WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.919 Pastor Rick Warren often says, you were made by God 2 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:11.119 and for God, and until you understand that, life will 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:15.519 never make sense. Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. 4 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:16.120 Today. 5 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.280 In our series called God's Vision for the Rest of 6 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:22.480 your Life, Rick continues in his effort to help you 7 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:26.679 discover the unique purpose and vision that the Lord has 8 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.960 for your life. Now, in just a few moments, we're 9 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.760 going to tell you how to get a copy of 10 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:35.719 the brand new Daily Hope twenty twenty one Prayer Journal 11 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.719 based on the theme God's Great Adventure for You, a 12 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.840 great resource to help make your time in prayer the 13 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:46.079 best it can be. Go to Pastorick dot com to 14 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.640 find out more, or text the word daily to eight 15 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:54.520 hundred six hundred five thousand and four. That's Pastorick dot com. 16 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.320 Or the word daily to eight hundred six hundred five 17 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.960 thousand and four. Here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final 18 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:05.359 part of a message called learning to Live Wisely. 19 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:10.079 Now there's a third key if you want to learn wisdom. First, 20 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.120 every day I listen to God for a very short time. 21 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:15.359 I just read the Bible or listen to the Bible 22 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:18.680 connect that's the l Then I enlist some friends and 23 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.280 get some wise people around me in my life for 24 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.920 input that encourage me keep me going. The A stands 25 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:32.599 for ask questions and accept correction. If you were going 26 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.359 to be wise in life, you're gonna become a wise woman. 27 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.519 If you're going to become a wise man, if you're 28 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.400 gonna be known that guy's wise, you're gonna have to 29 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:45.680 learn how to ask questions wise questions, and you're gonna 30 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.120 have to learn how to accept correction. Look up here 31 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:53.680 on the screen. The Bible says people's thoughts can be 32 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:58.000 like a deep well, but someone with understanding can find 33 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:02.280 the wisdom there where it's everybody's got something to teach you. 34 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.239 Everybody has something to teach you, but it's like deep 35 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:07.560 water in a well, and you've got to draw it 36 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.879 out of them. How do you draw the wisdom out 37 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:15.520 of every person? By learning to ask smart questions? I 38 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:17.560 can teach you how to do this in the next 39 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:21.080 six weeks. I can teach you how to ask smart questions. 40 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.319 I have a list of them that I use myself, 41 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.520 and as I've traveled all around the world, I can learn. 42 00:02:26.639 --> 00:02:29.120 You can learn from anybody if you know the right 43 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:35.599 questions everybody's brilliant, just on different subjects, and everybody's ignorant. 44 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:36.759 Just on different subjects. 45 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.120 You know some things that I don't know, And if 46 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:43.240 I had time to sit with you, you could teach me 47 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.919 if I know the right questions to ask. I know 48 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.759 some things you don't know, and if you knew the 49 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.439 right questions, I can teach you some things you don't know. 50 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:55.879 The person sitting next to you right now they know 51 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:59.479 some things that neither of us know. You can learn 52 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:03.599 from anybody if you know the right questions. And so 53 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.520 asking questions and accepting correction is a key to wisdom. 54 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:12.280 The Bible says, by the way, you know, as I've 55 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:15.439 traveled around the world, I've talked to I've asked questions 56 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:19.639 of taxicab drivers and prime ministers, and they both taught me. 57 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:23.680 I've learned from from a hotel maids, and I've learned 58 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:28.000 from presidents. Because you can learn from anybody if you 59 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:33.560 ask questions. Proverbs eighteen fifteen says this, intelligent people are 60 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:38.840 always open to new ideas. In fact, they look for them. 61 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.680 That's a sign of intelligence that you look for new ideas. 62 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:45.560 You're an entrepreneur, you're an innovator. You're always looking for 63 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:49.240 a new idea. That's a sign of intelligence. But when 64 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.560 you look for them, one of the keys is listening. 65 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:55.560 If you don't listen, then you're not going to grow. 66 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.240 One of the things I've learned is that I have 67 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:05.080 never learned anything while I'm talking. If my mouth is moving, 68 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:10.560 I'm not learning. I'm only learning when i'm listening. You 69 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:15.159 don't learn when you're talking, You learn when you're listening. 70 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.120 So you got to learn to listen. 