WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.519 Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's 2 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:10.080 Daily Hope. Well today we continue in our series called 3 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.160 God's Prescription for a Healthy Life. In it, Pastor Rick 4 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:18.839 will show you how to improve your health physically, spiritually, relationally, 5 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.320 and emotionally by applying the five essentials needed. 6 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:24.800 For a more vibrant life. 7 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.000 If you want to have what it takes to live 8 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:29.960 out your calling in life, stay with us for this 9 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:33.799 amazing series. In just a few moments, we're going to 10 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.119 tell you about Pastor Rick Warren's best selling book called 11 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:41.600 The Daniel Plan. 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That's Pastorick dot com, or the 17 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:04.480 word daily to eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four. 18 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:08.040 Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of 19 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.200 a message called God's Prescription for Health. 20 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:16.120 Now, whatever your weakness is, you're going to probably struggle 21 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:18.200 with it the rest of your life, and so you're 22 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:20.040 going to need more than simply your own energy. You 23 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:22.840 got to plug into God's power. That's the first reason 24 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:25.400 we don't stick with it. Second reason we don't stick 25 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.400 with it is the wrong motivation. When the goal is 26 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:32.159 simply all about me, that's not enough. 27 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:33.200 To keep most people going. 28 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:37.239 You need something bigger than yourself to draw you out 29 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.680 of yourself so you can be greater than yourself to 30 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.000 get you out of bed in the morning. 31 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:42.480 When the goal is all. 32 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.000 About me, I can't tell you any diets I started 33 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.200 on simply because I wanted to look good. 34 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:51.879 Kind of hard to be better looking than this, but. 35 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.599 Look good, feel good, and live longer. Now, there's nothing 36 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.200 wrong with those. In fact, those are good goals. Those 37 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:04.040 are legitimate good goals. But what we're talking about today 38 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:07.920 is far deeper than this, the far more spiritual significance 39 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.400 to being in shape and simply looking good and feeling good. 40 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:13.840 There are other reasons for it, and we're looking at 41 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:17.159 these six reasons right now. The appearance isn't big enough reason. 42 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:17.639 You know why. 43 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.319 I discovered that once I got to the size I wanted, 44 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.240 I stopped caring, I stopped trying, I stopped doing willpower, 45 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.199 and I'd go right back to my old habits and 46 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:32.000 old ways, and pretty soon I'm just yo yoing back 47 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:35.560 and forth. Anybody identifying with this, Yeah, okay, you know 48 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:39.039 what I'm talking about. So when I've got the wrong motivation, 49 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.000 when I'm just using willpowers, that of God's power, that's 50 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.759 gonna think. Then The third one third reason why we 51 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.240 don't stick with it is when I try to change 52 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.199 on my own, it isn't going to happen. You were 53 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.560 made for community. You're created for community. You've got to 54 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:57.439 have group support. You've got to have a partner or 55 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.039 a coach or a support. You've got to have accountability. 56 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.000 You've got to have group It's why we insist thirty 57 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:07.240 thousand people in this church are in small groups every week, 58 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.240 five thousand small groups. Why because we know you're not 59 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.080 going to make it on your own. You say, well, 60 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:13.879 one of these days I'm going to change. If you could, 61 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.560 you would, but you can't, So you won't. You need help. 62 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:22.199 We're better together. You know, I have a trainer who 63 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.000 I work out with, and I know it doesn't look 64 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:27.520 like it, but I do. And you know what, if 65 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:31.240 he didn't show up, I wouldn't show up. I need 66 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:35.080 a partner. I need somebody who works with me, and 67 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:37.400 when I try to change my own it doesn't work. 68 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.159 You've got to have group support. 69 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.360 That's why we insist on everybody in this church being 70 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:46.159 in a small group. Okay, so God says I created 71 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.159 your body. I expect you to manage your body. One day, 72 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:52.599 I'm going to resurrect your body. In version two point zero, 73 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:57.719 number four, the Bible teaches, my body is connected to 74 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:01.439 the body of Christ. You've probably never heard this before, 75 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.360 but the Bible says my body is connected to the 76 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:06.680 body of Christ. It says this verse fifteen, Do you 77 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.240 not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? 