Speaker 1: Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's
Speaker 1: Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today,
Speaker 1: Rick continues teaching a series called Connecting with God the
Speaker 1: Lord's Prayer. In these lessons, Rick shows you what it
Speaker 1: means to truly be spiritually connected to God and to
Speaker 1: each other through the power of God's love and God's word.
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Speaker 1: Pastor Rick with part one of a message called the
Speaker 1: Prayer of Fulfillment.
Speaker 2: In our Society.
Speaker 3: In our culture, we have a choice right now of
Speaker 3: either continued disintegration, which we see going on in our society,
Speaker 3: or a new revitalization, revival, reform, renewal, renaissance, reawakening. And
Speaker 3: I believe deeply that everything that we need for that
Speaker 3: second thing is found in this prayer, the Lord's Prayer,
Speaker 3: And as you know, we've gone through it week by week,
Speaker 3: line by line, and.
Speaker 2: This weekend we come to the.
Speaker 3: Final phrase, and the final phrase up here on the
Speaker 3: screen of this prayer that Jesus prayed is this for thine.
Speaker 3: He's talking about God. For Thine is the Kingdom and
Speaker 3: the power and the glory forever. Now, I want you
Speaker 3: on your outline to circle those three words Kingdom, power, glory.
Speaker 2: I can't think of.
Speaker 3: Three more important words you need to understand for yours. Oh,
Speaker 3: God is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Now,
Speaker 3: I want you to listen very closely in this introduction
Speaker 3: because I'm going to explain to you right now the
Speaker 3: reason for everything, everything that's happened in the past, everything
Speaker 3: that's going to happen in the future, the reason for
Speaker 3: the universe, the reason why you are alive. These three
Speaker 3: words kingdom, power, and glory are so essential. You will
Speaker 3: never understand history until you understand kingdom, power and glory.
Speaker 3: History is his story. It's God's story. He is in control,
Speaker 3: he is sovereign. You will never understand life until you
Speaker 3: understand kingdom, power and glory. You will never understand your
Speaker 3: particular purpose on this planet until you understand God's kingdom,
Speaker 3: God's power, and God's glory, because it all exists for
Speaker 3: that reason. Now you've heard me say many times you
Speaker 3: were made by God and you were made for God.
Speaker 3: And until you understand that, life's not going to make sense.
Speaker 3: Let me say it again in a little bit clearer way.
Speaker 3: You were not only created by God. You were not
Speaker 3: only designed by God. You were not only made by God.
Speaker 3: You were created, designed and made for God. That's why
Speaker 3: you're alive. You weren't just made by God. You were created,
Speaker 3: designed and made for God. He made you for himself.
Speaker 3: And if God had not wanted you alive, you wouldn't
Speaker 3: be taking your next breath, You would not be your
Speaker 3: heart would not be beating. The Bible tells us that
Speaker 3: God is the compassionate one. The Bible tells us he
Speaker 3: is a God of mercy and compassion. He is a
Speaker 3: God of love. The Bible tells us God is love.
Speaker 3: It doesn't just say he has love. It says he is.
Speaker 3: Love is the essence of his character, It is his nature.
Speaker 3: God is love, and God made you to love you.
Speaker 3: You were created as an object of God's love. And
Speaker 3: so God didn't just create you. He made you for him,
Speaker 3: for himself, and he made you for himself. He made
Speaker 3: you to live in his kingdom and to fulfill his kingdom.
Speaker 3: He made you to show his power, and he made
Speaker 3: you to bring him glory. Let me say it again,
Speaker 3: You were not just made by God. You're made for God,
Speaker 3: and He made you to fulfill his kingdom, to reveal,
Speaker 3: to show his power, and to bring him glory. Now,
Speaker 3: let me explain it in a different way. First, the
Speaker 3: Kingdom of God is his plan. It is his plan
Speaker 3: for history, and it is his plan for all of eternity.
Speaker 3: Is not an exaggeration to say God.
Speaker 2: Has long range plans for you.
Speaker 3: History is just a little bit of time we have
Speaker 3: here as humans on this planet. But God existed before
Speaker 3: and he will exist after.
Speaker 2: This is just a.
Speaker 3: Little parenthesis in eternity, and God's plan involved much more
Speaker 3: than history. It involves eternity, and the Bible says this
Speaker 3: up here on the screen in the Book of Daniel.
Speaker 3: It says God's plans are unshakable, nothing's.
Speaker 2: Gonna change them.
