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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, this is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad you've joined us today because we're starting

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<v Speaker 1>a new series from Psalm twenty three called Living in

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<v Speaker 1>the Goodness of God. It's all about how God's goodness

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<v Speaker 1>meets you right where you are and brings hope in

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<v Speaker 1>even difficult seasons. And now we're kicking off with part

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<v Speaker 1>one of a message called is God Really Good All

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<v Speaker 1>the Time?

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<v Speaker 2>Today we begin a new series that I'm calling Living

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<v Speaker 2>in the Goodness of God. And specifically, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>look at the most famous chapter in the entire Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm twenty three. More people know this Psalm than any

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<v Speaker 2>other chapter in the Bible because it's all about the

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<v Speaker 2>goodness of God's Specifically, it gives us nine ways God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to be good in your life.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, when you were.

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<v Speaker 2>Growing up, you probably learned a little child's prayer, God

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<v Speaker 2>is great, God is good, let us thank him.

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<v Speaker 3>For our food.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And so you learn at an early age God's

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<v Speaker 2>great and God's good twin pillars. And of course, if

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<v Speaker 2>you've been in church any time in your life, you

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<v Speaker 2>know that sometimes the worship leader will say God is

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<v Speaker 2>good and the congregation shouts back all the time, and

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<v Speaker 2>then he'll say all the time, and they say, God

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<v Speaker 2>is good?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that really true? Is God good all the.

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<v Speaker 2>Time in your life? I mean, what about the times

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<v Speaker 2>when you're in pain? Is God good when you're in pain?

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<v Speaker 2>What about the times you're in conflict? Is God good

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<v Speaker 2>when you're in conflict? What about the times when you're depressed,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're stressed out, when you're worried, when you're under attack?

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<v Speaker 2>Is God really good all the time? And how do

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<v Speaker 2>I know that goodness when I can't feel it? I

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<v Speaker 2>want us to begin this series reading aloud Psalm one hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>verse five. It's there at the top of your message notes.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's read it together with great enthusiasm. The Lord is

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<v Speaker 2>always good, He is always loving and kind. His faithfulness

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<v Speaker 2>goes on and on to each succeeding generation. Now the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says God is good all the time? How is

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<v Speaker 2>that true? How is that true in my life? What

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do in this introductory message is I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do two things. First, I want to show

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<v Speaker 2>you why focusing on God's goodness is so important to

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<v Speaker 2>your life, and why when you forget to focus on

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness. It causes all kinds of stress, It causes

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds of problems, It brings all kinds of difficulty.

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<v Speaker 2>The lack of focusing on God's goodness is the major

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<v Speaker 2>cause of stress in your life. We're going to see that,

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<v Speaker 2>and there are some negative consequences that happen, and when

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<v Speaker 2>you forget how good God is. And then the second

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want to do is just give you an

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<v Speaker 2>overview of where we're going on nine ways that God

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<v Speaker 2>wants to be good in your life. I'm not going

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<v Speaker 2>to teach those because I'm going to teach on them individually.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll study him in depth. Now, one way to understand

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness, the Bible tells us, is actually not just

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<v Speaker 2>by reading the Bible, listening to scripture, hearing a message

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<v Speaker 2>on it, but actually through worshiping.

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<v Speaker 3>Look up here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this in Psalm thirty four, verse nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Worship God if you want the best, You want the

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<v Speaker 2>best in life. That's why you need to be at worship.

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<v Speaker 2>Worship God if you want the best, because worship opens

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<v Speaker 2>the doors to read it with me to all God's goodness,

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<v Speaker 2>all his goodness. The way you experience. God's goodness is

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<v Speaker 2>actually through worship, and so worship opens up the goodness

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<v Speaker 2>of God in your life. Now, what happens, let's start

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<v Speaker 2>with this. What happens when I forget God's goodness? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>actually there are four negative consequences, and you need to

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<v Speaker 2>understand this so you can avoid it.

