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<v Speaker 3>Hello, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really glad you're here. Today we're continuing our series from

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>you are and brings hope even in difficult seasons. Today

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna hear part two of a message called why

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need to fear the future.

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<v Speaker 2>Another picture I think of when I think of God's

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<v Speaker 2>goodness and mercy will follow me is a mother of

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<v Speaker 2>a toddler. And any mother of a toddler knows how

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<v Speaker 2>many messes a toddler who's just learned to walk and

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<v Speaker 2>make in forty five minutes. And if you go to

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<v Speaker 2>the house of a mother of a toddler, she is

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<v Speaker 2>walking behind that child picking up all the messes, picking

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<v Speaker 2>up all the messes that they're making. You have no

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<v Speaker 2>idea how many messes you created in life that God

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<v Speaker 2>cleaned up. Because God's goodness and God's mercy were following you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you made a flippant decision, and it was a

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<v Speaker 2>stupid decision, but you made it, and you went going

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<v Speaker 2>on not realizing the chaos you left behind, and God's

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<v Speaker 2>goodness and mercy are right behind picking up your messes.

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<v Speaker 2>God has picked up more messes in your life than

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<v Speaker 2>you could possibly even imagine.

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<v Speaker 3>Why.

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<v Speaker 2>Because He's good and he's merciful. He gives you what

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<v Speaker 2>you need and he doesn't give you what you deserve.

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<v Speaker 2>Mercy will follow me all the days of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're take an O circle that word all, because

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness, in God's mercy is.

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<v Speaker 3>Not just some days. God doesn't say, okay, on Monday,

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<v Speaker 3>was it?

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<v Speaker 2>Friday, will have goodness, And on Tuesday and Thursday we'll

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<v Speaker 2>have mercy. And on Saturday and Sunday you're on your own. No,

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<v Speaker 2>He is always merciful every moment of every day. He

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<v Speaker 2>is always good to you, every moment of every day.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you fully understand that God is never not

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<v Speaker 2>good to me and God God is never not merciful

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<v Speaker 2>to me, when you face your future, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>your fear level goes down and go so what don't

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know what's gonna happen next week, much last,

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<v Speaker 2>next year, or in the next ten years. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>know this, God's goodness will be with me and He'll

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<v Speaker 2>be bringing good even all the bad stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>God's mercy will be with me. He's gonna be forgiving

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<v Speaker 2>me no condemnation with all the bad stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>So what are you worried about? What are you afraid of?

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<v Speaker 2>Fear comes when you fear punishment, or fear comes when

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<v Speaker 2>you fear you won't have what you need when you

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<v Speaker 2>get there, you don't have. You know all the resources

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<v Speaker 2>you need. God's goodness and God's mercy will be with

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<v Speaker 2>me all the days of my life, says all of

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<v Speaker 2>the days. Now you say, well, I don't always feel

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness in my life. I don't always feel God's

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<v Speaker 2>mercy every.

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<v Speaker 3>Day of my life. Who said anything about feelings?

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<v Speaker 2>Feelings are unreliable, Feelings come and go. God is not

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<v Speaker 2>a feeling. God is always good to you, whether you

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<v Speaker 2>feel it or not. And God is always merciful to you,

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<v Speaker 2>whether you feel it or not. It's based on who

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<v Speaker 2>he is, not how you feel. Everything, Absolutely everything in

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<v Speaker 2>your life you owe to the goodness and mercy of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's going to follow you all the days of

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<v Speaker 2>your life. If the Lord is your shepherd. Now here's

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<v Speaker 2>the third reason you don't need to fear the future.

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<v Speaker 2>God's goodness is watching over me. God's grace is working

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<v Speaker 2>in me. Here's a big one. God's glory is waiting

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<v Speaker 2>for me. God's glory is waiting for me. And I

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<v Speaker 2>will dwell in the House of the Lord forever. That's heaven. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're taking notes circle that life and goodness and mercy,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll follow me all the days of my life. And

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<v Speaker 2>I'll dwell in the House of the Lord forever. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the little word that connects today with tomorrow. Even after

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<v Speaker 2>you've lived a life of blessing here on earth, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not the end.