71 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:20.279 You know. I've done an. 72 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:26.120 Awful lot of interviews ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, BBC, CNN, 73 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:28.560 on and on and on, and what I've noticed is 74 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.199 that the interview shows have changed. They're no longer about 75 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.480 the guests. They're about the interviewer. And the whole goal 76 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:39.959 is the interviewer wants to draw attention to himself. The 77 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.399 interviewer wants to explain his or her opinions, and you're 78 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.879 just the foil. I long for the old Larry King days. 79 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:50.160 Larry King. 80 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:51.920 I didn't agree with everything, but you know what, Larry 81 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:54.160 King he would ask a question and then he'd let 82 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:59.079 you talk. And he realized that the interview people weren't 83 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.839 going to listen, Larry King, they were going to listen 84 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.000 to all of the different fascinating guests that he had 85 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:10.399 and learning from them. Larry said in an interview show, 86 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:15.000 if the host is talking fifty percent of the time, 87 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:22.680 something is terribly wrong. The host listens the most, the 88 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:27.319 host talks the least. The host sets up the question 89 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.600 and then just listens. That's what a good TV host does. 90 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:34.040 It's same thing is true in a small group. The 91 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:38.759 host listens the most, the host talks the least. So 92 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.360 if you're shy, you should ask to be the host 93 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:46.560 of your small group. If you don't like to talk, 94 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:49.839 you want to be the host. The host of a 95 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:52.680 group is not the teacher. The host is the one 96 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.800 who says, now the next question is, and you read it, 97 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.879 and then you let everybody else talk and you don't 98 00:05:58.879 --> 00:05:59.680 not say anything. 99 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:00.800 How cool is that? 100 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:05.600 So the host listens the most, You're not the teacher, 101 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:12.120 You're just listening. What I'm talking about is leadership. All 102 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.879 leaders are learners. For thirty years, I've been training leaders 103 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.720 around the world, business leaders, church leaders, government leaders in 104 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.040 one hundred and sixty four countries. All leaders are learners. 105 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:29.800 The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. Growing businesses 106 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.920 require growing businessmen. The moment you stop growing your business 107 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:43.120 stops growing. Growing families require growing parents. Growing churches require 108 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:47.680 growing pastors. Anything that wants to grow, the leader has 109 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:50.199 to be outgrowing it or the growth stops. Does that 110 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:55.759 make sense? So all leaders are learners. I'm constantly learning. 111 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.720 I learn from churches that are smaller than saddle back. 112 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.800 I learned from churches that are larger than saddleback. I 113 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:04.879 learn from people who agree with us. I learn from 114 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:08.079 people who disagree with us. I learn from enemies. I 115 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:12.800 learn from critics. That makes me wiser than my critics. 116 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:16.199 Why Because I learned from them, so I know what 117 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.160 I know. Then I learn what they know. All they 118 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:22.160 know is what they know. They don't learn from me, 119 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:24.600 But I learned from them. So it makes me smarter 120 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.560 because I learn what I know, Plus I. 121 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:27.240 Learn what they know. 122 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:33.879 You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be 123 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:36.800 back in just a moment with the rest of today's lesson. 124 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:39.959 If you've missed any part of today's teaching, you can 125 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:46.439 listen online anytime at pastorick dot com. That's pastorick dot com. 126 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.480 If you want to make your time in prayer the 127 00:07:48.519 --> 00:07:50.839 best it can be. Then you're going to want to 128 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.600 get a copy of the brand new twenty twenty one 129 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:58.120 Daily Hope Prayer Journal. 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Here's 150 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:14.919 Pastor Rick Warren. 151 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:19.480 Are and learn. 