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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry

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<v Speaker 1>of Pastor Rick Warren. Today we continue in our series

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<v Speaker 1>called Strategies for Stressful Times. In these lessons, Rick SHARE's

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<v Speaker 1>biblical wisdom for navigating difficult and stressful times so that

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<v Speaker 1>you can experience God's peace and thrive in any situation. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>in just a bit, we're going to tell you how

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<v Speaker 1>discover the purposes you were created for and begin living

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<v Speaker 1>the life of significance you were meant to live. This

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<v Speaker 1>word Hope to eight hundred, six hundred five thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called how to trust God when you don't

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<v Speaker 1>like the changes in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You get wisdom from two sources. Number one. Write this down,

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<v Speaker 2>two sources number one, Ask God two words. Write it down.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask God okay, Ask God okay to help me see

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<v Speaker 2>his perspective. Ask God to make you wise. James one

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<v Speaker 2>to five says this, if you need wisdom, just ask God.

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<v Speaker 2>Ask God, when was the last time you asked God

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<v Speaker 2>to make you a wise man? When was the last

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<v Speaker 2>time you ask God to make you a wise woman?

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<v Speaker 2>Ask God for wisdom. God is generous, He'll gladly tell

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<v Speaker 2>you what you need. But then after you ask God,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to do the second thing, and that is

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<v Speaker 2>learn from God's word and those who teach it. The

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<v Speaker 2>wisdom is in this book. Now, this book sitting closed

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<v Speaker 2>in your in your library or on your coffee table

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't do you any good. This book is only good

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<v Speaker 2>if you open it. But all the wisdom you need

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<v Speaker 2>to handle the stress and the change in life is here.

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<v Speaker 2>Second Peter, Chapter one, verse nineteen. Some of you maybe

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<v Speaker 2>have never even seen this verse says this, we have

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<v Speaker 2>greater confidence in the message of the prophets. What's the

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<v Speaker 2>message of the prophets. It's the Bible, God inspired prophets,

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<v Speaker 2>godly ment to write down what God wanted them to

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<v Speaker 2>write down. We call it the Old Testament of the

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<v Speaker 2>New Testament. God inspired the message of the prophets. This

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<v Speaker 2>is the Bible, God's word. And he says there we

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<v Speaker 2>have greater conference. In the message of the prophets, pay

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<v Speaker 2>close attention. Take a note circle that word, pay close

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<v Speaker 2>attention that phrase to what they wrote for their words

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<v Speaker 2>are like a light shining in a dark place. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how much how dark are our culture is

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<v Speaker 2>gonna get. I'm not a soothsayer, but it does say

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<v Speaker 2>when things get dark, you need to go to the light.

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<v Speaker 2>And the light is here, not anywhere else. It says,

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<v Speaker 2>pay close attention. Let me just ask you, very honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>as somebody who loves you as your friend, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you pay the most attention to these days? The radio,

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<v Speaker 2>talk radio, the media, social media, or God's word? What

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<v Speaker 2>are you paying the most attention to? You're gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot less stressed out. You're gonna be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more at peace if you go to the source

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<v Speaker 2>of truth. That's the third thing you need to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Second thing you need to do, third thing. Write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of asking why is all this happening? Ask God?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you want me to learn? Instead of going

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<v Speaker 2>to God? Why are you allowing this pandemic? Why are

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<v Speaker 2>you allowing the social problems? Why are you allowing people

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<v Speaker 2>to be at each other's throat. People are angry. They're

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<v Speaker 2>arguing over this and that and this and that and why.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of asking why is this happening? Asked, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you want me to learn? God doesn't know us an

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<v Speaker 2>explanation and why he does everything in the world, or

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<v Speaker 2>why he allows everything in the world. So here's what

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<v Speaker 2>I recommend to you. Focus on your character, not the

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<v Speaker 2>changes in society, not the circumstances around you. Romans eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Excuse me, Romans five, Verses three and four. It's up

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<v Speaker 2>here on the screen. We can rejoice even in our

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<v Speaker 2>troubles and our struggles, troubles and struggles. Does that sound familiar.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had eighteen months as troubles and struggles. He says.

