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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody, this is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for joining us today, and if you're brand new,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to the Daily Hope family. We hope you'll enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>the teachings of Pastor Rick Warren right here. I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>excited for all of you to learn about your shape.

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<v Speaker 1>It might not be the shape you're thinking of right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Rick loves to use acrostics and this one is shape

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<v Speaker 1>your shape, your spiritual gifts, heart abilities, personality and experiences.

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<v Speaker 1>And one of the reasons I love this series and

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<v Speaker 1>have shared it with so many friends is because Rick

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<v Speaker 1>talks about the way God wired you and why you

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<v Speaker 1>need not just know your shape, but how to use

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<v Speaker 1>it to do the things that God designed you to do.

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

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<v Speaker 1>a message called why God shaped you the way he did.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, I need you for my benefit, for the

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<v Speaker 2>pinions of other people. Look at what the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>Isaiah forty three. Bring me all the people who are mine,

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<v Speaker 2>whom I made for my glory. Circle that whom I

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<v Speaker 2>made for my glory. Those I formed and created you

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<v Speaker 2>were made for God's glory.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why you're alive.

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<v Speaker 2>If you didn't bring glory to God, you wouldn't be alive,

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<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't be taking your next breath. God made you

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy you, to love you, to watch you, to

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<v Speaker 2>bring glory, to bring pleasure to himself. Now, why am

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<v Speaker 2>I belaboring this point, Because there are a whole group

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<v Speaker 2>of people out there today who are basically saying, the

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<v Speaker 2>only people that matter in life are those who are

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<v Speaker 2>really smart, really beautiful, are really athletic, and those are

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<v Speaker 2>the people that matter, and the rest of you tough luck,

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<v Speaker 2>and only the superstars matter in life. And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>our society says. They're more important than you. They're wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>they're wrong, And they're even going to the point and say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>what about these older folks who are in the rest homes.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not making any contribution to society, they're not doing

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<v Speaker 2>any good, they're not making you got vision, Why don't

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<v Speaker 2>we just do euthanasia?

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<v Speaker 3>That means, knock them off, kill them, get.

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<v Speaker 2>Rid of them, because they've served that they're just taken

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<v Speaker 2>up money on the tax rolls and they're not making

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<v Speaker 2>any contribution. Have you ever thought that God wants them

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<v Speaker 2>alive because he just wants to love them and they're alive,

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<v Speaker 2>not to give anything back to society, but to teach

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<v Speaker 2>us to learn to love, to love unconditionally.

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<v Speaker 3>God says, I love.

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<v Speaker 2>Them, and I determined the day they will die before

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<v Speaker 2>they were even born. And I don't want you short

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<v Speaker 2>circuiting that time, and they'll die when I want to

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<v Speaker 2>bring them on to heaven. But I want them here,

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<v Speaker 2>and I have a purpose. And maybe that's purpose is

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<v Speaker 2>just for him to love them and for us to

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<v Speaker 2>learn to be unselfish and love people who can't help

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<v Speaker 2>us back. Or what about people that are laying in

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<v Speaker 2>a hospital and they're in a quote vegetative state, and

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<v Speaker 2>somebody says, oh, she's just a vegetable. Well, do you

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<v Speaker 2>think God loves that person any less? No, do you

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<v Speaker 2>think God has a plan for life? Yes, and said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just pull the plug on that person. Well, who said,

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe God wants them alive just to love them and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe to teach you unselfishness.

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<v Speaker 3>All life is sacred, you see.

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<v Speaker 2>It is this mentality that some lives matter than more

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<v Speaker 2>that caused the Holocaust. That was the mentality of Hitler.

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<v Speaker 2>Some people are more important than others. So we'll just

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<v Speaker 2>wipe out the weak, the infirm, the agent or people

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<v Speaker 2>we disagree with. And today we even see it in

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<v Speaker 2>young couples who have a child and they're expecting and

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<v Speaker 2>they say, well, now, we hate to tell you this,

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<v Speaker 2>but they may have a birth defect, and the people

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<v Speaker 2>start saying, oh, well, maybe we should abort them. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you something. If everybody who had a

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<v Speaker 2>defect was aborted, you would have been aborted. Because you

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<v Speaker 2>have defects. You want me to point them out to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody is handicapped, friends, you just don't admit it. You

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<v Speaker 2>have some emotional handicaps, oh boy, do you have them?