78 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:13.479 Flee sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are 79 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:16.360 outside his body. But he who sins sexually sins against 80 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.120 his own body. That's why it's in a special class, 81 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:23.600 because you're actually sinning against yourself, not just God. Number five. 82 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.519 The fifth reason the Holy Spirit lives in my body. 83 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:33.160 The Holy Spirit. God puts his spirit in my body. 84 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.680 And that's verse nineteen. Do you not know that your 85 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:41.160 body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is 86 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:46.839 in you, whom you have received from God. Now that 87 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.160 means God takes up residence inside you. He puts his 88 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:56.439 spirit in your spirit. So you are the temple of 89 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:01.399 God today. God puts his spirit in you. You study history, 90 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:04.439 God on earth has always had a dwelling place. First 91 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:08.199 he dwelt in the Tabernacle that was designed according to 92 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.600 the specifications he gave to Moses, and the Tabernacle was 93 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:14.199 the dwelling place of God. And then later God gave 94 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:17.720 to David the specifications for the Temple in Jerusalem, and 95 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:21.680 God dwelled in the Temple in that building. Today he 96 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:25.319 dwells in you. You are the Temple now. If you 97 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:27.759 were out walking down the street one day and you 98 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:32.639 saw a gang vandalizing a house of worship and they 99 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:37.040 were breaking the windows of a synagogue or a church, 100 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:42.319 and they were writing graffiti on a temple a house 101 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:46.439 of worship, you would say that's not right. You should 102 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.319 not be vandalizing a temple, and you would either try 103 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.519 to stop them or you'd call the police. But you 104 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.399 vandalize the temple all the time. 105 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:00.920 You your body by what you put in it, by the 106 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:06.120 way your sleep schedule, by not taking care of your body. 107 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.680 You are vandalizing the Temple of God. When you don't 108 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:13.480 take care of your body. Holy spirit livesn't number six. 109 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:19.399 Jesus bought my body on the cross. That's one of 110 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:21.279 the things he came to do. Look at this verse 111 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:26.240 verse twenty. You are not your own You were bought 112 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:31.519 at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body. Jesus 113 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:34.959 bought your real estate. And what does that mean? If 114 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.079 you want to know how valuable you are? You know, 115 00:06:37.319 --> 00:06:40.759 Kaylek's to watch this show anti road show. She loves 116 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.120 that show. You know, A bird in the hands worth 117 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:43.759 two in the bush. 118 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.160 You know, you know you've seen that. 119 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.439 Guy co commercial. Yeah, and she loves that show. 120 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:51.319 They tell you. 121 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.519 This is really worth and the person's always your actions saying. 122 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:55.480 You got to be kidding me. 123 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:58.519 Do you know how much you're worth? If you want 124 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.480 to know how much you're worth, look the cross with 125 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:05.279 arms outstretched and nail pierced hands. Jesus said, this is 126 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:06.519 how much I love the world. 127 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:07.160 Everybody. 128 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:11.800 I don't care if your Buddhist, Baptist, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, atheist. 129 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:11.720 Or whatever. 130 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:13.160 He said, this is how much I love you. I 131 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.439 love you this much. I love you so much it hurts. 132 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:17.759 I love you so much. I'd rather die than live 133 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.959 without you. I came all away from heaven to do 134 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:25.279 this for you. That's how value you are. Your body 135 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:32.879 is priceless. Now, question if you owned a million dollar racehorse, 136 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:36.600 would you feed that racehorse junk food? 137 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:39.399 You'd be crazy to do it. 138 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:42.680 But you put that stuff in you all the time. 139 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.920 And you are priceless. And you are worth more than 140 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.279 a million dollar race horse. And you are the temple 141 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:54.439 of God. God created your body. Jesus died for your body. 142 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:57.800 Spirit lives in your body. Your body is connected to 143 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:00.560 the body of Christ. Your body's going to be resurrected 144 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.399 and version two point zho someday, and you're expected to 145 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:06.279 care for it in the meantime. Now, based on these 146 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.879 six facts, can you see how caring for your body 147 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.560 is more than just I'd like to look better. It 148 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:16.560 is a spiritual discipline. 149 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:21.319 You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be 150 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.199 back in just a moment with the rest of today's lesson. 151 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.360 If you've missed any part of today's teaching, you can 152 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:33.840 listen online anytime at pastorick dot com. That's pastorick dot com. 153 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.440 Thanks for joining us today for Pastor Rick's Daily Hope 154 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:40.480 a short time back, God put it on Pastor Rick's 155 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:43.360 heart to connect with the team of leading health experts 156 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.440 to create the Daniel Plan. Meet Joel. 157 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:49.320 I tried to lose weight, I tried to make the changes, 158 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.000 and nothing seemed to work because it was all based. 