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

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here today. We're continuing our series

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<v Speaker 1>from Psalm twenty three called Living in the Goodness of God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all about how God's goodness meets you right where

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. First up,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll start with part one of a message called letting

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<v Speaker 1>God Meet My Needs.

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<v Speaker 2>If you take out your message notes, we're in a

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<v Speaker 2>series I started last weekend called Living in the Goodness

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<v Speaker 2>of God. If you missed that first message, please go

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<v Speaker 2>listen to it online because it's the foundation of everywhere

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<v Speaker 2>we're going for the next ten weeks. That when you

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<v Speaker 2>don't understand how good God really is, it creates all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of problems in your life. We specifically talked about

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<v Speaker 2>four sources of stress in your life that you don't

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<v Speaker 2>need when you understand the goodness of God. Now, what

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do today is we're going to start

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<v Speaker 2>verse by verse through the most famous chapter in the

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<v Speaker 2>entire Bible, Psalm twenty three. The Lord is my shepherd,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is a perfect picture of the goodness of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and it shows you the antidote to the nine greatest

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<v Speaker 2>sources of stress in your life. Today, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>look at worry and specifically, I want you to see

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<v Speaker 2>why God says you should never have to worry for

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<v Speaker 2>about anything. And then second, how do you connect with

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<v Speaker 2>God meeting the needs that are in your life. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Before we look at that, I'm going to just give

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<v Speaker 2>you three facts about the goodness of God. So why

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<v Speaker 2>don't you write these down? These are just three fundamental

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<v Speaker 2>truths you can base your life on. Number One, God

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<v Speaker 2>is the source of everything I need to live. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to look anywhere else. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>look to Wall Street, you don't have to look to

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<v Speaker 2>the government. You don't have to look to your spouse,

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<v Speaker 2>or your individual retirement account, or your social security or

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<v Speaker 2>your job. God is the source of everything I need

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<v Speaker 2>to live. Now. The point I want to make here

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<v Speaker 2>is that if you're going to put your security in something,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to put it in something that can never

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<v Speaker 2>be taken from you. Because if you have put your

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<v Speaker 2>security in something that'll be taken from you, you're not secure.

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<v Speaker 2>You can lose your health, you can lose your job,

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<v Speaker 2>you can lose your good looks, some of you already have.

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<v Speaker 2>You can lose. You can lose your family, you can

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<v Speaker 2>lose your life, you can lose your mind, you can

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<v Speaker 2>lose all of those things. Don't put your security in

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<v Speaker 2>anyone or anything. You put your security in something you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot be taken from you, and that is your relationship

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<v Speaker 2>to God. Nobody can take that away from you now.

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<v Speaker 2>Psalm twenty three, verse one. The first verse of this

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<v Speaker 2>chapter says, the Lord is my shepherd, and then read

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<v Speaker 2>it with me. I will lack nothing nothing. That's a

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<v Speaker 2>place where he says, I will be your security in

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<v Speaker 2>every area. Now, obviously, the first question is what's a shepherd?

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<v Speaker 2>And most of you did not grow up on a

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<v Speaker 2>sheep farm. But shepherds are the people who care for sheep. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>you probably don't know a lot about sheep, but sheep

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<v Speaker 2>are incredibly defenseless animals. They have a lot of natural predators.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not fast, they can't run, they don't have claws,

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<v Speaker 2>they don't have teeth with sharp incisors that can bite.

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<v Speaker 2>And on top of that, they're not very smart animals.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not very intelligent. They fall off cliffs and they

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<v Speaker 2>get lost, and all kinds of things but they really

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<v Speaker 2>need a defender. They need a shepherd. Left on its own,

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<v Speaker 2>a sheep's probably gonna get eaten. And so what does

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<v Speaker 2>a shepherd do? Well, you might write this down because

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<v Speaker 2>this is what God wants to do for you. A

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<v Speaker 2>shepherd feeds, leads and meets needs. That's what a shepherd does.

