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<v Speaker 1>You know, we really live in a world that's full

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<v Speaker 1>of competing beliefs and values and choices, and what you

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<v Speaker 1>believe shapes how you live and ultimately who you become.

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<v Speaker 1>But the good news is God hasn't left us to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it all out alone.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, today, on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to continue our series Reframing Your Worldview, where Rick Warren

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<v Speaker 1>unpacks powerful truths from God's Word to help you see

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<v Speaker 1>life clearly and live it with confidence and purpose. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Rick with part three of a message called how

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<v Speaker 1>did the World Get So Messed Up?

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says in Job Job was the wealthiest man

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<v Speaker 3>of his time, and yet he says this, I'm like

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<v Speaker 3>a caravan lost in the desert searching for water. When

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<v Speaker 3>you're disconnected from the source of life, which is God,

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<v Speaker 3>it leads to him. It leads to thirst, and you

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<v Speaker 3>don't know what's going to fill that thirst, and it

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<v Speaker 3>actually can lead to darkness. You're bumping around the dark

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<v Speaker 3>because you don't know where you're from and where you're going.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, the Bible says the Ephesians four eighteen, they've

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<v Speaker 3>refused for so long to deal with God, that they've

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<v Speaker 3>lost touch, not only with God but with reality itself.

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<v Speaker 3>Now that friends is not a pretty picture. There's a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of beautiful things in the world, and we can

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<v Speaker 3>see them all around us. But let's just be realistic.

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<v Speaker 3>At the same time. We live in a planet that's fallen.

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<v Speaker 3>So there is natural disaster and deformities, physical decay and death,

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<v Speaker 3>emotional stress, distress and disappointment, relational distance between me and you,

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<v Speaker 3>and discord, and spiritual discontent and darkness. It is no

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<v Speaker 3>wonder that depression is of epidemic proportions in our world.

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<v Speaker 3>So here's my question, how do you stay happy in

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<v Speaker 3>a world like that? First, how do you get happy?

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<v Speaker 3>And then how do you stay happy in a world

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<v Speaker 3>where there's a lot of things that aren't going right?

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<v Speaker 3>How do you do that? The answer is you do

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<v Speaker 3>what Jeremiah did. Jeremiah was a prophet. Some of you

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<v Speaker 3>thought he's a bullfrog, but he was actually a prophet,

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<v Speaker 3>and he wrote two books in the Bible, one called

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<v Speaker 3>the Book of Jeremiah, and he wrote a book called Lamentations.

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<v Speaker 3>Look up here on the screen, here's what he says.

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<v Speaker 3>This is Jeremiah's testimony. I cannot find peace, or remember happiness.

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<v Speaker 3>Just thinking of my troubles and my lonely wandering makes

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<v Speaker 3>me miserable.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all I ever think.

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<v Speaker 3>About, and I am depressed. Then he says, here's the

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<v Speaker 3>good part.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember something that fills.

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<v Speaker 3>Me with hope, and everybody needs hope when you live

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<v Speaker 3>in a falling planet. Then I remember something that fills

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<v Speaker 3>me with hope. The Lord's kindness never fails. If he

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<v Speaker 3>had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed. In

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<v Speaker 3>other words, the reason this is still going on is

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<v Speaker 3>because of God's grace. The Lord can always be trusted

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<v Speaker 3>to show mercy each morning. So deep in my heart,

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<v Speaker 3>I say, Lord, you are all that I need.

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<v Speaker 2>I can depend on you. How do you get happy

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<v Speaker 2>in the world, You say, Lord, you are all that

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<v Speaker 2>I need. Don't put your trust in.

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<v Speaker 3>Success, status, salary, sex or other things. Those are fine,

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<v Speaker 3>but they're not the primary source. The primary source of

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<v Speaker 3>happiness is your relationship to God. And all that other

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<v Speaker 3>stuff's going to be gone eventually. You're only gonna get

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<v Speaker 3>it sixty eighty years. But you want to develop a

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<v Speaker 3>relationship with God because that's going to go on for eternity.