159 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:52.720 On my willpower. 160 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.279 When I started with the program, I immediately noticed changes, 161 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.039 mainly because I wanted to be healthy. I had the 162 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:05.600 tools to eat properly, I understood exercise, and I had motivation. 163 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:09.320 I saw that I could get healthy finally, that I 164 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:11.720 can make the changes that I tried my whole life 165 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:12.320 to make. 166 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.879 More than one hundred and eighty thousand people are following 167 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.519 the Daniel Plan to lose weight, increase their energy, and 168 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:23.440 improve their relationships, all while growing closer to the Lord. 169 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:26.360 With the Daniel Plan, I've lost seventy five pounds and 170 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:29.399 I've reached what I think is my ideal weight where 171 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:33.519 I feel healthy. 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So act now and 186 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:23.519 call one eight hundred six hundred five thousand and four 187 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.639 or visit pastor Rick dot. 188 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:29.600 Com once again, here's Pastor Rick. 189 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.320 The Bible says in Deuteronomy thirty two, these instructions that 190 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.399 God gives us are not mere words. 191 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:40.320 They are your life. 192 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.519 And by obeying them you will read this with me 193 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:48.440 enjoy a long life in the land. 194 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:50.159 Now. 195 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:51.799 If I stood up here today and said I have 196 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:55.519 discovered a new pill that will give you a long life. 197 00:10:55.519 --> 00:11:00.080 This pill is guaranteed to extend your life, you'd pay 198 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:02.600 big bucks for it. And if I do, in the 199 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:07.720 Genzu knives and said, but wait only three payments of 200 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:12.919 nineteen ninety five operators are standing by right now. You'd 201 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.519 pay big bucks for any pill that would extend your life. 202 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.000 You don't have to pay me a thing. It's all 203 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:21.159 right here. There is promise after promise. You can do 204 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:23.600 a Bible study of all the verses in their mini 205 00:11:23.639 --> 00:11:26.080 it says, if you do this, I will extend your life. 206 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.279 If you do this, you will have a long life. 207 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.039 If you do this, you will have a long life. 208 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.759 It's all through the scriptures. By the way, ninety eight 209 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.879 thousand Americans now are over one hundred years of age, 210 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.480 so the likelihood is you're going to probably live longer 211 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:46.240 than your parents. The question is what kind of quality 212 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.720 of life you're going to have. I mean, you're gonna 213 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.200 be sitting in a wheelchair drooling, or are you going 214 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.879 to actually live your life like Moses did, where it 215 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.960 says he was sharp as the day he was in 216 00:11:58.039 --> 00:11:59.759 full health the day he died. 217 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.519 Proverbs chapter three, verses one to ten. 218 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:08.799 It says this, keep my commands in your heart, says God, 219 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:14.240 for they will what will they do prolong your life? 220 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:19.840 They will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. 221 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.480 And then he gives some of those commands. Trust in 222 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.720 the Lord with all your heart. Don't lean on your 223 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:29.360 own understanding in all your ways, acknowledge him. What's he 224 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:32.320 saying there? He said, trust in me instead of worrying. 225 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:35.399 Don't get stressed out. Live a tranquil life. Trust in me. 226 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:36.919 Don't try to lean, and don't try to figure it 227 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.960 all out. He will make straight your paths. He will 228 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.600 make your path straight. That's integrity. Living a straight life 229 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:47.600 of integrity. Don't be wise in your own eyes, that's humility. 230 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.120 Fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health 231 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:58.240 to your body and nourishment to your bones. Why the bones? 232 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.159 Why is that important? Because the marrow is created than 233 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.960 the bones. Honor the Lord with the first part of 234 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.960 your wealth. That's generosity, the first fruits of all your crops, 235 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:10.559 and then your barns will be filled to overflow. And 236 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:14.600 notice in this passage he mentions tranquility, trust in God, integrity, 237 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.480 pass straight, humility, don't be wise your own eyes, and generosity. 238 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.000 Give the first part of your wealth away. If you 239 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:25.240 live a life of tranquility, integrity, humility, and generosity, you 240 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:25.759 are going to. 241 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:26.600 Be in better health. 242 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:30.519 There is a direct connection between your spiritual health and 243 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.840 your physical health. So let me just wrap this up 244 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:35.399 by giving you and I could give you a hundred 245 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.120 of these from the word of God. Let me just 246 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.320 give you four things that you need to do that 247 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:44.240 will help you be healthier. Number one, Trusting God is 248 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:49.000 good for your health. Trusting God is good for your health. 