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<v Speaker 2>And you have some fears you won't even talk to

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<v Speaker 2>your wife about scares you to death.

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<v Speaker 3>And you have some.

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<v Speaker 2>Emotional handicaps and some mental handicaps, and you known are

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<v Speaker 2>not as smart as everybody else, and you have some

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<v Speaker 2>physical handicaps. Have you learned that not everything in your

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<v Speaker 2>body works? That's why you're not in the Olympics? And

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<v Speaker 2>so yeah, not. We all have defects. We all have

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<v Speaker 2>have problems. So you know, so who makes the decision, Oh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>your defect isn't big enough to get rid of? Do

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<v Speaker 2>you think you know when a family has those who've

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<v Speaker 2>had special need children, an autistic child, a mentally undeveloped child,

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<v Speaker 2>a physically handicapped child.

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<v Speaker 3>Do they love that child less? No, they love that

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<v Speaker 3>child more more. They love that child more.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says, God loves the weak, the infirm,

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<v Speaker 2>the special need person, and we need them in our

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<v Speaker 2>lives to learn unselfishness. We must always protect the sanctity

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<v Speaker 2>of life. Why because it reveals God's purpose and equips

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<v Speaker 2>me to serving wife as a test, and it shows

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<v Speaker 2>God's glory.

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<v Speaker 3>God doesn't love him any less.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you've never considered that God loves that child, that

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<v Speaker 2>special need old child, just because he wants to.

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<v Speaker 3>Show his love for them. They are not contributing.

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<v Speaker 2>Quote the way the superstar is the magna cum laude star.

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<v Speaker 2>You are valuable no matter who are what you are,

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<v Speaker 2>and so is every child, and so is every elderly person. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible tells us that God is responsible.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you know this?

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<v Speaker 2>God accepts responsibility for all of our genetic defects. Did

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<v Speaker 2>you know that not the problems in our lives we

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<v Speaker 2>brought on ourselves by overeating, or smoke and or drinking

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<v Speaker 2>too much stuff I got, but all the genetic weaknesses

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<v Speaker 2>that you didn't have any choice in, You just inherited him.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you know that?

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<v Speaker 2>God says, I'm responsible. It's part of your shape. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at this verse up on the screen Exodus four. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord said, who gave man his mouth? Who makes him

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<v Speaker 2>death or mute? Who gives him sight? Or makes him blind?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it not I the Lord? Does God love a

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<v Speaker 2>blind person and he less than a seeing person?

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<v Speaker 3>Of course not? And God says, you know what, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Accept responsibility for this because I've got a bigger perspective than.

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<v Speaker 3>Any little pea brain human.

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<v Speaker 2>I can see what you can't see, and I love them,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love them as much as the person who's

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<v Speaker 2>the All Star prom queen, you know, super Bowl champion.

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<v Speaker 3>That's good news.

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<v Speaker 2>God made you unique, and he made your original because

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<v Speaker 2>originals are more important than copies. Now, how should I

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<v Speaker 2>respond to my shape? Well, you can't build your shape,

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<v Speaker 2>develop your shape, use your shape until first you take

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<v Speaker 2>these three steps.

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<v Speaker 3>And let me just give them to you quickly. Number one.

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<v Speaker 2>The first step is acceptance, and acceptance means to believe

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<v Speaker 2>that God knows best. When he made me, he knew

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<v Speaker 2>what he was doing. I believe that God knows best.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, it all comes down to a matter of trust.

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<v Speaker 2>Do I believe God made a mistake when he made me?

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<v Speaker 2>Or do I trust.

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<v Speaker 3>Him in knowing that he has a plan for my life?

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<v Speaker 3>You see? Do I believe when?

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<v Speaker 2>Actually, when you say, God, I don't like me, there

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<v Speaker 2>are things I don't like. I wish I were different.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I had different color hair, different color skin.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I were taller, shorter, fatter, skinnier. I wish

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<v Speaker 2>I had more talent. I wish I could do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I wish I looked like him.

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<v Speaker 3>I wish I had her marts or intelligence. And no, no, you're.

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<v Speaker 2>Basically saying to God, God, you blew it. You goofed

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<v Speaker 2>up big when you made me. Everybody else is okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but you goofed up.

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<v Speaker 3>When you made me.

