WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.919 Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's 2 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:12.000 Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today, 3 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:16.280 Rick continues teaching a series called Connecting with God the 4 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.760 Lord's Prayer. In these lessons, Rick shows you what it 5 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:23.600 means to truly be spiritually connected to God and to 6 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:27.440 each other through the power of God's love and God's word. 7 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.000 In a moment, we're going to tell you how to 8 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:34.399 get the Daily Hope Advent Calendar. This special resource will 9 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:38.679 help you experience all that Christmas promises. Go to Pastorick 10 00:00:38.759 --> 00:00:41.759 dot com to find out more, or text the word 11 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.560 Daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. 12 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:50.079 That's Pastorick dot com, or the word Daily to eight 13 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:54.640 hundred six hundred five thousand and four. Right now, here's 14 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.560 Pastor Rick with part one of a message called the 15 00:00:57.679 --> 00:00:59.719 Prayer of Fulfillment. 16 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:01.039 In our Society. 17 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:04.359 In our culture, we have a choice right now of 18 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:10.560 either continued disintegration, which we see going on in our society, 19 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:21.480 or a new revitalization, revival, reform, renewal, renaissance, reawakening. And 20 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:26.200 I believe deeply that everything that we need for that 21 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.599 second thing is found in this prayer, the Lord's Prayer, 22 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:32.760 And as you know, we've gone through it week by week, 23 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:35.560 line by line, and. 24 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:36.560 This weekend we come to the. 25 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.959 Final phrase, and the final phrase up here on the 26 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:45.000 screen of this prayer that Jesus prayed is this for thine. 27 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:50.560 He's talking about God. For Thine is the Kingdom and 28 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:56.400 the power and the glory forever. Now, I want you 29 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:02.120 on your outline to circle those three words Kingdom, power, glory. 30 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:03.480 I can't think of. 31 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:08.159 Three more important words you need to understand for yours. Oh, 32 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:15.479 God is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Now, 33 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.759 I want you to listen very closely in this introduction 34 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.240 because I'm going to explain to you right now the 35 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:27.319 reason for everything, everything that's happened in the past, everything 36 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.639 that's going to happen in the future, the reason for 37 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:34.120 the universe, the reason why you are alive. These three 38 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:39.919 words kingdom, power, and glory are so essential. You will 39 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:45.400 never understand history until you understand kingdom, power and glory. 40 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.719 History is his story. It's God's story. He is in control, 41 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.960 he is sovereign. You will never understand life until you 42 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:58.560 understand kingdom, power and glory. You will never understand your 43 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:03.719 particular purpose on this planet until you understand God's kingdom, 44 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:09.120 God's power, and God's glory, because it all exists for 45 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:13.080 that reason. Now you've heard me say many times you 46 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.159 were made by God and you were made for God. 47 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.439 And until you understand that, life's not going to make sense. 48 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.919 Let me say it again in a little bit clearer way. 49 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.759 You were not only created by God. You were not 50 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:34.240 only designed by God. You were not only made by God. 51 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:40.879 You were created, designed and made for God. That's why 52 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:46.080 you're alive. You weren't just made by God. You were created, 53 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:51.319 designed and made for God. He made you for himself. 54 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.560 And if God had not wanted you alive, you wouldn't 55 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.280 be taking your next breath, You would not be your 56 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.879 heart would not be beating. The Bible tells us that 57 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.919 God is the compassionate one. The Bible tells us he 58 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:07.240 is a God of mercy and compassion. He is a 59 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.120 God of love. The Bible tells us God is love. 60 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.800 It doesn't just say he has love. It says he is. 61 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:17.279 Love is the essence of his character, It is his nature. 62 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:22.160 God is love, and God made you to love you. 63 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:26.279 You were created as an object of God's love. And 64 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:31.639 so God didn't just create you. He made you for him, 65 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:37.879 for himself, and he made you for himself. He made 66 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:42.920 you to live in his kingdom and to fulfill his kingdom. 67 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:47.959 He made you to show his power, and he made 68 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:52.240 you to bring him glory. Let me say it again, 69 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.600 You were not just made by God. You're made for God, 70 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:59.920 and He made you to fulfill his kingdom, to reveal, 71 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:05.480 to show his power, and to bring him glory. Now, 72 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.319 let me explain it in a different way. First, the 73 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:14.399 Kingdom of God is his plan. It is his plan 74 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.560 for history, and it is his plan for all of eternity. 