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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 our series

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<v Speaker 1>called Doing Business with God. In this series, Rick helps

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<v Speaker 1>you understand why you work, what you should be working for,

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<v Speaker 1>and how God can use you in your workplace. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Pastor Rick with the final part of a message called.

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<v Speaker 2>The purpose of Work. Now we come to the sixth purpose,

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<v Speaker 2>which is the highest purpose of all. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>the purpose not of identity or necessity, or charity or

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<v Speaker 2>credibility or maturity. It is the purpose of eternity. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is thinking long term about what your job's implication is.

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<v Speaker 2>Eternity is I use my job to build God's kingdom.

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<v Speaker 2>I use my job to build God's kingdom. You can

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<v Speaker 2>use your work to bring glory to God. You can

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<v Speaker 2>use your career to bring glory to God. You can

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<v Speaker 2>use your skills, you can use your business. You can

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<v Speaker 2>use your workplace to further God's kingdom. So how do

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<v Speaker 2>I do that? Oh? There are lots of ways, lots

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<v Speaker 2>of ways you can use your business to further God's kingdom.

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<v Speaker 2>One way is to use the contacts that your businesses

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<v Speaker 2>have to spread the good news and to tell other

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<v Speaker 2>people about the good news to pass it on. This

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<v Speaker 2>is why we have in the peace peace and assist

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<v Speaker 2>the poor using business people to go out and teach

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<v Speaker 2>businesses which will assist the poor to create jobs. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you an example. While back, I got a

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<v Speaker 2>call between the services of this guy named Eric Stamminger.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a German guy calling from Germany. He said, my

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<v Speaker 2>name is Eric Stammiger. I am the president and CEO

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<v Speaker 2>of Adidas. You know what Adidas is, you know the

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<v Speaker 2>shoes and all that. Actually it's called Adi Das in

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<v Speaker 2>German because it's named after Adi Dossler, who is the founder.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, my name is Eric Stanminger. I'm the CEO

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<v Speaker 2>of Adi Das. He said, I have just finished reading

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<v Speaker 2>Purpose Driven Life. It changed my life. I've given my

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<v Speaker 2>life to Christ. I will come anywhere in the world

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<v Speaker 2>to meet you. How soon can we meet? I said, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>why don't you come to church next week? He said,

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<v Speaker 2>I will. He said, I got to go to China.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to close the deal in China. Then I

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<v Speaker 2>got to go to Tokyo close the deal there. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back over in California. I'll be there next Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>So the next Sunday, the president and CEO of Adidas

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<v Speaker 2>came and came to church, and I went back and

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<v Speaker 2>we sat down on a couple of chairs in the

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<v Speaker 2>back and I said, so, mister Stamminger, tell me how

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<v Speaker 2>can I help you. He said, well, I just need

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<v Speaker 2>to know one thing I've read purpose Driven Life. It's

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<v Speaker 2>changed my life. I'm a Christian. Now I want to

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<v Speaker 2>know should I resign a CEO of Adidas and become

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<v Speaker 2>a pastor? I said, let me show you how to

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<v Speaker 2>use your job for the kingdom, how to be a

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<v Speaker 2>kingdom builder, not just a wealth builder. I said, do

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<v Speaker 2>you have an executive team at Adidas? He said yes,

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<v Speaker 2>there are six of us. I said, are any of

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<v Speaker 2>the others Christians? He said, well, actually two of them are.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, you start meeting with those two and start

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<v Speaker 2>praying for the other three. And your first ministry is

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<v Speaker 2>to win your six coworkers to christ That's your first job.