Speaker 3: If you were to get on an ocean liner with
Speaker 3: me in New York City, and we were going to
Speaker 3: go to London. On that ocean voyage, you could do
Speaker 3: a lot of different things. You could sleep all day,
Speaker 3: you could walk around the deck, you could eat the
Speaker 3: six or eight banquets a day, you could play shuffleboard,
Speaker 3: you could read. You would have amount of freedom, but
Speaker 3: it is limited freedom. That ship's going to London, whether
Speaker 3: you like it or not. History is moving the way
Speaker 3: God wants it to move, whether you like it or not.
Speaker 3: Now on that ship, you've got a lot of freedom
Speaker 3: to do different things, but you're not turning the ship around.
Speaker 2: Does that make sense? Okay?
Speaker 3: So the Kingdom of God is his plan for history
Speaker 3: and eternity.
Speaker 2: The power of God is his program.
Speaker 3: What I mean by that, it is how God accomplishes
Speaker 3: his plan. God does not accomplish his plan through marketing,
Speaker 3: through merchandising, through manufacturing, through advertising. He does not accomplish
Speaker 3: his plan through all these human tools. He does it
Speaker 3: with his and he accomplishes his program and his plan
Speaker 3: through his power. Let me read your verse up here
Speaker 3: on the screen. The Bible says this in Isaiah chapter
Speaker 3: forty five. I God am the one who made the
Speaker 3: earth and created human beings to live there. By my power,
Speaker 3: I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon,
Speaker 3: and the stars. I myself have stirred Cyrus to action,
Speaker 3: to fulfill my purpose. Notice fulfill my purpose and put
Speaker 3: things right. No one has hired him or bribed him
Speaker 3: to do this. The Lord Almighty has spoken. Who was Cyrus.
Speaker 3: Cyrus was a Persian king, he was an Iranian. He
Speaker 3: lived in Babylon. And God chose Cyrus as a king
Speaker 3: to discipline Israel and to put things right. And he says,
Speaker 3: I have chosen this man to do my will. And
Speaker 3: I have a program, and I have a plan, and
Speaker 3: I'm in control. God's kingdom is his plan. God's power
Speaker 3: is his program. God's glory is his purpose. God's glory
Speaker 3: is his purpose. Everything God does he does to reveal
Speaker 3: what he's like. That's his glory. He wants us to
Speaker 3: understand what's he's like. And everything in the world and
Speaker 3: in the universe, every plant, every rock, every animal, everything
Speaker 3: brings glory to God.
Speaker 2: God made it to reveal what he's like.
Speaker 3: And just looking at the world, there's a lot of
Speaker 3: things we.
Speaker 2: Can learn about God.
Speaker 3: Even if we didn't have the scriptures, there are a
Speaker 3: lot of it we could know about God. For instance,
Speaker 3: we know God likes variety. Have you figured that one out?
Speaker 3: Look down your robe. There's not anybody in the world
Speaker 3: like you. You know, God could have figured ah fifteen
Speaker 3: or twenty varieties of human beings and then just stamped
Speaker 3: us out. God has never made a copy, never made
Speaker 3: a clone, never made a repeat. You have you unique handprint,
Speaker 3: I print, voice print. And God overdoses on variety. God
Speaker 3: loves right. He never does the same thing twice. Look
Speaker 3: at all the people, Every person, even twins, are different
Speaker 3: in hundreds and thousands of ways. And so God, we
Speaker 3: know God is organized. We know God is powerful, We
Speaker 3: know God is creative. Just by looking at his nature
Speaker 3: and then through scriptures we know so much more that
Speaker 3: God is loving, and he's merciful, and he's kind. We
Speaker 3: know that he's a God of justice. We know he
Speaker 3: is a God of righteousness. And so God's glory is
Speaker 3: his purpose. Now, let me explain it one other way
Speaker 3: before we get into this today. God's kingdom is a
Speaker 3: present reality. Some people think the kingdom is something that's
Speaker 3: still out there waiting to come. Well it is, that's
Speaker 3: part of it. But the truth is the kingdom of
Speaker 3: God is wherever God is king. Jesus said this, The
Speaker 3: Kingdom of God is wherever God is king. If he's
Speaker 3: king in heaven, then the Kingdom of God is in heaven.
Speaker 3: If he is king on earth, then the Kingdom of
Speaker 3: God is on earth. If he's king inside you, he's
Speaker 3: ruling in your heart, and you are surrendered and submitted
Speaker 3: to his will, then.
Speaker 2: The Kingdom of God is in you.
Speaker 3: And Jesus said all three things, it's wherever God is king.
Speaker 3: And so the kingdom God's kingdom is a present reality.
Speaker 3: When Jesus sent his following worse out to do good
Speaker 3: in the world, it's in Matthew chapter ten, and in
Speaker 3: Luke chapter ten, and in Mark chapter nine. He sent
Speaker 3: them out with a series of instructions, and he says,
Speaker 3: this is what I want you to do in the world,
Speaker 3: and this is what I don't want.