75 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.360 Is not an exaggeration to say God. 76 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.000 Has long range plans for you. 77 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.959 History is just a little bit of time we have 78 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:31.160 here as humans on this planet. But God existed before 79 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:32.480 and he will exist after. 80 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:33.560 This is just a. 81 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:38.240 Little parenthesis in eternity, and God's plan involved much more 82 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:43.439 than history. It involves eternity, and the Bible says this 83 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.439 up here on the screen in the Book of Daniel. 84 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.560 It says God's plans are unshakable, nothing's. 85 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:51.199 Gonna change them. 86 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:53.560 If you were to get on an ocean liner with 87 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.040 me in New York City, and we were going to 88 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:59.720 go to London. On that ocean voyage, you could do 89 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.519 a lot of different things. You could sleep all day, 90 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:06.120 you could walk around the deck, you could eat the 91 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.839 six or eight banquets a day, you could play shuffleboard, 92 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.759 you could read. You would have amount of freedom, but 93 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.839 it is limited freedom. That ship's going to London, whether 94 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:21.720 you like it or not. History is moving the way 95 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.439 God wants it to move, whether you like it or not. 96 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.319 Now on that ship, you've got a lot of freedom 97 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.639 to do different things, but you're not turning the ship around. 98 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.079 Does that make sense? Okay? 99 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:37.439 So the Kingdom of God is his plan for history 100 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:38.680 and eternity. 101 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:42.160 The power of God is his program. 102 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:45.759 What I mean by that, it is how God accomplishes 103 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:49.600 his plan. God does not accomplish his plan through marketing, 104 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:54.759 through merchandising, through manufacturing, through advertising. He does not accomplish 105 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:59.319 his plan through all these human tools. He does it 106 00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:05.040 with his and he accomplishes his program and his plan 107 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.920 through his power. Let me read your verse up here 108 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:11.480 on the screen. The Bible says this in Isaiah chapter 109 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:15.959 forty five. I God am the one who made the 110 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:22.199 earth and created human beings to live there. By my power, 111 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:28.240 I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon, 112 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:35.519 and the stars. I myself have stirred Cyrus to action, 113 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:42.279 to fulfill my purpose. Notice fulfill my purpose and put 114 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:47.399 things right. No one has hired him or bribed him 115 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:53.439 to do this. The Lord Almighty has spoken. Who was Cyrus. 116 00:07:54.600 --> 00:08:01.319 Cyrus was a Persian king, he was an Iranian. He 117 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:07.079 lived in Babylon. And God chose Cyrus as a king 118 00:08:07.879 --> 00:08:13.279 to discipline Israel and to put things right. And he says, 119 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:18.600 I have chosen this man to do my will. And 120 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.439 I have a program, and I have a plan, and 121 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:24.959 I'm in control. God's kingdom is his plan. God's power 122 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:31.000 is his program. God's glory is his purpose. God's glory 123 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:35.879 is his purpose. Everything God does he does to reveal 124 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.679 what he's like. That's his glory. He wants us to 125 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:44.159 understand what's he's like. And everything in the world and 126 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:49.519 in the universe, every plant, every rock, every animal, everything 127 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:51.360 brings glory to God. 128 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.159 God made it to reveal what he's like. 129 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.240 And just looking at the world, there's a lot of 130 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:56.600 things we. 131 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:57.639 Can learn about God. 132 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.679 Even if we didn't have the scriptures, there are a 133 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:01.759 lot of it we could know about God. For instance, 134 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:05.360 we know God likes variety. Have you figured that one out? 135 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:10.200 Look down your robe. There's not anybody in the world 136 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:13.120 like you. You know, God could have figured ah fifteen 137 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:17.039 or twenty varieties of human beings and then just stamped 138 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.120 us out. God has never made a copy, never made 139 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:21.919 a clone, never made a repeat. You have you unique handprint, 140 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:26.919 I print, voice print. And God overdoses on variety. God 141 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:31.120 loves right. He never does the same thing twice. Look 142 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:34.879 at all the people, Every person, even twins, are different 143 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:39.799 in hundreds and thousands of ways. And so God, we 144 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:43.720 know God is organized. We know God is powerful, We 145 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:47.039 know God is creative. Just by looking at his nature 146 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.200 and then through scriptures we know so much more that 147 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:54.320 God is loving, and he's merciful, and he's kind. We 148 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:57.320 know that he's a God of justice. We know he 149 00:09:57.399 --> 00:10:02.039 is a God of righteousness. And so God's glory is 150 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:06.039 his purpose. Now, let me explain it one other way 151 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:10.200 before we get into this today. God's kingdom is a 152 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:15.399 present reality. Some people think the kingdom is something that's 153 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:18.159 still out there waiting to come. Well it is, that's 154 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:22.240 part of it. But the truth is the kingdom of 155 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:28.200 God is wherever God is king. Jesus said this, The 156 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.440 Kingdom of God is wherever God is king. If he's 157 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:32.840 king in heaven, then the Kingdom of God is in heaven. 