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<v Speaker 1>Hello, everybody, This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here.

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<v Speaker 2>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're continuing our series from Psalm twenty three called Living

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<v Speaker 1>in the Goodness of God. It's all about how God's

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<v Speaker 1>goodness meets you right where you are and brings hope

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<v Speaker 1>even in difficult seasons. In today's program, we begin with

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<v Speaker 1>part one of a message called from Overwhelmed to Overflowing.

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<v Speaker 2>Time Magazine has said that today we live in an

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<v Speaker 2>age of fomo. Fomo stands for fear of missing out,

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<v Speaker 2>and about seventy percent of millennial generation, because they're on

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<v Speaker 2>social media a lot say they struggle with fomo, the

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<v Speaker 2>fear of missing out, and in a desire to keep

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<v Speaker 2>up with everybody, people have overbooked their calendars, overspent their money,

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<v Speaker 2>overdrawn the credit, overloaded their emotions, over work their bodies,

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<v Speaker 2>overcrowded their days, and overvalued the approval of other people.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a result, you may feel overstressed, over anxious,

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<v Speaker 2>and overwhelmed. Now, why do people do this? Why do

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<v Speaker 2>we do overkill? It's the fear of missing out. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to fear it, feel inferior or inadequate, or

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<v Speaker 2>unloved or left out. Today, I want us to look

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<v Speaker 2>at the subject of moving from being overwhelmed to overflowing.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to begin by explaining two different, fundamentally different

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<v Speaker 2>approaches to life. You can approach life with a shortage mindset,

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<v Speaker 2>or you can approach life with a surplus mindset. Big,

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<v Speaker 2>big difference. A shortage mindset, if you might write this down,

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<v Speaker 2>means I never have enough and I never will. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>never have enough and will. That's going to leave you

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<v Speaker 2>feeling overwhelmed. I don't have enough time, I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>enough money, I don't have enough energy, I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>enough contacts, opportunities, knowledge, education, or whatever. It's the feeling

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<v Speaker 2>that you're always a little bit short in a day

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<v Speaker 2>late that causes you to feel overwhelmed by life. In

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible, words like lacking, wanting, needing are used for

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<v Speaker 2>this lifestyle, this shortage mindset. Good examples in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a famine in Israel, and Elijah and his

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<v Speaker 2>servant he had a discussion about this. Said notice up

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<v Speaker 2>here on the screen. The Bible says, a man brought

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha the profits some loaves of bread. No, remember, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a famine going on in the land. Elisia said,

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<v Speaker 2>give it to the people so they can eat. And

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<v Speaker 2>Elisha's servant said, there's not enough here for one hundred people.

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<v Speaker 2>Not enough. That's a shortage mindset, shortage mentality. Just give

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<v Speaker 2>it to them. Elisha said, the Lord has promised there'll

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<v Speaker 2>be more than enough. That it's a surplus mindset. So

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<v Speaker 2>the servant gave the bread to the people, and sure enough,

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<v Speaker 2>it says, they ate until they were full, and they

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<v Speaker 2>still had some left over, just as God had promised.

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<v Speaker 2>Shortage lifestyle, I'm never gonna have enough. Surplus lifestyle. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got more than enough now. The focus, if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to write this down, the focus of a shortage mindset

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<v Speaker 2>is I focus on my limited resources. My limited resources,

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<v Speaker 2>I look at all the things that I'm lacking. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have enough money, I don't have enough time, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have enough energy. And the result of a shortage

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<v Speaker 2>mindset is an overwhelmed life. I just feel so overwhelmed

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<v Speaker 2>by everything that's going on in my life. I just

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<v Speaker 2>am always behind, I'm always in competition. When you have

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<v Speaker 2>a shortage lifestyle, you think that life is like a pie.

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<v Speaker 2>And if somebody takes a bigger piece. That means a

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<v Speaker 2>smaller piece for you. That there's a limited number of resources,

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<v Speaker 2>and if they get more, then you're gonna get resentful.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you gonna get worried? Are you gonna get anxious?

