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<v Speaker 1>Are Heaven and Hell real places?

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<v Speaker 2>And what are they like? Today?

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<v Speaker 1>On Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible Teaching Ministry of

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<v Speaker 1>Rick Warren, we continue his series called Eternal Realities, Heaven

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<v Speaker 1>and Hell. In these lessons, Rick shares what the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>says about heaven and Hell and how you can be

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely certain you'll go to Heaven. Coming up right now,

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<v Speaker 1>here's part one of a message called how to be

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<v Speaker 1>Certain You're going to Heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, this week I was doing a little spring

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<v Speaker 3>cleaning and I was going through the stack of old

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<v Speaker 3>magazines that I found this Time magazine from nineteen ninety three,

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<v Speaker 3>and the cover says Los Angeles is the city of

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<v Speaker 3>Angels going to Hell.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know, I don't know if the city of Angels.

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<v Speaker 3>Is going to Hell or not, but I'm more interested

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<v Speaker 3>in knowing am I going to Heaven? If I were

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<v Speaker 3>to go over to a mall this afternoon, ask people,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, if you were to die tonight and and

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<v Speaker 3>you were to stand before God and to say God says,

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<v Speaker 3>why should I let you into Heaven?

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<v Speaker 2>What would you say?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you sure you're going to Heaven when you die?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you absolutely certain that.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to heaven when you die.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, most people would say, well, I think, so.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope, so.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess I am. Obviously I want to go, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I hope in.

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<v Speaker 2>Wish that I am. Well.

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<v Speaker 3>Friends, you know, hoping and wishing and guess it isn't

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<v Speaker 3>good enough.

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<v Speaker 2>I need to know this for sure. Only a fool.

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<v Speaker 3>Would go all through life totally unprepared for something you

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<v Speaker 3>know is inevitable. The mortality rate in the world is

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<v Speaker 3>now one hundred percent. I didn't know if you'd heard

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<v Speaker 3>that or not. Okay, we're all going to die at

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<v Speaker 3>some point, and the question is what's going to happen

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<v Speaker 3>after I die? Well, you know, today I want to

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<v Speaker 3>help you settle this basic issue. God doesn't Here's the

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<v Speaker 3>good news. God doesn't want you being in doubt. He

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't want you worried. He didn't want you fearful. He

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't want you wondering all of your life. Am I

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<v Speaker 3>gonna make it or not? Am I going to be

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<v Speaker 3>in or not?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 3>He says, you can settle it without a doubt in

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<v Speaker 3>your mind. You could have it absolutely confidently for sure,

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<v Speaker 3>know that you're going to heaven when you die. And

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<v Speaker 3>so today we're going to get back to the basics

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<v Speaker 3>and settle this issue so that nobody here when you leave,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't have any doubt in your mind that you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to heaven when you die. You know, all great

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<v Speaker 3>coaches begin with the basics. They never assume that people

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<v Speaker 3>know the basics. Coach John Wooden, the most famous basketball

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<v Speaker 3>coach in history, the winningest coach in basketball history, wouldn't

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<v Speaker 3>with such a success because he always began with the basics.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, every year as he began basketball season, on

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<v Speaker 3>the first day of training, he would spend an entire

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<v Speaker 3>day training as players how to put their socks on correctly,

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<v Speaker 3>not another is an incorrect way to do it. Course,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't wear socks, but I didn't know that you.

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<v Speaker 2>Could put them on incorrectly. Now you know.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, if you take care of your feet, your

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<v Speaker 3>feet will take care of you. And he said, if

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<v Speaker 3>you put a sock on incorrectly and you're out there

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<v Speaker 3>screeching and scratching across the basketball court, he said, you're

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<v Speaker 3>going to get blisters and bunions and you know, all

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<v Speaker 3>kinds of bruises on your feet. He said, you need

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<v Speaker 3>to know how to put it on correctly. So he

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<v Speaker 3>never assumes that people know how to put on a

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<v Speaker 3>sock correctly. Vince Lombardi, the famous NFL coach he won

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<v Speaker 3>the first Super Bowls, was the same way every year.