Speaker 2: You to do.
Speaker 3: And we built the entire Peace Plan on those passages.
Speaker 3: But when Jesus sent them out, he said, you know,
Speaker 3: I want you to go out and assist the poor,
Speaker 3: and I want you to care for the sick, and
Speaker 3: I want you to educate people, and I want you
Speaker 3: to share the good news, and I want you to
Speaker 3: show love. And he said, I want you to lift
Speaker 3: up the downtrodden and relieve the oppressed, and establish justice
Speaker 3: and all of the good things that he said you
Speaker 3: are to do. He said, this is the demonstration of
Speaker 3: the Kingdom. And I don't have time to get into it.
Speaker 3: Let me just show you one verse when he was
Speaker 3: talking about helping people with their health in healthcare, healing
Speaker 3: the physical needs of people. Here's what he said. Jesus said,
Speaker 3: and heal the sick. And as you heal them, say
Speaker 3: the Kingdom of God, God.
Speaker 2: Is near you now.
Speaker 3: Now the Kingdom of God is a present reality. Now
Speaker 3: the power of God. Remember thine is the Kingdom, the power,
Speaker 3: and the glory. The Kingdom of God is a present reality.
Speaker 3: It's what we're to be doing on the earth right now.
Speaker 3: The power of God is the present resource. It's the
Speaker 3: energy you get to do what God wants you to
Speaker 3: do once you're surrendered and submitted to his will. It
Speaker 3: is the power of God, the present resource. In fact,
Speaker 3: Jesus said this up here on the screen. Things that
Speaker 3: are impossible by human resources are possible for God. And
Speaker 3: he says, when you plug into God's power, you're not
Speaker 3: going to be just doing it on your own effort.
Speaker 2: And God's power is the present resource. What is God's glory.
Speaker 2: It's the reason.
Speaker 3: It's not the reality of the resource, it's the reason.
Speaker 3: It is the present reason for everything. It's all for
Speaker 3: God's glory. This is Pastor Rick's daily hope. We're so
Speaker 3: glad you're with us today. Rick will be back in
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Speaker 4: Fall us here now, and that means Christmas is right
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Speaker 4: This two part resource includes a calendar with a special
Speaker 4: door for every day of December that opens to reveal
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Speaker 4: with a companion daily devotional booklet to help you and
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Speaker 4: for the real celebration. The Daily Hope admitt calend will
Speaker 4: help you spend the holidays worshiping instead of worrying, slowing
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Speaker 1: This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope once again.
Speaker 2: Here's Rick.
Speaker 3: I want you to read this verse a loud with me.
Speaker 3: It's on your outline. It's notice there at the top
Speaker 3: the second verse Romans Chapter eleven, verse thirty. Let's read
Speaker 3: it aloud together. Everything comes from God alone, Everything lives
Speaker 3: by His power, and everything is for his glory.
Speaker 2: That is the glory of God.
Speaker 3: Now you know, I talk to people all the time
Speaker 3: and say, Rick, I have so much, and yet I
Speaker 3: feel unfulfilled. I've got a good family, I've got a
Speaker 3: good job, i got great kids, I've got good friends,
Speaker 3: I've got a good congregation to be a part of.
Speaker 3: Why am I so unfulfilled? It's because you were made
Speaker 3: for more than success. You were made for more than survival.
Speaker 3: You will never be satisfied living for yourself. You weren't
Speaker 3: made to live for yourself. You were made to live
Speaker 3: for the kingdom and the power and the glory. And
Speaker 3: you will never find fulfillment in life. Never will you
Speaker 3: find fulfillment in life until you begin to live in
Speaker 3: God's kingdom.
Speaker 2: By God's power, for God's glory.
Speaker 3: Well that was a long introduction, but that's what I
Speaker 3: want to teach you how to do today. How do
Speaker 3: I live in God's kingdom? How do I live by
Speaker 3: God's power? How do I live for God's glory? How
Speaker 3: do I live a fulfilled life? The kind of life
Speaker 3: that I was made wired, designed by God to live.
Speaker 3: Jesus said in John chapter ten, Verse ten, I have
Speaker 3: come that you might have life By the way, notice
Speaker 3: he didn't say religion. He said life, and have it
Speaker 3: more abundantly. Now, why did Jesus say I've come to
Speaker 3: give you life, Because most people aren't living, they're just existing.
Speaker 3: Get up in the morning, go to work, come home,
Speaker 3: watch TV, go to bed, get up in the morning,
Speaker 3: go home, go to work, come home, watch TV, go
Speaker 3: to bed, get up in the morning, go to work,
Speaker 3: come home, watch TV, go to bed, go to a
Speaker 3: party on weekend.