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<v Speaker 2>When you reject yourself, you are in essence rejecting God

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<v Speaker 2>because he's your creator. And when you don't accept yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what it is. It's rebellion. It's rebellion against God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's saying, God, I know better than you, and you

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<v Speaker 2>should have made me different with a different set of

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<v Speaker 2>drinks and a different set of weaknesses, and God says, no,

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<v Speaker 2>I made you exactly to be you, because I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to be you with both your strengths and your weaknesses,

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<v Speaker 2>and both of them can give glory to me if

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<v Speaker 2>you just start doing what I made you to do

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<v Speaker 2>instead of trying to be like everybody else, to please

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<v Speaker 2>your parents, to please your girlfriend, to please your boyfriend,

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever. I made you to be you, and it

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<v Speaker 2>comes acceptance. See, actually, it's quite arrogant to reject yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this in Romans nine, My friend, I ask,

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<v Speaker 2>who do you think you are to question God? Does

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<v Speaker 2>the clay have the right to ask the potter why

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<v Speaker 2>he shaped it the way he did? Answers, of course not.

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<v Speaker 2>Whenever we doubt God's love, and whenever we doubt God's wisdom,

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<v Speaker 2>we always get into trouble. And the root behind all

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<v Speaker 2>of your problems is you don't trust God. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>believe God really loves you. You don't believe that he

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<v Speaker 2>really has your best interest at heart. You wish he

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<v Speaker 2>had made you something different, And as a result of that,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a spirit of bitterness in you that keeps you

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<v Speaker 2>frustrated and keeps you from being all the man God

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<v Speaker 2>meant for you to be or all the woman God

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<v Speaker 2>meant for you to be.

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<v Speaker 3>You were custom designed by God. Here's one more verse.

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<v Speaker 2>You guided my conception and formed me in the womb.

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<v Speaker 2>He let that conception happen because He wanted you and

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<v Speaker 2>He loves you so first his acceptance.

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<v Speaker 3>The second step is.

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<v Speaker 2>Salvation, and salvation means that I receive God's love. I

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<v Speaker 2>receive God's love. That's the second step to use in

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<v Speaker 2>your shape. The Bible says this, let your love God

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<v Speaker 2>shape my life with salvation.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly as you promise.

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<v Speaker 2>Let your love God shape my life with salvation that

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<v Speaker 2>can shape over a whole lot of mistakes. Exactly fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>years ago today, I received this letter, Dear Rick.

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<v Speaker 3>Over the years, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Concept that you've taught me that has helped me the

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<v Speaker 2>most and helped those I've shared it with the most

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<v Speaker 2>is the concept of shape. I refer frequently to shape

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<v Speaker 2>when talking with discouraged men and women along skid road.

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<v Speaker 2>I point out that even the most desperate and tragic

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<v Speaker 2>situations can form the basis for the good that God

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<v Speaker 2>can bring out of our lives. God can always bring

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<v Speaker 2>good out of bad In the language of the street.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't deal God a bad hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Yesterday I saw the power of these truths impact a

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<v Speaker 2>man named Richard as a toddler, Richard was abandoned in

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<v Speaker 2>a hotel room by his prostitute mother. He had two

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<v Speaker 2>failed marriages and his children with whom he had no

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<v Speaker 2>relationship or little relationship, And now in his forties, Richard

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<v Speaker 2>was overcome by pain and frustration, and emotionally he was

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<v Speaker 2>still an abandoned little boy. When I explained to Richard

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<v Speaker 2>the details of his unique shape and the truth that

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<v Speaker 2>you teach that God never wastes a hurt, you could

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<v Speaker 2>see his despair begin to lift through weeping. There was

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<v Speaker 2>God was embracing and tenderly stroking someone who for many

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<v Speaker 2>loved by God, and the Cross proves it. Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>died for you, and he loves you, and he says

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<v Speaker 2>I have made you, and I saved you, and I

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<v Speaker 2>in Heaven for you, and I want you to follow me.