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<v Speaker 2>That's your first ministry to win the people close to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody else is as likely to win them as you are,

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<v Speaker 2>So you start working on that. I said, number two,

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<v Speaker 2>how many employees do you have an Adidas? I don't remember.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he said twenty five thousand. I said, that's

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<v Speaker 2>called the megachurch. I said, your congregation is bigger than

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<v Speaker 2>most pastors will ever preach to. So you've got twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five thousand members in your congregation, they're all employees. You

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<v Speaker 2>start praying for them, you start being available to them,

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<v Speaker 2>you start putting instituting good Christian principles in your business.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, would you like to influence other CEOs? I

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<v Speaker 2>said yeah. I said, then you need to stay at

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<v Speaker 2>a CEO, because you'll have far more influence on them

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<v Speaker 2>as a CEO then as a pastor or missionary anybody else.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, would you like to influence culture? He said, well, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>of course I would. I said, then you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>influence the culture makers if you want to influence culture,

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<v Speaker 2>and the culture makers are musicians and athletes and celebrities

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<v Speaker 2>and people in the media. I said, do you do

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<v Speaker 2>celebrity endorsements? He said yes. I said, of course you do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, the next time you do a celebrity endorsement,

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<v Speaker 2>you bring that pro athlete in, you sit them down

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<v Speaker 2>and you say, look, I'm not just your endorser. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not just your sponsor. You're going to make a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of money off me. But I'm not just your sponsor.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be your friend. And here's my business card.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you get in trouble, and when you have

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<v Speaker 2>a need, please call me personally. And then you just

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<v Speaker 2>wait because the problem will come. And celebrities have rovos.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just more visible. And I said, they'll have a

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<v Speaker 2>slump in their game, or they'll have a drug crisis,

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<v Speaker 2>or a marriage crisis, or a health crisis, or an injury,

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<v Speaker 2>or a financial crisis, or something will happen and they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to need you. And when they come back to

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<v Speaker 2>you and they ask for your help, then you can

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<v Speaker 2>share Jesus with them. You do not move where you are,

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<v Speaker 2>stay where you are and be that person. Does that

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<v Speaker 2>makes sense. I know a number of Christian businessmen in

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<v Speaker 2>Hong Kong been there many times who were concerned about

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<v Speaker 2>mainland China because the churches were under persecution by the

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<v Speaker 2>Communist government and they weren't always allowed the freedom. And

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<v Speaker 2>so they decided, how can we be planning churches in

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<v Speaker 2>China when some of the places we can't plant them.

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<v Speaker 2>They'd just immediately be outlawed. So these businessmen began building

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<v Speaker 2>factories in mainland China and putting churches in the factories.

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<v Speaker 2>In today's globalized economy, the new missionaries are businessmen and businesswomen.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are a businessman, there's not a country in

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<v Speaker 2>the world who doesn't want to know what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to know about your distribution and your products,

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<v Speaker 2>stuff like that. There are many countries they're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to allow a pastor in, they're not going to allow

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<v Speaker 2>a full time missionary in. But you, as a businessman

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<v Speaker 2>or businesswoman, can go where nobody else can go. Business

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<v Speaker 2>People are the missionaries for the great commission of the

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<v Speaker 2>twenty first century. That is being a kingdom builder, not

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<v Speaker 2>simply a wealth builder. You're using your business for the

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<v Speaker 2>one thing that's going to outlast everything else, the Kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>of God, the Church, God's family. Another way you can

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<v Speaker 2>do it is by making money in your business and

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<v Speaker 2>giving that for kingdom causes. And I know many businesses

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<v Speaker 2>like that. One of them is hobby lobby. It is

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<v Speaker 2>one of the most profitable businesses ROI return on investment

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<v Speaker 2>in America, and because it's all built on Christian principles,

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<v Speaker 2>they tie their money to help other things and God

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<v Speaker 2>continues to bless that business. Bless that business. Bless that business,

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<v Speaker 2>because they're using the profits for God's kingdom. The employees

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<v Speaker 2>are better paid than anywhere else. I keep raised on.

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<v Speaker 2>They're making great wages, and because the people at the

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<v Speaker 2>top are generous, that blessing is on that business, and

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<v Speaker 2>they keep going on and on. So I talk to

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<v Speaker 2>the Greens about one of the projects we're working on,

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<v Speaker 2>what we're calling the Final Frontier, which is one of

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<v Speaker 2>our ten decade of Destiny goals. Twice in the New Testament,

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<v Speaker 2>twice in the Book of Revelation, it says that in

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<v Speaker 2>heaven one day there will be people from every tribe,

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<v Speaker 2>every nation, and every language around the throne of God

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. I take that serious. That God wants people

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<v Speaker 2>from every nation, every language, and every tribe. Somebody is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be there in heaven. Here's the problem. There

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<v Speaker 2>are three four hundred tribes in the world that have

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<v Speaker 2>no Christian no Bible, and no church. So there's nobody

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<v Speaker 2>going to be in heaven from that tribe. Yet somebody's

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<v Speaker 2>got to get to that tribe. We call that the

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<v Speaker 2>Final Frontier. And I began to enlist other churches to

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<v Speaker 2>help us do this. And when I'd go out and speak,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd encourage others, and people were signing commitment cards, and

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<v Speaker 2>I was asking a church to adopt a people group.

