45 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.400 God's problem in your life is not how I'll get 46 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:49.039 you to be humble. He can do that very easily. 47 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:52.639 His problem is getting you to dream bigger than you've 48 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:56.800 ever dreamed before. That's the harder of the two. He said, Well, 49 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.759 how will God keep you humble when you have a 50 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.120 big Oh? There are lots of ways. Let me just mention, 51 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:06.400 if you number one, you will be criticized unjustly. Count 52 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.120 on it. It is not by accident that the most 53 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:13.719 blessed people, the most blessed businesses, the most best ministries, 54 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:18.319 are also the most criticized. What's the most blessed retail 55 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:21.919 store in the world, Walmart? What's the most criticized Walmart? 56 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:26.199 What's the biggest and most blessed fast food chain? McDonald's. 57 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:30.080 What's the most criticized McDonald's. It just if you're gonna 58 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.159 call the shots, you take the shots. If you're gonna 59 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:35.319 be a pioneer, you're gonna get arrows in the back, 60 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.280 And the moment you hang out your shingle, somebody's gonna 61 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.759 start throwing stones at it. And the more God blesses you, 62 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:44.960 the bigger target you become. So you will be criticized, 63 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:49.599 you know, unjustly. Well what should your response be to that? Well, 64 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:52.439 look up here on the screen. Second Corinthian six ' 65 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:57.520 eight says, we serve God, whether people honor us or 66 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:02.599 despise us, whether they slammed or they praise us. He says, 67 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:04.719 you know what, we don't really pay attention to either. 68 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.199 As you're running the race of life. Over in the stands, 69 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.680 there are people giving cheers, and they're people giving jeers. 70 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:14.080 As I said, they're giving criticism or they're giving compliments. 71 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.240 What do you do? You don't know listen really to either, 72 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.319 don't pay much attention. You keep your eye on the goal, 73 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:23.680 and you keep moving forward because God says, don't worry 74 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:26.439 about that. But you will be criticized. My dad used 75 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.759 to tell me, said, Rick, the hounds keep barking at 76 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:34.680 the moon, but it still keeps shining, And all of 77 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:36.959 barking in the world isn't going to stop the moon 78 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.600 from shining. So this year there's going to be some 79 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.879 dogs that bark at you, criticize you, tell you how 80 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:44.600 you're doing things wrong. And let me tell you something, 81 00:04:44.720 --> 00:04:46.720 if you start going after your dream, there will be 82 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.920 people in your life who don't like it because it 83 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.800 upsets the apple cart. All of a sudden, you're doing 84 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.160 something with your life and they aren't, and it makes 85 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:58.600 them feel a little bad. Well, I'm sorry. You cannot 86 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.959 live your life for the opinions of other people, so 87 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:05.240 you'll be criticized. If you get a big dream from God, 88 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:07.639 it will be so big you're bound to fail unless 89 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:10.079 God bails you out. And you will have problems that 90 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.279 are so big they will be solvable only by prayer. 91 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:17.279 And you'll have to be on your knees independence because 92 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:19.639 it'll be saying if you can accomplish it on your own, 93 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.600 it's not a dream from God. And so you're going 94 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.920 to have big problems that you'll have to be in 95 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.279 prayer for and trust God for. And if you get 96 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:29.959 a big dream and you go after it and you 97 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.240 start taking risks and expect God to bless you, you're 98 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.639 still gonna make dumb mistakes. I mean, you may be 99 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:37.759 right in the center of God's will, but you're a 100 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.839 human being and you're still going to do foolish stuff. 101 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.879 Then that's, you know, humbling, I mean, humility is not 102 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:50.439 denying your strengths. It's being honest. About your weaknesses. I mean, 103 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.680 you have some great strengths, you also have some great weaknesses. 104 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:56.399 We're all a bundle of them. And humility is not 105 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:58.439 denying your strengths. It's not saying, oh no, no, I'm 106 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.279 not good at that. I'm no good that's actually false humility. 