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<v Speaker 2>A shepherd feeds, leads and meets needs. And God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I will be your shepherd throughout, will feed you, I

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<v Speaker 2>will lead you, and I will meet your needs. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>your needs are various. Sometimes you need protection, sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>need comfort. Sometimes you need encouragement. Sometimes you need a

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<v Speaker 2>little discipline, Sometimes you need direction. We're going to look

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<v Speaker 2>at all the different needs that God has promised to

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<v Speaker 2>meet in your life. By the way, if you're a parent, listen.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're a parent, you're a shepherd. Dad's it is

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<v Speaker 2>your job to feed, lead, and meet needs. Mom, it

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<v Speaker 2>is your job to feed, lead, and meet needs of

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<v Speaker 2>those children. So you have a shepherd's role. If you

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<v Speaker 2>are ever in any management position in a business in

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<v Speaker 2>your career, and you have people under you that you

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<v Speaker 2>are supervising, that you are caring for, that has shepherding

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<v Speaker 2>capabilities or responsibilities to it, and as a manager, it's

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<v Speaker 2>your job to feed information, motivation, things like that. It's

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<v Speaker 2>your job to lead, and it is your job to

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<v Speaker 2>meet needs of the people. As a leader, you serve them,

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<v Speaker 2>not they serve you. By the way, do you know

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<v Speaker 2>what the Greek word for shepherd is pastor? I am

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<v Speaker 2>a shepherd. That is my job. It is my job

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<v Speaker 2>to feed you through this book. It is my job

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<v Speaker 2>to lead you. It is my job to meet your needs.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what shepherds do. So if you have any kind

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<v Speaker 2>of caring capacity where you are over a small group

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<v Speaker 2>as a leader, you're a shepherd. Or you are you

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<v Speaker 2>work in some ministry, you're a shepherd. And so the

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<v Speaker 2>very things that God does with us feed lead and

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<v Speaker 2>meet needs God wants you to do with other people. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the second truth I want you to write down. First,

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<v Speaker 2>God is the source of everything I need to live.

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<v Speaker 2>Number two, there is nothing I need that God can't supply.

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<v Speaker 2>There is nothing that I need that you need that

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<v Speaker 2>God cannot supply. We're gonna look at this in depth.

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<v Speaker 2>But in Philippians chapter four it says this verse nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>God will supply all you ever need from His glorious resources.

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<v Speaker 2>In Christ Jesus. If you're taking notes, you might circle

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<v Speaker 2>in Christ Jesus will come back to that. God's goodness

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<v Speaker 2>is not based on your goodness. It's based on his goodness.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to be good for God to be

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<v Speaker 2>good to you. God is good to you because of

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<v Speaker 2>what Jesus did on the cross. And number three third

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want you to write down is this, God

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't want me worrying about anything. Nothing, not a zip zero.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, worry may be the most common sin on

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<v Speaker 2>the planet. God says you don't need to worry. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want you worry Philippians four six. Don't worry about anything.

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<v Speaker 2>That's pretty clear. I looked up that word don't worry

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<v Speaker 2>about anything, and it actually means anything. Don't worry about anything. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>pray about everything. We've talked about this many times. You

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<v Speaker 2>can pray or you can panic. If you're not praying,

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<v Speaker 2>you're panicking. You can worry, or you can worship. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're not worshiping, you're worrying. You invite worship in the

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<v Speaker 2>front door. Worry goes out the back door. You invite

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<v Speaker 2>worry in the front door. Worship goes out the back door.

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<v Speaker 2>And so God says, I don't want you worrying about anything. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>why why does God not want me worrying about anything? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>in the famous Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives us

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<v Speaker 2>five reasons why worry is worthless. I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 2>through these pretty quickly, and then we're going to look

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<v Speaker 2>at what difference it makes in your life. So write

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<v Speaker 2>these down. Five reasons God says you should never, never, ever,

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<v Speaker 2>ever worry about anything. Number one, he says, worry is unreasonable.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unreasonable. In other words, it doesn't make sense, it's illogical,

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<v Speaker 2>it is irrational, it is unreasonable. And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>this in Matthew chapter six, verse twenty five. Don't worry

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<v Speaker 2>about your life what you'll eat or drink, and don't

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<v Speaker 2>worry about your body or what you'll wear. Your life

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<v Speaker 2>is far more important than clothes. For some of you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a big revelation. But that's true, okay. Clothes don't

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<v Speaker 2>make the man or the woman. And so he says,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry. Don't worry about these minor issues here, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's saying that worry is unreasonable. Now, why is worry unreasonable?