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<v Speaker 3>And he says, Lord, You are all that I need.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I look around and I've gotten nothing else,

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<v Speaker 3>you were all that I need.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason the world.

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<v Speaker 3>Is in a mess is because of sin. The result

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<v Speaker 3>of it is we live in a fallen planet. Now

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<v Speaker 3>here's the big question. Why didn't God just shut it down?

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<v Speaker 3>If the world is imperfect, then we've got rape and

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<v Speaker 3>abuse and murder and genocide and all these things. Why

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<v Speaker 3>didn't God just shut it all down? Why hasn't he

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<v Speaker 3>pulled the plug on the planet. Why hasn't he just

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<v Speaker 3>closed up shop? Why is He letting it go on

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<v Speaker 3>and on and on? In spite of all the evil

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<v Speaker 3>it's in the world. The way people hurt each other,

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<v Speaker 3>it breaks his heart.

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<v Speaker 2>He sees it all. He grieves over it.

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<v Speaker 3>He sees people choosing to do evil against each other.

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<v Speaker 2>It breaks his heart. It causes him to grieve. The

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<v Speaker 2>only reason you've got emotions is God has emotions. He

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<v Speaker 2>gave him to you. You're made in his image. So

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<v Speaker 2>why didn't God just pull the plug on the planet.

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<v Speaker 3>What's the for God letting it continue? Well, this is

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<v Speaker 3>part of worldview, and you need to understand this. Although

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<v Speaker 3>the world is broken, God is still in control and

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<v Speaker 3>the moment that he wants to shut it down. Believe me,

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<v Speaker 3>he's going to shut it down. So why is it

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<v Speaker 3>still going on? In spite of all of the bad

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<v Speaker 3>and evil in the world, and the sorrow and the

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<v Speaker 3>suffering and the shame and the pain. God is allowing

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<v Speaker 3>it to continue a little while longer for three reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to know this. Number One, to give.

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<v Speaker 3>Us a choice. To give us a choice, and what

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<v Speaker 3>is that choice? To choose good or evil, to choose

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<v Speaker 3>right or wrong, to choose God or the devil, to

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<v Speaker 3>choose the right.

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<v Speaker 2>Way or the wrong way.

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<v Speaker 3>Although the world is broken, and although there is sin

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<v Speaker 3>in the world, by allowing it in there, it allows.

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<v Speaker 2>God to give you a choice. You See, here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 3>God wants you to love him because you choose to

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<v Speaker 3>love him, not because you're forced to love him.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't say it's real love.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't say I love you unless I can choose

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<v Speaker 3>to not love you.

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<v Speaker 2>See.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't make my wife marry me. I can't make

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<v Speaker 3>her stay married to me. It has to be a choice.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what love is. And because of that, God says,

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to choose to love me, not I'm

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<v Speaker 3>the only alternative, and so God allows a choice. And

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<v Speaker 3>by allowing a sin in the world, you can choose

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<v Speaker 3>to believe in God, you choose to not believe in God.

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<v Speaker 3>You can choose to follow Jesus Christ the Son. You

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<v Speaker 3>can choose to not follow his son.

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<v Speaker 2>You can choose to.

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<v Speaker 3>Say I want to follow God's purpose for my life,

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<v Speaker 3>and you can say I think I'll just make up

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<v Speaker 3>my own purpose in life and do my own thing.

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<v Speaker 3>God gives you the choice, and by allowing evil to

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<v Speaker 3>exist for a little bit longer.

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<v Speaker 2>It allows the choice.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says this in Deuteronomy thirty Today, I'm giving

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<v Speaker 3>you a choice between good and evil, and between life

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let me just say this.

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<v Speaker 3>You are free to make any choice you want to

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<v Speaker 3>on this planet. God gave you that free will, but

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<v Speaker 3>you are not free from the consequences. You're not free

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<v Speaker 3>to choose the consequences. I could go out this afternoon

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<v Speaker 3>and shoot up with drugs, but I'm not free from

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<v Speaker 3>the consequences of it. I could choose to go out

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<v Speaker 3>and get in a car accident or shoot people, but

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not free from the consequences of it. I can

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<v Speaker 3>choose to go out and go to bed with one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred different women.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm not free from the consequences of it.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I'm free to reject God my entire life

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<v Speaker 3>on earth, but I'm not free from the consequences in eternity.