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<v Speaker 3>Friends.

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<v Speaker 2>This psalm is building to a crescendo. I will dwell

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<v Speaker 2>in the House of the Lord forever. That's a big ending,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a big inning. That means I don't have to

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<v Speaker 2>fear death. And that's the number one fear people have,

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<v Speaker 2>because death is not the end. It's a transition. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a transfer. We're going to heaven. God saves the best

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<v Speaker 2>for last. If you love and know Jesus, if the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord is your shepherd, it just gets better and better.

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<v Speaker 2>Because even if I have a tough life here on earth,

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<v Speaker 2>I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever,

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<v Speaker 2>where there is no more sorrow, no more suffering, no

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<v Speaker 2>more sin, no more sickness, no more sadness, no more problems,

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<v Speaker 2>no more pain, no more pressure.

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<v Speaker 3>It's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 2>With Jesus, it keeps getting better and better. The best

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<v Speaker 2>is yet to come. Now this is so important. Next weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to spend an entire message just on this

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<v Speaker 2>on heaven, and I'm gonna answer all the most common

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<v Speaker 2>questions because just like with angels, there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>myths about Heaven, misconceptions, lies, legends that just aren't true. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I just this weekend want to ask one question, and

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<v Speaker 2>is this what makes heaven heaven? Why is it so different?

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<v Speaker 2>What makes heaven heaven? Well, there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>things that are different about heaven, but the biggest one

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<v Speaker 2>of all is this. It's the home to God's full glory.

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<v Speaker 2>The home to God's full glory. And God's glory is

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<v Speaker 2>all the good things that He does for you. It's

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<v Speaker 2>his character. It's based on who he is. Now we

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<v Speaker 2>can see a glimpse, a little glimpse of God's glory

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<v Speaker 2>right now when you look at the heavens. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>the heavens declare the glory of God. You look at

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<v Speaker 2>all the stars. Whooah, God is pretty big. God's pretty powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at the sun and the moon. When you

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<v Speaker 2>look at all of the tens of thousands of plant

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<v Speaker 2>varieties and animals, and the varieties of animals and species

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<v Speaker 2>that God created, you see the glory of God. That

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<v Speaker 2>God is a creative God. When you see the beauty

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<v Speaker 2>of the sunrise and a sunset and a waterfall, you

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<v Speaker 2>see the glory of God, the.

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<v Speaker 3>Glory of God.

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<v Speaker 2>We see a small glimpse of it here, even on

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<v Speaker 2>a broken planet. There's a lot of beautiful stuff on

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<v Speaker 2>this planet. The Bible says that I can see God's

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<v Speaker 2>glory in you, just a glimpse, because you carry the image,

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<v Speaker 2>the image of God in you. It's broken, but you

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<v Speaker 2>carry that in. You can see God's glory in me.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Bible says, one day when you get to heaven, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>now you're going to see the full glory, the full goodness,

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<v Speaker 2>the full greatness, the.

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<v Speaker 3>Full beauty of God.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't see it now, you just see a speck

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<v Speaker 2>we get we see through the glass darkly. So we're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna look at that in detail. But let me just

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<v Speaker 2>show you a couple verses. The Bible says this in

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<v Speaker 2>Isaiah sixty three, verse fifteen, Lord, look upon us from heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>where you live in your holiness and glory. God's complete

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<v Speaker 2>glory is in heaven, unhindered by anything. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible tells us that in Acts chapter seven, Stephen was

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<v Speaker 2>the first guy who was killed for his faith, for

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<v Speaker 2>following Christ. He was the first Christian martyr. And as

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<v Speaker 2>they were stoning him, throwing stones at him, and he

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<v Speaker 2>was dying in Jerusalem, it says as Stephen was dying,

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<v Speaker 2>he looked up toward Heaven. He got a vision as

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<v Speaker 2>he's dying in his final moments, and he saw God's glory.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because God's glory is complete in heaven. Bible tells

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<v Speaker 2>us that when Jesus was resurrected, it says this, Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>returned to his glory in heaven. One day you will too.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna see God's glory. Now we cannot even imagine

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<v Speaker 2>the details of heaven. I can share some of the stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>We get little glimpses. We get a little sneak peaks

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<v Speaker 2>of what heaven is like.