158 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:36.279 If he is king on earth, then the Kingdom of 159 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:40.480 God is on earth. If he's king inside you, he's 160 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.799 ruling in your heart, and you are surrendered and submitted 161 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:45.039 to his will, then. 162 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:46.039 The Kingdom of God is in you. 163 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:50.600 And Jesus said all three things, it's wherever God is king. 164 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:56.039 And so the kingdom God's kingdom is a present reality. 165 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:01.279 When Jesus sent his following worse out to do good 166 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:04.120 in the world, it's in Matthew chapter ten, and in 167 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.679 Luke chapter ten, and in Mark chapter nine. He sent 168 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.759 them out with a series of instructions, and he says, 169 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:11.440 this is what I want you to do in the world, 170 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.080 and this is what I don't want. 171 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:13.399 You to do. 172 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:17.919 And we built the entire Peace Plan on those passages. 173 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:20.919 But when Jesus sent them out, he said, you know, 174 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:22.399 I want you to go out and assist the poor, 175 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:24.200 and I want you to care for the sick, and 176 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.200 I want you to educate people, and I want you 177 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.000 to share the good news, and I want you to 178 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:30.240 show love. And he said, I want you to lift 179 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:34.080 up the downtrodden and relieve the oppressed, and establish justice 180 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.840 and all of the good things that he said you 181 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:40.120 are to do. He said, this is the demonstration of 182 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:42.879 the Kingdom. And I don't have time to get into it. 183 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:44.399 Let me just show you one verse when he was 184 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:48.960 talking about helping people with their health in healthcare, healing 185 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:53.440 the physical needs of people. Here's what he said. Jesus said, 186 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:58.120 and heal the sick. And as you heal them, say 187 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:00.679 the Kingdom of God, God. 188 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:02.960 Is near you now. 189 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:11.159 Now the Kingdom of God is a present reality. Now 190 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.879 the power of God. Remember thine is the Kingdom, the power, 191 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:17.519 and the glory. The Kingdom of God is a present reality. 192 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:19.559 It's what we're to be doing on the earth right now. 193 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.759 The power of God is the present resource. It's the 194 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.279 energy you get to do what God wants you to 195 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:31.080 do once you're surrendered and submitted to his will. It 196 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.240 is the power of God, the present resource. In fact, 197 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.679 Jesus said this up here on the screen. Things that 198 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:42.120 are impossible by human resources are possible for God. And 199 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:45.360 he says, when you plug into God's power, you're not 200 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:47.200 going to be just doing it on your own effort. 201 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:52.320 And God's power is the present resource. What is God's glory. 202 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:53.919 It's the reason. 203 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.240 It's not the reality of the resource, it's the reason. 204 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:01.440 It is the present reason for everything. It's all for 205 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:06.919 God's glory. This is Pastor Rick's daily hope. We're so 206 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.720 glad you're with us today. Rick will be back in 207 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:14.000 a moment, But first, recently, Pastor Rick had our graphic 208 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:18.360 designers create a beautiful frameable version of the Lord's Prayer 209 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:22.080 that you can download for free right now by visiting 210 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.919 Pastorick dot com. That's Pastorick dot com. 211 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:29.279 Fall us here now, and that means Christmas is right 212 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.600 around the corner. That's why we want to let you 213 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.559 know that Pastor Rick and his wife Kay created an 214 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.120 advoict calendar with specially commissioned custom artwork. 215 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.440 It's beautiful. 216 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.039 This two part resource includes a calendar with a special 217 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:46.279 door for every day of December that opens to reveal 218 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:49.799 a hidden image, and an encouraging Bible verse. Use it 219 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:53.039 with a companion daily devotional booklet to help you and 220 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.720 your family draw closer to Jesus and prepare your heart 221 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:00.519 for the real celebration. The Daily Hope admitt calend will 222 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:04.720 help you spend the holidays worshiping instead of worrying, slowing 223 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:09.159 down and reconnecting with God and expressing gratitude for the 224 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.240 true meaning of the season. You'll want to get the 225 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:15.840 Daily Hope Advent Calendar and devotional booklet in your hands 226 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:19.600 now to start using it on December first. This resource 227 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.000 is a perfect way to share the gift of Jesus 228 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:25.519 at Christmas with your friends and family, and we'll send 229 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:27.519 it to you to say thanks when you give a 230 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.440 gift to Daily Hope to help take good news to 231 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:35.519 people everywhere. Quantities are limited, so get yours now. Just 232 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.120 call eight hundred six hundred five zero zero four or 233 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:42.279 go to Pastorerrick dot com. That's eight hundred and six 234 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:46.480 hundred five zero zero four or go to Pastaerrick dot com. 235 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.039 Thanks so very much. 236 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.240 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope once again. 