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<v Speaker 3>God says, it's your choice, but there are consequences to

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<v Speaker 3>every choice. God gives us a choice. Here's the second reason.

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<v Speaker 3>He's allowing it to go on a little bit longer,

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<v Speaker 3>to show us our need for a savior. The worst

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<v Speaker 3>the world gets, the more we realize what a mess

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<v Speaker 3>we've made of it, the more we realize we're not

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<v Speaker 3>doing a too good job, not on our lives, not

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<v Speaker 3>on our families, not on our nation, not on the world.

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<v Speaker 2>And the more things kind of fall.

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<v Speaker 3>Apart, the more people tend to turn to God. And

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<v Speaker 3>we say, sometimes you have to be laid flat on

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<v Speaker 3>your back to force you to look up. The only

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<v Speaker 3>way God can get your attention. He's saying, hello, has

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<v Speaker 3>God ever had to get your attention through pain? You know,

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<v Speaker 3>he doesn't like pain, But if it'll get your attention,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a good thing. And to show us our need

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<v Speaker 3>for a savior. See human nature says I don't need God.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, I'll just be my own God.

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<v Speaker 3>Human nature says, now, I know in the Bible it says,

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<v Speaker 3>don't do these things.

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<v Speaker 2>But actually I know.

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<v Speaker 3>Better than God, and I know what will make me

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<v Speaker 3>happy more than God does. And even though God says

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<v Speaker 3>don't do these certain things, I think I'm still gonna

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<v Speaker 3>go ahead and do them because I actually know better

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<v Speaker 3>than God. And we always get into trouble when we

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<v Speaker 3>doubt God's wisdom or when we doubt God's love. They

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<v Speaker 3>are there for your benefit. Every principle in Scripture is

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<v Speaker 3>there for your benefit, because everything God does in your

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<v Speaker 3>life he does out of love to protect you from heartbreak,

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<v Speaker 3>to protect you from a lot of different things. But

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<v Speaker 3>it is human nature to think I know better than

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<v Speaker 3>God what I have to do in order to succeed.

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<v Speaker 3>I know what I have to do in order to

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<v Speaker 3>be popular, I know what I have to do in

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<v Speaker 3>order to get a husband. I know what I have

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<v Speaker 3>to do or whatever. And God saying, well, no, actually

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<v Speaker 3>you don't know better than me. No you don't. But

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<v Speaker 3>I need to show you that you need a savior,

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<v Speaker 3>and I need to show you that weout me and

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<v Speaker 3>my life. You're going to tend to act subhuman. In fact,

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<v Speaker 3>the Bible says this and Ecclesiastes three. God allows people

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<v Speaker 3>to continue in their sinful ways so he can test them,

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<v Speaker 3>and that way they can and see for themselves that

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<v Speaker 3>they are no better than animals. See what do you

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<v Speaker 3>mean by that? When you don't have any morals, you

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<v Speaker 3>act like an animal when you have no conscience. The

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<v Speaker 3>animals don't have conscience, and so they just do whatever

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<v Speaker 3>they feel like doing.

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<v Speaker 2>They have no right or wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just I do whatever I feel like doing. That's

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<v Speaker 3>what animals do. And he says, there are people out

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<v Speaker 3>there who are going to take advantage of you because they.

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<v Speaker 2>Have no conscience. They act like animals.

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<v Speaker 3>Some of them want to use you, some of them

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<v Speaker 3>want to be used by you. Some of them want

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<v Speaker 3>to abuse you. Some of them want to be abused

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<v Speaker 3>by you. Sweet dreams are I mean forget for you?

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<v Speaker 3>I am not anti Lenox, but it's good theology. Anti

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<v Speaker 3>Lenox was absolutely right that a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Act like animals. They're not animals, but.