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<v Speaker 3>In the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>But the truth is, none of us can even understand

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<v Speaker 2>how cool heaven is because we don't have the brain

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<v Speaker 2>capacity for it. We live in a three dimensional world.

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<v Speaker 2>Einstein proved there are many other dimensions we don't even

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<v Speaker 2>know about that we're not even unaware of besides the

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<v Speaker 2>three dimensions we live in. And for you to understand

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<v Speaker 2>how great, how glorious, how beautiful, how incredible Heaven is

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<v Speaker 2>would be like an ant trying to understand the Internet.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have the brain capacity. And every description pearly gates,

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<v Speaker 2>streets of gold, those are so far in furi as

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<v Speaker 2>to what Heaven's gonna be like. They're just metaphors. They're

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<v Speaker 2>just metaphors. It's not gonna be white with clouds. You

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<v Speaker 2>think of the greatest, most beautiful scene you've ever seen

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<v Speaker 2>on earth, and multiply it by a trillion times, where

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<v Speaker 2>there's no sin, no sadness, no sorrow, no suffering.

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<v Speaker 3>That's heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>We cannot imagine all the details of heaven, but we

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<v Speaker 2>do know this, it will be glorious. Why because God's

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<v Speaker 2>glory will be there in its full completion. Here's what

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says. Look on the screen. First, Grinthians two,

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<v Speaker 2>verse nine. No eye has ever seen, no ear has heard,

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<v Speaker 3>You can't even imagine what.

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<v Speaker 2>God has prepared for those who love him. But surely

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<v Speaker 2>I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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<v Speaker 2>What am in the world are you afraid of? Why

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<v Speaker 2>are you afraid of death? You're gonna be in a

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<v Speaker 2>better place if the Lord is your shepherd. Now we

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<v Speaker 2>don't get a full picture of what heaven is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be like, but God does give us some little secrets,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're scattered through the Bible. If you read the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not secrets, but he does give us some hints.

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<v Speaker 2>And one of the things God tells us is that

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<v Speaker 2>because he is a good God, and he is a

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<v Speaker 2>merciful God, and because he made you to love you,

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<v Speaker 2>that his plan for you, This is for you. God's

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<v Speaker 2>plan for you began at the very beginning of time,

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<v Speaker 2>before he even created the universe.

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<v Speaker 3>God thought you up, He wanted children.

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<v Speaker 2>God thought you, and is God's plan for you, and

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<v Speaker 2>he prepared this in advance. Is that He's going to

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<v Speaker 2>share his glory with his children. WHOA That's just too

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<v Speaker 2>hard for me to comprehend. Me an imperfect, frail sinner.

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<v Speaker 2>God's going to share his glory with me. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 2>you too. We're going to cover this in depth in

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<v Speaker 2>next week's message, so you don't want to miss that message.

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<v Speaker 3>Roman's nine twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>Says this God wanted to reveal his abundant glory. God

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to show how loving, how good, how kind, how

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<v Speaker 2>merciful he is. God wanted to show it. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he wanted to show his abundant glory, which was poured

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<v Speaker 2>out on us. That's you, that's me. Who are the

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<v Speaker 2>objects of his mercy? You, my friend, are an object

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<v Speaker 2>of God's mercy. As a woman or as a man.