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you three reasons it's unreasonable. In the

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<v Speaker 2>first place, we typically worry about the wrong thing. We

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<v Speaker 2>worry about the little stuff, how I look, how I appear,

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<v Speaker 2>what I say, who I'm talking to, stuff, Am I

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be late for this meeting? Stuff that ain't gonna

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<v Speaker 2>matter in five years. It's all temporary. If you're really

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<v Speaker 2>gonna worry, and God says you shouldn't. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>were going to worry, worry about things that are eternal,

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<v Speaker 2>not external. Worry about stuff that's going to matter in

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<v Speaker 2>ten years or one hundred years, or a thousand years,

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<v Speaker 2>or for eternity. Don't worry about stuff that's not going

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<v Speaker 2>to matter tomorrow. And yet most of the things we

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<v Speaker 2>worry about are temporary things like in the next five minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm worried about this, And so he says it's unreasonable

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<v Speaker 2>because you pick the wrong things to be concerned about.

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<v Speaker 2>The second reason is to worry about something you can change.

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<v Speaker 2>There are something you can't change is useless. If you

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<v Speaker 2>can't change it, why are you worrying about it. To

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<v Speaker 2>worry about something you can change is stupid. So either way,

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<v Speaker 2>if you can change it, change it. If you can't

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<v Speaker 2>change it, so what you can't do anything about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry will not change it at all. So he says

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<v Speaker 2>it's irrational because we think that worry is actually a

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<v Speaker 2>form of control. We think by control, by worrying about something,

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<v Speaker 2>we're actually controlling them. By worrying about your kids who

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<v Speaker 2>are out late at night, you think you're controlling them.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not. You're not. It doesn't change anything. And the

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<v Speaker 2>third reason why it's irrational, and you've noticed this, is

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<v Speaker 2>that anytime you worry about something, it keeps getting bigger

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<v Speaker 2>in your mind. It's not logical, it's irrational. And so

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<v Speaker 2>if you start worrying about somebody criticizes you, says an

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<v Speaker 2>unkind wordy to you, says an off the wall comment,

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<v Speaker 2>it hurts your feelings, and you worry about that, And

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<v Speaker 2>what did they mean. They've already forgotten it, and they

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<v Speaker 2>probably didn't even mean it. It's just some stupid thing

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<v Speaker 2>they said. But if you keep going over a worry

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<v Speaker 2>in your mind, it doesn't get smaller. When you worry,

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<v Speaker 2>it gets bigger. And if you keep thinking about pretty

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<v Speaker 2>soon you think the whole world hates me. Oh, they

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<v Speaker 2>don't hate you. No, they don't hate you. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>irrationality of worry. Worry is unreasonable. Number two, Jesus says

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<v Speaker 2>you should never worry, not only because it's unreasonable, it's unnatural.

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<v Speaker 2>Nature does not worry. It's unnatural. Human beings are the

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<v Speaker 2>only thing in nature. Human beings are the only thing

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<v Speaker 2>God has created in all the universe that worry. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>ants don't worry. Cows don't worry, plants don't worry, rocks

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry. Horses don't worry. The only thing that worries

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<v Speaker 2>are human beings in rebellion against God. It's unnatural. You

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<v Speaker 2>weren't made to worry. Now. In the Servant on the Mount,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus gives us a couple of lessons. He uses a

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<v Speaker 2>biology lesson and a botany lesson or plants and animals.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at this verse twenty six. In Matthew six, Jesus says,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, look at the birds. Look at the birds

