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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren. Hey, We're so

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<v Speaker 1>glad you've joined us.

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<v Speaker 2>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're continuing a powerful series called Radicalis Developing Spiritual Roots.

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<v Speaker 1>And in this series, Rick will show you how to

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<v Speaker 1>grow deep in your faith, stay grounded in God's word,

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<v Speaker 1>and become everything He created you to be. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>here's the final part of a message called Radical Joy.

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<v Speaker 3>The fifth reason we can have joy no matter what

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<v Speaker 3>happens in our lives. If I'm in Christ, God will

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<v Speaker 3>meet all my needs.

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<v Speaker 2>God has promised us.

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<v Speaker 3>If I'm in Christ, God has promised to meet all

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<v Speaker 3>my needs. So what do I have to worry about?

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<v Speaker 3>And again, worry is a killjoy. The Bible says it

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<v Speaker 3>like this in Romans eight, verse thirty two. Since God

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<v Speaker 3>did not spare even his own son, that's Jesus, but

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<v Speaker 3>gave him up for us all. Won't God, who gave

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<v Speaker 3>us Christ also give us everything else?

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<v Speaker 2>You see the logic of that verse.

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<v Speaker 3>If God loved you enough to come to earth and

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<v Speaker 3>die on the cross for your sins, don't you think

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<v Speaker 3>anything else You've got as small potatoes as a problem.

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<v Speaker 3>When God solved your biggest problem and it came to

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<v Speaker 3>earth to die for you. Don't you think he cares

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<v Speaker 3>then about your finances? Don't you think he cares about

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<v Speaker 3>your relationships? Don't you think he cares about your health,

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<v Speaker 3>about your job, your career. Yeah, he cares about all

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<v Speaker 3>that too, And that's a reason for joy. God says

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<v Speaker 3>I will meet all your needs. In fact, this is

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<v Speaker 3>what he says in Philippians four nineteen. My God will

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<v Speaker 3>meet all your needs according to his glorious riches. And

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<v Speaker 3>here's the phrase in Christ, in Christ Jesus, it's in Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>God has not promised to meet the needs of everybody

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<v Speaker 3>in the world. No, he's promised to meet the needs

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<v Speaker 3>of those in Christ Jesus. Now he says, my God

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<v Speaker 3>will meet all your needs. He doesn't say I'll meet

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<v Speaker 3>all your greeds. God hadn't promised to give you a

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<v Speaker 3>rolls royce or mansion on a hilltop, or God has

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<v Speaker 3>said I'll meet all your needs. What you need, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>get to you. I'm promised to make you. It's not

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<v Speaker 3>the mightast touch you get whatever you want. Is Rick

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<v Speaker 3>talked about. It's not like God's a genie. But he says,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll meet all your needs. Now, most of us don't

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<v Speaker 3>really understand this, so we don't pray for it. One

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<v Speaker 3>of my favorite verses in the Bible is Paw eighty

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<v Speaker 3>four eleven. It says this, no good thing will the

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<v Speaker 3>Lord withhold from those who do what is right?

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<v Speaker 2>No good thing?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, as a father, when my kids are growing up,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to give them good things. I won't withhold

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<v Speaker 3>anything good from them. I might withhold something bad from them,

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<v Speaker 3>something that will harm them, something that will cause them

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<v Speaker 3>to be stunted in their spiritual or physical or emotional growth.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm not going to withhold any good thing from

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<v Speaker 3>them if I can supply it as a dad. How

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<v Speaker 3>much more does the heavenly Father, who's perfect, say, no

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<v Speaker 3>good thing will he withhold from those who walk uprightly,

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<v Speaker 3>who are doing what is right? You see, God wants

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<v Speaker 3>you to ask in prayer more than you do. God

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<v Speaker 3>wants you to pray and get answers more than you do.

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<v Speaker 3>God will over twenty times. In the New Testament, God says,

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<v Speaker 3>ask asking it about shall be given. Seek and you'll

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<v Speaker 3>find knocking the door will be open over twenty times.

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<v Speaker 3>God never shuts his storehouse until you shut your mouth.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says you have not because you ask not.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't never ask for it.

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<v Speaker 3>God's you know, when you get to heaven, there's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>be a storehouse up there, and you're gonna go inside

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<v Speaker 3>the store house and there's gonna be all these incredible

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<v Speaker 3>gifts and neat experiences and things, and there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 3>a little tag on it, and everyone on the tags

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<v Speaker 3>is gonna say the same thing. It's gonna say this,

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<v Speaker 3>never asked for? How many things have you never asked for?

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<v Speaker 2>From God? Now?