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<v Speaker 2>We can rejoice even in our troubles and struggles because

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<v Speaker 2>we know this is wisdom that they teach us. We

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<v Speaker 2>learn endurance. That we learn endurance. They teach us endurance,

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<v Speaker 2>and endurance develops strength of character and character creates hope.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to notice a couple of things about

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<v Speaker 2>this verse. Okay. Number one, notice that life is a struggle.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody agree with that life's tough. We shouldn't expect it

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<v Speaker 2>to be any less. We live on a broken planet.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not heaven. There's no struggle in heaven. This

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<v Speaker 2>is earth. Everything's a struggle on Earth. We can rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>even in our struggles and troubles. By the way, have

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<v Speaker 2>you ever wondered why our struggles are so relentless? The

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<v Speaker 2>answer is is because God wants to change us and

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want to change. That's why we struggle, because

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want to surrender to the will of God

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<v Speaker 2>in our lives. God wants to change us and we

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to change, so we struggle. Now, the second

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<v Speaker 2>thing I want you to notice that of that verse

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<v Speaker 2>is that if we develop character, if you develop character,

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<v Speaker 2>you become a person of character, you'll be full of hope.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll be full of hope. But if you just complain

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<v Speaker 2>about why everything sucks in the world today, you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be full of doubt and unhappiness. Wise, mature people

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<v Speaker 2>with perspective, people of character are hopeful people.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Rick will be

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<v Speaker 3>Do you ever wonder if your life really matters? Or

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<v Speaker 3>what on earth are you here for? Master Rick says

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<v Speaker 3>God has a good plan and purpose for your life,

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<v Speaker 3>spiritual journey, a journey that will transform your life. As

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<v Speaker 3>you go through this book, you'll discover that real meaning

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<v Speaker 3>and significance come from understanding and fulfilling God's purpose for

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<v Speaker 3>you here on earth, and how living out the purpose

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<v Speaker 3>you are created for moves you beyond mere survival and

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's get back to today's lesson. Here on Pastor

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<v Speaker 2>Why mature people with perspective, people of character, are hopeful people.

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<v Speaker 2>Unwise immature people are scared and bitter people, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>picked off at the world and everybody in it, or

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<v Speaker 2>at least half of the world. I want us to

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<v Speaker 2>not be at that level where we don't get ticked

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<v Speaker 2>off at people who disagree with us. No, I want

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<v Speaker 2>us to get to Paul's level of spiritual maturity, which

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<v Speaker 2>is Philippians chapter four. There on your outline Paul says,

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<v Speaker 2>I've learned. Pause right here, circle the word learned. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>come back to that. This is something you learn See,

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<v Speaker 2>Ask God, what do you want me to learn? I've

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<v Speaker 2>learned this secret so that anywhere, at any time, I'm content,

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<v Speaker 2>whether I'm full or hungry, or whether I have too

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<v Speaker 2>much or too little, I have the strength to face

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<v Speaker 2>all conditions by the power Chris. Give me that, my friends.

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<v Speaker 2>Its stability and its maturity. That's what God's trying to

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<v Speaker 2>bring in our lives. And we'll either learn it fast

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<v Speaker 2>or we'll learn it slow. Now I said, circle that

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<v Speaker 2>word learned. He says, I've learned to trust God. I've

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<v Speaker 2>learned to be content in whatever circumstance I'm in. Have

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<v Speaker 2>you learned this yet? Have you grown up enough to

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<v Speaker 2>learn to be content in whatever circumstance you're in? Let

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<v Speaker 2>me ask you another question, says ask God, what you

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<v Speaker 2>want to learn? What have you learned about yourself in

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<v Speaker 2>the last eighteen months? Not what have you learned about

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<v Speaker 2>the world? What have you learned about you? And your response?