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<v Speaker 2>of the air. They don't sow or reef or store

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<v Speaker 2>away in barns. And then they're not worried about you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do I have enough to live on? And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not

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<v Speaker 2>more valuable than birds? If God takes care of birds,

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<v Speaker 2>isn't going to take care of you. And then he says,

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<v Speaker 2>in verse twenty eight and twenty nine, Matthew six, and

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<v Speaker 2>why do you worry about your clothes? Go ahead and

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<v Speaker 2>look at the flowers. Look at the field lilies. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry about about how they look. Yet King Solomon,

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<v Speaker 2>all of his glory, was not clothed as beautifully as

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<v Speaker 2>they are. I don't know if you've ever looked at

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<v Speaker 2>a flower real close, an orchid or a rose, or

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<v Speaker 2>the detail and the beauty of just an ordinary wildflower.

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<v Speaker 2>God says, Look, they're beautiful the way they are. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to put on makeup, they don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>get fancy, they don't have to worry about how they

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<v Speaker 2>appear to everybody else. They're not worried about their parents.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just who they are, and it's beautiful. Now, what

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<v Speaker 2>he's doing here is he's given us a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>lessons from nature. He says, Okay, let's look at bird watching.

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<v Speaker 2>If Anybody's on God's welfare plan, it's birds. Because birds

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<v Speaker 2>really don't do anything. What do they contribute to the world.

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<v Speaker 2>All they do is tweet and poop, But you do

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more than that. Birds, Well, I mean what

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<v Speaker 2>I mean? You don't eat birds. They don't provide sustenance

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<v Speaker 2>for you know, human beings. And he says, they're on't

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<v Speaker 2>God's welfare system. God just made them because they're beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>as sweet to the listen to. And he says, look,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not worried, and aren't you more valuable than the birds?

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<v Speaker 2>I take care of them, I'll take care of you.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he gives a botany lesson. He says, look

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<v Speaker 2>at these flowers and how God makes them beautiful just

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<v Speaker 2>the way they are. You're beautiful just the way you are.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's said, animals don't worry. Plants don't worry nothing

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<v Speaker 2>at all. Creation worries. The only thing I've created that worries,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't trust me are human beings. And he said,

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<v Speaker 2>all a creation trusts my care except humans. He's saying,

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<v Speaker 2>worry isn't natural. Did you know you weren't born to worry?

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<v Speaker 2>You weren't made to worry. Now some of you say,

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<v Speaker 2>well I was a born worrier. No, you weren't. Worry

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<v Speaker 2>is learned. You learned it by watching other people worry.

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<v Speaker 2>No baby worries. They learn to worry watching other people worry. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>anything that is learned can be unlearned. So you don't

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<v Speaker 2>worry wart being so uptight, having your stomach in a

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<v Speaker 2>not getting a tight and tense back, having to go

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<v Speaker 2>get a massage, getting a migraine, headache, all these other

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<v Speaker 2>symptoms of worry. God says, you don't need to worry

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<v Speaker 2>about that. Worry is unreasonable and worry is unnatural. You

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<v Speaker 2>have to, by the way, not only do you have

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<v Speaker 2>to learn it, you have to practice it to get

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<v Speaker 2>good at it. But some of you are pros at worrying.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you're really good. You're good at worrying. But

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<v Speaker 2>you can unlearn it. And notice in verse twenty six

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<v Speaker 2>there he says, your father sees what the bird says,

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<v Speaker 2>as your father takes it and doesn't say the bird's

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<v Speaker 2>father says your father. So you're in a different category.

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<v Speaker 2>God created everything else, but he made you his child.

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<v Speaker 2>God is not the father of cows. God is not

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<v Speaker 2>the father of ants. God is not the father of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, horses, because they weren't made in God's image.

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<v Speaker 2>You and I are distinctly different from all the other

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<v Speaker 2>plants and animals because we were made in God's image,

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<v Speaker 2>which gives us a capacity to trust him to love him.