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<v Speaker 3>Why does God want you to ask in prayer? Why

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<v Speaker 3>does he want you to ask and then he can

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<v Speaker 3>meet your needs? One reason? He wants you to be

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<v Speaker 3>full of joy. That's the reason he wants you to

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<v Speaker 3>be full of joy. When my kids are full of joy,

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<v Speaker 3>it makes me look good as a dad. When God's

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<v Speaker 3>children are full of joy, it makes God looks good.

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<v Speaker 3>A sour push Christian is a bad advertisement for God.

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<v Speaker 3>Some people go around look like they're baptized, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I got the you know, I just gotta been sucking

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<v Speaker 3>on pickles or something. And God says, no, no, I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to be full of joy. Look at this

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<v Speaker 3>verse John sixteen twenty four. Ask Jesus says, Ask using

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<v Speaker 3>my name, and you will receive, and you will have

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<v Speaker 3>abundant joy. The reason for asking is joy. The reason

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<v Speaker 3>you don't see miracles, you're not asking for. God wants

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<v Speaker 3>to do things in your life that you can't even imagine. Doyle,

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<v Speaker 3>talk to me about a time in your life when

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<v Speaker 3>you saw God meet and need in a miraculous way.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it was back in nineteen eighty. I just I've

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<v Speaker 4>been married all my life pretty much, by the way,

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<v Speaker 4>and I married my high school sweetheart and we have

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<v Speaker 4>four children. But back then when I had two, Hidi

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<v Speaker 4>and Holly, Heidi was four. Holly was two. So my

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<v Speaker 4>wife met me at the door and she says, good night,

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<v Speaker 4>have fun, they're yours. And so we played till the

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<v Speaker 4>middle of the night. And I'll never forget. It was

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<v Speaker 4>too late, I mean, it was so late for a story,

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<v Speaker 4>and so I just said a little poem prayer, and

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<v Speaker 4>I felt bad. And Holly was asleep before amen, but

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<v Speaker 4>Heidi was wide awake, and so I walked over her

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<v Speaker 4>a little bed. I said, Hidie, was there something special

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<v Speaker 4>you wanted to ask God for? Where there's something I've

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<v Speaker 4>always wanted. She said, I'd like to have a rose.

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<v Speaker 4>And I said, well, why do you want a rose?

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<v Speaker 4>She said, because they're so pretty, and I've always wanted one.

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<v Speaker 2>She's four years old and whole life she's wanted a rose.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and so anything to get her to go to sleep.

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<v Speaker 4>So we asked God for a rose, you know, and

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<v Speaker 4>I forgot about it. The next night at our little time, Heidi,

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<v Speaker 4>we started to pray. I told him a story, and

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<v Speaker 4>she grabbed Holly's hand in mine and she said, let's pray, daddy,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'll never forget. Her little lips started to quiver,

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<v Speaker 4>her hand was shaking, little tears flowing on her face.

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<v Speaker 4>I said, Heidie, what's wrong? How come God didn't bring

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<v Speaker 4>my rose to me today? Do you think you forgot?

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<v Speaker 4>And what do you say? You know it was a

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<v Speaker 4>god question? I said, well, you know, we didn't mention

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<v Speaker 4>the color of that rose.

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<v Speaker 3>A good answer, good, good answer, pretty clever. And so,

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<v Speaker 3>by the way, by the way, here's a teaching truth.

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<v Speaker 3>It is always easier for God to asking more specific.

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<v Speaker 3>But then I said, when you say God, bless me,

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<v Speaker 3>what's a blessing? Most of you wouldn't know if a

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<v Speaker 3>blessing hits you in the face, God bless me.

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<v Speaker 2>That's too vague be specific.

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<v Speaker 4>And so uh, we asked God for a white one

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<v Speaker 4>because that's what she was thinking about. And so I'll

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<v Speaker 4>never for never forget that. I could hardly sleep, and

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<v Speaker 4>I had to go out of town the next day,

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<v Speaker 4>and uh, and I thought of calling flories down the

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<v Speaker 4>street or a friend, you know, playing b we always

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<v Speaker 4>think of playing d And so anyway, I had to

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<v Speaker 4>go out of town that and I didn't do any

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<v Speaker 4>of that. I just went out of town. I played

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<v Speaker 4>this concert and it was a small church and I

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<v Speaker 4>had a little center aisle down the middle. And after

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<v Speaker 4>my concert, I was putting my guitars away and I

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<v Speaker 4>hear a voice, are you Doyle Dykes? And it had

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<v Speaker 4>been over for probably thirty minutes, no one had been

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<v Speaker 4>in there. And she startled me as a little lady,

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<v Speaker 4>and she said, God told me to bring you something

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<v Speaker 4>from my garden day. And it was a little something

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<v Speaker 4>wrapped in foil, about this big, you know, And she

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<v Speaker 4>handed it to me, and I could tell by the

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<v Speaker 4>way she acted she was special. And I said, well,

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<v Speaker 4>I'll enjoy eating this from your garden. She says, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't need that, she said, She said.

