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<v Speaker 1>Hi, this is Pastor Rick Warren and I can't wait

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<v Speaker 1>to see what God's going to do through Daily Hope

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<v Speaker 1>in this coming new year. Thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 1>your support. I love you, I'm praying for you. I

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<v Speaker 1>thank God for you. I appreciate you more than words

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<v Speaker 1>can say. Have a happy New Year.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry

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<v Speaker 2>of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue in a series

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<v Speaker 2>called Transformed. In these lessons, Rick uncovers key principles found

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<v Speaker 2>in God's Word that will completely transform our lives from

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<v Speaker 2>the inside out in every area including spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, relational, financial,

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<v Speaker 2>and vocational. Now, if you can improve in any of

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<v Speaker 2>these areas I just mentioned, stay with us, because in

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<v Speaker 2>just a few moments we're going to let you know

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<v Speaker 2>how you can have your very own Transformed study kit

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<v Speaker 2>from Pastor Rick, which includes a seven session DVD and workbook.

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<v Speaker 2>You can take a sneak peek right now by going

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<v Speaker 2>to pastor Rick dot com while you listen, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you want, you can just text the word Daily to

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<v Speaker 2>eight hundred, six hundred five thousand and four to find

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<v Speaker 2>out more. Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part

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<v Speaker 2>three of a message called from Stressed to Blest.

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<v Speaker 1>Any of you remember Woodstock. There's this rock concert many

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<v Speaker 1>many years ago. Joni Mitchell wrote a song about it

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<v Speaker 1>called Woodstock, and it says, well, I came upon a

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<v Speaker 1>child of God. He was walking along the road, and

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<v Speaker 1>I said, where are you're going? He said, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>up the Asgars Farm for this rock and roll band.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a line in the course that says this.

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<v Speaker 1>We are stardust, we are golden, and we're caught in

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<v Speaker 1>the devil's bargain and we've got to get back to

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<v Speaker 1>the garden. And it's a capital g she's talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the Garden of Eden. We've gone a long way from

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<v Speaker 1>the Garden of Eden on this planet. People say I

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<v Speaker 1>feel close to God in nature. Of course you do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's God's beauty, and beauty inspires and beauty motivates. Notice

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<v Speaker 1>the next verse, Psalm twenty three, Verse two and three.

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<v Speaker 1>He makes me lie down. But where does he make

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<v Speaker 1>me lie down? He makes me lie down in lush

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<v Speaker 1>green meadows golf course and leaves me beside calm, quiet

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<v Speaker 1>waters by the sandtrap. He restores my soul. Okay, he

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<v Speaker 1>restores my soul. Now, it's no wonder. Psalm twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>is the most beloved psalm because we can all visualize

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<v Speaker 1>this one. When I say think about lush green meadows

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<v Speaker 1>and a calm, quiet lake, you relaxus thinking about it. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>If I say think about downtown in La, you get

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<v Speaker 1>stressed out. I say think about meadows and calm waters

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<v Speaker 1>and babbling brooks. Nature refreshes because beauty inspires. Now you

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<v Speaker 1>need beautiful scenes. You need to see beautiful scenes, and

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<v Speaker 1>you need to hear beautiful sounds. In order to keep

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<v Speaker 1>the stress down in your life. You need to add

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<v Speaker 1>beauty into your life. Let me give you some suggestions.

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<v Speaker 1>Write these down. Number one, get outside every day. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're not getting outside every day, your stress level is

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<v Speaker 1>going up, even if it's just your backyard, even as

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<v Speaker 1>just walk around the block, even if it's take your

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<v Speaker 1>lunch outside. Walk outside of the office and sit outside

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<v Speaker 1>and look up at a tree while you eat your sandwich.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to get in touch with God's creation. You

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<v Speaker 1>need to surround yourself with beauty. Get out side. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me give you a second suggestion, start the day with God,

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<v Speaker 1>not the media. Before you read any text, message, before

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<v Speaker 1>you check your email, before you turn on the radio

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<v Speaker 1>to some talk radio people screaming in each other, or

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<v Speaker 1>before you turn on the television for some morning show.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to get in touch with God first. The

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<v Speaker 1>first seven minutes of your day set your mood every day.