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<v Speaker 3>So you might want to write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>The first negative consequence of forgetting how good God really

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<v Speaker 2>is is this, I start claiming credit for things that

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<v Speaker 2>God did for me. I start claiming credit for the

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<v Speaker 2>things that God did in me, through me, to me,

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<v Speaker 2>for me, buy me with me. And when I do that,

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<v Speaker 2>I head down a path that's going to cause a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of depression, a lot of stress, and actually quick

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<v Speaker 2>judgment from God. In Luke, chapter twelve, Jesus tells the

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<v Speaker 2>story of a very rich man who had been very successful,

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<v Speaker 2>made a lot of money, and one day he's surveying

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<v Speaker 3>This guy's a.

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<v Speaker 2>Billionaire, he's got it all together, and he says, just

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<v Speaker 2>look at what I've done in my life. He's pretty proud,

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<v Speaker 2>and he goes, look at all of what I've accomplished,

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<v Speaker 2>Look at all of the wealth that I've amassed. Look

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<v Speaker 2>at all the great I I'm going to do with all

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<v Speaker 2>this wealth, I couldn't possibly spends it. I'll tell you what,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just build bigger barns to store it all in.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't give God any of the credit. He takes

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<v Speaker 2>it all on in himself. He thinks that he did

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<v Speaker 2>it all by himself. And the Bible says, God says

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<v Speaker 2>to that rich man, you fool, you fool. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>tonight you're gonna die, and I'm gonna give everything you've

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<v Speaker 2>amasked to somebody else who will appreciate it and express

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<v Speaker 2>their gratitude to me. It's a sober warning. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>sober warning. If I were to ask you what is

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<v Speaker 2>the worst sin you could commit? I wonder what be

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<v Speaker 2>on your top ten list? If I said, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you think is the worst sin that you could commit?

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<v Speaker 3>And some of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Might say, well, it's, you know, some sexual sin, or

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<v Speaker 2>some of you might say maybe it's it's being greedy

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, abusing other people in order to get

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<v Speaker 2>more money.

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<v Speaker 3>And things like that. Nope, nope, nope, you know what.

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<v Speaker 2>The number one worst sin is prideful ingratitude, not being

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<v Speaker 2>grateful to God for his goodness. The Bible talks about

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<v Speaker 2>this over and over and over. Pride and ingratitude is

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<v Speaker 2>the sin that got Satan kicked out of heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a serious thing, folks. This is the serious thing.

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<v Speaker 2>When I stop being grateful to God for all the

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<v Speaker 2>good in my life, then I get into trouble. The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible tells us the story of King Herod, who was

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<v Speaker 2>the king in Jesus Day and on the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>The Bible says this in Acts chapter twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>One day King Herod put on his royal robes and

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<v Speaker 2>he sat on his throne, and he made a great

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<v Speaker 2>speech to the people. And evidently it was quite a

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<v Speaker 2>great message because they shouted, this is the voice of God.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the voice of a God. He's more than a human. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Herod is not humble, he's not grateful for the place

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<v Speaker 2>that he is in life. Instead, he became. Because Herod

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<v Speaker 2>gave no credit to God. The Lord said an angel

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<v Speaker 2>to strike him down with a fatal disease, and he

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<v Speaker 2>died boom. God didn't take his life because he was immoral.

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't take his life because he was greedy. God

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<v Speaker 2>didn't take his life because he lied to people. God said,

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<v Speaker 2>you are ungrateful, and you're setting yourself up saying, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I did it all myself. And when you do that,

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<v Speaker 2>you're skating on thin ice. Say, but wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 2>I built this business with my bare hands. Who gave

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<v Speaker 2>you your hands. I thought up the business plan totally

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<v Speaker 2>by myself, who gave you your mind. I worked for where

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<v Speaker 2>I got today, and I worked.

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<v Speaker 3>By the sweat of my brow, who gave you sweat.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything you have in your life, God, you would not

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<v Speaker 2>take your next breath breath if it weren't for the

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<v Speaker 2>goodness of God. You wouldn't be sitting here right now.

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<v Speaker 2>For the goodest God. You wouldn't exist if God hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>made you to love you literally everything in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>the ability to see, the ability to hear, the ability

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<v Speaker 2>to eat, the ability to do.

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<v Speaker 3>All these everythings. God gave you those abilities.