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<v Speaker 3>You better you think it was a carrot or something.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what I thought. It's a guy thing.

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<v Speaker 2>We always right, and so, uh, don't bring me flowers food.

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<v Speaker 4>She said, well, you better not eat that. She waited

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<v Speaker 4>till I peel the foil back, and there was one

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<v Speaker 4>little white rose and I'll never forget that. And I

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<v Speaker 4>told her, I said, well, this isn't mine. She says, well,

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<v Speaker 4>God told me to bring you that. And I told

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<v Speaker 4>her the story of the rose. And she says, well,

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<v Speaker 4>that's nice, and just turned and walked away. And I thought,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm slack jawed holding this little miracle. And I thought,

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<v Speaker 4>she'll she'll float out of here. She'll never make it

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<v Speaker 4>out of the door. And when I got home, I'll never

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<v Speaker 4>forget height. He ran out to my truck before I

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<v Speaker 4>reach over and I gave her the little package. She says,

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<v Speaker 4>he brung it, didn't he daddy?

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, thank you, buddy. That's great.

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<v Speaker 3>There's one more reason why we can be joyful no

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<v Speaker 3>matter what happens in our lives. And it's the greatest

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<v Speaker 3>one of all the sixth reason if I'm in Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says this, God will never stop loving me.

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<v Speaker 3>God will never stop loving me no matter what happens

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<v Speaker 3>in my life. Things go right, things go wrong, plans

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<v Speaker 3>go awry, whatever, God will never stop loving me.

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<v Speaker 2>I can count on it.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says it like this in Romans Chapter eight,

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<v Speaker 3>Verses thirty eight and thirty nine. I am convinced that

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<v Speaker 3>nothing can ever separate us from the love of God.

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<v Speaker 2>From his love.

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<v Speaker 3>Death can't, life can't, angels can't, demons can't. Our fears

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<v Speaker 3>for today, our worries about tomorrow, even the powers of

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<v Speaker 3>hell cannot keep.

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<v Speaker 2>God's love away.

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<v Speaker 3>Whether we're high above the sky or in the deepest ocean,

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<v Speaker 3>nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate

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<v Speaker 3>us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus our Lord. That is good news.

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<v Speaker 3>When you come to Christ and you say I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to put my hand in your hand, God grabs on

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<v Speaker 3>to it. When you say I'm going to trust you,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to love you. I want to be the

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<v Speaker 3>person you made me to be. God says, I'm holding on,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm holding on for dear life. When my kids

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<v Speaker 3>were little, and we used to go on summer vacations.

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<v Speaker 3>We'd go camping, and one time we went to the

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<v Speaker 3>Grand Canyon, and there's one we were walking up to

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<v Speaker 3>the edge one time and I grabbed the two youngest

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<v Speaker 3>Josh in Matthew's hands and I held on to them.

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<v Speaker 3>And as we got up there, and this course, they

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to get closer to the edge than I wanted

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<v Speaker 3>them to get, like you want to get closer to

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<v Speaker 3>the edge a lot of times. And they both start

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<v Speaker 3>squirming and squiggling and trying to shake hands free, and

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<v Speaker 3>was no way I was letting go of theirs because

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<v Speaker 3>be times in your life when you want to let

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to be a Christian right now. It's inconvenient.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to do what the Bible says. I

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<v Speaker 3>want to do it my way. I want to go

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<v Speaker 3>have sex with that person. I want to go cheat

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<v Speaker 3>on my income tax. I want to lie to that

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<v Speaker 3>person so I can get out of that sticky situation.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to do this, I want to do that,

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<v Speaker 3>and there are gonna be times you say it's not popular,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not convenient, it's too costly. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 3>do the right thing right now, God, I don't right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll back, but I don't want to be a believer

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<v Speaker 3>in you right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And you're going to want to.

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<v Speaker 3>Let go, But He's never letting go of you. You see,

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<v Speaker 3>of your hands. This is called eternal security. Nothing can

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<v Speaker 3>separate you from the love of God. Now, if you

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<v Speaker 3>earned your salvation by working for it, then the moment

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<v Speaker 3>you stopped working for it, you'd lose it. But you

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<v Speaker 3>didn't earn it, so you can't lose it. It was

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<v Speaker 3>a gift. And once it's given and you put your hand.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says, even if we're unfaithful to him, he

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<v Speaker 3>cannot be unfaithful to himself. And he holds on to us.

