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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren. Now today

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<v Speaker 1>we're continuing into the new year, and we're digging deeper

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<v Speaker 1>into one of life's biggest questions, does my life really matter?

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<v Speaker 1>In today's message, Rick's going to continue his powerful series

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<v Speaker 1>Live Your Calling? What on Earth Am I here for?

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<v Speaker 1>In it, you'll discover how living out God's purpose for

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<v Speaker 1>your life brings real meaning, direction, and joy no matter

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<v Speaker 1>where you're starting from. Okay, now here's the final part

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<v Speaker 1>of a message titled you are called to become Number seven.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're gonna make it to the finish line and

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<v Speaker 2>be the woman God wants you to be, be the

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<v Speaker 2>man God wants you to be. I must take every

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<v Speaker 2>step with purpose, take every step with purpose. Tell you

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't do this for a lot of years in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, but I don't want to waste any step anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to waste any energy anymore. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to waste any word anymore. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>waste any breath, any step because I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>many steps I have left, and you don't either. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you're going to live a week, a month,

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<v Speaker 2>a year, or what you don't know. So whatever steps

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to take, you better do them on purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>And you need to be more disciplined, and you need

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<v Speaker 2>to be more self controlled, and you need to take

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<v Speaker 2>every step and every moment in your life with purpose. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're gonna become the person God wants you to be,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the third calling in life. I'll be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>there are some things you're gonna have to deny yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not gonna get to do everything that everybody else does.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if you want to be God's woman, God's man,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to be what you're created to be. You

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<v Speaker 2>just can't go out and do everything what everybody else does.

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<v Speaker 2>As I said, you can't follow their plan, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>planning God's plan all at the same time. Anybody who

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<v Speaker 2>trains for the Olympics gives up an enormous amount of

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<v Speaker 2>things to be a winner. They eat a certain way,

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<v Speaker 2>they go to bed at a certain time, they don't

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<v Speaker 2>do certain things, and you're gonna have to deny yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>You just can't tack on God's purpose to what you

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<v Speaker 2>want to do with your life. It's planned A or

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<v Speaker 2>plan B. And so you have to say, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to be disciplined. I'm gonna have to take every

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<v Speaker 2>step on purpose. Like Saint Paul, you have to be

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<v Speaker 2>purpose driven. Look at this next verse one Corinthians nine.

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<v Speaker 2>All athletes practice strict self control. In other words, to

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<v Speaker 2>be a win you get in the super Bowl, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta discipline yourself. They do it. They do all this

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<v Speaker 2>self discipline, self control. They do it to win a prize.

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<v Speaker 2>It'll fade away, But we do it for an eternal

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<v Speaker 2>prize in heaven. So I run straight to the goal

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<v Speaker 2>with purpose in every step. I'm not like a boxer

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<v Speaker 2>who misses his punches. Paul says, I'm way beyond the

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<v Speaker 2>years of shadow boxing. If I'm going to take a punch,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna make sure it lands. I'm not just out

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<v Speaker 2>there beating the air. I'm not just shadow boxing. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not wasting my time. I'm not wasting my life. If

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to land a punch, I'm gonna make sure

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<v Speaker 2>it has contact. And if I'm going to take a step,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna make sure it has a step of purpose

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. That's how you get to the finish line. Hebrews,

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<v Speaker 2>the Book of Hebrews gives us more advice. Back to

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<v Speaker 2>chapter twelve Hebrews twelve, Verse thirteen, twelve and thirteen says

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<v Speaker 2>this because God knows you're gonna get tired in the

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<v Speaker 2>marathon of life. He says, lift up your tired hands

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<v Speaker 2>then and strengthen. You're trembling these in other words, when

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<v Speaker 2>you feel like I can't go on, I'm out of energy,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm out of gas, he says, you just ask God

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<v Speaker 2>for more strength. Keep walking. When you're going through hell,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you do? You keep going. You don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to stay in hell. When you're going through hell, you

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<v Speaker 2>keep walking. When you're walking through hell, you keep walking.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, keep walking on straight paths. Circle straight paths.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll come back to that, so that your lame foot

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<v Speaker 2>circle that lame foot will come back to that may

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<v Speaker 2>not be disabled, but instead be healed. And he says,

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<v Speaker 2>when you're running the race of life and you're becoming

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<v Speaker 2>what God wants you to be, he says, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to keep walking on the straight path. Don't be tempted

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<v Speaker 2>to by crooked ways when things aren't working out, don't

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<v Speaker 2>be tempted by crooked ways. Don't be tempted by shortcuts.