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<v Speaker 2>And God says, I want you to be grateful to

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<v Speaker 2>me and realize, never forget how good a God I am.

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<v Speaker 2>That everything you have in your life, your freedom, your thoughts,

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<v Speaker 2>all everything you got, it's because I gave it to you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you wouldn't have it. You wouldn't even have the

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<v Speaker 2>ability to work. Did you know that ingratitude is actually

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<v Speaker 2>one of the roots of atheism, that when I'm ungrateful,

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<v Speaker 2>then I start excusing myself and dismissing and maybe even

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<v Speaker 2>denying God. The Bible says it like this in Roman

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<v Speaker 2>chapter one.

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<v Speaker 3>Here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Since God created everything, and he did the entire universe,

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<v Speaker 2>people have always been able to see his goodness. There's

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<v Speaker 2>that word, see his goodness and power in nature. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, we don't have to have the Bible to

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<v Speaker 2>know a lot about God. All you have to do

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<v Speaker 2>is walk outside. Well, if we didn't even have the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>you could know a lot about God. In for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>we know God likes variety, all the different flowers and

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<v Speaker 2>plants and animals he creates. We know that God is organized.

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<v Speaker 2>By looking at the universe. We know that God likes systems.

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<v Speaker 2>He creates the plant system and the animal system, the kingdoms,

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<v Speaker 2>the solar system. We know that God is powerful just

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<v Speaker 2>by looking at nature. You don't have to know any

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<v Speaker 2>Look at volcanoes, look at oceans, look at hurricanes, look

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<v Speaker 2>at the pull of magnetism, and the sun and the

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<v Speaker 2>moon and the stars. We know a lot about God

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<v Speaker 2>just by looking at nature. So I can't say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know anything about God. I've never read the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>and so the Bible says this, Since God created everything,

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<v Speaker 2>people have always been able to see His goodness and

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<v Speaker 2>his power in nature. So people really have no excuse

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<v Speaker 2>I have to live in denial to deny God, because

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<v Speaker 2>the design of the world and the universe is an

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<v Speaker 2>evidence of a designer. Wherever you have creation, you must

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<v Speaker 2>have a creator. It doesn't just happen. If I were

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<v Speaker 2>a rock out of place, I might go, that's just

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<v Speaker 2>an accident. But if I'm walking down a mountain and

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<v Speaker 2>I see an Apple watch, that is no accident. Somebody

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<v Speaker 2>designed it. Somebody designed that is evidence of design. In

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<v Speaker 2>one trillion years, that would never just come together on

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<v Speaker 2>its own. It takes more faith to not believe in

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<v Speaker 2>God than to believe in God. You have to say,

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<v Speaker 2>spend reality. The people who don't want to believe in God,

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<v Speaker 2>it's because they don't want to believe in God. It

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<v Speaker 2>takes more faith to believe. You know, I could put

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<v Speaker 2>that on the ground and for a billion years it

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<v Speaker 2>would never just come together on his own. And you're

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<v Speaker 2>far more intricate than that, and so is everything else.

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<v Speaker 2>Wherever there's a design, there's evidence of a designer. Wherever

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<v Speaker 2>there's creation, there's evidence of a creator. This is called

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<v Speaker 2>the cosmological argument for the existence of God. It's one

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<v Speaker 2>of six philosophical arguments that don't even use the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>to prove that God exists. And so he says, in nature,

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen these things. If I don't want to believe

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<v Speaker 2>in God, it's because I don't want to believe in God.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to be God.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want a lord, I don't want a master.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want somebody telling me what to do. And

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<v Speaker 2>then the Bible says this, they know God exists, but

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<v Speaker 2>they do not give him credit for all he's made,

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<v Speaker 2>So their thinking becomes confused, and their hearts fill up

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<v Speaker 2>have become fools. You see, the slide into unbelief actually

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<v Speaker 2>begins not with unbelief, it begins with ungratefulness. I'm ungrateful

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<v Speaker 2>for all that God has done in my life and

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<v Speaker 2>for my life. Now, did you know that the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>the end of history, people are going to be these

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<v Speaker 2>ways self absorbed, you know anybody like that? Money hungry,

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<v Speaker 2>self promoting, and arrogant, profane, rebellious. Yes, ungrateful, there's ungratefulness

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<v Speaker 2>is in that long list of sins, and have no

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<v Speaker 2>in our culture? You can see every one of those characteristics. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>God wants us to remember the source of our success.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why when you are blessed as much as you

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<v Speaker 2>do living in America, living here, having so many of

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<v Speaker 2>your needs already met, God says, never forget that I

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<v Speaker 3>Chapter four.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, every good and perfect gift comes from God.