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<v Speaker 2>Because there's only so much of the pie to go around.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a shortage mentality, and it leads to envy at least,

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<v Speaker 2>to jealousy at least, the resentment at least, to worry,

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<v Speaker 2>at least insecurity. If you have any of those things

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<v Speaker 2>in your life, you're living on a shortage mentality that

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<v Speaker 2>there's not enough to go around, and if you get more,

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<v Speaker 2>then I should resent it now. Instead, God wants you

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<v Speaker 2>to have this other kind of lifestyle, which is the

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<v Speaker 2>surplus mentality. And the surplus mentality is this. Write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>God has more than I'll ever need, and he'll never

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<v Speaker 2>run out. God doesn't give us one pie. He's a

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<v Speaker 2>pie factory, and there'll always be more pies because God

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<v Speaker 2>will keep creating them. And in the Bible we have

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<v Speaker 2>words like abundance and plentiful and abounding and bountiful. God

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<v Speaker 2>has more than enough to meet all your needs and

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else that needs the same time. Well, let me

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<v Speaker 2>give an example, have you ever worried that the person

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<v Speaker 2>breathing next to you was stealing your air? No, of

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<v Speaker 2>course not why Because God created more than enough air

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<v Speaker 2>for everybody to have plenty of air all you need,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody else can have all they need to. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the result or the focus of a surflus mindset is,

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<v Speaker 2>instead of focusing on my limited resources, I focus on

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<v Speaker 2>God's limitless resources. That changes everything. God's unlimited, limitless resources,

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<v Speaker 2>and He's got plenty, and the result is an overflowing life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>with that understanding, we can go to where we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to go today. In Psalm twenty three, we've been studying

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is my Shepherd's palm now for many, many weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>and we come to the next phrase where David says,

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<v Speaker 2>you fill my cup to overflowing. You fill my cup

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<v Speaker 2>to overflowing. ICB translation says, you give me more than

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<v Speaker 2>I can hold. The new English or the new version says,

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<v Speaker 2>my cup overflows. And if you memorize this years ago

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<v Speaker 2>in the old King James, you memorize it my cup

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<v Speaker 2>runneth over. What's he talking about there? He's talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the overflowing life rather than the overwhelmed life. Now I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to compare. We've been in this song for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time. It's only six verses. In Verse one,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, the Lord's my shepherd. I have everything I need.

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<v Speaker 2>He gives me everything I need. I shall not want now.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse five he says, my cup runs over. He's

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<v Speaker 2>taking it to the next step. Verse one, God gives

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<v Speaker 2>me everything I need. Verse five, God gives me more

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<v Speaker 2>than I need. My cup runs over. I can't keep

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<v Speaker 2>it all. My cup runs over. He gives me more

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<v Speaker 2>than I need. Now, what's your cup? What's the metaphor here?

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<v Speaker 2>Write this down? My cup is my life. And when

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<v Speaker 2>David says my cup runs over, he's saying my life

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<v Speaker 2>is overflowing. I'm not overwhelmed anymore because I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>enough time, energy, or whatever. But instead I'm overflowing. There's

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<v Speaker 2>like a river coming out of me. My cup overflows.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus talked about this in John chapter seven. Jesus two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand years after David said this. On the last day

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<v Speaker 2>of the festival, it's the most important day. This is

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<v Speaker 2>at the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus stood up and he

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<v Speaker 2>shouted to the crowds now there's probably fifty thousand people

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<v Speaker 2>on the last day of the festival outside the temple.

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty thousand. Imagine the drama. This Jesus Christ stands up

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<v Speaker 2>and he shouts to the people. And what he shouts

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<v Speaker 2>is this, if you are thirsty, come to me. Everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>looking around. If you're thirsty, come to me. Everyone who

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<v Speaker 2>really believes in me will have river of living water

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<v Speaker 2>flowing out of their lives. What's he talking about. He's

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the same ding David talking about. My cup

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<v Speaker 2>runs over. My life is not overwhelmed. My life is overflowing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not worried about running short of anything because God

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<v Speaker 2>is the source of my life. He can turn on

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<v Speaker 2>one faucet, turn off another. I can lose one job,

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<v Speaker 2>he can turn on another. When the fawcet runs out

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<v Speaker 2>of water. I don't think, oh, there's no more water

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<v Speaker 2>in the world. I just get a new faucet. Here

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<v Speaker 2>is an overflowing life. And he says, anybody who believes

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<v Speaker 2>in me, really believes me, will have rivers of living

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<v Speaker 2>water flowing out of their lives, living an overflowing life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, there who believes in me circle that phrase

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<v Speaker 2>really believes that word in Greek is the word pistuo,

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<v Speaker 2>and it actually means more than just having a head

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<v Speaker 2>knowledge like I believe Jesus is the son of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It means to trust in. It means to cling to.