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<v Speaker 3>He would start training by holding up a football and saying, gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 3>this is a football.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, don't ever assume nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>So today we're going to go back to the basics

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<v Speaker 3>and we're going to look at the most famous verse

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<v Speaker 3>in the Bible. It's one that everybody's probably heard of.

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<v Speaker 3>If you only got one verse in the entire bye,

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<v Speaker 3>well you got this one.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the one to know. This is the one

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<v Speaker 3>Memorize, because this is like Christianity one oh one. It's

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<v Speaker 3>basic summarized cliff notes on the Bible. It's John chapter

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<v Speaker 3>three verse Yeah, John three sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know that.

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<v Speaker 3>Verse, it's the verse that the weirdo guys with the

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<v Speaker 3>colored hair hold.

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<v Speaker 2>Up in the end zone.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, you're seeing these guys with the sun on Monday

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<v Speaker 3>night football John three point sixteen. It's like, who's John

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<v Speaker 2>You know, It's like.

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<v Speaker 3>It is the most important or famous verse in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>I put it there at the top of your outline.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's read it aloud together. For God so loved the

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<v Speaker 3>world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever

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<v Speaker 3>believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let me read it to you again.

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<v Speaker 3>God so loved the world that he gave his only

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<v Speaker 3>begotten son. That's that's Jesus, that whosoever believes in him

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<v Speaker 3>should not perish but have everlasting life. Now, there's a

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<v Speaker 3>couple things I want you to notice about this verse. First,

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<v Speaker 3>there's six words. You got a pencil, you might circle

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<v Speaker 3>these God only son, perish, eternal life. Circle those six words,

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<v Speaker 3>god only son, perish eternal life. Now, when you take

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<v Speaker 3>the first letters of each of those six words, what

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<v Speaker 3>does that spell? Gospel? Yeah, and you've heard this word gospel.

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<v Speaker 3>What does it mean Gospel? We talk about gospel music

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<v Speaker 3>or he's sharing the gospel. Gospel is just an old

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<v Speaker 3>English word and it means good news. That's all it means,

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<v Speaker 3>good news. This verse is often called the gospel. In

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<v Speaker 3>a single sentence, it's the best news you've ever heard,

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<v Speaker 3>are ever gonna hear? The second thing I want you

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<v Speaker 3>to notice about this is the middle word there's twenty

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<v Speaker 3>five letters in this twenty five words in this verse,

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<v Speaker 3>and the middle word, the thirteenth word is the word son.

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<v Speaker 3>It's talking about Jesus Son. Now, the first twelve words

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<v Speaker 3>are all about God. God so loved the world that

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<v Speaker 3>he gave is only begotten. And then Sun is in

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<v Speaker 3>the middle, and the last twelve words are all about

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<v Speaker 3>you and me. That whosoever believes in him should not

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<v Speaker 3>perish but have everlasting life, and that in itself is

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<v Speaker 3>a picture. The Bible says that God is on one

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<v Speaker 3>side and mankind's on the other, and Jesus Christ came

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<v Speaker 3>to earth to bring them together. That's what he came

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<v Speaker 3>to earth to do. He's the bridge over troubled waters.

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<v Speaker 3>He's the mediator between God and man. Jesus came to

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<v Speaker 3>bring God and us together. Now, what we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>do today is take this verse apart, phrase by phrase,

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<v Speaker 3>so that when we finish today, you don't have any

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<v Speaker 3>doubt in your mind that you know you're going to heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>And there are four keys. There are four phrases in

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<v Speaker 3>this verse. Now, if you're taking notes, you might write

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<v Speaker 3>this down. The first thing is you must recognize God's love.

