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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible Teaching Ministry of Rick Warren. And today we're

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<v Speaker 1>continuing our series called the Habits of Happiness. In this series,

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<v Speaker 1>Rick dives into the Book of Philippians and helps you

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<v Speaker 1>discover God's path to true and lasting happiness. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get to it. Here's part one of a message

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<v Speaker 1>called five daily Habits for Happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>If you pull out your message notes and if you'll

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<v Speaker 2>open your Bible to Philippians chapter three, and we are

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<v Speaker 2>continuing in the series that I started a few weeks

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<v Speaker 2>ago on the Habits of Happiness. As we go through

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<v Speaker 2>the Book of Philippians and chapter three, Paul gives us

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<v Speaker 2>another five habits of happiness. Now, all five of these

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<v Speaker 2>you can do on a daily basis. All five of

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<v Speaker 2>these habits you can do during a oh say, a

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen minute quiet time you spend alone with God. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you will build these five habits into your life,

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<v Speaker 2>the happiness in your life will exponentially grow and the

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<v Speaker 2>unhappiness in your life will decline. Philippians Chapter three. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>get right into it. The first habit that Paul models

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<v Speaker 2>here in the first few verses is this every day

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<v Speaker 2>relax in God's grace. That's the first thing you need

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<v Speaker 2>to do if you want to be a happy person.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day relax in God's grace. Don't try to earn

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<v Speaker 2>God's approval, don't try to earn his love. Don't try

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<v Speaker 2>to earn his recognition.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't earn it.

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<v Speaker 2>God is love and God loves you unconditionally. Now let

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<v Speaker 2>me explain the diff between religion and a relationship. Religion

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<v Speaker 2>is what you do for God. Relationship is what God

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<v Speaker 2>has done for you. Jesus did not come to give

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<v Speaker 2>you religion. God is un interested in religion. God is

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<v Speaker 2>interested in you having a relationship. And the Bible is

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<v Speaker 2>all about what God has done for you and what

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus did for you on the cross, not about what

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<v Speaker 2>you do for God. And so Jesus says, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want your religion.

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<v Speaker 3>I want a relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>You will lose your happiness every time you forget this,

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<v Speaker 2>every time you think I've got to earn God's smile,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got to earn God's love. I've got to do

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<v Speaker 2>something really cool to make God love me.

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<v Speaker 3>No, you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Philippians, Chapter three, verse three. We Christians glory and what

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus has done circle that has done past tense on

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<v Speaker 2>the cross, Jesus that it is finished. I've done it all,

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<v Speaker 2>what Jesus Christ has done for us, and we realize

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<v Speaker 2>that we are helpless to save ourselves. We're not trying

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<v Speaker 2>to earn our way to heaven. We're not trying to

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<v Speaker 2>work our way to heaven. We're not trying to prove

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<v Speaker 2>we're good enough to get to heaven, because none of

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<v Speaker 2>us are good enough to get to heaven. It's only

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<v Speaker 2>God's grace. You need to relax in God's grace. I

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<v Speaker 2>love the message. Paraphrase of this verse says, we couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>care carry this off by your own effort, and we

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<v Speaker 2>know it.

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<v Speaker 3>I like that now.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that will rob you of your

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<v Speaker 2>happiness is what I call the first trap. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to give you five traps out of this passage today.

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<v Speaker 2>And the first trap that'll take away your happiness write

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<v Speaker 2>this down is legalism. Legalism is the attitude that I

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<v Speaker 2>have to prove my love to God. Legalism is trusting

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<v Speaker 2>in what I do for God instead of what Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>did for me, trusting that I have to do rules

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<v Speaker 2>and regulations and rituals and restrictions and all these things

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<v Speaker 2>in order to prove myself worthy. That's called legalism. In

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<v Speaker 2>other words, if I just keep the ten commandments, then

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<v Speaker 2>God will let me into heaven. Well number one, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't even name them, much less keep them. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 2>you're not keeping the ten Commandments. I'm telling you right now.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not. You're not. You've broken them. He said, what

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<v Speaker 3>about the adult you?

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, if you've ever lost it in your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>then that's why adultry. So guess what. You're guilty of

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<v Speaker 2>all of them. All The Bible says that if you

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<v Speaker 2>if you hate somebody in your heart, it's like murders.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're guilty of all of them. And that's why

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<v Speaker 2>you need grace. So relax, relax in God's grace now.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says in this passage and verses three to six,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, before I became a Christian, he says, I

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<v Speaker 2>was a legalist. In fact, he says, I was a

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<v Speaker 2>professional legalist. I was trying to earn heaven through rituals,

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<v Speaker 2>through my race, through religion, through rules, and through reputation.