237 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:52.080 Here's Rick. 238 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:53.960 I want you to read this verse a loud with me. 239 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:56.639 It's on your outline. It's notice there at the top 240 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:00.720 the second verse Romans Chapter eleven, verse thirty. Let's read 241 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:07.039 it aloud together. Everything comes from God alone, Everything lives 242 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:11.440 by His power, and everything is for his glory. 243 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.519 That is the glory of God. 244 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.200 Now you know, I talk to people all the time 245 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:20.600 and say, Rick, I have so much, and yet I 246 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:25.639 feel unfulfilled. I've got a good family, I've got a 247 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:31.240 good job, i got great kids, I've got good friends, 248 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:33.559 I've got a good congregation to be a part of. 249 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:38.919 Why am I so unfulfilled? It's because you were made 250 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:44.799 for more than success. You were made for more than survival. 251 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:51.360 You will never be satisfied living for yourself. You weren't 252 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:54.919 made to live for yourself. You were made to live 253 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:59.639 for the kingdom and the power and the glory. And 254 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:05.360 you will never find fulfillment in life. Never will you 255 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.879 find fulfillment in life until you begin to live in 256 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:11.240 God's kingdom. 257 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:16.960 By God's power, for God's glory. 258 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.840 Well that was a long introduction, but that's what I 259 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.799 want to teach you how to do today. How do 260 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:31.279 I live in God's kingdom? How do I live by 261 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:36.559 God's power? How do I live for God's glory? How 262 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:39.679 do I live a fulfilled life? The kind of life 263 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:42.960 that I was made wired, designed by God to live. 264 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:47.000 Jesus said in John chapter ten, Verse ten, I have 265 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.360 come that you might have life By the way, notice 266 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:53.360 he didn't say religion. He said life, and have it 267 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.720 more abundantly. Now, why did Jesus say I've come to 268 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:02.600 give you life, Because most people aren't living, they're just existing. 269 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:04.319 Get up in the morning, go to work, come home, 270 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.119 watch TV, go to bed, get up in the morning, 271 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.759 go home, go to work, come home, watch TV, go 272 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.160 to bed, get up in the morning, go to work, 273 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.119 come home, watch TV, go to bed, go to a 274 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.119 party on weekend. 275 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:16.240 And say, man, I'm living. No, you're just existing. 276 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:20.680 Jesus said, I came that you might have life, real life, 277 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.559 abundant life, the kind of life God intends for you 278 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.240 to live. And why are most people not really living? 279 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:32.599 Because they're living for themselves. And let me be real 280 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:35.240 frank with you. You're not a big enough cause to 281 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.599 get yourself out of bed. 282 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:40.039 You're not enough. 283 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:43.160 You're not a big enough cause to give yourself meaning. 284 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.400 You need something bigger than yourself to give your life meaning. 285 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:53.079 And there is a cause. It's called the Kingdom of God. 286 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.559 So let's look at the three keys to living a 287 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.160 fulfilled life. Number one, if you might want to write 288 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:05.799 this down, filment comes through living in God's kingdom, living 289 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:10.759 in God's kingdom. I must live in God's kingdom. 290 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.160 You know you too. 291 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.240 Bono and those guys, they actually wrote a song on 292 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:17.839 this called in God's Kingdom? Should sang it this morning? 293 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:21.640 Maybe y'all sing it? No, no, maybe I won't. The 294 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:24.920 Bible says this first Thessalonians, you should live in a 295 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:29.880 way that proves you belong to the God who calls 296 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:34.119 you into His kingdom and glory. What does it mean 297 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.079 to live in God's kingdom? It means you make God's 298 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:41.119 agenda your agenda. You make God's will your will. That 299 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:45.960 you care about what God cares about in life. Now, 300 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.079 usually we care about everything else except what God cares about. 