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<v Speaker 3>If you want to go to heaven, the first thing

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<v Speaker 3>you got to do is recognize God's love, how much

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<v Speaker 3>he loves you. The Bible says, God so loved the world. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>God says, I don't want you to just recognize it intellectually.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to recognize it emotionally. I want you

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<v Speaker 3>to feel it. The Bible tells us that God is love.

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<v Speaker 3>Doesn't say he has love. It says he is love.

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<v Speaker 2>God is love.

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<v Speaker 3>It is his nature, it's its character, it's what he

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<v Speaker 3>mads up of. And the Bible says that everything in

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<v Speaker 3>the universe was created simply so God could love it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why it exists.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says God created all the planets just so

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<v Speaker 3>he can love it. God created all the animals just

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<v Speaker 3>so he can love them. God created all of the

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<v Speaker 3>trees and the plants and all of.

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<v Speaker 2>The vegetation so he could love it. And God created you.

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<v Speaker 3>So he could love you. That's why you're alive. The

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<v Speaker 3>only reason you're alive is God wanted you alive and

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<v Speaker 3>He made you to love you. You were created as

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<v Speaker 3>an object of God's love. And the reason your heart's

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<v Speaker 3>beating right now, and the reason you're taking your next

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<v Speaker 3>breath is because.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants to love you. It's the whole reason you're alive.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, if God hadn't wanted to love you, you

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't be alive right now now. God's love for you

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<v Speaker 3>is an amazing kind of love. We talk about love

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<v Speaker 3>all the time. You always say, you know, we throw

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<v Speaker 3>the word around, hey, I love you man. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I love you man in that manly, macho kind of way.

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<v Speaker 3>And we say I love you. We don't go around

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<v Speaker 3>and say, oh, I so love you. If you did,

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<v Speaker 3>you'd get that interaction. But the Bible says God so

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<v Speaker 3>loved the world. That means his love is extravagant, it's lavish,

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<v Speaker 3>it's beyond comprehension. God loves you on your good days,

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<v Speaker 3>on your bad days. He loves you when it's rain,

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<v Speaker 3>and he loves you when it's shining him. He loves

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<v Speaker 3>you when you feel it. He loves you when you

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<v Speaker 3>don't feel it. He loves you when you do the

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<v Speaker 3>right thing. He loves you when you do the wrong thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Why Because God's love isn't based on who you are,

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<v Speaker 2>Who he is. God is love.

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<v Speaker 3>God's love in base on what you do your performance.

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<v Speaker 3>It's based on what Jesus has already done for you.

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<v Speaker 3>You can't make God stop loving you. You can try,

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<v Speaker 3>but you can't because God's love is not based on

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<v Speaker 3>your performance on what you do. It's based on the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that he chooses to love you unconditionally. Well, you

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<v Speaker 3>slowed on down long enough so I can say this

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<v Speaker 3>to you, God says, I love you. I've loved you

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<v Speaker 3>every moment of your life. I made you to love you.

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<v Speaker 3>I saw you formed in your mother's womb, and I

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<v Speaker 3>loved you. Then I saw you take your first breath,

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<v Speaker 3>and I loved you. Then I saw you take your

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<v Speaker 3>first step, and I loved you. Then I saw all

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<v Speaker 3>the good and the bad in your life, the highs

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<v Speaker 3>and lows, the right and the wrong. And I have

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<v Speaker 3>loved you no matter what, because I made you to

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<v Speaker 3>love you. God so loved the world. Now notice these

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<v Speaker 3>verses out of the Bible. In the Book of First John,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a book in the Bible. In chapter four it

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<v Speaker 3>says this God showed how much he loved us by

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<v Speaker 3>sending his only son into the world, that's Jesus, so

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<v Speaker 3>that we might have eternal life through him.

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<v Speaker 2>This is real love.

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<v Speaker 3>He sent his son as a sacrifice to take away

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<v Speaker 3>our sins. God didn't just say he loved you. He

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<v Speaker 3>showed it. A lot of people say it, they don't

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<v Speaker 3>do anything about it.

