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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everyone, I'm so glad you're here with us today.

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

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<v Speaker 1>today we start a series called The Keys to a

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<v Speaker 1>Blessed Life. In these messages, Rick walks through Jesus's Sermon

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<v Speaker 1>on the Mount and shows us how to live a

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<v Speaker 1>truly hopeful and purpose filled life. Now, let's get started

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<v Speaker 1>with part one of it depends on who you depend on.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably the most common greeting that you know you hear,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly among believers, is God bless you. And we say

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<v Speaker 2>it not just when people sneeze. We say God bless you.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever thought of what in the world does

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<v Speaker 2>that mean? What's a blessing? How do you define a blessing?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you know a blessing if it slapped you in

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<v Speaker 2>the face. I mean, the Bible says it sometimes a

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<v Speaker 2>problem is a blessing. So when you say God bless them,

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<v Speaker 2>really great, you say, given a bunch of problems, Really,

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<v Speaker 2>what in the world is a blessing? And if you

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<v Speaker 2>pray for God to bless somebody, how do you even

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<v Speaker 2>know if it's happened or not. If you don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what a blessing is? The word blessed in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>is the Greek word macarios macarios, and macarios is the

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<v Speaker 2>word for happy, happy. It is the word for happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>To be blessed is to be happy. To have a

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<v Speaker 2>blessing is to have happiness in your life. And when

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus talks about you're blessed if you do this, he's

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<v Speaker 2>saying you're going to be happy if you do this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the exact same word. Now, today we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>begin quite a long series through Jesus' most famous sermon.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called the Sermon on the Mountain. And Jesus begins

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<v Speaker 2>the Sermon on the mount by talking about eight ways

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<v Speaker 2>to be blessed by God to receive God's blessing on

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You could call it eight ways to be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth is, I want you as your pastor. I

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<v Speaker 2>love you. I love you, and I want God to

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<v Speaker 2>bless your life. I want him to bless your relationships.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're in school, I want him to bless your studies.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're married, I want you to bless your marriage.

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<v Speaker 2>I want him to bless your finances. I want God

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<v Speaker 2>to bless your health. I want God to bless your talent.

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<v Speaker 2>I want God to bless your future. So I'm extremely

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<v Speaker 2>interested in how to receive the blessings of God. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>as we study scripture, we find that the problem isn't

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<v Speaker 2>with God. The problem is with us. God wants to

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<v Speaker 2>bless your life. You just have to get blessable, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of us don't live lives in ways that

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<v Speaker 2>God can bless. God isn't going to bless sin. God

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<v Speaker 2>isn't going to bless arrogance. God isn't going to bless indifference,

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of things God will not bless. And so

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<v Speaker 2>when Jesus starts his most famous sermon, the first thing

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<v Speaker 2>he begins with, I'm going to teach you the eight

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<v Speaker 2>conditions for receiving God's blessing in your life. And for

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<v Speaker 2>the next eight weeks, we're going to look at each

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<v Speaker 2>of those eight conditions in detail. We're calling at the

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<v Speaker 2>keys to a blessed life. Now, let me read the

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<v Speaker 2>first verses in Matthew chapter five. The Sermon on the

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<v Speaker 2>Mount is in Matthew chapter five, chapter six, and chapter seven.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to go through all three of those chapters,

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<v Speaker 2>verse by verse in the days ahead. And chapter five

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<v Speaker 2>starts like this when Jesus saw the crowds. He went

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<v Speaker 2>up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his

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<v Speaker 2>disciples came to him and he began to teach them. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>notice in Bible times, the teacher always sat and the

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<v Speaker 2>people the audience always stood. I think that's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be like Jesus. So maybe I'll just

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<v Speaker 2>sit down right now, and I'm going to ask all

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<v Speaker 2>of you to stand up for the next forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>All right now, No, we won't do that, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be like Jesus. Jesus doesn't wear socks,

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't wear socks. But Jesus, it says, sat down.

