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

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<v Speaker 1>of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue with a series

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<v Speaker 1>called forty Days in the Word. In these messages Pastor

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<v Speaker 1>Rickshaw's practical Bible study tools that will reignite your passion

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<v Speaker 1>for God's Word and revolutionize your life as you grow

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<v Speaker 1>closer to Jesus. First, we're excited to let you know

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part

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<v Speaker 1>of a message called how the Bible Changes Us.

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<v Speaker 2>Whenever you get discouraged, you don't need a coffee break,

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<v Speaker 2>you need a word break. God gave us the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>to encourage us. It is a mood elevator. You say,

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<v Speaker 2>how do you know that? Look at this next verse

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<v Speaker 2>Romans fifteen, verse four. Everything that was written in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking about the Bible was written to teach us

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<v Speaker 2>so that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures,

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<v Speaker 2>we might have hope. Now I want you to circle

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<v Speaker 2>four words in this verse. First everything, second encouragement, third scriptures,

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<v Speaker 2>and fourth hope. Everything in the scriptures is for our encouragement.

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<v Speaker 2>And oh everything, Yes, everything that was written in scriptures

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<v Speaker 2>is meant to encourage you. It's meant for your encouragement.

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<v Speaker 2>It is meant to be a mood elevator. Even the

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<v Speaker 2>tough parts are there to ultimately encourage your life in

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<v Speaker 2>the right direction. The next time you get discouraged, the

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<v Speaker 2>next time you feel fatigued, you run out of energy,

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<v Speaker 2>You're just out of you know, pizazz. Why don't you

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<v Speaker 2>come home and instead of turning on the television, try

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<v Speaker 2>reading the Bible and see if that doesn't have a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more Why because this has the power to

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<v Speaker 2>change your life. It has the power in it, the

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<v Speaker 2>God's power to make changes. Television can tell you what

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<v Speaker 2>to do, it doesn't have the power to give you

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<v Speaker 2>to do it. Now, this will elevate your mood. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's why every day you need to spend a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of time alone with God. We call it a

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<v Speaker 2>quiet time. I don't care what you call it, daily, devotional,

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<v Speaker 2>personal inspiration. Time doesn't matter. It's a little time when

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<v Speaker 2>you get quiet and you spend time with God and

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<v Speaker 2>you think about his word, you read his word, and

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<v Speaker 2>you talk to him and you just listen. A good

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<v Speaker 2>verse is this verse back to Psalm one nineteen one fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>I love this in the message paraphrase, you're my place

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<v Speaker 2>of quiet retreat. I wait for your word to renew me.

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<v Speaker 2>The word of God is meant to renew you. The

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<v Speaker 2>word of God is meant to encourage you. The word

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<v Speaker 2>of God is meant to give you hope. Now, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're discouraged and you've lost hope, and tells me one thing,

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<v Speaker 2>you're certainly not in this book, because if you were,

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<v Speaker 2>you would not be discouraged, and if you were, you

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<v Speaker 2>would have hope. Because the more you read this book

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<v Speaker 2>when you feel things are hopeless, the more you need

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<v Speaker 2>to get in the Bible. The more you feel discouraged,

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<v Speaker 2>the more you need to get in the Bible. Because

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<v Speaker 2>all of these things, and it recreates my life, gives

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<v Speaker 2>me a fresh start when my life's fall apart. It

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<v Speaker 2>eradicates my guilt for all the stupid things I've done.

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<v Speaker 2>It activates my faith, It stimulates my growth, It illuminates

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<v Speaker 2>my mind, and it elevates my mood. That's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>One more, it liberates my potential. It liberates my potential.

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<v Speaker 2>Now this is so important because only God, your creator,

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<v Speaker 2>knows your potential fully. You don't even know your potential fully.

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<v Speaker 2>Your parents don't know your full potential. Your husband or

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<v Speaker 2>your wife doesn't know your full potential. Your friends don't

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<v Speaker 2>know your potential. Your boss doesn't really know your full potential.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't even know the greatness inside you. Only God

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<v Speaker 2>knows what you are truly capable of. And so you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to spend time with God's word to get out

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<v Speaker 2>of the boxes that other people have put you in.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, most people live for the expectations of others.