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to write this down. Every situation is

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<v Speaker 2>an education. Every situation is an education. There is no

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<v Speaker 2>experience in life you can't learn from. If you'll just

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<v Speaker 2>have an humble attitude, there is no situation, big or small,

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<v Speaker 2>There is no problem, there is no change that you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot learn from, if you'll just humbly say, Lord, what

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<v Speaker 2>do you want me to learn? Every education? Every situation

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<v Speaker 2>is in education. Number four. Let me give you the

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<v Speaker 2>last two quickly. Number four. When you're going through changes

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<v Speaker 2>you don't like, focus on what never changes. Focus on

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<v Speaker 2>what never changes. Yeah, there are a lot of changes

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<v Speaker 2>going on in our world right now, and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of them we don't like. They suck. I started to

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<v Speaker 2>title this message you know how to trust God when

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<v Speaker 2>life sucks. There are many things that you don't like

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<v Speaker 2>that are changing, but there's also many things that will

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<v Speaker 2>never never, never, never never change. And when you're going

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<v Speaker 2>through a time of great change, relentless like we're talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>When you're going through that kind of change, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to let the unchangeables be your anchor. What's anchoring you

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<v Speaker 2>right now? You need to let the unchangeable things that

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<v Speaker 2>are never going to change be your anchor in this

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<v Speaker 2>time of uncertainty. Now I could give you a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of them. Let me just mention three. God's love for

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<v Speaker 2>you will never change. God's truth in his word will

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<v Speaker 2>never change. God's plan and purpose for your life will

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<v Speaker 2>never change. Nothing can change those things. Look at these

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<v Speaker 2>three verses. Jeremiah thirty one three. I've loved you with

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<v Speaker 2>an ever lasting love. Nothing's ever going to change that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's never going to stop loving you no matter what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Isaiah forty, verse eight. The word of God shall stand forever.

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<v Speaker 2>What he said is the right thing to do will

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<v Speaker 2>said is the wrong thing to do will always be

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong thing to do the Word of God will

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<v Speaker 2>stand forever. So I'm thirty three eleven. His plans endure forever,

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<v Speaker 2>and his purposes last eternally. Friends, I'm not a prophet,

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't predict the future, but I will tell

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<v Speaker 2>you this, and you can bank on this. God will

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<v Speaker 2>have the last word, and it's going to be good.

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<v Speaker 2>You can count on that. God will have the last word,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's going to be good. It's going to be good.

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<v Speaker 2>When you find someone who feels hopeless, it means they're

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<v Speaker 2>immature and unwise. Wise people who see from God's perspective

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<v Speaker 2>big difference. I don't have time to go into that.

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<v Speaker 2>Number five. Here's the fifth thing you need to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep telling God. In other words, say to this to God,

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<v Speaker 2>over and over every day of your life. I trust

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<v Speaker 2>you no matter what. Keep telling God, I trust you

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what. If you do this, you'll be a

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<v Speaker 2>lot more at peace, no matter what happens and how

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<v Speaker 2>long all these period of this season of rapid change lasts.

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<v Speaker 2>If you do this, God, I trust you no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be a righteous person. Some one

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<v Speaker 2>twelve verse seven says this, the righteous man or a

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<v Speaker 2>woman does not fear bad news nor live in dread

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<v Speaker 2>of what might happen, for he is settled in his

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<v Speaker 2>mind or her mind that God will take care of him.