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<v Speaker 2>That was the way they taught in those days. The

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<v Speaker 2>teacher sat and everybody else stood. And then he gives

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<v Speaker 2>the first of these eight conditions for being blessed by God.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says this, blessed are the poor in spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Now that doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>tell me a whole lot because I don't understand most

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<v Speaker 2>of the words in that verse. First, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what poor in spirit needs, and I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>the Kingdom of Heaven is. So we've got to unpack

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<v Speaker 2>this for you to understand the benefit to your life. First,

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<v Speaker 2>what is the Kingdom of Heaven? Is that different from

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<v Speaker 2>the Kingdom of God. Well, I'm going to ask you

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<v Speaker 2>to hold your questions on this because I promise you

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<v Speaker 2>in this series we're gonna deal in depth with this issue.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to look at what is the Kingdom of

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<v Speaker 2>God and why it is so incredibly important to your

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<v Speaker 2>life and why you definitely want to be a part

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<v Speaker 2>of it. And we're going to go into that in detail,

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<v Speaker 2>explaining what is the Kingdom of God. But this week,

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<v Speaker 2>as we start the series, I want to want us

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<v Speaker 2>to look at just the first six words of Jesus'

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<v Speaker 2>most famous sermon, and the first six words he starts with.

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<v Speaker 2>The first word he starts with blessed. Now, I like

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<v Speaker 2>that God starts teaching with a blessing. He doesn't start

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<v Speaker 2>with let me give you eight curses. He gives you

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<v Speaker 2>eight blessing. That's my kind of preacher. And he says,

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<v Speaker 2>let me tell you eight ways to be happy. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the first things Jesus talks about in the Sermon on

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<v Speaker 2>the Mount. Here's what he says, Blessed of the poor

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<v Speaker 2>in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. So

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<v Speaker 2>the first word out of his mouth to you is

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<v Speaker 2>a blessing. Now, what does it mean to be poor

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<v Speaker 2>in spirit? Well, he's not talking about physical power. He

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't say blessed to the poor. He says blessed to

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<v Speaker 2>the poor in spirit. He's not talking about economic poverty.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not talking about material poverty. He's not talking about

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<v Speaker 2>physical poverty. He's talking about spiritual poverty. He's talking about

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<v Speaker 2>maintaining a certain kind of attitude. For you to understand this,

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<v Speaker 2>I put there on your outline several other translations of

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<v Speaker 2>this verse so you could actually see a fuller understanding

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<v Speaker 2>of what it means to be poor in spirit. For instance,

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<v Speaker 2>the New Living translation says God blesses those who realize

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<v Speaker 2>their need for Him. The God's Word translation says God

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<v Speaker 2>blesses those who recognize their spiritually helpless. The Common English

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<v Speaker 2>version says God blesses those who are who depend only

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<v Speaker 2>on Him. And New Century version says God blesses those

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<v Speaker 2>who know they have a great spiritual have great spiritual needs.

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<v Speaker 2>You can see pattern development here. He's saying, I recognize

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<v Speaker 2>that I am inadequate to live my life without God.

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<v Speaker 2>Without God in my life, I am spiritually poor. Without

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<v Speaker 2>God's help in my life, I am spiritually poor. I

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<v Speaker 2>am inadequate. A good verse that helps clarify this is

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<v Speaker 2>someone forty six there in your outlined verse five. The

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<v Speaker 2>Lord blesses everyone who trusts him and depends on him.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle the word trust and the word depend. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the first condition for God's blessing on your life. You've

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<v Speaker 2>got to trust him, You've got to depend on Him.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what it means to be poor in spirit. Fact,

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<v Speaker 2>let me give you a definition. Why don't you write

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<v Speaker 2>this down? To be poor in spirit, which is the

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<v Speaker 2>first condition for God's blessing on your life, means I

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<v Speaker 2>humbly depend on God instead of myself. That's what it means.

