WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.919 Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's 2 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:12.000 Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren. Today, 3 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:16.320 Rick continues teaching a series called Connecting with God the 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:19.760 Lord's Prayer. In these lessons, Rick shows you what it 5 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:23.600 means to truly be spiritually connected to God and to 6 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:27.480 each other through the power of God's Love and God's Word. 7 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:30.480 In just a little while, we're going to tell you 8 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:33.640 how to get the Lord's Prayer Words of Hope and 9 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:37.679 Happiness gift book. This life giving resource will help you 10 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:41.600 strengthen the hope of the children you love by introducing 11 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:44.840 them to the Lord's Prayer. Go to Pastorick dot com 12 00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:48.079 to find out more, or text the word Daily to 13 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:52.479 eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's Pastorick 14 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:56.320 dot com or the word Daily to eight hundred six 15 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.359 hundred five thousand and four. Right now, here's has to 16 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.320 Rick with part one of a message called the Prayer 17 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:04.079 of Cleansing. 18 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.319 Let me ask you this morning, what's hindering your progress 19 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.680 in life? Growing closer to the Lord, growing closer to 20 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:18.560 your family, to other people. What's hindering your dream? What's 21 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:23.920 holding you back? What's slowing your progress. A lot of 22 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.640 times we want to blame external things. Oh it's the economy, 23 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:31.000 it's my boss, it's my relationships. I don't have enough money, 24 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.159 blah blah blah. But the truth is, what holds you 25 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:41.400 back in life is almost never external. It's internal. The 26 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:45.319 things that hold you back are are inside you. Something 27 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:53.040 gets entangled up inside you. Now what it is may 28 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.640 surprise you, But the Bible tells us that what holds 29 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.159 you back more than anything else is unconscious guilt from 30 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:11.159 unconfessed sin. You may not even realize that it's unconscious 31 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:17.759 guilt from unconfessed sin. When you hold on to hurts 32 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:22.319 inside you and habits and hang ups and regret and 33 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.800 shame and guilt, it just does a number on you 34 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.639 because you weren't made by God to go around carrying 35 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:32.479 a load of guilt. You weren't wired for that. In fact, 36 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.439 the Bible says this, and Hebrews up here on the screen, 37 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:39.319 Hebrews twelve one and two. Let us throw off everything 38 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:43.159 that hinders I mean, others hold us back, prevents our progress. 39 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.240 Let us throw off, let's get rid of let's dump 40 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:50.199 everything that hinders our progress, and the sin that so 41 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:54.919 easily entangles us and let us run with perseverance the 42 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.520 race marked out for us. Did you know that when 43 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:02.479 God made you, he has a race plan for your life. 44 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:06.759 It's already been marked out. God has a purpose, a 45 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:10.120 plan for your life that is unique, and nobody else 46 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:14.039 can fulfill that plan and purpose. And God says, I've 47 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.159 got a race that only you can run, and it's 48 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:20.360 already marked out. Now. The problem is, everybody else has 49 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:23.919 a race for your life too, And maybe your mom 50 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.240 wanted you to run her race, or your dad wanted 51 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.680 you to run his race, or you've got a boss 52 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.159 or a friend, or a neighbor or a spouse or somebody. 53 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.919 God loves you, and everybody else has a plan for 54 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.199 your life, and you guy says, no, no, no, no 55 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.120 time out here. I didn't make you to fulfill somebody 56 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:46.319 else's plan. I put you on this planet to run 57 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.360 the race that was marked out for you. The sad 58 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:55.840 thing is most people don't run it, don't know the race. 59 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:00.400 They get sidelined, they get sidetracked, they get tripped up, 60 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:04.319 they get entangled, they get tired, they don't make it 61 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:08.439 to the finish line. Very few people in life run 62 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.800 the race that God actually marked out for them, and 63 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:18.360 they end up living Plan bcde kind of thing instead 64 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:21.839 of the race that God marked out for you. Now, 65 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:24.639 the fact is God says we need to throw off 66 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:28.399 the things that hinder us, hindrances, and the sin that 67 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:35.120 entangles us. That's that unconfessed sin that creates unresolved and 68 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:39.120 unconscious guilt. Now, the fact is, none of us are fallowless. 69 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:42.319 We all make mistakes, none of us are perfect. We 70 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:46.680 all blow it, we all sin, we all flub up. 71 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:49.480 We don't measure up to our own standards, much less 72 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:52.720 God's standard of perfection. I actually have never met anybody 73 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:56.079 who claim to be perfect. We all know we're sinners. 