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<v Speaker 2>He showed it.

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<v Speaker 3>He showed it in the most expensive way. He sacrificed

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<v Speaker 3>his son. He proved it. And when Jesus Christ stretched

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<v Speaker 3>out his arms on the cross to die for us,

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<v Speaker 3>he was saying to you, I love you this much.

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<v Speaker 3>I love you so much it hurts. I love you

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<v Speaker 3>so much. I'd rather die than live without you. That's

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<v Speaker 3>And even if you were the only person who had

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<v Speaker 3>and died on the cross for you so that he

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says, this, what an incredible quality of love

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<v Speaker 3>You know the difference between right and wrong. You can pray,

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<v Speaker 3>doggy given thanks before it eats its food. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>God wanted a.

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<v Speaker 3>Family and he wants you in it. Now, that is

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<v Speaker 3>And what's even more amazing to me is that he

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<v Speaker 3>I can understand you. I mean, nuds, I mean that

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<v Speaker 3>is grace. I tell you, that really is grace. God

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<v Speaker 3>God wants you to know his love. Look up the

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<v Speaker 3>next verse out of the Bible. It says, may you

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<v Speaker 3>be able to feel and understand how long and how wide,

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<v Speaker 3>and how deep and how high God's love really is,

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<v Speaker 3>and to experience this love for yourself. Did you know,

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<v Speaker 3>God says I want you to don't not just know it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I know. God loves me. Not an intellectual trip. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I know. God loves me.

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<v Speaker 3>He wants you to feel it, to experience it, to

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<v Speaker 3>have never felt the unconditional love of God because when

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<v Speaker 3>you feel it, it transforms your life. You're never the

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<v Speaker 3>same again the day that you act actually feel totally

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<v Speaker 3>loved by God. After that day, you will never again

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<v Speaker 3>Me, and that will change your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>God says, I want you to feel all four dimensions.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not three dimensionals four dimensional first, it says, in fact,

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<v Speaker 3>you might circle the four dimensions, long and wide and

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<v Speaker 3>deep and high. He says, I want you to know

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<v Speaker 3>that first. How long is God's love long enough to

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<v Speaker 3>last forever? I don't know if you figured this out

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<v Speaker 3>or not, but human love doesn't last. That's why you've

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<v Speaker 3>wears out. But God will never stop loving you. Let

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<v Speaker 3>me say this, you will never meet a man who

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<v Speaker 2>As much as Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>You will never meet another woman who will love you

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<v Speaker 3>as much as Jesus Christ. Because God's love is long

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<v Speaker 3>enough to last forever. It is eternal. How long is

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<v Speaker 3>Wide enough to be everywhere? There is no place you

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<v Speaker 3>can go where God's love is not now. You may

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<v Speaker 3>not feel his love, but it's there. You're just not

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<v Speaker 3>tuned in. There are times in your life when you

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<v Speaker 3>feel lonely, but you shouldn't be lonely because God is

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<v Speaker 3>never without you, or you're never without God. His love

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<v Speaker 3>is everywhere, And when you feel lonely, you're just not

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<v Speaker 3>tuned in spiritually, You're not plugged in. You're not realizing

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<v Speaker 3>it that He is never away from you. He is

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<v Speaker 2>Forever, It's wide enough to be everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>How deep is God's love deep enough to handle any problem?

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<v Speaker 3>Deep enough to handle it. You say I'm in the pits,

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<v Speaker 3>I've hit bottom I'm in the pit of hell. God's

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<v Speaker 3>going through. His love is deeper than that problem. A

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<v Speaker 3>few years ago there was a great movie it came

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<v Speaker 3>you may have seen. It is about in Holland when

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<v Speaker 3>people in Holland hid the Jews in order to keep

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<v Speaker 3>of this one family, the ten Boom family, a Christian

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<v Speaker 3>family who hid Jews in their attic to keep them

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<v Speaker 3>from being taken into the death camps by the Nazis.