152 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:26.480 How to learn wisdom is remember, remember, and reinforce what 153 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:29.600 I learned. You can't just learn it. You got to 154 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.080 remember it. And you can't just remember it, You've got 155 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:36.679 to reinforce it because if you don't remember and reinforce it, 156 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:39.399 you end up having to learn the same lesson over and. 157 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:40.759 Over and over. Have you ever done that? 158 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:44.799 Yeah, you'd had to relearn the same lesson over and 159 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:46.879 over and over and over because you may keep making 160 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.679 the same stupid mistake because you don't remember and you 161 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:52.759 don't reinforce, which, by the way, is why we hand 162 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:57.879 out these little handout things every week. The United States 163 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:01.159 Air Force says you forget ninety to ninety five percent 164 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:05.600 of everything you hear within seventy two hours. That's the 165 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:11.519 most depressing statistic possible for a pastor, because what it 166 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:15.240 means is by Wednesday, you're good have forgotten everything I've 167 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:19.120 just taught you. You're not gonna remember. Shoot, you don't 168 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.000 remember what I said last week. I don't remember what 169 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:26.519 I said last week, and I taught it five times. 170 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:31.360 If you the shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. 171 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:33.600 So you can be sitting there looking all real spiritual, 172 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.799 but if you're not writing down, it's just going whoo 173 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.600 right through your mind in one air and out the other. 174 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:43.039 We don't remember. You have to retain it to remember. 175 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.960 It so you can review it, so you can apply it. 176 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.039 And that's why we do these things. 177 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:48.360 Now. 178 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:53.320 The Bible says this about wisdom Proverbs twenty two. Listen 179 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.120 and I'll teach you what the whys have said. Study 180 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:03.360 their teachings, and you will be glad if you remember 181 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.279 them and can quote them. Now, I want you to 182 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:12.879 circle the four verbs in that In that sense, listen, study, remember, 183 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:17.679 and quote. Those are marks of wisdom. Did you know 184 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:24.159 that memorizing actually improves your brain power? Doesn't even matter 185 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:26.559 what your memorize, it improves your brain. You could go 186 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:30.919 memorize the phone directory, but memory is actually like an 187 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:34.559 exercise for your mind. You get smarter when you attempt 188 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.679 to memorize something. People said, well, I can't remember anything Oh, yes, 189 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:42.639 you can. You remember what's important to you. You remember 190 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:48.360 what you love, You remember what you what matters to you. 191 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.240 For instance, a lot of people say, I can't memorize 192 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.159 the Bible, but they can give you every baseball or 193 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:57.759 football statistic for the last season. Or I can't remember 194 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:00.720 the Bible, but they can quote all kinds of lyrics songs, 195 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.440 popular songs. Or they can give you a recipe for something, 196 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.360 or they can give you the stock market quotes, or 197 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:09.919 they can give you statistics on something they care about. 198 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:12.879 You remember what's important to you, and if the truth 199 00:12:12.960 --> 00:12:18.080 becomes important to you, you will remember it. You will remember, 200 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:21.200 and you will rehearse it, and you will reinforce it, 201 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:23.919 and you will review it in your life. Not only 202 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:27.240 interesting studies have shown not only when you memorize something 203 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.159 does it help you improve your memory. Memory helps you 204 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.600 improve your memory, It actually helps every other area in 205 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:38.399 your brain. The same time, synapses are developed and blood 206 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:42.879 flows and your brain has a plasticity. That it's the 207 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:48.240 opposite of Alzheimer's. When you stretch your brain, you Social 208 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:54.080 relationships and memorizing are two things that actually are preventatives 209 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:58.919 from Alzheimer's and other dementias in life, so you want 210 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:01.559 to have that in your life. So in each weekend, 211 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:04.840 we're gonna memorize together, and you'll not only be closer 212 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:08.080 to God, but you'll have a healthier brain and your 213 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:12.279 wife will thank you for that. Now, people say why 214 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:15.120 should I memorize the Bible. I'll tell you why, because 215 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:18.200 every time you need the Bible's truth, you don't have 216 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:22.039 one near you. You go to work this week, somebody's 217 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.879 going to criticize you and they're going to say something mean, 218 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:26.919 and you're gonna feel discouraged. 219 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:28.600 You need to be encouraged. 220 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.279 There are thousands of verses in the Bible that would 221 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.519 encourage you, but if you don't have it memorized, they 222 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.480 can't come to mind. Well, I know somewhere in the 223 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:37.399 Bible there's a verse that would encourage me. But if 224 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.679 you've got it memorized, God can bring it to mind. 225 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.159 Go pop. 226 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.039 He brings to the mind and goes, oh wow, I'm 227 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:46.399 not so discouraged anymore. Memorized verses are the best thing 228 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:49.639 for overcoming temptation, because when you start to be tempted 229 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:52.840 to be jealous, or you start to be tempted to 230 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:55.960 be insecure, or you start to be tempted to lose 231 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:59.679 your patience, or to get angry, or to lust, or 232 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.000 any any kind of temptation in life. You start temptation 233 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:07.519 to overeat or over exaggerat, or if you've got a verse, 234 00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:10.440 memorize for that, God could go boom and brings it 235 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:14.360 to mind, and it helps you resist the temptation. Now, 236 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:16.480 if you don't have anything in there, there's nothing for 237 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.120 God to bring to mind, so it actually helps. 