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<v Speaker 2>Shortcuts are going to get you into deep weeds. Stay

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<v Speaker 2>on the straight and narrow path and head for the goal.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says, then your lame foot will not be disabled,

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<v Speaker 2>but instead it'll be healed. What's you talking about there?

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<v Speaker 2>In the race of life, we all run with a limp.

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<v Speaker 2>Every one of us have limps. I just said it early.

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<v Speaker 2>You have some emotional limps. Your emotion don't always work right.

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<v Speaker 2>You have somer relational limps. You have some weaknesses in

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<v Speaker 2>your relationships. You have some physical limps. Your body doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>always work right. You have some spiritual limps. You're not

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<v Speaker 2>as strong spiritually as you could be. You have some

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<v Speaker 2>financial limps. You don't have the money that you could have.

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<v Speaker 2>You have all kinds of limps. Everybody walks through life

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<v Speaker 2>with a limp. Now, if I have a natural limp,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd better stay on the straight path, because if I

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<v Speaker 2>get on a crooked path with a natural limp, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>more likely to stumble. And if I get on a

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<v Speaker 2>rocky path with a natural limp, I'm more likely to fall.

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<v Speaker 2>If I get on a crooked path and a mountain path.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I'm let to stumble because I have a natural limp,

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<v Speaker 2>a bent to fall. The only way I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>stumble less is if I stay on God's straight path.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I'm not going to stumble as much. We all

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<v Speaker 2>run life with a limp. Michelle was born one of

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<v Speaker 2>three because of some doctors, the things they did wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Two of the babies didn't get the oxygen they needed

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<v Speaker 2>when they were just being born, and they were born

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<v Speaker 2>with cerebral palsy. And Michelle has walked with a limp

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<v Speaker 2>her entire life, very pronounced, but over time she said,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to walk the straight path and I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to learn to overcome and do the best I can

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<v Speaker 2>with what I've got. I want you to watch this

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<v Speaker 2>video on Michelle's life.

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<v Speaker 3>My name is Michelle, and I want to tell you

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit about my story. When I'm an identical

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<v Speaker 3>set of triplets and we were born three much premature,

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<v Speaker 3>which caused brain damage, which caused a disability called serbopolity,

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<v Speaker 3>and it affected me and my sister Megan, me minorly

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<v Speaker 3>just having a limp. They didn't wasn't sure if I

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<v Speaker 3>was gonna walk. Growing up, I started off with a walker,

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<v Speaker 3>which allowed me to get around and keep up with everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>I was really determined to not be left behind, and

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<v Speaker 3>I just went everywhere with that thing. So after moving

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<v Speaker 3>around with my walker for a while, I decided to

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<v Speaker 3>take that leap of faith and step away from the walker.

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<v Speaker 3>And one day, when my dad was walking home from work,

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<v Speaker 3>I just saw him and I let go of my

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<v Speaker 3>walker and I walked into his arms for the first time.

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<v Speaker 3>Once I kept progressing and making these little steps of

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<v Speaker 3>big faith to me, I thought that anything was possible.

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<v Speaker 3>I started getting involved with every sport in soccer and baseball,

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<v Speaker 3>and I decided that I wanted to take a karate

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<v Speaker 3>because I thought it would be fun, and I broke

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<v Speaker 3>my first board, and I never thought that I would

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<v Speaker 3>have been able to do that. I just loved sports

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<v Speaker 3>and how made me feel, and how free I could

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<v Speaker 3>just be, even though I would fall down or the

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<v Speaker 3>reality of my CP would set in every day, and

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<v Speaker 3>there'd be times where I'd be walking to class feeling confident,

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<v Speaker 3>then all of a sudden I would fall and drop

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<v Speaker 3>all my books and then slowly get up, but then

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<v Speaker 3>look up and realize that there's a crowd of kids

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<v Speaker 3>just staring at me. The embarrassment that comes along with

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<v Speaker 3>the shame and realizing that you're different and just sets

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<v Speaker 3>in as I try to get up and as all

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<v Speaker 3>my friends are realizing that I'm different. And I think

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<v Speaker 3>for me, the big step was just the courage to

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<v Speaker 3>get up or keep moving on. When I fell. There