74 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.279 We all fall short, we all don't do the right 75 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:03.560 thing every time. That's a pretty easy thing for us 76 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:07.720 to admit. But what happens is as a result of that, 77 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:13.000 because we are fault We are faulty. We make mistakes, 78 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:18.199 We have regrets, and we have remorse, and we have guilt, 79 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:23.000 and sometimes we have shame, and that guilt keeps us stuck. 80 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.519 It keeps us stuck in our past. We can't get 81 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:28.480 on with it because we keep thinking about what we did. 82 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:32.040 We get stuck in our pain, we get stuck in 83 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:38.759 our problems and we just don't make any progress anymore. Now. 84 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:41.360 A lot of times we know we're guilty, but we 85 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:44.000 try to deal with it in ways that don't work. 86 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:49.160 We deny it, we repress it, we suppress it, we 87 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.560 excuse it, we rationalize it. And you know what rationalize means. 88 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:58.959 It means to tell rational lies. That's to rationalize. When 89 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.000 you rationalize anything, you know it's wrong. What you're doing. 90 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.399 You're trying to convince with your mind what your heart 91 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:09.199 says is wrong. And rationalization is a battle between your 92 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.839 heart and your head, and you're trying to tell yourself 93 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.120 it's okay. When everything in your body goes it's not okay. 94 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:20.000 That was not right, that was wrong, and I feel 95 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.480 bad about it. I feel guilty about it. Now. The 96 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:25.040 truth is God doesn't want you walking around with a 97 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:27.920 load of guilt. A lot of people think God wants 98 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.720 us to feel guilty other time. Absolutely not. Guilt is 99 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:38.040 not a Christian emotion. In fact, it is the most worthless, unhelpful, 100 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:42.879 destructive emotion out there. God did not design your body 101 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.439 to carry guilt, and he doesn't want you carrying guilt. 102 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:53.199 It's self destructive. It destroys your confidence, It damages your 103 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:56.959 relationships in ways you don't even realize, and it defeats 104 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.839 your potential. When you feel guilty, you're always afraid that 105 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:05.519 somebody's going to find out. If they really knew what 106 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.000 I'm like, they would not like me, If they really 107 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.639 knew my past, they wouldn't love me. God wouldn't love me. 108 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:13.959 And well, of course God knows everything your past is 109 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:17.639 still loves you. But they wouldn't love me, and you 110 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.800 walk around in fear a lot of the time. Sir 111 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:23.240 Arthur Connan Doyle, the guy who was the author of 112 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:25.959 all the Sherlock Home novels, was quite a prankster and 113 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:28.519 once he wrote an anonymous note to I think it 114 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:33.680 was thirteen key well known people in England, and the 115 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:38.759 note simply said, all is found out, flee at once 116 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.240 and I vacate about forty eight hours. About half the 117 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:49.879 people left the country because everybody carries a load. Now, 118 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:53.399 the truth is, guilt messes up your relationships. If you 119 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:57.560 don't understand, and just go watch some TV soap operas 120 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:02.920 and how guilt messes up relationships. The truth is when 121 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:04.920 you feel guilty, one of the ways it comes out 122 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:09.600 you get judgmental. Anytime you find somebody who's harshly judgmental, 123 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.680 you can know one thing, they feel guilty. Judgmental people 124 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:17.240 feel judged themselves, and they don't feel forgiven, so they 125 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:20.639 don't want anybody else feel forgiven. And the more guilty 126 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.480 you feel, the more judgmental you're going to be. It's 127 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:27.199 just a fact of life. When you are guilty, you 128 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:30.959 overreact to the weaknesses and other people often the same 129 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:35.159 weaknesses that you hate and yourself. When you feel guilty, 130 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:38.600 you indulge people. You spoil them, you buy them things 131 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:42.600 they don't need, because you feel guilty. When you feel guilty, 132 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:47.120 you avoid commitment in a relationship. Guilt can make you 133 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:52.559 physically sick. Psychiatrists and psychologists tell us that probably sixty 134 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.840 to seventy percent of all the people in the hospitals 135 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.879 today could actually leave the hospital if they knew how 136 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.320 to get rid of guilt and resentment, guilt over what 137 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:02.480 I've done to others and resentment over what people have 138 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.480 done to me. The Bible says this on the screen 139 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:09.279 Proverbs twenty eight. You will never succeed in life if 140 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.919 you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give 141 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:17.480 them up, and then God will show you mercy. Now, 142 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:21.240 I can't tell you how excited I am about this message. 