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<v Speaker 2>You are an object of God's mercy. He doesn't give

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<v Speaker 2>you what you deserve. God wanted to reveal his abundant glory,

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<v Speaker 2>which was poured out on us, who are the objects

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<v Speaker 2>of his mercy, and whom he has prepared in advance.

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<v Speaker 2>He's prepared you in advance. He's already prepared this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is talking about you, whom he has prepared in advance

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<v Speaker 2>to receive his glory.

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<v Speaker 3>One day. You're going to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a terrible, terrible, poor, inferior example of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But what does it mean for you to share God's glory?

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine a giant screen in front of a theater that says,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, this movie is playing starring this person and

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<v Speaker 2>co starring this person.

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<v Speaker 3>In heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine a giant screen that says, now playing for eternity

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<v Speaker 2>starring Jesus Christ, co starring your name.

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<v Speaker 3>WHOA.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what God has prepared because of his goodness and

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<v Speaker 2>his mercy and his love and his grace.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what he wants to do. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>What are the implications of these three truths I mean

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<v Speaker 3>What does all this mean?

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<v Speaker 2>What does it mean that God's goodness is watching over you,

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<v Speaker 2>and that God's grace is working in you, and that

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<v Speaker 2>God's glory is waiting for you? What does that really

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<v Speaker 2>mean for Monday morning? Well, what I just shared with

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<v Speaker 2>you are the antidotes to your three greatest fears. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you understand them, if you fully grasp what I'm

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<v Speaker 2>trying to teach you this morning, you will be fearless.

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<v Speaker 2>You will have a new level of confidence in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You certainly won't be anxious about the future because God's

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<v Speaker 2>goodness and grace, and glory are all involved in your future.

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<v Speaker 2>If you get anxious about the future, if you have

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<v Speaker 2>happen tomorrow. You need to take notes right now as

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<v Speaker 2>if your life depends on it.

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<v Speaker 3>Because it does. It does.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me give you the three implications. How should I

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<v Speaker 2>live knowing what God is like knowing God's goodness and

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<v Speaker 2>grace and his mercy in my life? You want to

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<v Speaker 2>write these three things down. This is how you live fully,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is how you live fearlessly. Number one, I

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<v Speaker 2>must stay grateful and generous because God is so good

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<v Speaker 2>to me. God is generous with me, and God expects

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<v Speaker 2>me to be grateful and generous with others the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of my life. My first response to God's goodness, my

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<v Speaker 2>first response to God's mercy should be gratitude, and my

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<v Speaker 2>second response should be generosity. Let me show you some

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<v Speaker 2>verses Psalm one eighteen, verse twenty nine. Give thanks continually

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<v Speaker 2>to our Lord because he is so good and because

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<v Speaker 2>his mercy will never run out.

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<v Speaker 3>There's goodness and mercy right there.

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<v Speaker 2>His goodness is good and his mercy will never run out.

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<v Speaker 2>Continual mercy deserves continual thanks you need to develop for

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of your life, andtitude of gratitude. Now, in

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<v Speaker 2>one of the past messages in this series, I told

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<v Speaker 2>you that there have been scientific studies, many, many, many,

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<v Speaker 2>many scientific studies that show that gratitude is the healthiest

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<v Speaker 2>human emotion more than any other thing. That if you

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<v Speaker 2>develop the attitude of gratitude, if you walk around with

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<v Speaker 2>gratefulness in your heart all the time, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>live longer. Studies of proven this, You're going to be healthier.

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<v Speaker 2>Studies of proven this, you're going to be happier. Studies

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<v Speaker 2>of proven this, grateful people tend to be more successful

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<v Speaker 2>in life than ungrateful people. There are many, many, many

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<v Speaker 2>benefits of the attitude of gratitude, and most of all,

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<v Speaker 2>gratitude is an antidote to fear. Do you have panic attacks?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have fear? Do you have anxiety in your life?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have fears about the future. You cannot be

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<v Speaker 2>grateful and fearful at the same time.