238 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:20.320 You that way. 239 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:25.399 Here's what the Bible says proverbs for don't lose sight 240 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:30.480 of my words. That means, memorize them, retain them, let 241 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:34.159 them penetrate deep within your heart. If you put it 242 00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:36.519 in your mind, God can cause you to think about 243 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:43.159 it seriously, for they bring life and radiant health to 244 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:48.279 anyone who discovers their meaning. So you want radiant health, 245 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.360 you want life. Then you need to fill your mind 246 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.200 with the truth. Let it penetrate your heart so God 247 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:57.080 can bring it to mind. That's the fourth thing we're 248 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.279 gonna do. The fifth thing we're gonna do the next 249 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.200 next week is the fifth thing on learning to be wise, 250 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:07.600 and it is this The end is now do it. 251 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.639 Now? Do it? 252 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:14.159 Okay? I listen to the truth. I enlist friends to 253 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:17.840 discuss the truth. I ask questions about the truth, I 254 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:22.600 remember and reinforce the truth. And now I do the truth. 255 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:25.840 You don't just talk about it. You gotta do it, 256 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:29.080 because if you don't do it, you're not wise, no 257 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:30.639 matter how much you know of the Bible. 258 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.559 I mean, I told you last week because. 259 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:36.159 Of my back surgery, and I was unable to do 260 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:40.200 all the exercise, and I gained about ten pounds this fall, 261 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.399 and I thought, you know, I'm gonna get this back off. 262 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:46.240 I'm going to get these pounds back off. And so 263 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:48.720 let's say I go home and I pull out one 264 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:52.960 of my favorite diet and exercise books, and tomorrow I 265 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:55.360 sit back in my lazy boy chair. 266 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:00.240 To read the Word about die had. 267 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:06.759 An exercise, and I get my Guacamolean chips, my ham sandwich, 268 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.879 and my thirty six ouncer. Okay, and I'm reading, and 269 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.000 I'm going, this is so inspiring. 270 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:14.840 I love this. 271 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.200 I did. 272 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.960 Look, man, look at that guy. Look at the abs 273 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:17.480 on that guy. 274 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:20.000 I love that picture. Oh Man, that's me, oh man. 275 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:24.440 And have a little more guacamole, you know. And that 276 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.039 is such a good passage. I think I'm gonna underline 277 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.279 that passage in the book. I'm gonna highlight it. In fact, 278 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:32.399 I'm gonna write a little note out to the side 279 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.240 and say this is good, and you know, and write 280 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.360 out in fact this passage here on getting in shape. 281 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:42.399 It's so good, I'm gonna memorize it. But if I 282 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.399 stay in a lazy boy chair, it doesn't matter. I'm 283 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:51.159 a fool. I'm fooling myself. I'm deceiving myself because I'm 284 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:55.120 reading the word. I'm pract I'm listening to the word, 285 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:58.440 but I'm not doing the word, and it's self deception. 286 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:01.080 Here's what the Bible says. Look at the here in 287 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:07.480 your outline, James, Chapter one. Don't deceive yourselves by just 288 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:12.640 listening to the word. Instead, put it into practice. If 289 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:15.000 you listen to the word but you don't put it 290 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.559 into practice, you're like people who look in a mirror 291 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:20.799 and see themselves, but once they walk away, they forget 292 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:27.039 what they look like. But if you look closely into 293 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:29.519 the perfect law that sets people free, that's the Bible. 294 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.480 If you look closely at the Bible and you keep 295 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:36.119 on paying attention to it, and you don't forget it, 296 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:41.359 but you put it into practice, you will be blessed. 297 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.799 Notice the blessing comes We're not reading from doing these 298 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:46.559 other things. You will be blessed by God in what 299 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:52.279 you do. I said it earlier. Wisdom is a choice. 300 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.880 You can choose to be wise. Happiness is a choice. 