107 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.759 That's actually pride. I'm not good at that. Oh no, no, no, 108 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:08.360 that's pride. That's showing they're not humility. Pride is saying, yeah, 109 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:09.800 I'm really good at this, but you know what, I'm 110 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.360 also not so good at that. Because nobody's good at everything, right, 111 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:17.680 nobody's good at everything. I have some really great strengths, 112 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.600 I also have some really great weaknesses. Just ask my 113 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:23.759 family or most of you know them, do you know? 114 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:26.399 And he say, I mean like bad fashion sense and 115 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:30.920 stuff like that. And so you know, you just put 116 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:32.639 up with each other and you take the good and 117 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:35.959 the bad together. Another thing that will happen is other 118 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:38.639 people take credit for your work. If you get a 119 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.800 big dream, other people claim the credit for it. You know, 120 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.720 God can do great things to the person who doesn't 121 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.959 care who gets the credit, So you just keep moving on. So, 122 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.120 as I said, it's very easy for God to humble you. 123 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:54.040 It's much much harder for God to get you to 124 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:58.399 believe bigger than you've ever believed before. Hebrews eleven one 125 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:01.279 says God wants us to excit effect things from him. 126 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:05.120 He says faith assures us of things we expect and 127 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.920 convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see. 128 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.399 We just come to God and say, Okay, God, you 129 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:15.800 just take over. Here's the dream, here's my life, here's 130 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.920 my reputation. You call the shots, and I'm gonna trust 131 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:26.199 you from here on out. I don't know if you've 132 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.800 ever said that to Jesus Christ. You take the wheel, Lord, 133 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:32.439 you call the shots. You be the CEO of my life. 134 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:35.160 You become the chairman of the board. I'm putting on 135 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:39.040 the sign that says I'm under new management. You're in charge. 136 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:41.800 I'm not. I saw a sign the other day, a 137 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.079 bumperstick in a cart and said, God is my co pilot. 138 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.120 He's not your co pilot. He's either driving or he's 139 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:48.920 not in the car. 140 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.680 You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be 141 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:57.560 back in just a moment with the rest of today's lesson. 142 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:01.079 You can sign up for Pastor Rick's free email devotional 143 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.319 at pastorick dot com. That's pastorick dot com. 144 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:08.120 The truth is most of us don't pay much attention 145 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:11.319 to our health until something goes wrong. 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When Jesus is at the wheel of 174 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:53.360 your life. You don't have to worry about it. You 175 00:09:53.360 --> 00:09:55.039 don't have to worry about rocking the boat when he's 176 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:59.639 in it. Faith is persistent, it's diligent, It keeps on 177 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.480 keeping on. The Bible says this, be brave, be strong, 178 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:06.679 don't give up. God brought some of you here just 179 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:10.399 to hear this one. Don't give up. Expect God to 180 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.320 get here soon. Do you know what our nation needs 181 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:20.080 men of character, women of character. Well, we need people 182 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:27.440 of compassion and consistency and character and competence. And God says, 183 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.679 I'm looking for people to use and they don't give 184 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:33.480 up when the slightest little problem comes along. But they 185 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:38.360 just keep on keeping on. You see, great people are 186 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:44.159 just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination. Great 187 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:47.200 people are just ordinary people who don't quit. We have 188 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:50.960 become a nation of quitters, where at the first thing 189 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.240 we go. I don't want to do what's consistent. I 190 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:56.679 want to do what's convenient. I want to do what's comfortable. 191 00:10:57.240 --> 00:10:59.480 I want to do what's popular. I don't want to 192 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:01.480 just keep on. I'm keeping on doing the right thing. 193 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:04.879 I don't want to do the easy thing. And as 194 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:07.200 I've said many times, when you're coast and you're always 195 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:12.519 heading downhill, great people never give up. You know. The 196 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:17.960 secret of success is just outlast your critics. They're all 197 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:21.840 gonna die anyway, so don't worry about it. Some one 198 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:27.759 eighteen one oh nine says this, my life hangs in 199 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:30.240 the balance. Some of you feel like that right now, 200 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:34.080 My life hangs in the balance. But I will not 201 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:38.480 give up obedience to your word. What's he's saying there, 202 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.720 never doubt in the dark what God has shown you 203 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.559 in the light. Some of you, right now you feel 204 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:46.559 like your life is in the balance. You go, you know, 205 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:51.759 my finances are in the toilet. My job, I'm hanging 206 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:54.240 on by a thin thread. My marriage is about to 207 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:58.120 come apart. My relationship with my boyfriend or my girlfriend, 208 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.879 it's just not working out. I'm having conflict with my parents, 209 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:07.279 with my kids, I'm dealing with illness after illness and 210 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:08.919 all these other things. And you go, I'm you know, 211 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:12.039 my life is hanging in the balance. Well, the person 212 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:16.720 of faith says, but I will not give up obedience 213 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.879 to your word. Most of you know that I had 214 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:25.360 my mid life crisis at age twenty six, and back 215 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:27.000 in nineteen eighty one. You know, if you're gonna have 216 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.960 a mid life crisis, if you're gonna have losses, it's 217 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:30.960 good to have them in preseason. You don't have them 218 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.879 in October during the World Series. You know, if you're 219 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.279 gonna lose some games, it's good to kind of lose 220 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:38.919 them early on. You can get some lessons out that. 221 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.720 It's much more strategic. So I decided to have my 222 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:44.039 mid life crisis at twenty six and get it over with. 223 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:48.440 And that entire year I went through a year of depression. 