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<v Speaker 2>I will trust you no matter what. I have had

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<v Speaker 2>to say that thousands of times in my life. I

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<v Speaker 2>will trust you no matter what. When our youngest child

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<v Speaker 2>I had to say, I will trust you no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mean I understand it, and a thousand other times,

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<v Speaker 2>I will trust you no matter what, anytime, anything seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be falling apart in your life, my friends say,

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<v Speaker 2>I trust you no matter what. Now. Right now, you

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<v Speaker 2>stuff we all know what's going on stuff in society.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about stuff in your personal life, and you

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<v Speaker 2>may feel like you're being attacked from every angle. I

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<v Speaker 2>leave you with Psalm twenty seven, verse three. Even if

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<v Speaker 2>a whole army surrounds me, I will not be afraid,

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<v Speaker 2>And even if enemies attack me from all sides, I

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<v Speaker 2>will still trust God. That's the kind of life I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to live. I invite you to live it with me.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's be different than the world. What's power heads. Even

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<v Speaker 2>if a whole army surround me, I will not be afraid,

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<v Speaker 2>And even if enemies attack me from all sides, I

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<v Speaker 2>will still trust God. The righteous man does not fear

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<v Speaker 2>bad news nor live in dread of what may happen,

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<v Speaker 2>for he is settled in his mind that God God

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<v Speaker 2>will take care of him. Follow me in this prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>Just say it in your mind. Say, Dear God, I

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<v Speaker 2>know change is unavoidable, but I thank you that you

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<v Speaker 2>have promised to use it for good in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>If I trust you God. I want to grow up.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be a spiritual baby. I want

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<v Speaker 2>you to make me more like Jesus, with love and

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<v Speaker 2>joy and peace and patience, goodness of self control and faith.

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<v Speaker 2>And God, you know the people who've hurt me in

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<v Speaker 2>my life, and I thank you that you can even

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<v Speaker 2>use human error and sin for good if I give

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<v Speaker 2>it all to you. Help me to realize that what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going through right now is a test of my faith.

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<v Speaker 2>You're testing me and then endurance produces character, and character

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<v Speaker 2>produces hope. Help me to remember these things. And Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to start doing these practical steps during these

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<v Speaker 2>difficult days. I want to invest more time alone with you,

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<v Speaker 2>because those who wait on the Lord will find new strength.

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<v Speaker 2>Run and not grow weary, walk, keep going and not faint.

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<v Speaker 2>And God, I'm asking you to help me see your perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to just know what everybody else knows.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want information. I want wisdom. I want understanding.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to know your ways, God and Father. Instead

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<v Speaker 2>of asking and griping about what why is all this

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<v Speaker 2>going on? I want to ask, what do you want

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<v Speaker 2>me to learn? Like Paul, I want to learn to

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<v Speaker 2>be content in any and every situation, no matter what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>That you are my stability and you are my energy.

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<v Speaker 2>Help me to focus on what never changes. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that your word will always be the truth. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>that you will never stop loving me. Thank you that

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<v Speaker 2>nothing that happens can change your plan or purpose for

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<v Speaker 2>my life. And God, I'm going to tell you the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of my life, including right now. I trust you

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<v Speaker 2>no matter what. I'm going to trust you no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you're doing that for the very first time tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>say Jesus Christ. I'm trusting you no matter what. You're

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<v Speaker 2>opening your life to Christ. Others you're doing it again.

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<v Speaker 2>I trust you. I'm going to trust you no matter what.

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<v Speaker 2>I surrender myself to you in your name. I prayed. Amen.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi everybody, this is Rick and I hope you enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>today's broadcast. You know, if you just prayed that prayer

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<v Speaker 2>about it. There's something real about sharing your commitment. So

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<v Speaker 2>I prayed that prayer of commitment. I gave my life

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so happy

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<v Speaker 1>But first, do you ever wonder if your life really matters?

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<v Speaker 1>Or what on earth am I here for? Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that I've discovered is that everybody

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<v Speaker 2>And what is my purpose? What on earth am I

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<v Speaker 2>here for? That's why I wrote the book Purpose Driven Life,

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<v Speaker 2>because I wanted to help people like you understand how

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<v Speaker 2>God created us for five eternal purposes. The Bible says

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