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<v Speaker 2>To be poor in spirit means I humbly depend on

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<v Speaker 2>God instead of myself because I know I'm inadequate to

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<v Speaker 2>handle all the problems that face me in life. So

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<v Speaker 2>if I want God's blessing on my relationship to my girlfriend,

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<v Speaker 2>my boyfriend, my husband, and my wife or anybody else,

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<v Speaker 2>then I've got to be dependent upon God. If I

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<v Speaker 2>want God's blessing in my work, in my career, in

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<v Speaker 2>my studies. If I want God's blessing in my finances

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<v Speaker 2>and my health, I have to humbly depend on God

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<v Speaker 2>instead of myself. So then the question becomes, how do

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<v Speaker 2>you do that? How do I actually depend on God

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<v Speaker 2>on a daily basis and on a moment by moment basis. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>this weekend, I want to give you five practical ways

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<v Speaker 2>to do this from the Word of God. And these

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<v Speaker 2>are five practical ways. You can practice every one of

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<v Speaker 2>them this week. And if you practice these, you will

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<v Speaker 2>become a woman or a man who is poor in spirit,

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<v Speaker 2>which means you depend on God rather than yourself. You

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<v Speaker 2>understand your need for God in your life. And then

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<v Speaker 2>that's the kind of woman, that's the kind of man

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<v Speaker 2>that God says I like to bless. So let me

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<v Speaker 2>just get right into it. You might write this first

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<v Speaker 2>one down five ways to express my dependence on God.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, to be blessed by God. First, I depend

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<v Speaker 2>on God's wisdom, not mine. I depend on God's wisdom,

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<v Speaker 2>not my wisdom, not my own. Other words, I listen

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<v Speaker 2>to what God says, I follow what God says to do,

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<v Speaker 2>and I do what he says to do. Now, let's

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<v Speaker 2>look at some verses together from the Bible, Proverbs, chapter fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>Verse twelve says this, there is a way, There is

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<v Speaker 2>a way that seems right to a man. In the end,

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<v Speaker 2>it leads to death. Now a circle, the word seems

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<v Speaker 2>there's a way that seems right to us, to human beings,

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<v Speaker 2>but an end, it's a dead end, he said. Our

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<v Speaker 2>ideas often lead to dead ends. It leads to death.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever in your life had this feeling that

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<v Speaker 2>something was so very very very right and you just

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<v Speaker 2>knew it was the right thing to do, and you

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<v Speaker 2>felt it with all your heart, and then you did

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<v Speaker 2>it and it ended up being so very very wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>or it became a total fiasco and a failure. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what this verse is all about. There's a way that

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<v Speaker 2>seems right to us, but it often ends, he says,

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<v Speaker 2>in a dead end. And every one of us could

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<v Speaker 2>give a testimony on this, where you've had this feeling,

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<v Speaker 2>this hunch that this is the perfect job and it

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<v Speaker 2>ends up being a dead end. This is the peronaked relationship,

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<v Speaker 2>the one I've always needed, the one I've always wanted,

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<v Speaker 2>and that relationship ends up a dead end. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the perfect person that I should marry and I know

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<v Speaker 2>this is the person, and we all know people who

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<v Speaker 2>made that decision and it flopped miserably. Parents will often think,

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<v Speaker 2>I know this is the right thing to say to

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<v Speaker 2>my kids, and then it has the exact opposite effect

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<v Speaker 2>on the kids. It happens in friendships. It can happen investments.

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<v Speaker 2>I know this is where I should put my money.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a sure winner, this is a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>I know if I invest in this man, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to clean house. It's gonna be great. And then it

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<v Speaker 2>just totally flops. You could probably and we could probably

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<v Speaker 2>spend the rest of the night doing this. Think of

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<v Speaker 2>painful examples where you wish that you would listen to

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<v Speaker 2>God instead of your gut, because God is filled with

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<v Speaker 2>truth and your gut is filled with pea. So your

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<v Speaker 2>gut's off and wrong. Just because you think it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>make it right, and just because you feel it certainly

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't make it right. Feelings lie, They lie to you

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. I mean, there used to there's an

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<v Speaker 2>old country Western song that says, how could it be

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<v Speaker 2>wrong when it feels so right? Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>There are a lot of things that are wrong that

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<v Speaker 2>feel so right at the moment, Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>That's about the most immature, stupid thing you could say,

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of stuff feels so right and it

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<v Speaker 2>ends up being so bad. And six months later you're

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<v Speaker 2>fewer failures in your life. This is verse next verses

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<v Speaker 2>for you. Proverbs three five to seven. Trust the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>and turn your back on evil. So, if I really

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<v Speaker 2>and lean not on my own understanding. Now, how do

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<v Speaker 2>I get God's wisdom? Two ways? You pray and you read.