301 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.519 Being close to God is a choice. Being honest is 302 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:05.839 a choice. So I just shared with you the five 303 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.799 ways to become wise for the rest of your life. Question, 304 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:12.359 are you going to do anything about it? Are you 305 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.559 gonna now do it? Are you gonna do anything about it? 306 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.480 He said no, that was a nice message. Let's go home. 307 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:20.640 If you're not gonna do anything about what I just 308 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:22.880 told you, I just wasted an hour of your life, 309 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:28.799 and I just wasted my breath. God does not bless 310 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:34.359 good intentions. God blesses wise choices, and God says, it's 311 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:40.119 your move, it's your choice. Will you do the wise thing? 312 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.440 Father? 313 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:44.519 I want to thank you for everybody who's here today, 314 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.680 those who are watching online, those in our venues, those 315 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:53.279 in our campuses. Your word is very clear that you 316 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.799 have blessed us with so many blessings, and you have 317 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:01.039 promised so many benefits. It will simple we learn to 318 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:05.880 be wise I pray that many people here today will 319 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:08.799 not just listen, but will take these five. 320 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:15.359 Steps to l ear in to be wise. If you've never. 321 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:17.519 Opened your life to Jesus Christ, said, Jesus Christ, come 322 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:22.640 into my life right now, make yourself real to me, say, 323 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:24.400 I want to learn to love you and trust you. 324 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:27.680 And I don't understand it all, but God, I want 325 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:30.599 to begin a new relationship with you this new year. 326 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:32.880 Father. 327 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:35.359 For those who prayed this prayer, I commit as a pastor, 328 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:38.119 and I commit this church to helping them and to 329 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:40.480 helping each of us become wiser. 330 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.079 In the days ahead. 331 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.440 I pray that you'll protect them from distractions and disturbances 332 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:54.400 and delays and difficulties, protect their hearts and minds from conflict. 333 00:19:55.480 --> 00:20:00.119 And I pray that together we may become wiser. We 334 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.440 could experience all you want to experience, and that we 335 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:06.119 would all experienced what on earth we're here for. 336 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:09.480 Pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 337 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:15.160 Hi, everybody, this is Rick, and I hope you enjoyed 338 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.519 today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer 339 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:22.519 for the very first time, or you just recommitted your 340 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:25.160 life to Jesus again today, would you let me know 341 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:28.880 about it. There's something real about sharing your commitment. So 342 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:32.039 write me Rick at pastor Rick dot com and say, Rick, 343 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:35.359 I prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life 344 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:38.160 to Christ. 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Here's Pastor 375 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:31.079 Rick with a letter from one of our listeners. 376 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.000 Today. 377 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:34.720 I want to share with you a very special testimony 378 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:38.279 from one of our listeners named Marquita, and thanks to 379 00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:42.680 Daily Hope and your support, she recently asked Jesus Christ 380 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:45.880 to be the leader of her life. Here's a story. So, 381 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.920 Pastor Rick, I wanted to let you know that I 382 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:51.839 have prayed the prayer salvation that you included in the 383 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:55.640 Deepening the Eyes of Faith message. I've been listening to 384 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:58.599 your messages for years. In fact, my child wouldn't even 385 00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:01.960 be here today if it weren't for your words. You 386 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:05.839 wrote there may be accidental parents, but there are no 387 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:10.759 accidental children. Well, I've given birth to a beautiful baby girl, 388 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:13.759 and she's the light of my life. In fact, it 389 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:16.000 now hurts to remember a time that I was fighting 390 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:18.200 to decide whether I was going to have her or not. 391 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:23.519 But I repeated your words throughout my pregnancy. There are 392 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:27.640 accidental parents, but they're no accidental children. And although I'm 393 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:30.200 a single mom today, with the support of my family, 394 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.599 we're thriving. I want to make sure that she grows 395 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.359 up to find her purpose and to serve God. So 396 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:40.599 thanks for renewing my faith in God. And as I 397 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:43.599 still try to find and fulfill my purpose, please pray 398 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:50.279 for me and my child. Wow, Marquita, you are so right. 399 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:54.000 God does have a plan and a purpose for every 400 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:59.160 single baby. There are no accidental babies. So I want 401 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.960