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<v Speaker 2>And he goes it wasn't working. He said, if anybody

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<v Speaker 2>was a legalist, I was.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse six, he says this in legalistic righteousness, I

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<v Speaker 2>was faultless. In other words, for a guy who was

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<v Speaker 2>a rule keeper, he said, I did it. I kept

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<v Speaker 2>all the rules. I was a good man. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know when you are a legalist? Here's

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<v Speaker 2>how the telltale sign of this. You are judgmental other people.

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<v Speaker 2>You are harsh on other people. Anytime you see somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who's judgmental of others, critical of others. The reason why

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<v Speaker 2>is I don't feel good about me because I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not measuring up, so I certainly don't want you

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<v Speaker 2>feeling good about you. So subconsciously I'm critical of everybody

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<v Speaker 2>else because I don't think I am accepted and loved.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know when you're living by grace? You're

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<v Speaker 2>gracious to others. When somebody is living by grace, they go, Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>God's forgiven me, I'm gonna forgive you. God's cut me

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<v Speaker 2>some slack. I'm gonna cut you some slack. I'm getting

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<v Speaker 2>by simply on the grace of God. So I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>give you grace. The more legalistic you are, the more

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<v Speaker 2>critical and the more judgmental you are, and the more

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<v Speaker 2>you live by God's grace, the more gracious you are

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<v Speaker 2>to other people. Legalism is a it'll suck your life

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<v Speaker 2>dry of happiness. It sucks churches dry of happiness. You

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<v Speaker 2>ever go to lead regalistic church, that church is not happy.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no joy in at legalistic church. Everybody's just. They're

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<v Speaker 2>out of duty, out of guilt, out of shame, and

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<v Speaker 2>things like that. Verse nine, Paul says this, I no

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<v Speaker 2>longer count on my own goodness, and I no longer

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<v Speaker 2>count on my own ability to obey God's laws. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>I trust Christ to save me. I relax in God's grace,

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<v Speaker 2>for God's way of making us right with himself is

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<v Speaker 2>through faith. In other words, the way you earn the

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<v Speaker 2>smile of God is you don't earn it. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>your performance, it's his pardon. It's what He's already done.

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<v Speaker 2>So you get up in the morning and say, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to remind myself I'm completely forgiven. Who

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<v Speaker 2>is that a way to start the day. You think

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<v Speaker 2>you'll be happier if you start the day gone. Everything

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever done wrong is completely forgiven.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that a good thing? To start the day with.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's a habit of happiness. I relax in God's grace.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one of my other mentors was the founder

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<v Speaker 2>of modern management, Peter Drucker. And I asked Peter, and

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<v Speaker 2>I said, Peter, what was it that caused you to

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<v Speaker 2>finally step across the line and invite Jesus Christ into

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<v Speaker 2>your heart?

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<v Speaker 3>And he told me this. He was in his nineties

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<v Speaker 3>by this time. He said, Rick.

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<v Speaker 2>The day that I finally understood the true meaning of grace,

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<v Speaker 2>I realized.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm never getting a better deal.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's true, And why would anybody reject the grace

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<v Speaker 2>of God. In the Bible, the word joy is the

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<v Speaker 2>Greek word kara, and in the Bible the word grace

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<v Speaker 2>is the word chorus. They come from the same word

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<v Speaker 2>kara and chorus. We get the word charisma from that

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<v Speaker 2>word or charismatic. Joy and grace go together. The more

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<v Speaker 2>grace you live by, the more joy.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to have in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the first habit, relax in God's grace. Now, in

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<v Speaker 2>the next verse, verse seven, we get the second daily

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<v Speaker 2>habit of happiness, and it's this, Remember what matters most

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<v Speaker 2>every day? I need to remember what matters most. When

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<v Speaker 2>I get up in the morning, I need to remind

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<v Speaker 2>myself what counts and what doesn't count. I should not

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<v Speaker 2>be distracted by what's inconsequential in life, what's petty, what's trivial,

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<v Speaker 2>what really doesn't matter, what's unimportant? Now, why is this

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<v Speaker 2>an important habit? Have you realized? Have you noticed how