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<v Speaker 2>You never see a cow praying, you know. You never

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<v Speaker 2>see a doggie going to worship unless you brought him.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's saying it's not natural. He said, God cares

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<v Speaker 2>for you as a father. Children get special privileges even

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<v Speaker 2>more than the other things in creation. Worry is unreasonable,

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<v Speaker 2>Worry is unnatural. Number three, Jesus says worry is unhelpful.

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<v Speaker 2>What does he mean by that? It's useless, It doesn't work.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry is worthless. It doesn't change anything when you worry

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew six Verse twenty seven, Jesus says, who of you,

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<v Speaker 2>by worrying, can add a single hour to his life?

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<v Speaker 2>Worry can't make you an inch taller. Worry can't make

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<v Speaker 2>you an inch shorter. Can't make you bigger or smaller,

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<v Speaker 2>thinner or fatter. Worry doesn't work. Who if you can

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<v Speaker 2>change anything? He says, you can't add even a single

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<v Speaker 2>hour to your life. In fact, worry can shorten your life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're worried, well, I may not live long if

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<v Speaker 2>you start worrying about it, the tension and stress could

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<v Speaker 2>actually shorten your life. But worry about any problem in

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<v Speaker 2>your life will never move you one step toward that situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry is worthless. It's doing without doing. It's investing a

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<v Speaker 2>do anything. It's like sitting in a rocker and you

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<v Speaker 2>can rock back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth, and you expend a lot of energy,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're not one inch further. You have made no

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<v Speaker 2>progress at all. Worry cannot change anything. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 2>only thing worry can change is you. It will make

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<v Speaker 2>you miserable, and that's what it does. It won't change

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<v Speaker 2>that person you're worried about. It'll only change you, make

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<v Speaker 2>you more miserable. Now follow me on the logic of this.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry cannot change anything in your past. It's already done.

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<v Speaker 2>Your past is passed, So why are you worried about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Worry cannot control your future, no matter how much you

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<v Speaker 2>think you can. You're not controlling it by worrying about it.

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<v Speaker 2>So if it can't change the past and it can't

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<v Speaker 2>control the future, what does it do messes up today.

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<v Speaker 2>It just keeps you messed up today. It keeps you

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<v Speaker 2>stewing without doing as I As I said, it just

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<v Speaker 2>ruins the present. It SAPs the strength out of your body.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not only unreasonable and unnatural, it's uncolpeful.

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<v Speaker 1>Man. I love hearing Pastor Rick. What a great message.

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<v Speaker 1>We also love hearing from our listeners. Here's Rick with

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<v Speaker 1>a very encouraging letter.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me close this broadcast by sharing a letter from

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<v Speaker 2>a listener in Rome, Italy. Her name is Heitian and

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<v Speaker 2>she says, Pastor Rick, I've relocated to Rome, Italy, where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm currently working at the World Food Program. I really

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<v Speaker 2>love listening to your sermons and I also love reading

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<v Speaker 2>your daily devotionals, which I share with many of my

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<v Speaker 2>colleagues serving in the field offices in Africa and another

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<v Speaker 2>hardship duty stations. They appreciate receiving the message very much.

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<v Speaker 2>God bless you Heitian in Rome. Now did you get this?

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<v Speaker 2>A message that is starting in southern California in the

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<v Speaker 2>United States of America is being sent to Europe in Rome, Italy,

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<v Speaker 2>and then it is being reset out to other continents

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<v Speaker 2>like Africa. That is the amazing age of technology that

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<v Speaker 2>we live in today, and that's why your gifts go

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<v Speaker 2>much further than they used to go even twenty or

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<v Speaker 2>thirty years ago. Our ability to reach listeners like Heshan

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<v Speaker 2>and her friends, not just in Europe, but in Africa,

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<v Speaker 2>is a direct result of your prayers and your support

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<v Speaker 2>for Daily Hope. So thanks so much, and by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>join me next time when we continue looking into God's

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<v Speaker 2>word for our daily hope.

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<v Speaker 1>This program is sponsored by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and

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<v Speaker 1>your generous financial support.