143 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:23.960 Because of all the ones we've done in this series 144 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.519 on the Lord's Prayer, this one, the Prayer of Cleansing, 145 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:32.120 is the one that will personally revolutionize your life in 146 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:37.159 ways that you can't even imagine. It is personally revolutionized 147 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.639 my life. It set me free, this prayer, the Prayer 148 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.759 of cleansing. Forgive us our sins, forgive us our debts, 149 00:09:44.799 --> 00:09:48.519 forgive us our transgressions. Depending on the translation you've got, 150 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.679 When you understand the Prayer of Cleansing and you practice it, 151 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:55.399 it opens the door to live a life of freedom, 152 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.879 a life of a clear conscience, a life of no guilt, 153 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:02.960 a life that is joyful, a life of blessing, and 154 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:06.840 a life that God uses. I want you to experience 155 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:09.080 that in your life. 156 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.440 This is Pastor Rick's daily hope. We're so glad you're 157 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:16.080 with us today. 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I was 193 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.840 just a teenager, maybe seventeen or eighteen years old, and 194 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.840 I remember that in my life at that point, my 195 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.840 walk with God had just gotten dull. There was no joy, 196 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:34.399 there was no thrill to it. There was. It was 197 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:37.679 just kind of ho hum. I didn't when I'd pray. 198 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.039 I felt like my prayers just bounced across the ceiling. 199 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:42.639 I didn't feel close to God, I didn't feel close 200 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:46.840 to anybody. Actually, my life was in a rut. I 201 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:50.639 was stuck. I was not making any progress. I wasn't 202 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.320 moving backwards, but I was just stuck in a rut. 203 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.559 So I remember one night I was still living at home, 204 00:12:59.120 --> 00:13:02.159 about ten o'clock at night. Everybody had gone to bed, 205 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:04.759 had gotten quiet, and I went into my room and 206 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:06.840 I shut the door, and I sat down at my desk, 207 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:09.320 and I had a small light on at the desk, 208 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:12.519 and now the room was dark, and I got out 209 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:16.360 a yellow pad and I said, okay, God, well let's 210 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:18.960 just do some business here. I need to do a 211 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:23.080 little spring cleaning. I need to know anything that's between 212 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:26.440 you and me that's holding back the joy, holding back 213 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:30.720 the blessing, holding back what I know you're capable and 214 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:34.799 want to give in my life. And so God, whatever 215 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.360 you tell me, I'm going to write it down. I'm 216 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.639 just going to make a sin list, and I'm going 217 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:43.600 to list all the things that are wrong in my life, 218 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:46.279 and as you reveal them to me, I'll write them down. 219 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.679 So God, whatever you want to say to me, say 220 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.480 to me now, because I want to do a little 221 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:57.519 spring cleaning. And I sat there and within a few seconds, 222 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:59.559 I just started thinking of things that I knew were 223 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:03.440 wrong my life, and I began to write them down 224 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:07.320 on this yellow pad. If it said you've been jealous 225 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:10.039 about that person, I wrote down jealousy with that person. 226 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:15.919 If it said if God or you were impatient with 227 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.759 that person, I wrote impatient with that person. You lied 228 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:24.639 to that person, I'd write that down. You exaggerated about that, 229 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:29.440 I write that down. You had lust about this person, 230 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:33.799 I wrote that down. Whatever God showed me, I wrote 231 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:39.080 it down. You stole something, you said something wrong, you 232 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.120 were unkind. And I just began to write down the 233 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.440 things that came to my mind that I knew were wrong. 234 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:47.440 Where I've been lazy, I was lazy. Where I was prideful, 235 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:52.000 I was prideful. I filled up a page, I filled 236 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:57.600 up a second page, filled up a third page. I thought, 237 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:03.120 I'm going to write my first book, Driven Sinner, a 238 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:07.240 list of Rick Warrens sins. And I had about four 239 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:09.720 pages at the end. And when I finished it, it 240 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:14.200 was about midnight. And I looked at that and I thought, Man, 241 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:18.600 that is ugly. There's no wonder God isn't blessing my 242 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.159 life that I feel far from I don't feel close 243 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.840 to God. But I knew enough of the Bible that 244 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:30.320 I knew first John chapter one, verse nine, from memory, 245 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.960 if we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive us, 246 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:38.759 to cleanse us of all of our sins, and to 247 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:43.240 forgive us from all of our unrighteousness. And so I 248 