301 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:51.720 In the Sermon on the Mountain, Jesus spends a major 302 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.960 section talking about worry, and he says there's six reasons 303 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.519 you don't need to worry, and he goes through all 304 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:02.079 of the different things that we typically worry about. He says, 305 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.039 you don't need to worry about your health, and you 306 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:06.359 don't need to worry about your happiness, and you don't 307 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.319 need to worry about security, and you don't need to 308 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.319 worry about your future, and you don't need to worry 309 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:13.440 about your relationships. You don't need to worry about your job, 310 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.240 and you don't need to worry about your family. And 311 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:19.000 he talks about all these things that you shouldn't worry about. 312 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:23.160 And then he concludes this section unworthy worry with a 313 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.119 major statement, and he says this up here on the screen, 314 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:32.400 Jesus said, God will give you all you need from 315 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.720 day to day. Notice it's give us this day our 316 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:38.160 daily bread, not our monthly, not our annual bread. He 317 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:40.720 gives it to you on a daily basis. God will 318 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.160 give you all you need from day to day. If 319 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:47.720 here's the condition you live for Him, and you make 320 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:52.799 the Kingdom of God your primary concern, you are surrendered, 321 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:55.119 You are submitted to the will of God. 322 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.839 You make the Kingdom of God. 323 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.440 And he says, if you make that your primary concern, 324 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:04.400 I'm going to live in the king nom of God. 325 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:06.559 God says, you don't need to worry about happiness. He says, 326 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:09.240 I will cover you one coverage. 327 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.200 This is Pastor Rick's daily Hope. We're so glad you're 328 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.319 with us today. Recently, Pastor Rick had our graphic designers 329 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:23.319 create a beautiful, frameable version of the Lord's Prayer that 330 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:27.480 you can download for free. 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Here's Pastor Rick with a letter from 357 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.799 one of our listeners. 358 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:10.920 You know, I love. 359 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:13.559 Getting these letters from you when you write in from 360 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:16.279 all around the world. My prayers that Daily Hope will 361 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:19.160 bring that hope that we find in God's Word to 362 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.839 people in every nation. Here's a note from one of 363 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:26.759 our listeners who actually lives in India. Dear Pastor Rick, 364 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:29.319 It's a great honor for me to share how I 365 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:33.200 get blessings from the Daily Hope devotional every day. It's 366 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:35.000 already been a year and a half that I've been 367 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:38.039 reading the Daily Hope devotional and I thank God for 368 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:42.440 these I also share these devotionals through social media like 369 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:46.559 Facebook and WhatsApp, and I send the Daily Devotions to 370 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:50.480 forty different pastors and fifty different lay leaders and to 371 00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:53.240 some of my church members and friends. I send them 372 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:56.440 all over Central India and to almost five hundred people 373 00:22:57.160 --> 00:23:01.079 across the country. Thank you so much for this Daily 374 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:04.480 Hope devotional and may God continue to use every reader 375 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:09.359 who have been called by God for His purposes with blessings. 376 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:15.839 Reverend Langkim, Pastor of the Kookie Baptist Convention, Manipur, India. Well, 377 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:20.119 I love how a Pastor Lampkin is using Facebook. He's 378 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:23.759 using what's app to share these devotionals with hundreds of 379 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:26.319 people in India. Do you realize that when you tell 380 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:30.079 anybody about this broadcast or when you pass on the 381 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:34.960 written devotional, you're actually partners with us in sharing the 382 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:37.440 Gospel all around the world. And the Bible says that 383 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:41.880 his partners and ministry we will share in the rewards together. Now, 384 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:44.319 this is something anybody can do, and if you haven't 385 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:46.559 thought about it, start making a list of people you 386 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.200 could tell about Daily Hope. 387 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.160 You could do this. 388 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.720 Anybody can do this and if you go to our 389 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:56.000 website Pastorick dot com, you can share it by broadcast, 390 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:58.519 you can share the devotional, you can share it on 391 00:23:58.559 --> 00:24:01.319 social media with just one one little click. Do you 392 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:03.720 realize how easy it is. We're trying to help you, 393 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:06.359 help share the gospel which God has. 394 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.160 Called all of us to do. 395 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.279 Our ability to reach people all around the world is 396 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:15.599 a direct result of your prayers, your financial support, and 397 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.839 your willingness to tell others. So from the bottom of 398 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:21.200 my heart, I just want to say to you, thank you, 399 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.960 I love you, and I thank God for you. And 400 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:26.119 join me next time as we continue to look into 401 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.960