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<v Speaker 3>The third thing we need to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Is refocus, and we need to refocus and develop what's

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we're going to do the next six weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to focus on developing the inside of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody can disagree that in our society we are obsessed

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<v Speaker 2>with outward appearance. It's in every television, every magazine, every newspaper,

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<v Speaker 2>yet God says this and Onet Samuel sixteen, the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks

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<v Speaker 2>at the heart, looks at the heart. And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>Now, my goal for you in this series is to

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<v Speaker 2>help you become a confident person. I know a lot

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<v Speaker 2>don't most people I know are honestly masking insecurity. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know many people who are that confident. But when

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<v Speaker 2>you know your shape and you say this is what

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<v Speaker 2>God made me to be, I like me and God

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<v Speaker 2>I want to help you become a confident man and

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<v Speaker 2>a confident woman. And my goal is that at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of this series, you'll be able to say, like

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said the last verse in your outline, by the

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<v Speaker 2>grace of God, I am what I am. That was

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<v Speaker 2>later copied by Popeye, but it was Paul who first

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<v Speaker 3>And that's my goal for you. Let's bow our heads. Father.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that there are many people here who've never

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<v Speaker 2>really accepted themselves, and actually they're parts of their life,

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<v Speaker 2>or whatever, their background that they don't even like. They

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<v Speaker 2>have rejected themselves, and we've seen that that's really a

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<v Speaker 2>rejection of you. It's doubting that you know best, it's

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<v Speaker 2>doubting that you love us. It's wishing that we were

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<v Speaker 2>a copy of somebody else instead of an original helped

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<v Speaker 2>them to take the steps of healing tonight and helped

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<v Speaker 2>this series to be changing, life changing.

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<v Speaker 3>In their lives. Now you pray say this in your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Dear God, I'm sorry, but I haven't accepted myself, and

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<v Speaker 2>I realized tonight that that means I haven't accepted you,

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<v Speaker 2>that I've rejected your creation.

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<v Speaker 3>And I ask you to forgive me.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that you made me for a purpose. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for loving me and for creating me and making

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<v Speaker 2>me an original that is worthy and worthwhile and lovable.

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<v Speaker 2>I accept how you made me, and I receive your love.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've never accepted God's salvation, tonight, say Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm accepting you into my life. I'm accepting your love.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to follow your purpose. I'm accepting your forgiveness,

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<v Speaker 3>And love you.

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<v Speaker 2>Help me to develop what's on the inside of me,

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<v Speaker 2>and help me in the weeks ahead to discover my

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<v Speaker 2>shape so that I can know your purpose for me,

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<v Speaker 2>so that I can serve you better, so that I

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<v Speaker 2>your glory. I want my life to bring a smile

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<v Speaker 2>to your face. God, Thank you for loving me. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to learn to love you more. In your name,

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<v Speaker 2>I pray Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about you, but I was sure inspired

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<v Speaker 1>today by Pastor Rick and that message. And I want

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<v Speaker 1>to say that Rick and I are so appreciative that

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<v Speaker 1>you took time out of your day to listen to

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<v Speaker 1>this show. We love you, guys, and we pray for

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<v Speaker 1>of salvation to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, congratulations.

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<v Speaker 1>We sure hope you'll let us know about it by

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<v Speaker 1>emailing Rick at Pastorick dot com. We want to pray

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<v Speaker 1>for you, and we want to send you some resources

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<v Speaker 1>to help you with your new relationship with God. And

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<v Speaker 1>now one of my favorite parts of Daily Hope Today,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to end with the letter from one of

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<v Speaker 3>Today.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to share a letter from John who says

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<v Speaker 2>he's been reading the Daily Hope Devotionals for ten years.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow. Great John.

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<v Speaker 2>John says he uses these written devotionals every morning to

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<v Speaker 2>start his daily prayer and Bible reading. And he writes this,

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<v Speaker 2>Pastor Rick, I started receiving your Daily Hope Devotionals about

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<v Speaker 2>ten years ago. Not only did they bless my life

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<v Speaker 2>and help me with my daily walk. I would save

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<v Speaker 2>them and send them to my friends when issues or

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<v Speaker 2>to reading these devotionals, which typically start my daily prayer

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<v Speaker 2>and Bible reading. You know, I recently got my boss

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<v Speaker 2>how powerful they really are. You know, my wife and

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<v Speaker 2>I decided to support Daily Hope over and above our

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<v Speaker 2>to Jesus. Well, John, your message is so special to me.

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<v Speaker 2>You have really blessed me with this letter because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>glad for three reasons. First, that you have grown as

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<v Speaker 2>a Christian through Daily Hope. Second, I'm glad that you're

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<v Speaker 2>using the Daily Hope to help you study God's Word

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<v Speaker 2>in a personal basis. And third, I want to thank

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<v Speaker 2>you for karen enough to help other people that you

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<v Speaker 2>So John, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>We sure hope you've been encouraged by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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