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<v Speaker 3>They act like because they act without time. And what

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<v Speaker 3>we need is a savior. And why do you need

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<v Speaker 3>a savior? You say, why do I need a savior?

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<v Speaker 3>That's like asking why do I need air? You are

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<v Speaker 3>disconnected from the source of life. If you're not connected

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<v Speaker 3>to God. Everything you own, and everything you own and

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<v Speaker 3>everything in your.

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<v Speaker 2>Life is because of God. You owe it all to God.

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<v Speaker 2>You need a savior? Why?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, one reason, there are a lot of reasons, I

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<v Speaker 3>could give you a hundred. One of them is there's

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<v Speaker 3>some things in your life you just can't do in

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<v Speaker 3>your own power. The next verse says this, when I

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<v Speaker 2>I do it anyway. Well, all of us have felt

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<v Speaker 3>Could probably give you one hundred things in your life

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<v Speaker 3>that are good for you that you don't do, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know they're good for you, you just don't do them.

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<v Speaker 3>And I could probably give you one hundred things in

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<v Speaker 3>your life that you know are bad for you, but

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<v Speaker 3>you do them.

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<v Speaker 2>He do him anyway? Why?

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<v Speaker 3>Because knowing it and doing it are two different things.

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<v Speaker 3>I just don't have the power to change. And I

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<v Speaker 3>would say, you're right, that's why you need Jesus. You

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<v Speaker 2>You need a savior.

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<v Speaker 3>And at Christmas, they said, unto you is born this

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<v Speaker 3>day as savior.

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<v Speaker 2>Who is Christ the Lord?

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<v Speaker 3>Why if you didn't need a savior, God wouldn't have

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<v Speaker 3>wasted the time sinning Jesus. You need him, And so

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<v Speaker 3>He's allowing the things to go on in the world

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<v Speaker 3>the realization that we need him.

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<v Speaker 2>And number three, to demonstrate his grace.

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<v Speaker 3>God is allowing the evil to continue in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>He has not shut down the world, which he's going

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<v Speaker 3>through one day, because he's trying to demonstrate his grace.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says in a second Peter three nine, the

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<v Speaker 3>Lord isn't being slow about his promise to return, as

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<v Speaker 3>some people think. No, he's being paid for your sake.

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<v Speaker 3>Reason why God has not shut down the earth yet.

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<v Speaker 3>are people he has created that he loves, and he

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<v Speaker 3>choose him, and he wants you to choose him.

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<v Speaker 2>And he said I'm waiting a little bit longer.

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<v Speaker 3>Because once the door is closed on the ark and

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<v Speaker 3>it starts raining, they're not going to reopen it. Once

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<v Speaker 3>God says okay, time's up. History's ending. We're now going

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<v Speaker 3>into the eternity phase. It's over. They're in the second chance.

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<v Speaker 3>And God is saying, the reason why I put up

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<v Speaker 3>and all the evil that breaks my heart in this world,

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<v Speaker 3>I watched my own son die for it. The reason

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<v Speaker 3>I put it is because I love human beings and

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<v Speaker 3>I want them in my family. I created them, and

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<v Speaker 3>I want you. And I'm waiting just a.

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<v Speaker 2>Little bit longer, giving you a little bit more time.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm being patient so you will come to know me

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<v Speaker 3>and repent. That's why He's doing it, shows his grace. Now, Listen,

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<v Speaker 3>when somebody comes to you and says this, you know what,

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what you say to that person.

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<v Speaker 3>I could neither and I don't and I could not

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<v Speaker 3>worship a god, and I don't believe in that kind

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, he's not callous.

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<v Speaker 3>You have no idea how much sin hurts God. He

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<v Speaker 3>grieves over it every second of the day. Sees every

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<v Speaker 3>and he weeps and he sorrows, and everything in him

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<v Speaker 3>wants to just shut it all down and say enough enough.

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<v Speaker 3>But he's letting it go because he wants you to

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<v Speaker 3>know him. That's how much he loves you. He's waiting

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<v Speaker 3>for you to say yes. Because when the.