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<v Speaker 2>easy it is to lose your joy over some small thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's usually the small irritations that cause you to lose

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<v Speaker 2>your happiness. Somebody cuts you off in the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the road, you're trying to make a turn and they

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<v Speaker 3>You lose your happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>Or you know you're having a bad hair day, or

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<v Speaker 2>the clothes you put on don't fit anymore. That'll cause

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<v Speaker 2>you to lose your happiness real quick.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's the little things. And yet do those things

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<v Speaker 2>really matter in life? No, they do not. And so

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to be a happy person, Paul says

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<v Speaker 2>in Philippians three, you need to remember what matters most,

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<v Speaker 2>not worry about all the stuff you used to think

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<v Speaker 2>was so important before you knew Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>Verse seven.

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<v Speaker 2>He says, this, all those things that I once thought

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<v Speaker 2>were so important to me, I now consider worth nothing

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<v Speaker 2>because of Christ. All those things that I thought were

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<v Speaker 2>so important to me, I now consider worth nothing now

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<v Speaker 2>that I know Christ. Okay, what was the most important

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<v Speaker 2>thing to you before you met Jesus? Christ so always said,

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<v Speaker 2>could work? Yeah, some would say career, some would say

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<v Speaker 2>making money.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe it was getting a date.

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<v Speaker 2>Being famous, or you know whatever, making a lot, a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot of money. Paul says, you know what, all

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<v Speaker 2>those things, They're just not that important to me anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not running the rat race because even if you

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<v Speaker 2>win the rat race, you're still a rat And I

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<v Speaker 2>don't need to worry about keeping up with the Joneses

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<v Speaker 2>because they just refinanced for bankruptcy. So, you know, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>all those things I used to think were so important,

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<v Speaker 2>being cool, looking cool, you know, having the goods, looking good,

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<v Speaker 2>feeling good. He goes, that's just not that important anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's not going to matter in the long scheme

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<v Speaker 2>of thing. He says, the stuff doesn't matter anymore. How

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<v Speaker 2>do you know if you've really been saved? How do

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<v Speaker 2>you know if you've been saved by Jesus Christ. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>tell you how you know your values change. If your

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<v Speaker 2>values haven't changed, you haven't been saved. Because you can't

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<v Speaker 2>have somebody as big as God come into your life

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<v Speaker 2>and it not changed you.

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<v Speaker 3>It changes your values. All those things I used.

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<v Speaker 2>To think were cool, I don't care about them anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>I gave my life to Christ as a young man.

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<v Speaker 2>And I actually remember one time, I'm a young guy

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<v Speaker 2>coming up to me and he was a friend of mine,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was he was really into the drug scene.

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<v Speaker 2>Every weekend he'd go party hardy, He'd he'd get drunk,

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<v Speaker 2>different girl every weekend. He was living a pretty pretty

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Rick, the problem with you is as a Christian,

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<v Speaker 2>you're restricted.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, you don't get to have any fun.

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<v Speaker 2>You got all these these don'ts in your life. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>you're you're restricted. And I looked at him and I said,

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<v Speaker 2>to this friend of mine, I said, you know what.

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<v Speaker 2>I take all the drugs I want to take, I

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<v Speaker 2>get drunk. All I want to get drunk. I party

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<v Speaker 2>wild as much as I want to party well, and

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<v Speaker 2>I sleep with as many women as I want to

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<v Speaker 2>sleep with. Here's the difference. Jesus Christ changed my want

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<v Speaker 2>to I don't want to do those things. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to do those things. They are cheap thrills. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you kidding me? I'm on a permanent high, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a hangover from it. Because all those things

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<v Speaker 2>really they're worthless.

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<v Speaker 3>They don't matter. Now here's the problem.

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<v Speaker 2>as time goes on, the world around you tries to

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<v Speaker 2>brainwash you back into thinking the stuff that's not important

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<v Speaker 2>is important, like having the newest pair of shoes and

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<v Speaker 2>having the newest clothes and things like that. And because

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<v Speaker 2>here's the trap, you might write this down. The trap

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<v Speaker 2>that's going to keep you from this this habit is

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<v Speaker 2>pop culture, the culture around us. Because every day there

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<v Speaker 2>are thousands of advertising messages that says you aren't worth

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<v Speaker 2>anything until you've got our product, and this should matter

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<v Speaker 2>to you. And even television news makes every item sound

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<v Speaker 3>It's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing is as worthless as yesterday's newspaper.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why you line the kitty thing.