249 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.639 Why because you don't worry. You're either going to worship 250 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:52.159 or worry. 251 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.799 In life, you're. 252 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:56.440 Gonna pray or you're gonna panic. And if you pray, 253 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.559 you won't panic. And if you worshiped, you'd have a 254 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:01.679 whole lot less to worry about. You trust God, the 255 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:04.679 Bible says in Someone sixteen seven, I said to myself, 256 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:09.960 relax because the Lord takes care of you. Said, you know, 257 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:11.480 just relax, the Lord will. 258 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:11.759 Take care of you. 259 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:15.399 That's trust in God. Proverbs fourteen thirty. A heart at 260 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:19.919 peace gives life to the body. 261 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.200 But envy what rots the bones. 262 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:27.320 Gay everybody, look up here, friends, It's not just what 263 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:32.519 you eat that matters, it's what eats you. You didn't 264 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:38.120 have the best microbiotic you know, playing all around and 265 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:44.639 eat fresh, healthy, organic improper portions. But if you're resentful 266 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:48.120 against your dad, and envious against your friend, and bitter 267 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.639 against your mom, and guilty against something you did yesterday. 268 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.799 It's what he eating you. He is a oh man, 269 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.559 she's a pain in the and that's why you got 270 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.159 a pain in the. 271 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:02.799 Okay. 272 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.159 When you take resentment and bitterness into you, it's like 273 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.639 a poison, it's like a fire. It'll burn you up 274 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.279 on the inside. It's not just what you eat, it's 275 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.519 what eats you. Never forget watching an old Columbo a 276 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:17.639 long time ago, and Johnny Cash was the bad guy 277 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:19.799 as a guest star. When he finally gets caught, he says, 278 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:21.799 I'm so glad I got caught because the guilt was 279 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:22.360 killing me. 280 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:26.639 I can't tell you how many. 281 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:29.039 Reports I've read of doctors said most people would leave 282 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.240 the hospital today if they could get rid of guilt 283 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.960 over what they've done and resentment over what others have 284 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:38.080 done to them. There is an issue there that says 285 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:43.360 trusting God and then getting rid of that stuff. And 286 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:46.919 that leaves me to number two, Confessing my sin. Confessing 287 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:51.120 my sin is good for your health. Now, you could 288 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:54.519 talk to any psychologist who'll confirm that one. Now, when 289 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:58.200 you cannot, you can't repress it, you can't suppress it. 290 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.600 You need to express it to God, and you confess 291 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:07.120 it to God. And you see, when I swallow my anger, 292 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.039 my stomach keeps score. If you don't talk it out 293 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:14.039 to God, you're going to take it out on your body. 294 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.159 And so the Bible says this. David says in Psal, 295 00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:20.080 I'm thirty two. When I refuse to confess my sin, 296 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:25.120 I was weak and miserable. It is impossible to feel 297 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:28.480 guilty and happy at the same time. And I groaned 298 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:33.440 all day long. My strength evaporated. That's why you're weak 299 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:38.559 all the time. You're caring around a garbage bag of guilt. Finally, 300 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:40.679 I confessed all my sins to you, and I stopped 301 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:42.799 trying to hide them, and you forgave me, and all 302 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:46.200 my guilt is gone. One of the healthiest things you 303 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:50.159 can do is receive the forgiveness of God in your 304 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.840 life and just throw away that garbage stack that you 305 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:57.159 don't carry into the next decade. All the garbage of 306 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:02.720 this decade don't carry All the resentment, fear, worry, guilt, legalism, 307 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.799 jealousy and envy and all those other emotions don't carry 308 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:10.559 him into the new decade. Trusting God's good for your health. 309 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:12.440 Confessing my sin is good for your health. Number three, 310 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:16.599 Giving generously is good for your health. It's good for 311 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:20.799 your heart. Every time I give, my heart grows bigger. 312 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.839 Every time I give, I break the grip of materialism 313 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.440 in my life. People say, well, I'm not materialistic. Well 314 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.799 let me see your checkbook. Tell me how you spend 315 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.279 your money and spend your time. I'll tell you what's 316 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:34.880 your priority. Is it all spent on you or are 317 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.720 you giving it away? 318 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:36.920 Now? 319 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.519 There are more promises in the Bible about giving and 320 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:43.440 generosity than any other promise any other subject. Because God says, 321 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.440 I want you to learn to be like me. And 322 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.759 God is a giving God. He's generous. Everything you have 323 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.720 is a gift from God. You wouldn't take your next 324 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:57.839 breath if God didn't give it to you. Everything you have, 325 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.000 the next beat of your heart is a gift from God. 326 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:02.960 God everything you have. And so God says, I you know, 327 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:04.759 like father, like son. I want my kids to be 328 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.519 like me. I want you to learn to be generous. 