Speaker 2: And say, man, I'm living. No, you're just existing.
Speaker 3: Jesus said, I came that you might have life, real life,
Speaker 3: abundant life, the kind of life God intends for you
Speaker 3: to live. And why are most people not really living?
Speaker 3: Because they're living for themselves. And let me be real
Speaker 3: frank with you. You're not a big enough cause to
Speaker 3: get yourself out of bed.
Speaker 2: You're not enough.
Speaker 3: You're not a big enough cause to give yourself meaning.
Speaker 3: You need something bigger than yourself to give your life meaning.
Speaker 2: And there is a cause. It's called the Kingdom of God.
Speaker 3: So let's look at the three keys to living a
Speaker 3: fulfilled life. Number one, if you might want to write
Speaker 3: this down, filment comes through living in God's kingdom, living
Speaker 3: in God's kingdom. I must live in God's kingdom.
Speaker 2: You know you too.
Speaker 3: Bono and those guys, they actually wrote a song on
Speaker 3: this called in God's Kingdom? Should sang it this morning?
Speaker 3: Maybe y'all sing it? No, no, maybe I won't. The
Speaker 3: Bible says this first Thessalonians, you should live in a
Speaker 3: way that proves you belong to the God who calls
Speaker 3: you into His kingdom and glory. What does it mean
Speaker 3: to live in God's kingdom? It means you make God's
Speaker 3: agenda your agenda. You make God's will your will. That
Speaker 3: you care about what God cares about in life. Now,
Speaker 3: usually we care about everything else except what God cares about.
Speaker 3: In the Sermon on the Mountain, Jesus spends a major
Speaker 3: section talking about worry, and he says there's six reasons
Speaker 3: you don't need to worry, and he goes through all
Speaker 3: of the different things that we typically worry about. He says,
Speaker 3: you don't need to worry about your health, and you
Speaker 3: don't need to worry about your happiness, and you don't
Speaker 3: need to worry about security, and you don't need to
Speaker 3: worry about your future, and you don't need to worry
Speaker 3: about your relationships. You don't need to worry about your job,
Speaker 3: and you don't need to worry about your family. And
Speaker 3: he talks about all these things that you shouldn't worry about.
Speaker 3: And then he concludes this section unworthy worry with a
Speaker 3: major statement, and he says this up here on the screen,
Speaker 3: Jesus said, God will give you all you need from
Speaker 3: day to day. Notice it's give us this day our
Speaker 3: daily bread, not our monthly, not our annual bread. He
Speaker 3: gives it to you on a daily basis. God will
Speaker 3: give you all you need from day to day. If
Speaker 3: here's the condition you live for Him, and you make
Speaker 3: the Kingdom of God your primary concern, you are surrendered,
Speaker 3: You are submitted to the will of God.
Speaker 2: You make the Kingdom of God.
Speaker 3: And he says, if you make that your primary concern,
Speaker 3: I'm going to live in the king nom of God.
Speaker 3: God says, you don't need to worry about happiness. He says,
Speaker 3: I will cover you one coverage.
Speaker 1: This is Pastor Rick's daily Hope. We're so glad you're
Speaker 1: with us today. Recently, Pastor Rick had our graphic designers
Speaker 1: create a beautiful, frameable version of the Lord's Prayer that
Speaker 1: you can download for free. Right now by visiting Pastorick
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Speaker 1: in a moment. But first Fall is here and that
Speaker 1: means Christmas is right around the corner. That's why we
Speaker 1: want to let you know that Pastor Rick and his
Speaker 1: wife Ka created an Advent calendar with specially commissioned custom artwork.
Speaker 1: It's beautiful. This two part resource includes a calendar with
Speaker 1: a special door for every day of December that opens
Speaker 1: to reveal a hidden image and an encouraging Bible verse.
Speaker 1: Use it with the companion Daily Devotional Booklet to help
Speaker 1: you and your family draw closer to Jesus and prepare
Speaker 1: your heart for the real celebration. The Daily Hope Advent
Speaker 1: Calendar will help you spend the holidays worshiping instead of worrying,
Speaker 1: slowing down and reconnecting with God and expressing gratitude for
Speaker 1: the true meaning of the season. You'll want to get
Speaker 1: the Daily Hope Advent Calendar and devotional booklet in your
Speaker 1: hands now to start using it on December first. This
Speaker 1: resource is a perfect way to share the gift of
Speaker 1: Jesus at Christmas with your friends and family, and we'll
Speaker 1: send it to you to say thanks when you give
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