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<v Speaker 3>It's true story. And one day these twins, these sisters,

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<v Speaker 3>Corey and Betsy, and their father and mother that they

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<v Speaker 3>were hiding the Jews. And the stormtroopers discovered this and

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<v Speaker 3>off to Auschwitz. And in that Auschwitz camp, in the

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<v Speaker 3>there who have lost everything they've ever owned and all

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<v Speaker 3>their family and their friends, and she said, there is

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<v Speaker 3>no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still.

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<v Speaker 3>How high is God's love? Well, it's high enough to

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<v Speaker 3>overlook your mistakes. Aren't you glad for that one?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care what you've done, or who you've done

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<v Speaker 3>it with, or how long you've done it or where

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<v Speaker 3>you did it. God says, I want you to come

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<v Speaker 3>back to me. I love you, I want to forgive you.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to give you a fresh start. A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of people think, you know, because all the stuff I've

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to scold me, He's going.

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<v Speaker 3>To tell me all the bad things I've ever done

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<v Speaker 3>make me feel bad. Listen, God isn't mad at you.

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<v Speaker 2>He's mad about you. He's not mad at you, He's

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<v Speaker 1>That was such an encouraging message from Pastor Rick, and

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<v Speaker 1>now to encourage us more, here's Rick with a letter

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<v Speaker 1>from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to say thanks to all of you who

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<v Speaker 3>are supporting Daily Hope Ministry with your financial gifts and

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<v Speaker 3>with your prayers. I know you appreciate these notes that

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<v Speaker 3>I get from people around the world as much as

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<v Speaker 3>I do. Let me just share one with you from

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<v Speaker 3>a woman named Anna who is an elementary school principal,

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<v Speaker 3>and she just wrote this, your Pastor Rick. I became

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<v Speaker 2>Now. We've had Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 3>Bible series and studies at our church during the summers,

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<v Speaker 3>and I always enjoyed them so much, and I've invited

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<v Speaker 3>many friends and relatives to visit our church. A couple

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<v Speaker 3>years ago, I began to share your devotion Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 3>with all of my staff members each morning. See she's

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<v Speaker 3>a principle, she's sharing this with her staff. She said,

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<v Speaker 3>I've seen their growth in God. I've seen the transformation

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<v Speaker 3>in their lives and characters over these past years, and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm amazed at the Lord's love and mercy. That doesn't

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<v Speaker 3>mean that we haven't struggled with issues such as death

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<v Speaker 3>and depression and disappointments and illness things like that. However,

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<v Speaker 3>we have had our eyes on God during all of

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<v Speaker 3>the things that have come against us, and this has

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<v Speaker 3>made a difference. I pray with them during our staff

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<v Speaker 3>meetings to give thanks. So Pastor Rick, I just want

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<v Speaker 3>to thank you for following God's calling. Even though you

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<v Speaker 3>go through struggles and life problems just like we all do.

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<v Speaker 2>God is with you.

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<v Speaker 3>May the Lord continue to bless you and your beautiful family.

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<v Speaker 3>May continue to bless you with wisdom and discernment so

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<v Speaker 3>that you're able to share your gift with all of us. Blessings, Anna, Well, Anna,

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<v Speaker 3>God bless you. Thanks for writing. I love getting these

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<v Speaker 3>letters and you actually encouraged me. And I love the

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<v Speaker 3>fact that as a principle, you're sharing the broadcast and

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<v Speaker 3>you're sharing the devotionals with your staff. This makes you

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<v Speaker 3>a partner in this ministry, and I thank you for

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<v Speaker 3>doing that. I want to encourage everybody else's listening. Find

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<v Speaker 3>somebody that you could share the good news with, tell

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<v Speaker 3>them about Daily Hope. God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>Please join us next time as we look into God's

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<v Speaker 1>word for our daily hope. This program is sponsored by

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and your generous financial support.