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<v Speaker 3>comes a time in your life where you have to

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<v Speaker 3>make a decision. Are you gonna stay stuck in the

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<v Speaker 3>place that you're in or are you going to shut

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<v Speaker 3>out all those voices and all those things that push

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<v Speaker 3>you down. But the key to those challenges is the

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<v Speaker 3>courage to get back up and take that next step.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I decided that I would go running with

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<v Speaker 3>me and my friends Hillary and Natalie, And they just said,

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<v Speaker 3>come on out with us, and I said, I've never

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<v Speaker 3>ran before, but bear with me. In my mind, I

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<v Speaker 3>just said, this is horrible. I hate, like it's so

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<v Speaker 3>painful to run and why does anybody do this? And

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<v Speaker 3>as they coached me, I started to realize that as

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of imagery in my life of getting up

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<v Speaker 3>and moving forward, running was the next thing. As I

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<v Speaker 3>started making these steps of progression to make it farther

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<v Speaker 3>and farther each night and running next to my friends

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<v Speaker 3>just with the biggest smile on my face, saying I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Is this right?

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<v Speaker 3>And now my friends are saying, we're gonna push you

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<v Speaker 3>another step into a five K, and I look at

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<v Speaker 3>them as I look at their fitness plan for me,

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<v Speaker 3>and I say, you're crazy. And then I remember all

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<v Speaker 3>those times I got up said I'm gonna get up,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna run. The thing I realize now is that

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<v Speaker 3>there's always gonna be challenges in my life. Whether that

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<v Speaker 3>means I have a disability or not. I'm always gonna

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<v Speaker 3>struggle and get stuck. But I realized that the most

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<v Speaker 3>important thing is to have the courage and the faith

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<v Speaker 3>to get back up. Whether that means I'm doing that

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<v Speaker 3>alone or with people, it needs to be done because

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<v Speaker 3>I'm living my life, not anybody else. And so in

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<v Speaker 3>that process of growing and becoming what Christ has called

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<v Speaker 3>me to be, he needs me to get back up,

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<v Speaker 3>and he needs me to walk alongside of him. But

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<v Speaker 3>I'm running alongside of him now.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Michelle, yesterday a major barrier was broken, a goal

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<v Speaker 2>that you had that tell us about what happened just then.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, yesterday as I spoke a little bit about it

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<v Speaker 3>in my video. I'd been running for the last couple

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<v Speaker 3>of months, and every time I go out for an

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<v Speaker 3>hour or so and run half a lap or so.

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<v Speaker 3>And just yesterday my friend was pushing me a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit more and I she said, let's go a little further,

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<v Speaker 3>let's go a little farther. And I told her last time,

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<v Speaker 3>last time, or yesterday, I said, I haven't been running

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<v Speaker 3>last week, so bear with me and go easy. And

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<v Speaker 3>she didn't really take that into account. But so as

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<v Speaker 3>I was running a little bit farther one of the

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<v Speaker 3>last times, it was like my third lap, I she said, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>just go a little farther. Something just clicked in my

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<v Speaker 3>head and I said, okay, I'm almost there, just a

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<v Speaker 3>couple more feet. I just say, okay, God, you gotta

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<v Speaker 3>give me the courage, you gotta give me the strength,

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<v Speaker 3>because I don't know if I could do this. And

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<v Speaker 3>as I look up, I see the line where it

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<v Speaker 3>means that I finished. And yesterday it was the first

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<v Speaker 3>Well, my long range goals. I was discussing with my

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<v Speaker 2>We can talk about it later, we can negotiate that.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, all right, would you like to have Michelle

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<v Speaker 2>Uh so what's your short term goal? Let's start with

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<v Speaker 3>But occasionally I want to follow this calling that God

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<v Speaker 2>Fantastic. Hey, thank you, Thanks, you love you. You know.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that's part of that story is

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<v Speaker 2>of friends pushed her. Is anybody pushing you, is anybody

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<v Speaker 2>Let's do this thing together. And are you doing that

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna run this next lap of the race together.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta have those people in your life, friend, or

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<v Speaker 2>Now there's one last step, and this is my favorite

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<v Speaker 2>God will. What I don't finish, what I don't get

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<v Speaker 2>finished in my life, God will. I was created to

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<v Speaker 2>bring me to completion in heaven. Philippians Chapter one says this,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a great promise. I am sure that God,

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<v Speaker 2>who began the good work within you, will continue his work.