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.000 knew God said, if you confess, it all forgiven. And 249 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.759 so I wrote first John one nine over each of 250 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.600 those pages, knowing that God was forgiving me simply because 251 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.600 I had admitted them and confessed them to him. And 252 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:59.440 I was sorry about it. And so I went back 253 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.440 and I I crossed out each one. I was just 254 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:06.120 going to burn the paper. I certainly didn't anybody reading it. 255 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:08.960 I was going to burn the paper. But I left 256 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:12.679 on there, uncrossed out the sins between me and another 257 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.600 person that I knew I needed to make restitution for. 258 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:21.639 And there were three on that page. Now, I want 259 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:23.519 you to know that since then, your pastor has done 260 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.759 much worse sins than these things. But this is what 261 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.120 God revealed to me at that point in my life, 262 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:33.320 seventeen eighteen years of age. The first thing you revealed 263 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:37.159 to me is that when my sister was young growing up, 264 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:41.679 I used to steal her money all the time. I 265 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:44.159 knew where she kept it. I'd go into her room, 266 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:46.840 find her money, take it, Go buy an album, Go 267 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:50.399 buy comics, Go buy some candy. She probably wanted where 268 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:54.000 all her money went. But I even figured out how 269 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:56.000 you could take two forks and stick into her piggy 270 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.720 bake and shake it upside down and the money would 271 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:03.360 fall out. And I had a great collection of comic 272 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.079 books from all of that. And God said, you know what, 273 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.839 You've never confessed that to you, and you need to 274 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.960 get that right and you need to repay her. The 275 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:13.359 second thing on that list is I had been in 276 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:17.720 an unreported accident as a high school student. I had 277 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.720 been with a couple friends of mine and we had 278 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.799 been in a parking lot one day at a store 279 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.200 and as we were backing out, I backed into a 280 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:26.200 car behind me and smashed in the front of it. 281 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:29.319 We got scared and left. I didn't leave a note. 282 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:32.960 I didn't tell anybody. God said, you know that's wrong. 283 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.200 You need to go to the police department and you 284 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.039 need to admit that you were the one who bashed 285 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:40.359 that in. See if it's on the records, and so 286 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:43.440 you can repay whoever that was for the damage that 287 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:48.920 was done to their car. The third thing was I 288 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:51.559 was a member of a small church and the past 289 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:55.160 at that time. I had really long hair, beautiful flowing 290 00:17:55.240 --> 00:18:02.599 blonde hair northern California in the sixties and seventies. What 291 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.839 do you expect? Okay? And my dad never had a 292 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.880 problem with He said, son, grow it while you got it, 293 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:11.359 cause you ain't gonna have it for long. So he 294 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.200 never had a problem with. But my pastor, this small 295 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:18.559 church was kind of conservative, didn't like guys wearing long 296 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.119 hair in those days, and he regularly talked about it 297 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:25.480 and put me on the defense. And I didn't like him, 298 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:27.880 and so I told everybody I didn't like him. I 299 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:31.799 gossiped about him, and I just did not do anything 300 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:35.920 to build him up. I undermined him. And God said, 301 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:39.200 I don't care what he's done, what his part is. 302 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:41.839 You need to go and confess you've had a bad attitude. 303 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:46.240 You need to ask forgiveness. So I finished that and 304 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:48.000 I got in bed and God said, you're gonna do it. 305 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:57.279 I said, nope, not a chance, nope. And God said, oh, really, 306 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.160 have you thought about the consequences of this, y Yep, 307 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:07.519 you're gonna do it? Nope? And I began a battle 308 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.559 in my mind with God that night, God, I really 309 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.880 don't want to do this. In fact, i'll do anything 310 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.839 if you just forgive these three things. It would be humbling, 311 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:20.640 it would be embarrassing. I would feel bad about it. 312 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:23.319 I don't even want to do it. It's gonna cost me. 313 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:29.759 God said, Rick, this is a test. This is a 314 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:34.319 test of your integrity. Will you do what I tell 315 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:36.640 you to do. Let me tell you what integrity is. 316 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:41.359 Integrity isn't being perfect. Integrity is not never sinning if 317 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:47.160 nobody's got integrity because nobody's perfect. Integrity means being open 318 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:50.960 and honest and willing to confess where you are weak, 319 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:54.240 where you sin, and when you do wrong and get right. 