329 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:10.799 And every time you give generously, you give away instead of. 330 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:13.880 Keeping and hoarding. You are healthier. 331 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.400 It is not a mistake that the word miser and 332 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:21.720 miserable come from the same word. Misers are miserables. There 333 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:23.839 are only two kinds of people on life, takers and givers. 334 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:29.920 Takers are always sad, they're always mad. Givers are glad. 335 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.480 They're the people who give away. The Bible says in 336 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:37.319 Proverbs eleven twenty five, a generous man will prosper. You 337 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.400 want to prosper. A generous man will prosper. And he 338 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:47.279 who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. Finally, number four, 339 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.440 and I wish I had a lot of time to 340 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.160 go in on this one. 341 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:49.920 Having fun. 342 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:56.119 Having fun, the Bible teaches, is good for your health. 343 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:57.759 And I wish I could take you through all of 344 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:00.880 these verses. The Bible teaches that life is to be enjoyed, 345 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:04.359 not merely endured. The Bible tells us God created everything 346 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:07.960 for our enjoyment. The Bible says in Proverbs seventeen twenty two, 347 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.079 a cheerful heart. That's a positive attitude, a happy, fun, 348 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:17.880 loving laughter, humorous, cheerful heart is good medicine. But a 349 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:25.759 crushed spirit dries up the bones. He who laughs lasts. Now, 350 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:28.880 let me tell you from personal experience. If you learn 351 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:31.200 to laugh at yourself. You'll never run out of material. 352 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.000 You'll always have lots of good stuff. It'll just keep coming. 353 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:38.880 You'll never run out of stuff to laugh. Now, you 354 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:41.720 need to put some fun in your life. Put play 355 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:45.400 in every day. People say the family that prays together 356 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.519 stays together. That's true, but also the family that plays 357 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:50.680 together stays together. 358 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:52.440 Now. 359 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.680 In John chapter five, Jesus is walking down the street 360 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.559 and he sees this guy who's sitting on the side 361 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:03.079 of the road who's been sick be eight years. He's paraplegic, 362 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:06.720 and Jesus walks up to him and he asks one 363 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:08.359 of the most important questions, and I want to ask 364 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:11.200 it you this morning. He says, do you want to 365 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:15.359 get well? That is a profound question. This guy's been 366 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:17.440 sick thirty eight years. You'd think, well, of. 367 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:18.200 Course he wants good. 368 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:22.279 But Jesus, do you really want to get well? And 369 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.559 that's my question to you. Where do you want to 370 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:27.799 be a year from now health wise? Do you want 371 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:32.240 to have the most energy, the sharpest mind, the brightest smile, 372 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:34.759 the strongest body that. 373 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:38.960 You've ever had. Do you really want to get well? 374 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.960 Let's bow our heads. 375 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:45.599 Father, you created our bodies, you sent Jesus to pay 376 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:49.039 for our bodies. Then you sent your spirit to live 377 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:53.240 in our bodies. Help us to never forget that our 378 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:57.000 bodies belong to You, not us, and that they are 379 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.200 connected to the body of Christ and one day they 380 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.039 will be right resurrected. 381 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.720 In version two point zero. 382 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:07.160 Forgive us for all the times we've misused our bodies 383 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:11.920 and abused our health, and we commit together to join 384 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:16.000 in a journey of health, to follow God's health plan 385 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.599 for your glory. 386 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:21.160 In Jesus's name, Amen. 387 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:30.160 This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We are so glad 388 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:32.599 you're with us today, and if you'd like to receive 389 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:36.559 rix free daily devotional, go to Pastorick dot com and 390 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:39.279 sign up right now. Rick will be back in just 391 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:42.200 a moment to close out our time today. But first, 392 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:44.960 God put it on Rick's heart to connect with a 393 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:49.039 team of leading experts to create the Daniel Plan, a 394 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:53.039 powerful Bible based program that has helped more than fifteen 395 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:58.359 thousand people lose weight, increase their energy, and improve their relationships, 396 00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:02.599 all while growing closer to the Lord. Here's Pastor Rick 397 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.599 to tell us more. 398 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.960 You know, honestly, I never paid much attention to my 399 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.039 health until I had a little epiphany a few years 400 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:10.759 back when I baptized over eight hundred people in a 401 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:14.839