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<v Speaker 2>In the last two years, we've taken four hundred off

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<v Speaker 2>that list. Used to be thirty eight hundred. It's now

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four hundred. Can you imagine getting to heaven one

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<v Speaker 2>day and you say, yeah, you know, my business it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't that big. But we helped fulfill the great commission.

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<v Speaker 2>We helped raise the money by the stuff we sold

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<v Speaker 2>to help get the Bible in the last translations and

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<v Speaker 2>get churches in the last tribes that needed to be done.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me show you some amazing promises and we'll close.

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<v Speaker 2>They're on your outline. Matthew six thirty three is a

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<v Speaker 2>good verse for businessmen. Jesus says, be concerned above everything

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<v Speaker 2>else with the Kingdom of God, more than my business. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>even than more than your business. Be concerned above everything

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<v Speaker 2>else with the Kingdom of God and what He requires

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<v Speaker 2>of you. And he God will provide you with all

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<v Speaker 2>the other things. So what do you need more of? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I need more staff that goes into all the other things.

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<v Speaker 2>I need more distribution that goes in all the other things.

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<v Speaker 2>I need a smarter salesforce that goes in all the

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<v Speaker 2>other things. I need an innovative idea for my business

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<v Speaker 2>that goes in all the other things. Be concerned with

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<v Speaker 2>God's kingdom and what it requires you. He will provide

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<v Speaker 2>you with all the other things. Look at the next

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<v Speaker 2>verse there on your outline. We know that the same

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<v Speaker 2>God who raised Jesus will also raise us one day.

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<v Speaker 2>That's in heaven. And as God's grace brings more and

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<v Speaker 2>more people to Christ. In other words, as the kingdom

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<v Speaker 2>is built, as it spread, as we build the Kingdom,

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<v Speaker 2>as God's grace brings more and more people to Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>there will be great thanksgiving and God will receive more

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<v Speaker 2>and more glory. Kingdom builders reach one more for Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew six point twenty. Jesus said, store up for yourselves

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<v Speaker 2>treasure in heaven. Circle the phrase for yourselves. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>know that you can store up for yourselves treasure in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>not say to store up for God? God that needed

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<v Speaker 2>God says, you can create a bank account in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>that is eternal, pays the highest dividends and nobody can

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<v Speaker 2>steal it. From you. You can store up for yourself

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<v Speaker 2>treasure in heaven. That's the best investment you'll ever make.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you do that by using your work and

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<v Speaker 2>using your business to get people there? The only way

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<v Speaker 2>you can in heaven is to invest in people who

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<v Speaker 2>are going there. Your business isn't going to heaven, your

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<v Speaker 2>car isn't going to heaven, your house isn't going to heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>But people are. And when you invest in people getting

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<v Speaker 2>them into heaven, you are storing up treasure in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>to use for eternity. So here's the big question. I

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<v Speaker 2>wrote it on your outline. Will I be a wealth

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<v Speaker 2>builder or will I be a kingdom builder? You can

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<v Speaker 2>use your work to build wealth. That's okay, nothing wrong

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<v Speaker 2>with that. Trying to make a living, make a profit, fine,

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<v Speaker 2>But it's short sighted. God says, don't just be a

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<v Speaker 2>wealth builder, be a kingdom builder. Which of those are

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<v Speaker 2>you going to circle? Will I be a wealth builder?