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<v Speaker 3>It's impossible. You just can't.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you're fearful at that moment, you're not being grateful.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you are, when your life is filled grateful,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't be fearful because they oppose each other. Why

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<v Speaker 2>because fear. When I'm fearful, I'm focused on me. When

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<v Speaker 2>I'm grateful, I'm focused on others and God, what they've

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<v Speaker 2>done for me, what God has done for me. You

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<v Speaker 2>get the focus off yourself, the fear and the anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>will go down. Gratitude is one of the four antidotes

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<v Speaker 2>to fearfulness in your life. The Bible says this Hebrews

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<v Speaker 2>chapter twelve, verse twenty eight. We have been given possession

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<v Speaker 2>of an unshakable kingdom. This is the kingdom of God. Okay, well, unshakeable.

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<v Speaker 2>It means you don't need to be afraid of this.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't lose this. You can't lose your salvation. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>it's unshakable. Therefore, let us be therefore, be grateful and

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<v Speaker 2>use our gratitude to worship God the way that pleases Him,

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<v Speaker 2>with reverence and awe. So you need to disdevelop a

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<v Speaker 2>daily habit of being grateful for everything and anything in

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<v Speaker 2>all things around you. Now, the second response, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is also an antidote to fear, is not gratitude, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's generosity. And God says, I want you to pass

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<v Speaker 2>on others the same kind of goodness. I'm good to you,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to be good to others. I'm generous

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<v Speaker 2>with you. I want you to be generous with others.

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<v Speaker 2>I give to you, I want you to give to others.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says this, Matthew ten, verse eight. You have

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<v Speaker 2>been treated generously by God, so live generously, give as

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<v Speaker 2>freely as you have received. Now this is interesting because

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<v Speaker 2>scientific studies have also shown that the more generous you are,

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<v Speaker 2>the less fearful you are. The more giving you are,

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<v Speaker 2>the more at peace you are, the more confident you are,

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<v Speaker 2>the less anxious, the less fearful you are. And the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible actually confirms this that generosity is another antidote to fear.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you get generosity, you get the you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>focus off yourself and on helping other people. Here's a

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<v Speaker 2>good example, Psalm one twelve, verse five to nine. Good

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<v Speaker 2>will come to him. Let me stop right there, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>who's listening to me right now? Do you want good

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<v Speaker 2>or bad to come to you in life?

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<v Speaker 3>Well? I want good to come to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, here's how you have good come to you. Good

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<v Speaker 2>will come to him who is generous. Such people lend freely.

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<v Speaker 2>In other words, Hey, you need my car, Take my car.

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<v Speaker 2>You need a place to stay tonight, Stay in my place.

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<v Speaker 2>You need some money for food. Here, here's some money

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<v Speaker 2>for food. You need a babysitter. Let me babysit for you.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you need?

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<v Speaker 2>You need me to drive you to the doctor. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me take you to the doctor. Name me bring over

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<v Speaker 2>a meal. Your family sick tonight. Let me let me

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<v Speaker 2>Generosity in every area of your time, your talents, your treasure,

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<v Speaker 2>your money, your motivations.

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<v Speaker 3>Generous with your praise, not sting with praise.

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<v Speaker 2>to him who is generous. Such people lend freely. They

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<v Speaker 2>conduct their fares honestly. They will never be shaken. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't fear bad news because they trust the Lord to

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<v Speaker 2>care for them. They are confident and fearless. You want

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<v Speaker 2>to be confident, fearless, become more generous. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I love hearing pastor Rick. What a great message. We

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

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<v Speaker 1>very encouraging letter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>God bless you Heitian in Rome.

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<v Speaker 3>Now did you get this?

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>and then it is being re sent out to other

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>For Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>So thanks so much, and by the way, join me

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<v Speaker 2>next time when we continue looking into God's word for

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<v Speaker 2>our daily hope.

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

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<v Speaker 1>your generous financial support.

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<v Speaker 2>Where do you