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<v Speaker 2>It means to rely on. It means to depend on.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, if you really, really, really depend on me,

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<v Speaker 2>your life's not going to be overwhelmed. Your life's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be overflowing. He said, well, okay, fine, what is

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<v Speaker 2>an overflowing life? Let me give you a definition. Write

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<v Speaker 2>this down. An overflowing life means to be filled beyond capacity,

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<v Speaker 2>to be filled beyond capacity with an endless supply of

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness. That's what I want in your life as

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<v Speaker 2>your pastor somebody who loves you, as your spiritual coach.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be filled beyond capacity. It's overflowing

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<v Speaker 2>with an endless supply of God's goodness in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>That is what an overflowing life's all about. Now, this illustration,

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<v Speaker 2>this example, this metaphor that the cup is your life,

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<v Speaker 2>My cup overflows. The Bible uses this all through scripture

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<v Speaker 2>and it talks about having a cup of joy, having

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<v Speaker 2>a cup of blessing God's blessing, having a cup of hope,

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<v Speaker 2>having a cup of peace, having a cup of salvation.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I want your life to overflow with joy

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<v Speaker 2>and hope and blessing and salvation. Why Because God is

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<v Speaker 2>a good God. Now, remember we've been in this series

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<v Speaker 2>for now ten weeks and we've been looking at how

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<v Speaker 2>good God really is. And I want you to write

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<v Speaker 2>this sentence down, okay, and if you really get it,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll change your life. Because God is good. Because God

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<v Speaker 2>is good, everything he does in my life is for

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<v Speaker 2>my good. Anytime you doubt that you're gonna get in trouble,

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<v Speaker 2>anytime you doubt God's goodness in your life, You're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get in trouble, You're gonna worry, you're gonna have all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of problems. Because God is good. Everything he does

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<v Speaker 2>in my life is good. Even the tough stuff he

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<v Speaker 2>does in my life is for my good. Now, there's

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<v Speaker 2>lots of verses in the Bible to talk about this.

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<v Speaker 2>In Isaiah chapter forty eight, it says this, I am

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<v Speaker 2>the Holy God who rescues yous you for your own good.

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<v Speaker 2>I teach you and I lead you along the right path.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason we have the Bible with all these principles

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<v Speaker 2>in it. He says, for your own good, for your

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<v Speaker 2>own good, I teach you. I don't do this to

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<v Speaker 2>make life tough or rough for you. I do it

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<v Speaker 2>for your own good. I do it so you can

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<v Speaker 2>live a good life, live a better life. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>for your own good, I teach you, and I lead

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<v Speaker 2>your long, rine right path. And he says, how I

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<v Speaker 2>wish man, how I wish that you'd obeyed my commands,

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<v Speaker 2>the ones I told you, thought that I led you in?

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<v Speaker 2>How I wish you'd obeyed my commands? Then listen, Your

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<v Speaker 2>success and your good fortune would have overflowed like the

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<v Speaker 2>flooding river. Did you know that God wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>succeed to an overflowing way? That God wants your life

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<v Speaker 2>to overflow with good fortune and success. Everybody wants to

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<v Speaker 2>be a successful he says. There, if you would have

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<v Speaker 2>just observed the commands I gave you, your success and

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<v Speaker 2>good fortune would have overflowed like a flooding river. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you notice the key to success in life? It's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to self help seminar. It's not watching some TV show,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, If you just do what I told you,

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<v Speaker 2>If you just read the owner's manuel, I did this

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<v Speaker 2>for your good. If you just treat your body the

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<v Speaker 2>way it tells you to treat it, it'd be for

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<v Speaker 2>your own good. If you just treat sex the way

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<v Speaker 2>I tell you, it'd be for your own good. If

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<v Speaker 2>you would just treat money the way I tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>it's for your own good. And every time you don't

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<v Speaker 2>and misuse and pervert the good gifts I've given you, sex, money, energy, reputation,

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<v Speaker 2>everything else you got. He goes, I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>succeed in life. God is a good God. I have

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<v Speaker 2>good plans for your life, he said. If you would