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<v Speaker 1>So do you want to start it with an alarm

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<v Speaker 1>clock and then the worst news of the day coming

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<v Speaker 1>at you. No, you don't really need to know all

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<v Speaker 1>the bad news first thing. When you get up, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to know that you need to turn on

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<v Speaker 1>some praise music, some worship music. You need to get

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<v Speaker 1>in touch with God. You need to let the first

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<v Speaker 1>five ten minutes of your day be with the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>and that'll dramatically reduce your stress and improve your mood.

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<v Speaker 1>Another suggestion number three, intentionally put beauty around you, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's pieces of art or music that inspires you, or

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<v Speaker 1>something a craft that something that you know. I used

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<v Speaker 1>had my library filled with them, because looking at those

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<v Speaker 1>things simply inspired me to go, wow, that the intricacy

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<v Speaker 1>of that nautilus, How God inspired that Looking at beauty

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<v Speaker 1>lowers your stress level. Listening to beauty lowers your stress level.

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<v Speaker 1>So I highly recommend that you either take up an

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<v Speaker 1>instrument or or some kind of art or craft to

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<v Speaker 1>create beauty. You are most like your creator when you're

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<v Speaker 1>being creative, and so you need art in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You need beauty. And by the way, art and music

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<v Speaker 1>are two of the greatest arguments against evolution. Why because

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<v Speaker 1>they're totally unnecessary for human survival. And if the whole

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<v Speaker 1>survival of the fittest really works, then why in the

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<v Speaker 1>world do we have music and art in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Because you're more than a body and God made you

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<v Speaker 1>for worship. Did you know more songs have been written

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<v Speaker 1>about Jesus than any other subject in human history? Did

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<v Speaker 1>you know more books have been written about Jesus than

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<v Speaker 1>in any other subject in human history. Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>that more art has been created about the Bible and

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<v Speaker 1>the honor and glorify God and Jesus than any other

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<v Speaker 1>subject in history? Why God gave us music and God

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<v Speaker 1>gave us art for one reason, to express emotion. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the only purpose of it. You don't need it for

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<v Speaker 1>physical survival, but you do need it to really live,

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<v Speaker 1>to be who God made you to be, so fill

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<v Speaker 1>your life with art and fill your life with music.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when I get stressed out, I go home,

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<v Speaker 1>I pick up at katar, I start playing guitar, are

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<v Speaker 1>set on piano, Bang on the piano. It doesn't matter, kazoo,

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<v Speaker 1>you know whatever, just come and paper. It's like last

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<v Speaker 1>week you said, make a joyful noise. That don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to be pretty, Just make a joyful noise. Philippians four

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<v Speaker 1>to eight says this. You'll do best by filling your

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<v Speaker 1>minds and meditating on things that are true and noble

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<v Speaker 1>and reputable, and authentic and compelling and gracious. It sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like television, doesn't it. No, it doesn't. That is not television. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>You'll do best by filling your mind with things that

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<v Speaker 1>are true and noble and authentic, compelling, gracious, the best,

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<v Speaker 1>not the worst, the beautiful, not the ugly. Now, because

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<v Speaker 1>of sin, there's a lot of ugliness in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a lot of unpleasant things in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever you give your attention to is going to either

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<v Speaker 1>raise or lower your stress. Some of you, during fifty

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<v Speaker 1>days transformation, you need to do a fast on the news.

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<v Speaker 1>I hate to tell you this, but you could miss

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<v Speaker 1>the news for the next fifty days, and I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to make one difference in the world. If you read

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<v Speaker 1>the newspaper one day later, you'd realize how much news

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<v Speaker 1>really isn't news. The media is tuned to make you

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<v Speaker 1>think stuff's important that isn't that important. Has no bearing

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<v Speaker 1>on your life. And if you used all the time

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<v Speaker 1>that you spend listening to news, or watching news or

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<v Speaker 1>reading news, and instead spent that listening to God, reading

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<v Speaker 1>his word, listening to worship songs, your stress would be

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<v Speaker 1>dramatically lower. It's your choice now. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>stay stressed out, keep watching local news because if it bleeds,

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<v Speaker 1>it leads on the local news. In other words, if

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<v Speaker 1>there's a crime that happened anywhere within distance, it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be reported on the news. Is that really what

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<v Speaker 1>you want to hear? Is that what you really need?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that going to make you a better woman a

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<v Speaker 1>better man?