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<v Speaker 2>If God did not exist, you would not exist. What

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<v Speaker 2>do you have that God hasn't given you? And if

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<v Speaker 2>all you have is from God, why do you ask?

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<v Speaker 2>Is though you're so great and as though you accomplished

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<v Speaker 3>God is a good God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the first thing that happens when I deny, when

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<v Speaker 2>I forget God's goodness, I start claiming credit for stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that actually I didn't do. God did it through me,

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<v Speaker 2>and He gave it all me, even the abilities to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. Now here's the second negative consequence, and that

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<v Speaker 2>for help. And that's a big problem because when you

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<v Speaker 2>forget how eager God is to help you, how good

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<v Speaker 2>God is, you start depending on yourself and you stop

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<v Speaker 2>asking God for things in prayer. God wants to help you.

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<v Speaker 2>God is waiting to help you. Over twenty times in

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible. In the New Testament, it tells us to ask.

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<v Speaker 2>We're commanded ask and it shall be given. Seek and

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says you have not because you ask.

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<v Speaker 3>Not Over and over.

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<v Speaker 2>God wants you to ask for whatever you need in prayer. So, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I only want to give God the big stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>to God, so it's no big deal. Every request is

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<v Speaker 2>small in his power. And so God says, I want

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness. You know what happens. I can tell you

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<v Speaker 2>when you've forgotten God, your prayers become tepid, weak, wimpy prayers.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just wrote. You're not asking, not for anything. You're

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<v Speaker 2>God for anything. You're not specific. You're not saying, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I need money for this car payment. God, I need

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<v Speaker 2>help over here. I've got a conflict with this person.

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<v Speaker 2>Help me out here. And that's what happens when you

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<v Speaker 2>forget the goodness of God. Now, how do you learn

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<v Speaker 2>to trust God? Do you trust God more than you did,

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<v Speaker 2>say six months ago, or a year ago, or two

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<v Speaker 2>not growing in trust because you're not asking God for anything.

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<v Speaker 3>The more you ask, the more God can meet your needs.

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<v Speaker 3>The more He meets your needs, the more you grow

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks so much for being with us today and

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. I hope that you

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<v Speaker 1>were just as blessed as I was from today's broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick with a special message.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, when I started Saddleback Church over forty years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>just a handful of people in our living room, I

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<v Speaker 2>also began writing a simple devotional just for the people

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<v Speaker 2>in our church to help them start each day with

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<v Speaker 2>hope and with truth and with peace that comes from

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ. Well, you know that little devotional grew and

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<v Speaker 2>grew and grew, and today Daily Hope is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the largest email devotions in the whole world. And each

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<v Speaker 2>day people all around the globe are reconnecting with God's

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<v Speaker 2>promises and finding fresh strength in his word to face

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<v Speaker 2>whatever comes their way. And here's the best part. It's

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely free. Okay, we don't have any charge for this.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day you'll get a quick devotional read and a

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in a world that's more distracted and uncertain

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<v Speaker 2>than ever, I want to help you start your day

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<v Speaker 2>centered on what never changes. And what never changes is

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<v Speaker 2>a God's love, his unconditional love for you and his

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<v Speaker 2>promises to you. You know, if you just spend just

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<v Speaker 2>a few minutes a day in the morning with the Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>it can bring so much more clarity, more purpose, more

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<v Speaker 2>peace to everything that happens in your day. Particularly, a

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<v Speaker 2>psychologists has said that what you do with the first

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<v Speaker 2>five minutes of your day pretty much sets the tone. So, friend,

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<v Speaker 2>you were never meant to go through life alone. I

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