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<v Speaker 2>They live for the approval of others. They worry what

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<v Speaker 2>will other people think? Your life has been so limited

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<v Speaker 2>by tapes of people who lied to you. Sometimes they

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even mean to do it, but they did it.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes growing up, you heard things like you can't

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<v Speaker 2>do that, you'll never be good at that. Why can't

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<v Speaker 2>you be like your brother? You're not going to be them.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not worth much, you'll never amount to anything. And

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<v Speaker 2>you were told all these things, and you believe those tapes,

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<v Speaker 2>and you've played them over and over and they lied.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't even know the potential you're capable of. You

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<v Speaker 2>use such a small fraction of your brain. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>need more intelligence. You just need to use the intelligence

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<v Speaker 2>you've got. And only God knows the full potential of

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<v Speaker 2>your greatness, of the impact of your life. And only

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<v Speaker 2>he can unlock that potential. Only he can set you free.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because He's got the truth. Jesus said this John

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<v Speaker 2>eight thirty one and thirty two. If you continue in

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<v Speaker 2>my word, then you are truly disciples of Mine, and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll know the truth. And the truth will set you free.

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<v Speaker 2>It will unlock you, it will liberate you. It will

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<v Speaker 2>make you able to do things you never thought you

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<v Speaker 2>could ever possibly do. It'll set you free.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let me just summarize. Would you like to have

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<v Speaker 2>your life recreated if it fell apart, your guilt eradicated

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<v Speaker 2>for everything you've ever done wrong, your faith activated so

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<v Speaker 2>you'll have more confidence and courage, your growth stimulated so

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<v Speaker 2>you'll become all you're meant to be your mind illuminated

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<v Speaker 2>so you can make wise decisions, your mood elevated so

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<v Speaker 2>you're not down in the dumps, and your potential liberated.

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<v Speaker 2>Is anybody interested in those seven things? Yeah? Okay, I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I certainly am. It's all right here. You got to

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<v Speaker 2>get in this book. This is why we're doing forty

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<v Speaker 2>days in the Word. You're not going to have any

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<v Speaker 2>of that done for you by television. You're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to have any of that done for you by the internet.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not going to have any of that even done

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<v Speaker 2>for you by your friends. The only way you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have the eradication and the illumination and the liberation

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<v Speaker 2>and the elevation and all these different things that God

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<v Speaker 2>has said is by getting into this book. It's all

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<v Speaker 2>in the Word. So how do I gain these benefits? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to talk about that in depth over the

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<v Speaker 2>next several weeks, but let me just give you a preview.

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<v Speaker 2>Write these three things down. I've got to learn it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I've got to accept it, and I've got to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. Number one, I've got to learn it. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got to learn the Word of God. You can't do

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<v Speaker 2>something you've never learned about. Now Jesus said in Mark

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<v Speaker 2>twelve twenty four, your trouble is that you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the scriptures. And it says this to the Pharisees, says,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you, guys, you know what your trouble is.

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<v Speaker 2>You just don't know the scriptures. Now follow me on

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<v Speaker 2>this logic. What you think is your problem is not

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<v Speaker 2>really your problem. Your problem is never your problem. Your

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<v Speaker 2>problem is always your response to your problem. Because you

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<v Speaker 2>can take two people and they have the exact same problems,

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<v Speaker 2>and one overcomes and one fails, one succeeds and one doesn't.

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<v Speaker 2>Why the problem is never the problem. The problem is

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<v Speaker 2>always your response to the problem. Every problem is an opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>This depends on how you respond to it. It's an

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity for growth, opportunity for prayer. It's an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>trust God more. It's an opportunity to develop in character.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an opportunity to see God do a miracle. I

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<v Speaker 2>can give you dozens of different opportunities in the problem

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<v Speaker 2>that you think it's a problem. The problem is not

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<v Speaker 2>the circumstance. The problem is your response. And the reason

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<v Speaker 2>why we get into so many problems is we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how to respond correctly to our problems, so we

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<v Speaker 2>typically do the opposite of the right thing to do.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a book a verse in Proverbs that says, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a way that seems right to men, to human beings,

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<v Speaker 2>but it always ends in death. In fact, usually if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to know what God's will and subject, take

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<v Speaker 2>what you naturally do and do the opposite. That's usually

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<v Speaker 2>God's will, because what our natural inclination is is almost

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<v Speaker 2>always wrong. For instance, if somebody hurts me, they say

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<v Speaker 2>something mean to me, or they hit me in the face,

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<v Speaker 2>my natural reaction is I'm going to hurt him back,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm going to hurt him back hard. What's that do?