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<v Speaker 2>You pray, you talk to God and you read the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>who gives it grudgingly and sparingly to all. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>should pray and ask God who gives it. Read it

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<v Speaker 2>with me, generously and graciously at all. Now, notice he

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<v Speaker 2>gives it to everybody all. You got to just ask

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<v Speaker 2>waiting on him. He's waiting on you. God saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>it generously, and I'll give it graciously. I'm not grudging

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<v Speaker 2>about it. I love to give you. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>how do you know when you are living on God's

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<v Speaker 2>if you're really depending on God's wisdom you're talking to

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<v Speaker 2>God throughout your entire day and you're reading His word

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<v Speaker 2>on a daily basis. If you're not talking to God

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<v Speaker 2>throughout your whole day, God, I'm getting ready to go

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<v Speaker 2>into this meeting, I'm getting ready to go into this class.

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<v Speaker 2>depending on your own wisdom. You're just fooling yourself. You're

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<v Speaker 2>And it's why you have so many problems and why

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<v Speaker 2>depending on God's wisdom. By reading the book and talking

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<v Speaker 2>to the author, would you write this down. God's wisdom

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<v Speaker 2>and God's will are in God's word. God's wisdom and

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<v Speaker 2>will is in God's word. They're in God's word, God's

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom and will are in God's Word, and if you're

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<v Speaker 2>not in the Word, you don't know God's will. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you're not in the Word, you don't have God's wisdom.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you don't have God's wisdom, you can't be blessed.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the starting point. I got to pray talk

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<v Speaker 2>depend on God's wisdom, I depend on God's strength, not mine.

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<v Speaker 2>I depend on God's strength, God's power, God's energy, not mine.

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<v Speaker 2>you're tired a lot, and at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>Your strength is limit. God's strength is unlimited. Your strength

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<v Speaker 2>is finite. God's strength is infinite. Your strength is exhaustible.

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<v Speaker 2>need to depend on God for your strength. Now what

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<v Speaker 2>many things to do and not enough energy to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's a good promise, Isaiah forty thirty one. Those who

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll give you a personal testimony on this one.

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<v Speaker 2>I have been living this verse this one Isaiah forty

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<v Speaker 2>own strength. I needed God to pull me through many,

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<v Speaker 2>many dark times. Now, let me just say this, in

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<v Speaker 2>the darkest moments of your life, when you cannot see

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<v Speaker 2>your way forward, it doesn't matter what they are, where

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<v Speaker 2>they came from. In the darkest moments of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You need God's strength to get you through. And the

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<v Speaker 2>reason why most people never get through it is they

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<v Speaker 2>don't have God's strength. I've seen people go through a

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen people go through all kinds of different things

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, abuse, and they never recover. Why because

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<v Speaker 2>they're depending on their own strength. You're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. The only way you get through the

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<v Speaker 1>Such a great message by Rick today and every day.

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<v Speaker 1>I sure hope you were just as encouraged as I was.

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<v Speaker 1>And now here's Rick with an important message.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi everybody, thanks so much for listening today. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>my hope is that God uses this broadcast to help

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<v Speaker 2>deepen your relationship with Jesus. Now these daily Hope messages

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<v Speaker 2>are distributed on radio stations and digital platforms all across

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<v Speaker 2>that their lives are being changed. They're telling us that

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<v Speaker 2>they're walking with Jesus and that guilt and fear has

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<v Speaker 2>been chased from their lives by God's love. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>relationships are being restored and marriages are being healed, and

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<v Speaker 2>many people are saying that they've found their life purpose.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to say thank you to you, because we're

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, if you'd like to support Pastor Rick's Daily Hope,

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