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<v Speaker 3>And in John chapter ten, Jesus says, they are in

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<v Speaker 3>my hands and no one can pluck them out.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good news.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's no matter what happens, I'm still safe

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<v Speaker 3>in the hands of God and he will never, never

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<v Speaker 3>stop loving me. I want to end with two verses

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<v Speaker 3>one for those of you who know the Lord, and

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<v Speaker 3>one for those of you who don't know Him yet.

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<v Speaker 3>Those of you who don't know Christ yet, who've never

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<v Speaker 3>you've never really certain. You're never certain you've put your

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<v Speaker 3>hand in Christ's hand. Maybe you've gone to church all

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<v Speaker 3>your life, but you're not sure that if you died

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<v Speaker 3>tonight you'd go to heaven. You're not sure that you

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<v Speaker 3>have trusted Him for salvation completely. This is why you

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<v Speaker 3>don't have continuous joy in your life. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 3>in Psalm sixteen eleven. Here on the screen, you will

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<v Speaker 3>fill me with joy in your presence. And the more

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<v Speaker 3>you spend time in the presence of God, the more

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to be filled with joy. And nobody can

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<v Speaker 3>rob that joy from me, And nobody can rob that

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<v Speaker 3>joy from you without your permission.

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<v Speaker 2>So put your hand in his hand.

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<v Speaker 3>Those of you who know Christ, you've kind of lifted away,

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<v Speaker 3>and you've stopped realizing how much you've been forgiven. You

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<v Speaker 3>stop realizing you're on your way to heaven. You just

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<v Speaker 3>take it for granted. You stop realizing that all things

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<v Speaker 3>are working for good in your life, and that God

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<v Speaker 3>is for you, not against you. And that He's promised

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<v Speaker 3>to meet all your needs, and that he'll never stop

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<v Speaker 3>loving you. You need to pray this prayer psal. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>fifty one twelve. David prayed it restore to me again

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<v Speaker 2>Don't observe Christmas? Experience it?

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<v Speaker 3>And how do you experience it with the joy of

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<v Speaker 3>the Lord that's pow our heads?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you follow me in this prayer?

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<v Speaker 3>If you've never opened your life to Christ, or you're

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<v Speaker 3>not certain, you're not settled about this issue, you're little

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<v Speaker 3>insecure about it. You need to settle it today receive

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<v Speaker 3>God's gift. Pray this prayer. Dear God, I don't understand

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<v Speaker 3>it all, but I thank you for loving me and

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<v Speaker 3>I want your joy in my life. I ask you

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<v Speaker 3>to forgive all my sins and give me a clear

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<v Speaker 3>conscience and help me to forgive myself. I ask you

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<v Speaker 3>to give me the gift of eternal life. I ask

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<v Speaker 3>you to work all things for good.

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<v Speaker 2>In my life.

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<v Speaker 3>I thank you that you are for me, not against me. Jesus,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you for dying on the cross for me. Thank

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<v Speaker 3>you that you've promised to meet all my needs. Thank

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<v Speaker 3>you that you will never stop loving me so today,

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<v Speaker 3>as much as I know how, I open my life

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<v Speaker 3>to you, Jesus Christ. I want to follow you. I

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<v Speaker 3>want to trust you. I want to learn to love

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<v Speaker 3>you for the rest to my life and then be

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<v Speaker 3>with you forever. If you've already prayed that prayer in

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<v Speaker 3>your heart and you know, Christ, maybe you need to pray, Lord,

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<v Speaker 3>restore the joy of my salvation. Help me to focus

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<v Speaker 3>on these things, not my problems. No matter what happens

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<v Speaker 3>in my life, You're never going to stop loving me,

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<v Speaker 3>and all these other benefits are true. Let me live

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<v Speaker 3>in joy this month and this next decade.

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<v Speaker 2>I pray it in your name. Amen.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, if you just prayed that prayer for the

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<v Speaker 3>very first time, or you just recommitted your life to

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus again today, would you let me know about it.

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<v Speaker 3>There's something real about sharing your commitment. So write me

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<v Speaker 3>Rick at pastor Rick dot com and say, Rick, I

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<v Speaker 3>prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life to Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'll send you some material that will help you

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<v Speaker 3>on your journey with Jesus, and I'll also pray for you.

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<v Speaker 3>God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much, Pastor Rick for that amazing message. Now,

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