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<v Speaker 2>Just upscales the thing. It's not my natural reaction to

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<v Speaker 2>forgive it and let it go. And yet that's the

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<v Speaker 2>way that you get set free from the past, not

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<v Speaker 2>by escalating it. When you hold a grudge, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>really hold a grudge. It holds you. It holds you

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<v Speaker 2>in a self imposed prison of pain. You are only

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<v Speaker 2>hurting yourself when you hold on the grudge. You're not

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<v Speaker 2>hurting anybody else. You're hurting you. But it's natural to

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<v Speaker 2>do that, Okay, we think that the way to be

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<v Speaker 2>liked is to fake it and to pretend that we're

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<v Speaker 2>not really who we are, and to try to impress

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<v Speaker 2>people by bragging, when the exact opposite, the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>before honors humility. The more you humble yourself, the more

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<v Speaker 2>honest you are about your mistakes, the more people you're

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<v Speaker 2>endeared to. The exact opposite of human nature is usually

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<v Speaker 2>what God wants you to do.

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<v Speaker 3>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope Rip will be

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<v Speaker 4>Fast Rick says, the Bible isn't meant to just inform us,

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<v Speaker 4>It's meant to transform us. That's why it's so important

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<v Speaker 4>to study God's Word. Maybe you've never studied the Bible

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<v Speaker 4>and you don't even know where to start, or maybe

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<v Speaker 4>read the Bible every day, but you're not getting all

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<v Speaker 4>God has for you out of the time you spend

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<v Speaker 4>with him. That's why Pastor Rick created a very special

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<v Speaker 4>Bible study called forty Days in the Word. This life

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<v Speaker 4>changing resource will ignite your passion for God's Word and

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<v Speaker 4>revolutionize your relationship with Jesus. The forty Days in the

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<v Speaker 4>Word Study Kid includes six video sessions on DVD and

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<v Speaker 4>the workbook, you'll find six easy to learn methods for

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<v Speaker 4>reading and meditating on Scripture. These are the very methods

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<v Speaker 4>You'll also find interactive journaling pages and Bible verse guards

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<v Speaker 4>with the twenty Bible versus every believer should memorize. There's

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to more from God's Word with Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>Usually, if you want to know what God's will and subject,

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<v Speaker 2>take what you naturally do and do the opposite. That's

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<v Speaker 2>usually God's will because what our natural inclination is is

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<v Speaker 2>almost always wrong. For instance, if somebody hurts me, they

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<v Speaker 2>the face, my natural reaction is I'm going to hurt

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<v Speaker 2>him back, and I'm going to hurt him back hard.

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<v Speaker 2>What's that do? Just upscales the thing. It's not my

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<v Speaker 2>natural reaction to forgive it and let it go. And

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<v Speaker 2>yet that's the way that you get set free from

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<v Speaker 2>the past, not by escalating it. When you hold a grudge,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't really hold a grudge. It holds you. It

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<v Speaker 2>are only hurting yourself when you hold on the grudge.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not hurting aybody else you're holding not hurting you.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's natural to do that. Okay. We think that

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<v Speaker 2>the way to be liked is to fake it and

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<v Speaker 2>to pretend that we're not really who we are, and

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<v Speaker 2>to try to impress people by bragging, when the exact opposite,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says before honors humility. The more you humble yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>the more honest you are about your mistakes, the more

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<v Speaker 2>people you're endeared to, the exact opposite of human nature

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<v Speaker 2>is usually what God wants you to do. Now, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't respond to problems correctly, so we make the problems

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<v Speaker 2>worth That's why Jesus says, you know what your problem is.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know the scripture, because if you did, then

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<v Speaker 2>you'd know how to respond correctly, and you wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>making the problem worse, you'd be making the problem better.

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<v Speaker 2>So you got to learn. Because the Bible tells you

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<v Speaker 2>how to act in every situation. Then I not only

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<v Speaker 2>learn it, I have to accept it, and that means

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<v Speaker 2>I accept its authority in my life. We talked a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit about this in their first week. There are

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<v Speaker 2>things in the Bible I don't understand, but I accept it.

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<v Speaker 2>There are things in the Bible I don't like, but

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<v Speaker 2>accept it. There are things in the Bible that are inconvenient,

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<v Speaker 2>but accept it. There are things in the Bible I

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<v Speaker 2>wish God had not said, but I accept it because

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<v Speaker 2>God is God and I'm not. And for me, trying

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<v Speaker 2>to understand why God does what he does is like

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<v Speaker 2>an aunt trying to understand the Internet. I don't have

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<v Speaker 2>the brain capacity. If I understood why God did everything

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<v Speaker 2>he did and tells us to do everything he tells do,

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<v Speaker 2>i'd be God. But I'm not, and neither are you.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's quite arrogant for me to say, I know, God,

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<v Speaker 2>you've said this, but I think I know better. And

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<v Speaker 2>so to accept the word of God means to say, God,

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<v Speaker 2>this is going to be the guidebook for my life

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of my life. I may not like it.