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<v Speaker 2>Circle that? Or will I be a kingdom builder? Circle that? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let me close this. You don't realize how important your

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<v Speaker 2>work is. You may think your work is I work

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<v Speaker 2>at a Starbucks. You know, I work at a fast

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<v Speaker 2>food place. I help clean in a certain place. I

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<v Speaker 2>of preschoolers or you're the CEO of a corporation. Your

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't meant for simply necessity. God says, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>use your work, no matter what it is, for identity.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to express your talents through that. I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to use it for maturity. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to let it make you a more stronger and a

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<v Speaker 2>use it for credibility. I want you to use your

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<v Speaker 2>for the good news and the gospel. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to use it for charity. I want you to figure

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<v Speaker 2>out how to live on a little bit less so

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<v Speaker 2>up treasure in heaven. If you're behind on your tithe,

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<v Speaker 2>you get caught up on that. But you learn to

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<v Speaker 2>be generous. And I want you to be a kingdom builder,

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<v Speaker 2>not just a wild builder. I want you to have

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<v Speaker 2>a priority in your life. You can waste your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you can spend your life, or you can invest your life.

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<v Speaker 2>it in the King of God because it's the only thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to last forever. One day, God is going

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<v Speaker 2>to do an audit on your work. Did you know

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<v Speaker 2>that You're going to have a job interview? One day,

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<v Speaker 2>God's going to do an assessment on your work, last

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<v Speaker 2>versa on your outline. It is going to come a

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<v Speaker 2>kind of work each builder is done. Where you're a

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<v Speaker 2>wealth builder or were you a kingdom builder. Everyone's work

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<v Speaker 2>will be put through the fire that means mine and

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<v Speaker 2>What's the value identity, maturity, credibility, charity, priority, eternity. Everyone's

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<v Speaker 2>work will be put through the fire to see whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not it keeps its value. If the work survives

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<v Speaker 2>the fire, that person will receive a reward. But if

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<v Speaker 2>great loss. The builders themselves will be saved, but like

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<v Speaker 2>someone escaping a fire. In other words, this has nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to do with salvation. You're in heaven, but you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to lose reward. So here's the question. Have you had

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<v Speaker 2>a shallow conception of your work. You just thought ought

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<v Speaker 2>just get money, put food on the table. No, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>far more significant than that. Are you ready to step

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<v Speaker 2>up to all six of God's purposes for your work?

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<v Speaker 2>Will you become a purpose driven businessman with these six purposes?

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<v Speaker 2>become a purpose driven owner operator? Will you become a

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<v Speaker 2>Will you say, God, I'm going to give you my

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<v Speaker 2>the purposes that you planned for my work to be.

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<v Speaker 2>That's power heads. As I pray, follow me in this prayer, Father,

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<v Speaker 2>I realize that while I'm at work, you're working on me,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want you to use my job for all

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<v Speaker 2>six purposes in my life. Please use my job to

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<v Speaker 2>express what you made me to be. Help me in

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<v Speaker 2>Use my career to develop my character. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>to share the good news. I want to use my

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<v Speaker 2>give to others. I want to use my job to

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<v Speaker 2>help further your kingdom, and I want to use my

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<v Speaker 2>to help me succeed in my work, and I will

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<v Speaker 2>honor you with my life, with my time, with my

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<v Speaker 2>tithe and by giving my best, knowing that I'm really

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

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<v Speaker 2>said Jesus, Christ, become the CEO of my life. Become

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<v Speaker 2>the manager of my life, the president, the chairman of

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<v Speaker 2>the board. Jesus be the director of my life. I

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<v Speaker 2>want to be under new management and I want to

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<v Speaker 2>follow you from this day forward in your name. I

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<v Speaker 2>pray Amen. Hi everybody, this is Rick, and I hope

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

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<v Speaker 2>that prayer for the very first time, or you just

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<v Speaker 2>recommitted your life to Jesus again today, would you let

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<v Speaker 2>me know about it. There's something real about sharing your commitment.

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<v Speaker 2>So write me Rick at Pastorrick dot com and say, Rick,

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<v Speaker 2>I prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life

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<v Speaker 2>to Christ, and I'll send you some material that will

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<v Speaker 2>help you on your journey with Jesus, and I'll also

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I just want to take a quick second

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<v Speaker 2>Pray as we reach out to people around the globe

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