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<v Speaker 2>With it, okay, because you don't because the news is over.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not worth anything today, And the world tells you

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<v Speaker 2>because it's immediate and it's current, it's important, noh to

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<v Speaker 2>urge it. And the immediate and the relevant are not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily important. So what you have to ask yourself is

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<v Speaker 2>this question on everything, how much will this matter in

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred years? How much will this matter in five years?

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<v Speaker 2>How much of what I'm worrying about right now is

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<v Speaker 2>going to matter tomorrow? You see, it's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>matter tomorrow much less for eternity. You need to live

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<v Speaker 2>in light of eternity. Everybody and everything around you is

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<v Speaker 2>constantly telling you that the petty and the trivial is important,

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<v Speaker 2>and America and around the world we're on trivial pursuit,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we're living for things that aren't gonna matter,

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<v Speaker 2>and so to be counter culture, which means you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be a whole lot happier than everybody else is.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got to focus not on what's current, but what's eternal,

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<v Speaker 2>and live in light of eternity and realize that if

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<v Speaker 2>this isn't going to matter and eternity. What'sn't gonna matter?

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<v Speaker 2>Why am I worried about it? Why am I stressed out?

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<v Speaker 2>Why am I Why am I anxious? Why am I fearful?

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<v Speaker 3>Why am I so uptight over this?

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<v Speaker 2>It's not even gonna matter next week, much less for eternity.

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<v Speaker 2>So the second habit is every day, remember what matters most?

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<v Speaker 2>All the things I used to think were important, says

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<v Speaker 3>Look at verse eight. He says it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, yes, everything else is worthless when compared to

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<v Speaker 2>the priceless gain of knowing Christ. Jesus my Lord. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the most important thing. Tom, I'm going to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about that in a minute.

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<v Speaker 3>He says.

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<v Speaker 2>I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage,

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<v Speaker 3>Garbage.

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<v Speaker 2>That's an interesting word, because the Greek word the translators

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<v Speaker 2>were kind of scared of, afraid of telling.

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<v Speaker 3>You what the word really means.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the politically correct word, that's the polite word, the

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<v Speaker 2>proper word for that Greek word there where it's translated garbage.

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<v Speaker 2>How shall I say it? Manure what Paul is saying here.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, after I became a Christian, after I began

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<v Speaker 2>a relationship with Jesus, I stopped the religion thing. I

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<v Speaker 2>started the relationship thing.

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<v Speaker 3>He says.

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<v Speaker 2>All that other stuff I used to worry about get up,

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<v Speaker 2>tight out, and get stressed. He said, it isn't worth poop.

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<v Speaker 2>Jim Elliett, the famous missionary, said, he is no fool

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<v Speaker 2>who gives up what he cannot keep for that which

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<v Speaker 2>he cannot lose. Yeah, I'm giving up a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things here that other people think are really important right

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<v Speaker 2>now that don't mean thing to me because I'm gainey

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<v Speaker 2>eternal life and rewards in heaven that I cannot lose.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening to Pastor Rick's davy hope. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>did you know that most people look for happiness in

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<v Speaker 1>all the wrong places. You won't find it through money, fame,

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<v Speaker 1>or power. You'll only find real, lasting happiness by following

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<v Speaker 1>God's commands. And that's why Rick created the Habits of

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<v Speaker 1>Happiness Bible study. Here's Rick to tell you more.

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<v Speaker 2>If you'd like to learn more about the Habits of Happiness,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a new resource to help you. It's called

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<v Speaker 2>the Habits of Happiness Guided Experience Book. In this resource,

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to learn how seeing things from God's perspective

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<v Speaker 2>will help you develop the Biblical habits of happiness. And

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to discover how happiness runs deeper than any

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<v Speaker 2>circumstance or any feeling or any relationship. Now, I'm excited

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<v Speaker 2>because this book is filled with Biblical truth, practical life

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<v Speaker 2>application exercises, and a lot of space for you to

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<v Speaker 2>write down your responses to what God is teaching you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a really powerful workbook and it's a comprehensive study

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<v Speaker 2>tool I believe is going to help you grow to

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<v Speaker 2>your next level of spiritual maturity.

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<v Speaker 1>just text the word hope to seven oh three oh nine. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the word hope to seven oh three oh nine

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