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<v Speaker 4>You ever noticed that the world has ever changing so

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<v Speaker 4>The good news is God's Word contains timeless truths that

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<v Speaker 4>can transform every area of your life from the inside out.

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<v Speaker 4>That's why Pastor Rick created a very special Bible study

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<v Speaker 4>Biblical principles that will completely transform you by changing the

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, here's Rick. Hate to tell you this, but

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<v Speaker 1>you could miss the news for the next fifty days,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to make one difference in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>If you read the newspaper one day later, you'd realize

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<v Speaker 1>how much news really isn't news. The media is tuned

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<v Speaker 1>to make you think stuff's important that isn't that important.

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<v Speaker 1>Has no bearing on your life. And if you used

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<v Speaker 1>all the time that you spend listening to news or

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<v Speaker 1>watching news or reading news, and instead spent that listening

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<v Speaker 1>to God, reading his word, listening to worship songs, your

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<v Speaker 1>stress would be dramatically lower. It's your choice now. If

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<v Speaker 1>because if it bleeds, it leads on the local news.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, if there's a crime that happened anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>within distance, it's going to be reported on the news.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that really what you want to hear? Is that

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<v Speaker 1>what you really need? Is that going to make you

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<v Speaker 1>a better woman a better man? No, So I recharge

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<v Speaker 1>my soul with beauty. He makes me lay down in

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<v Speaker 1>green meadows and calm waters. Beside calm waters. The fourth

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<v Speaker 1>thing we have is go to God for guidance. Go

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<v Speaker 1>to God for guidance. Now this is important because a

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<v Speaker 1>common source of stress in your life is indecision. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't make up your mind. Some of you right now

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<v Speaker 1>are wavering. You're at the fork in the road. Or

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<v Speaker 1>to get in or get out, or do neither. You

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<v Speaker 1>got too many choices. I recommend that you make God

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<v Speaker 1>the number one source for guidance, not the opinions of

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<v Speaker 1>your friends, not some pundit on television, but that you

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<v Speaker 1>go to God for guidance because he always tells you

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. So what I do. I say, God, I

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<v Speaker 1>need wisdom. And in James chapter one it says this,

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<v Speaker 1>if any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,

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<v Speaker 1>who gives to all men liberally and does it couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>Write this affirmation down. It's an affirmation. God will guide

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<v Speaker 1>the right time, not at the wrong time. And his

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<v Speaker 1>you have to make a decision about next year, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not going to give you the answer today because he

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<v Speaker 1>wants you to trust him. The Bible says, there's enough

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<v Speaker 1>trouble and each day, take one day at a time.

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<v Speaker 1>So God's going to give you the right decision and

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<v Speaker 1>the right guidance if you'll trust him. But he'll do

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<v Speaker 1>it at the right time. So I'm twenty three. Verse

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<v Speaker 1>for his name's sake. That's an affirmation. God, I believe

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to guide me at the right time, in

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<v Speaker 1>Number four or number five, I trust God in the

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<v Speaker 1>dark valleys. I trust God in the dark valleys. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>we're all going to go through dark valleys in our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll go through many of them in your lifetime. One

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<v Speaker 1>Grief is a good thing. The Bible says God grieves,

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<v Speaker 1>you've never grieved over. So you get unstuck because you

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<v Speaker 1>Let it out. It's not going to kill you. Grief

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<v Speaker 1>will not kill you. You let it out. It's good

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<v Speaker 1>and then you get unstuck and you can move on

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<v Speaker 1>and you can grow up emotionally. Grief's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>not cry not. What it does say is fear not.

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<v Speaker 1>And it says that three hundred and sixty five times,

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<v Speaker 1>which means there's one for every day of the year.