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<v Speaker 2>in life. He said, well, I'd rather go on my

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<v Speaker 2>own plan. How's that working out for you? Have you

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<v Speaker 2>overflowing with good fortune? Know why? Because he says, if

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<v Speaker 2>you would just do it the way I told you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll listen to this. Anytime I disobey God. God says

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<v Speaker 2>At that moment I'm doubting the goodness of God. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the fundamental problem. Anytime God says do it this way

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<v Speaker 2>to go, well, I think I know better. I think

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<v Speaker 2>I know what will make me happy more than God does.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I'll just be my own God. At that point,

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<v Speaker 2>I am doubting of God. And anytime you doubt the

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<v Speaker 2>goodness God, you are making a fatal mistake. Friend, because

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<v Speaker 2>God knows so it'll make you happy more than you do.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't even know what will make you happy. You

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<v Speaker 2>I think I know I'm gonna make myself happy by

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<v Speaker 2>doing something different than God says they do, it causes

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of problems in my life. Stress, over stress

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<v Speaker 2>and overstrain and overburdening and over anxiety and overwhelming because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing it my way, He says, Look, I do

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<v Speaker 2>this for your own good. I'm a parent who loves you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the loving, heavenly Father. And anytime you disobey me,

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<v Speaker 2>you're just saying I don't trust your goodness God. I

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<v Speaker 2>really don't. I think no, what's good for me is

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<v Speaker 2>You know two thousand years later, Jesus said the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing John ten, verse ten. I love this. In the

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<v Speaker 2>amplified notice a verse, Jesus said, I've come that you

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<v Speaker 2>may have real life. That means we're not really living

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<v Speaker 2>till we know him. We're just existing. And he says,

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<v Speaker 2>and enjoy it in abundance to the fullest until it overflows.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus says, that's what I want you to have. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to have a full life. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to have an abundant life. I want you to have

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<v Speaker 2>an overflowing life.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always take away from his message. Here's Rick to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how you can help support this ministry.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 2>according to five specific purposes. He said, you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>love God with all your heart. That's worship, and love

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<v Speaker 2>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Jesus said, go make disciples that's angels, baptize

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<v Speaker 2>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obey everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've taught you. That's discipleship, and we call that the

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<v Speaker 2>Great Commission. We believe it Daily Hope that a great

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<v Speaker 2>commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will

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<v Speaker 2>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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<v Speaker 2>a great community. You know, I started Daily Hope so

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<v Speaker 2>I could spread the good news about Jesus, not just

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<v Speaker 2>across America, but all around the world. And we want

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<v Speaker 2>people to know that God's word is filled with hope

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<v Speaker 2>and truth and the power that we need to follow

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<v Speaker 2>him every day is available to every single one. You

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<v Speaker 2>know as well as I do, that the Word of

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<v Speaker 2>God changes lives. It's a live it's active, and it

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<v Speaker 2>breathes new life and new love into all of our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>So wherever you listen to this, whether you listen on

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<v Speaker 2>the website, whether you listen on a radio station, or

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<v Speaker 2>whether you listen to a podcast, you're a part to

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<v Speaker 2>the Daily Hope family, and I need your help. We

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<v Speaker 2>could not do this without your support. We're one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent listener funded. Would you continue to pray for this

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<v Speaker 2>broadcast and would you continue to support us and let

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<v Speaker 2>write to me, let me hear from you. I absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>love reading the stories that are sent to me, so

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<v Speaker 2>write me, pray for me and support this ministry, and

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<v Speaker 2>God will bless it, and God will bless you, and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to heaven, and we'll thank God for all

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<v Speaker 2>the people going to be in heaven because you cared.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, if you'd like to support Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>just go to pastor rick dot com. That's pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, or you can text the word hope to

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<v Speaker 1>seven oh three oh nine. That's the word hope to

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<v Speaker 1>seven oh three oh nine. And really, from the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>of our hearts, we thank you so much for your support.

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<v Speaker 1>Your gift to Daily Hope helps us share the hope

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<v Speaker 1>of Christ with people everywhere. Hey, be sure to join

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<v Speaker 1>us next time when we look into God's Word for

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<v Speaker 1>our daily hope. This program is sponsored by Pastor Rick's

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<v Speaker 1>Daily Hope and your generous financial support.