224 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.559 And my goal wasn't oh, God, go the great Church. 225 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.440 My goal is God, will you get me through Sunday? 226 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:56.720 And I was like, wherever I walk. There was this 227 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:59.639 dark cloud over my head for an entire year. I 228 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:05.720 really wanted to give up, but I didn't. Every hour 229 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.600 I would think, should I really be doing this? Shouldn't 230 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.399 somebody else be leading saddleback church? Am I really called 231 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.240 to be the pastor of this church? Does God really 232 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:18.840 even want this church? And I was so filled with 233 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:25.000 doubts and fears and questions, and those doubts and fears 234 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:28.440 were causing me to say, just stop, go do something else, 235 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.679 don't build this church. And it was an entire year 236 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.480 of depression. And I remember I went out to took 237 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.480 my family out to the desert to Phoenix, and I 238 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:41.480 took Ka to her parents and the kids to the parents, 239 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.879 and then I went on out in the desert and 240 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:47.000 just spend some time alone with God. And out there, 241 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:48.919 I said, God, there's a couple things that I've got 242 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.279 doubts in my mind. Number One, I don't think I'm 243 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:55.039 good enough for this job. Okay, I'm not the man 244 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:58.360 of God I ought to be. I don't deserve this. 245 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.000 I'm not good enough for this job. And I said 246 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.399 number two, I can't handle it. It's growing so fast. 247 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:07.360 The church had grown from just my wife and I 248 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.360 at the end of the first year to one hundred 249 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.440 and fifty people, and I thought, shoot, at that rate, 250 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.919 in a few years, we might have several thousand people. 251 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:19.120 Little did I know. So I was haunted by these stairs. 252 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:22.720 I'm not good enough and I can't handle it. And 253 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.639 when I was out in the desert, God said three 254 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:29.720 things to me. Said, you're right, Rick. Number one, you're 255 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.960 not good enough, but you never will be good enough. 256 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.120 And I don't do things in your life because of 257 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:38.480 your goodness. I'd do it because of my grace. And 258 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:40.960 you need to just accept the fact that all of 259 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:44.279 us are a trophy of God's grace. I don't deserve 260 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:46.320 to be saved and on my way to heaven, much 261 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:49.559 less lead you folks. I don't deserve any of the 262 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:51.879 blessings in my life. I never have. It's just a 263 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.440 free gift. It's a grace. So stop trying to be 264 00:14:55.480 --> 00:15:00.440 a perfectionist, relax and just accept God's gift. And the 265 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:02.279 next thing he said, is whose churches? And I said, well, 266 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.279 it's your church. Lord. He said, then let me lead it. 267 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:09.559 And he said I'll tell you what, Rick, You focus 268 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.480 on building people, and I'll build the church. Jesus said 269 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.360 I will build my church, and I said, you got 270 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.120 to deal God. And that's where we came up with 271 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.919 the idea of the purpose driven strategy, the paradigm of 272 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:27.279 helping people grow the membership, maturity, ministry, mission, and magnification 273 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:29.720 to know God and to grow in God and to 274 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.000 serve God and to share God and to worship God. 275 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:36.039 And so for twenty six years now we have focused 276 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.039 not on building this church. We don't focus on that. 277 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.879 We focus on building people. And that's why we went 278 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.159 fifteen years without a building. We're more interested in building 279 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.919 people than build a building. And I look back and 280 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:50.519 I go okay. And now out of those two facts 281 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:54.960 that ultimately it's all by grace and ultimately it's God's responsibility. 282 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.840 Out of that came the solid conviction in my life 283 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:01.840 that I am God's man for this church at this 284 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:05.360 point in time, and nothing can shape that from my life. 285 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.039 That conviction is burning into my heart. I am God's 286 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:11.320 man for this church at this point in time, and 287 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:17.559 no criticism, no compliment, no illness, no distraction, no disturbance, 288 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:22.360 no problem, no difficulty, no delay can shake that conviction 289 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.559 in my heart. And you need to get that kind 290 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:30.120 of conviction about God's dream for your life. You need 291 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.879 to be able to say, I know that this is 292 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.639 what God wants me to do with my life, and 293 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:38.279 you move forward with conviction. How by starting on these steps. 