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<v Speaker 2>I may not agree with it. It may not be popular,

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<v Speaker 2>it may be politically incorrect, it may be hard to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I may think it's impossible, but I'm still going to

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<v Speaker 2>accept it as that's the right way to do it,

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<v Speaker 2>because you're God and this is your word, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not God, and I'm not setting myself up as my

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<v Speaker 2>words better than God's word. So I accept the word

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<v Speaker 2>of God. The Bible says this in First Thesalonians two.

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<v Speaker 2>When you received the word of God which you heard

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<v Speaker 2>from us, Paul says, you accepted it not as the

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<v Speaker 2>word of men, but as it actually is the word

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<v Speaker 2>of God, which is at work in you who believe.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to believe it for God to work it

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<v Speaker 2>in your life. So I learn it, and then I

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<v Speaker 2>accept it as my authority. And the third thing I

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<v Speaker 2>do is I act on it. I act on it.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said this in John chapter thirteen, verse seventeen. Now

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<v Speaker 2>that you know these things, you will be blessed since

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<v Speaker 2>you know them. That's not what he says, is it.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that you know these things, you will be blessed

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<v Speaker 2>if you write them down in your notebook. No, now

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<v Speaker 2>you know these things, you will be blessed if you

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<v Speaker 2>what you do them. You don't get blessed for the

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<v Speaker 2>parts of the Bible you know. You get blessed for

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<v Speaker 2>the parts of the Bible you do. So I got

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<v Speaker 2>to learn it, then I got accepted. Then I've got

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<v Speaker 2>to act on it. When I do that, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what happens. My life gets recreated, my guilt gets eradicated,

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<v Speaker 2>my moods get elevated, my faith gets activated, my spiritual growth,

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<v Speaker 2>it just keeps growing and growing. It gets stimulated, my

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<v Speaker 2>potential is liberated. All these things happen when I learn

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<v Speaker 2>it and I accept it and I do it. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>bow our heads. Would you pray in your heart? God,

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<v Speaker 2>I want your word to be the authority of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't always agree with it. I don't always like it.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't always make sense. It certainly isn't always convenient.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of what you say, God is not very popular today.

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<v Speaker 2>But you don't lie, and the truth never changes. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to accept your word even when I don't

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<v Speaker 2>understand it, even if it doesn't make sense to my

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<v Speaker 2>puny little mind. I'm going to believe that you know

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<v Speaker 2>what you're talking about. And God, I not only want

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<v Speaker 2>to accept your word, I want to learn it and

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do it. And as I learn it

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<v Speaker 2>and do it, will you recreate my life? Would you

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<v Speaker 2>make the rest of my life the best of my life?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be born again through the word of truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And would you set me free from the past by

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<v Speaker 2>eradicating my guilt. Would you cleanse me with your word,

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<v Speaker 2>use that soap brush and just wash the dirt out

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<v Speaker 2>of my life, and the guilt and the shame out

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. I don't want to hang on that

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<v Speaker 2>garbage anymore. You've said faith comes from your word. Would

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<v Speaker 2>you activate my faith as I study and read and

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<v Speaker 2>learn your word? Stimulate my growth, build me up with

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<v Speaker 2>the word of God and Lord. A lot of times

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<v Speaker 2>I get confused and I don't know which way to turn.

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<v Speaker 2>But understanding your word brings light to the minds of

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<v Speaker 2>ordinary people. And your word is a lamp to my

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<v Speaker 2>feet and the light to my path. Would you illuminate

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<v Speaker 2>my mind? And when I get down, and when I

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<v Speaker 2>get discouraged, and when I feel like giving up, would

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<v Speaker 2>you elevate my mood as I look to your word

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<v Speaker 2>for incurag as I find the promises that give me hope.

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<v Speaker 2>You be the place of quiet retreat. As I wait

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<v Speaker 2>for your word to renew my life and father all

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<v Speaker 2>the stuff that has me stuck and hold me back

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<v Speaker 2>and hinder my progress. I want you to unlock my potential,

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<v Speaker 2>liberate my potential, set me free as I continue in

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<v Speaker 2>your word. If you've never invited Jesus Christ in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>said Jesus Christ, come into my life point the right direction.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to learn to love you and trust you

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<v Speaker 2>and follow you. I need you in my life. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to go your way, not my own. From this

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<v Speaker 2>day forward. I want to be born again through the

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<v Speaker 2>living Word. Help me to understand you more name I pray.

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<v Speaker 1>Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi everybody, This is Rick, and I hope you enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer

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