320 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:58.119 That's integrity. It's not being perfect. Nobody's perfect. It means 321 00:19:58.160 --> 00:20:04.519 being honest and authentic about your imperfections. I tried to 322 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.279 do everything with God. I tried to bargain with God. God, 323 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:10.079 if you will forgive me, I will never do it again. 324 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:13.759 God said, don't make promises. Just go get it right. God, 325 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:19.039 if you will forgive me, I will never sin again. Right, 326 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.160 Just go get it right, God, if you will forgive me, 327 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:24.359 I tried to bargain with God, I will read my 328 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:27.480 Bible every day the rest of my life. I will 329 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:30.680 tell somebody about Jesus every day. God said, don't make promises, 330 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:34.359 go get it right, and I said, I don't want to. 331 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:37.200 He said, Rick, if you won't be real with me, 332 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:40.000 I won't be real with you. I want to bless 333 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:43.759 your life. I want to use your life. 334 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:47.519 This is Pastor Rick's daily Hope. We're so glad you're 335 00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:51.640 with us today. Recently, Pastor Rick had our graphic designers 336 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:55.680 create a beautiful, frameable version of the Lord's Prayer that 337 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:59.759 you can download for free right now by visiting Pastor Rick. 338 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:04.640 That's Pastorick dot com. Rick will be back in a moment, 339 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.920 but first, Perhaps the most important role you can play 340 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.480 in the life of a child is teaching them to 341 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:15.160 trust God through prayer. It's the key to living with hope. 342 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:19.000 Jesus said, we should always pray and never give up. 343 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:22.160 That's why it's so important to strengthen the hope of 344 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:26.319 children by introducing them to Jesus's model for prayer at 345 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:29.960 an early age. With this in mind, we're excited to 346 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:33.160 tell you about a very special resource to help you 347 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.119 do just that. It's called the Lord's Prayer. Words of 348 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:41.240 Hope and Happiness. This book brings the poetic scripture of 349 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.680 the King James version of the Bible to life. 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Call eight hundred six hundred five 361 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:29.279 thousand and four to support Daily Hope and we'll send 362 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:33.960 you this powerful resource. Or you can visit Pastororrick dot com. 363 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:37.839 That's eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four or 364 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:41.559 Pastorerick dot com. They are only two days left to 365 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:44.880 get your copy of the Lord's Prayer Children's Gift Book, 366 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.960 so don't wait. Here's Pastor Rick with a letter from 367 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.160 one of our listeners. 368 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:54.200 You know, I've often said that I'm addicted to change lives. 369 00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:58.079 It's what keeps me going. One good story from you 370 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.680 can keep me going for another month to hear how 371 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:03.440 God's working in your life. It just keeps me motivated. 372 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:06.759 So you bless me with your stories. Here's one that 373 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:09.599 came from a woman named Tania, who's a brand new believer. 374 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:12.839 She wrote, Pastor Rick, I'm a new person in Christ 375 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:17.319 and I'm learning more and more every day. My supervisor 376 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.599 here at work came in about a week ago and 377 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:22.920 told me about your Daily Hope devotional and your broadcast. 378 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:28.119 I am now hooked. Listening to Daily Hope each morning 379 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.480 has become a blessing to my soul. It's really helped 380 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:35.559 me to implement the Word of God in my daily life. Well, Tania, 381 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.240 this is why we do what we do. This is 382 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:41.759 why we do Daily Hope for people like you, people 383 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:45.200 who want to grow, who desire to grow, and who 384 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:48.359 take the time to grow by getting into God's Word 385 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:51.200 on a daily basis. Now, I want you to notice 386 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:55.319 something about Tania's story. She didn't find the Daily Hope 387 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:59.200 broadcast or podcast on her own. It was her coworker 388 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:03.920 who told about Daily Hope. Who have you told? You 389 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:06.039 may have been listening to Daily Hope for weeks, or 390 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:09.279 months or even longer. Would you be an agent of 391 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:11.279 love and an agent of hope and tell four or 392 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:15.559 five people this week? Look for somebody today, Send an email, 393 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.359 write a text, call somebody in a phone and say 394 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:21.359 this has helped me in my spiritual life and I 395 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:24.160 want to pass it on to you that Daily Hope 396 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.880 can help you grow in your faith and in your 397 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.759 walk in Christ. Thanks for listening today. Be sure to 398 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:33.359 join me next time as we continue to look into 399 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.920 God's word for our Daily Hope and tell somebody about it. 400 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.640 God bless you. 401 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:40.920