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<v Speaker 1>Because grief doesn't paralyze fear does. Fear does. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>for you are with me, your rod and your staff

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<v Speaker 1>comfort me. Now, remember he's using this shepherd metaphor shepherd

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<v Speaker 1>though I walk through the valley of the shadow, some

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<v Speaker 1>of you are going through the valley of the shadow

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<v Speaker 1>you're going through the valley of the shadow now. Shadows

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<v Speaker 1>of shadows when you're laying in bed as a little kid.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of the things though I've learned about shadows of this,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't hurt you. Shadow can't hurt you. Shadows are

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<v Speaker 1>fear of that greater than the actual event. Shadows are

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<v Speaker 1>to not be afraid is to turn your back on

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<v Speaker 1>That's how you go through the valley of the shadow death.

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<v Speaker 1>That's how you lower the stress. I trust God in

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<v Speaker 1>the dark valleys. Maybe you're going through that right now.

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<v Speaker 1>You need to pray like David som one verse three.

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<v Speaker 1>When I'm ready to give up, he knows what I

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<v Speaker 1>should do. When I'm ready to give up, He knows

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<v Speaker 1>what I should do. I want you to write this

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<v Speaker 1>down on your outline. I don't have to know the

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<v Speaker 1>answers when I know God.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so happy that

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<v Speaker 2>be back to close out our time today. But first,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the world is shouting for our attention with

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<v Speaker 2>and explanations to our search for meaning. But the world's

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<v Speaker 2>contains the only answers that promise to transform your life

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<v Speaker 2>from the inside out. That's why Pastor Rick has put

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, here's Pastor Rick to tell us how God

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a letter from Catherine, a listener who says that

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<v Speaker 1>hearing the truth of the Bible on Daily Hope transformed

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<v Speaker 1>her life. She wrote me this, She said, Pastor Rick.

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<v Speaker 1>A few months ago, I was angry all the time

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<v Speaker 1>about everything. My husband was drinking too much, and my

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<v Speaker 1>marriage was headed for divorce. Years ago, I'd forgotten about

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<v Speaker 1>my faith. But one day, on my long drive home

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<v Speaker 1>from work, I changed the station from my angry music

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<v Speaker 1>and I found you speaking on Daily Hope on the radio.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it was as if through you, Jesus said, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you're finally listening, and I have something to tell you. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Your message spoke directly to me, to my problems and

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<v Speaker 1>to my many failure, and you spoke some hard truths,

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<v Speaker 1>Pastor Rick, that I needed to hear about the things

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<v Speaker 1>that I was doing wrong and the things that I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't doing at all. But it made me look at

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<v Speaker 1>myself and I realized that I had forgotten about Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was making myself miserable trying to do everything

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<v Speaker 1>on my own. I wasn't trusting in God, or seeking God,

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<v Speaker 1>or even a relationship with Jesus. But a few days later,

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<v Speaker 1>after a lot of inward reflection, I shared your words

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<v Speaker 1>with my husband. You know what, We're now both reading

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<v Speaker 1>our Bibles again, We're going to church again. We're mending

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<v Speaker 1>our relationship with each other and with Christ, our Savior.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is your daily hope program that changed our

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<v Speaker 1>lives and the direction of our lives. Now I'm listening

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<v Speaker 1>to you on my way home from work every day.

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<v Speaker 1>So thanks for allowing yourself to be a vessel through

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<v Speaker 1>which God can work to restore lives and marriages. I

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<v Speaker 1>was hopeless, but now I'm full of hope and full

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<v Speaker 1>of joy through my faith in Jesus. So God bless

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<v Speaker 1>you Rick for bringing me back to God. Friends, you

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<v Speaker 1>may have heard me say this before that I am

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<v Speaker 1>addicted to change lives. I am passionate about watching God

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<v Speaker 1>at work in your life and giving people hope when

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<v Speaker 1>everything else seems hopeless. It's why we do what we do.

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<v Speaker 1>Catherine and her husband have now mended their relationship and

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<v Speaker 1>they're both reading their Bibles. That is incredible news. The

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<v Speaker 1>family that prays together stays together. None of this, by

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<v Speaker 1>It is your gifts, your financial gifts, and your prayers

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<v Speaker 1>Now have you just heard People are being saved, Lives

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you everybody for your caring about others and

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