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<v Speaker 2>It's his work. He will continue his work in you

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<v Speaker 2>until it is finally finished. Circle that finally finished. On

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<v Speaker 2>that day when Christ Jesus comes back again, friends, what

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<v Speaker 2>a day that is going to be. What a day

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<v Speaker 2>either one. What a day that's going to be. Because

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<v Speaker 2>on that day when you see Jesus Christ, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>But when you see him face to face, every mirror

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<v Speaker 2>neuron in your body, in your brain is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be transformed to become like him. Your weaknesses gone, all

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<v Speaker 2>your failures and frailties gone, all of your insecurities gone,

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<v Speaker 2>all of your blemishes and flaws gone, and you will

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<v Speaker 2>be transformed into perfection one day, and those mirror neurons

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<v Speaker 2>are going to be on overload and you will reflect

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<v Speaker 2>the glory of the Lord. That is such good news. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not who I ought to be. You're not who you

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<v Speaker 2>could be. But God says, that's okay. I'm taking my time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm cheering you at every stage. You just take every

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<v Speaker 2>what you didn't finish, and you're going to be changed

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<v Speaker 2>boom instantly into my likeness. If you have put yourself

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<v Speaker 2>last first on your outline. It's actually first John, not John,

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<v Speaker 2>an amazing promise. Dear friends, dear dear friends. We are

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<v Speaker 2>that when he comes, we will be like him, for

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<v Speaker 2>we shall see Him as he really is. And what

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<v Speaker 2>I am so so glad for that. In this race

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the human race. We've all been there. We've

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<v Speaker 2>We've all been there. But your race is not over.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not your heart's still beaten. See, your race isn't over,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's never too late to get back up and

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<v Speaker 2>get in the race again. And in this family, you

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<v Speaker 2>are loved. You are beloved, You belong and you can

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<v Speaker 2>become what God meant for you to become. Let He

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<v Speaker 2>always intended. And if you get in a small group

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<v Speaker 2>that learns to be safe and learns to be supportive,

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<v Speaker 2>they will help you back up. Every time you stumble

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<v Speaker 2>and fall on your face. That's okay, it's part of

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<v Speaker 2>helping you cross the finish line. It's never too late,

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<v Speaker 2>You're never too old. It's time to get back up

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<v Speaker 2>and get in the race. That's bower Heads Now. Each

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<v Speaker 2>to begin with a prayer, and I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>follow me in this prayer, say, Dear God, just say

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<v Speaker 2>that in your mind. Dear God, for the first time today,

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<v Speaker 2>I have realized that you are cheering me at every

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<v Speaker 2>I want to take every step with purpose. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>I've done too much of that. I want to accept

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<v Speaker 2>the third purpose of my life, my calling to become

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<v Speaker 2>you never gave up. Thank you make me strong, give

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<v Speaker 2>Help me to find a team to run with me.

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<v Speaker 2>At this next stage of my life. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ, I give you as much as I know

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<v Speaker 2>how every part of my life. If you've never done

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<v Speaker 2>make yourself real to me. If you said that, say

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ. Today, I rededicate my life to you, and

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<v Speaker 2>complete in your name, I pray Amen. You know, if

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<v Speaker 2>or you just recommitted your life to Jesus again today,

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<v Speaker 2>would you let me know about it. There's something real

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<v Speaker 2>about sharing your commitment. So write me Rick at Pastorrick

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<v Speaker 2>dot com and say, Rick, I prayed that prayer of commitment.

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<v Speaker 2>I gave my life to Christ. And I'll send you

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<v Speaker 2>some material that will help you on your journey with Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll also pray for you. God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>What a fantastic message from Pastor Rick. You know, Daily

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<v Speaker 1>Hope is changing lives every day. Here's Pastor Rick with

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<v Speaker 1>a letter from one of our listeners.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, everybody today, I want to share a letter from Edam,

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<v Speaker 2>a listener from Canada who talks about the impact Daily

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<v Speaker 2>he writes. The Daily Hope Ministry has helped me greatly

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<v Speaker 2>in shifting the lens through which I see life. I

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<v Speaker 2>his purpose. I understand that every trial or every situation

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<v Speaker 2>and is preparing me for Heaven. I started listening to

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<v Speaker 2>So thank you everybody for your ongoing support and your

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