294 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:45.039 The Bible says this even good people, even if good 295 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:47.320 people fall seven times, they will get back up. I 296 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:49.440 like this verse because it says even good people stumble, 297 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:52.279 not just bad people. Good people fall. We all make 298 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:56.039 mistakes on a daily basis. The difference between righteous and 299 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.759 unrighteous is the good people get back up. It's not 300 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:04.000 a sin to fall. It's a sin to be a 301 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:06.440 victim and wimp out about it and say, well, I'll 302 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.000 just stay down here. Something goes wrong in your life, 303 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:13.000 you give up. Say you know, I tried a small group, 304 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.880 and my small group, those people in that group they 305 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:18.440 were weirdos and we just didn't get along and I 306 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:20.960 had nothing in common with them. So I'm giving up 307 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.319 on small groups. Oh come on, that's like saying I 308 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.880 had a bad meal, so I'm going to give up 309 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:29.440 on food. No, you just make up for it. Find 310 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.400 another restaurant. You find a bad doctor, you get a 311 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.079 different one. You don't like a TV show, you turn 312 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:36.920 the channels. You don't like your small group, get in 313 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.240 a good one, but you still need it. You don't 314 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.759 just quit give up on it, so you keep on 315 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:47.640 keeping on, says, if they fall, they just get back up. 316 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:52.000 Failure is never final, and you are never a failure 317 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:57.359 till you quit, and it is always too soon to quit. See, 318 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:59.680 you don't determine a person's greatness by their talent or 319 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:02.720 their health to their education. You determine a person's greatness 320 00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:06.519 by what it takes to discourage them. So what does 321 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:08.799 it take to discourage you from going after your dream? 322 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:11.359 One word of well, I don't think that's a good 323 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.720 idea from a friend or a relative or a family member. 324 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:18.880 The Bible says this in Glatians six ' nine. Let 325 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.279 us not get tired of doing good, doing what is 326 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.720 right for after a while, Notice there's a time to 327 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:29.119 lay there. We will reap a harvest of blessing if 328 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:33.200 we don't get discouraged and give up. You want to 329 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:35.480 know how many times I've wanted to resign at Sadleback Church. 330 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:41.200 Just every Monday morning, I'm going God, surely somebody could 331 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.319 have done a better job yesterday, somebody. This thing's too 332 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:46.720 big for any one person. God is on you know 333 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:49.240 all these complaints. God need to just keep on keeping on. 334 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:52.240 I may not be real bright sometimes, but I'll tell 335 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:55.640 you what. I don't know how to quit. I don't 336 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:59.200 know how to give up. You See what I'm saying 337 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:02.680 is this God works in your life according to your faith. 338 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:05.960 The Bible says, without faith, it's impossible to please God. 339 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.799 The Bible says, whatsoever is not a faith is sin. 340 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:11.839 The Bible says, according to your faith, it will be 341 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.680 done unto you. So what are you doing in faith? 342 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:17.440 You need to ask yourself every day when you get up, God, 343 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:21.440 what can I do today that will require faith? Because 344 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:24.839 that's what's going to please God. Now, there are a 345 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.839 lot of things in your life you don't have control over, 346 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:30.960 but the most important thing you have one hundred percent 347 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.680 control over how much you choose to believe God. God 348 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:40.880 uses people who expect him to act, who never give up, 349 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.599 who take risks in faith, who get his dream and 350 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:47.359 go after That's the kind of person God uses. That's 351 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:50.240 power heads and in your mind. I want you to 352 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:54.519 pray this prayer, Dear God, give me the dream you 353 00:19:54.599 --> 00:19:58.680 have for my life, Burn it into my heart. What 354 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:02.960 you want me to do. Help me, Lord to be 355 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:08.319 willing to risk failure in going after that dream, and 356 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.559 help me to expect you to use me and to 357 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:16.000 bless me, and help me to never give up. Jesus 358 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:19.279 take the wheel of my life, and you be the 359 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.880 driver from here on out. I want to trust in 360 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:26.640 you and I want to grow in faith in your name. Amen. 361 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.839 Hi everybody, this is Rick and I hope you enjoyed 362 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:35.240 today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer 363 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:39.240 for the very first time, or you just recommitted your 364 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:41.839 life to Jesus again today, would you let me know 365 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.599 about it. There's something real about sharing your commitment. 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