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<v Speaker 2>Door shut, it's shut.

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<v Speaker 3>And he cares about those illnesses and those diseases and

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<v Speaker 3>those people who are suffering in the world far more

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<v Speaker 3>than you do. Don't ever accuse God of Caelosi's. He

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<v Speaker 3>thinks about it every second, far more than you do.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't think about it every second you're thinking about yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>And believe me, I believe in a God who one

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<v Speaker 3>day is going to stop evil dead in its tracks,

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<v Speaker 3>going to judge the with a holy wrath, the evil

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<v Speaker 3>doers in the world and judge it all, and he's

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<v Speaker 3>going to take those who have loved him to a

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<v Speaker 3>perfect place of perfection that he has called Heaven, where

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<v Speaker 3>we will live with Him without evil forever. That's the

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<v Speaker 3>kind of God I believe in. That's the kind of

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<v Speaker 3>God the Bible talks about. And the only reason he's

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<v Speaker 3>holding back his fierce judgment on all of sin and

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<v Speaker 3>all the evil on this world is because he loves you,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's giving you a chance, a choice, a chance,

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<v Speaker 3>and an opportunity to know him. It's for your benefit,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's waiting for you and some others in his

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<v Speaker 3>family to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>What a great message from Pastor Rick today. There's something

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<v Speaker 1>I always take away from his message. Here's Rick to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how you can help support this ministry.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus told his disciples that they should live their lives

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<v Speaker 3>according to five specific purposes. He said, you've got to

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<v Speaker 3>love God with all your heart. That's worship, and love

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<v Speaker 3>your neighbors yourself. That's ministry. That's called the Great Commandment.

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<v Speaker 3>And then Jesus said, go make disciples, that's evangelism, Baptize

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<v Speaker 3>them into the Family of God. That's fellowship, a sign

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<v Speaker 3>of fellowship. And then he said, teach them obey everything

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<v Speaker 3>I've taught you, that's discipleship, and we call that the

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<v Speaker 3>Great Commission. We believe it Daily Hope, that a great

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<v Speaker 3>commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will

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<v Speaker 3>produce a great Christian, a great church, a great company,

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<v Speaker 3>a great community.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>I started Daily Hope so I could spread the good

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<v Speaker 3>news about Jesus, not just across America, but all around

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<v Speaker 2>And we want.

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<v Speaker 3>People to know that God's word is filled with hope

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<v Speaker 3>and truth and the power that we need to follow

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<v Speaker 3>him every day is available to every single one. You

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<v Speaker 3>know as well as I do, that the Word of

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<v Speaker 3>God changes lives. It's a live it's active, and it

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<v Speaker 3>breathes new life and new love into all of our lives.

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<v Speaker 3>So wherever you listen to this, whether you listen on

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<v Speaker 3>the website, whether you listen on a radio station, or

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<v Speaker 3>whether you listen to a podcast, you're a part of

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<v Speaker 3>the Daily Hope family, and I need your help. We

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<v Speaker 3>could not do this without your support. We're one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>percent listener funded. Would you continue to pray for this

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<v Speaker 2>And let write to me, let me hear from you.

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<v Speaker 3>I absolutely love reading the stories that are sent to me.

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<v Speaker 3>So write me, pray for me, and support this ministry,

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<v Speaker 3>and God will bless it, and God will bless you,

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<v Speaker 3>and we'll get to heaven, and we'll thank God for

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<v Speaker 3>all the people going to be in heaven because you cared.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, if you'd like to support Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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<v Speaker 1>just go to Pastor rick dot com. That's Pastorrick dot com,

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<v Speaker 1>or you can text the word hope to seven oh

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

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<v Speaker 1>three oh nine. And really, from the bottom of our hearts,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you so much for your support. Your gift

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<v Speaker 1>to Daily Hope helps us share the hope of Christ

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<v Speaker 1>with people everywhere. Hey, be sure to join us next

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<v Speaker 1>time when we look into God's word for our daily hope.

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