1. TBN
  2. Programs
  3. Rick Warren
  4. Episodes
  5. Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 1)
Rick Warren

Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 1)

January 11, 2026 | 27:29

Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 1)
Pastor Rick shares biblical truth and practical tools for living the full life God desires for everyone.
#Calling #Purpose #Love #LoveofGod #Chosenpeople #Jesus #God'sWill #Plan #WalkwithGod #PresenceofGod #RickWarren

Closed captions

Show Timecode
Rick Warren | Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 1) | January 11, 2026
  • ...
  • 00:00:00.633 --> 00:00:01.317
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:00:01.785 --> 00:00:08.324
  • Pastor rick warren: now, to understand your life purpose and
  • 00:00:11.661 --> 00:00:22.572
  • Understand your life calling, you have to begin with god
  • 00:00:22.572 --> 00:00:24.774
  • Because god created you.
  • 00:00:24.774 --> 00:00:26.709
  • And you can't tell yourself what your purpose is, only your
  • 00:00:26.709 --> 00:00:29.446
  • Creator can tell you what your purpose is.
  • 00:00:29.446 --> 00:00:32.115
  • And your purpose, your calling in life actually begins in the
  • 00:00:32.115 --> 00:00:35.852
  • Nature of god.
  • 00:00:35.852 --> 00:00:37.220
  • Now, the bible tells us that god is love.
  • 00:00:37.220 --> 00:00:39.622
  • We have talked about this so many times; that god doesn't
  • 00:00:39.622 --> 00:00:43.293
  • Have love, god doesn't just show love, god is love.
  • 00:00:43.293 --> 00:00:49.732
  • Love is the nature, the character, the essence of god.
  • 00:00:49.732 --> 00:00:54.070
  • There would be no love in the universe if it weren't for the
  • 00:00:54.070 --> 00:00:57.674
  • Fact that god is love.
  • 00:00:57.674 --> 00:01:00.910
  • The only reason you're able to love, the only reason you're
  • 00:01:00.910 --> 00:01:04.614
  • Able to give it and receive love is because god, who is the god
  • 00:01:04.614 --> 00:01:08.284
  • Of love, made you in his image.
  • 00:01:08.284 --> 00:01:11.020
  • Ants can't love, snails can't love, cows can't love, but human
  • 00:01:11.020 --> 00:01:18.094
  • Beings love because we're made in the image of god.
  • 00:01:18.094 --> 00:01:21.898
  • Now, the bible says that everything in the universe was
  • 00:01:21.898 --> 00:01:25.268
  • Created so god could love it.
  • 00:01:25.268 --> 00:01:28.738
  • God has never made anything he doesn't love.
  • 00:01:28.738 --> 00:01:30.807
  • He loves every rock, every tree, every plant, every animal, every
  • 00:01:30.807 --> 00:01:35.411
  • Human being.
  • 00:01:35.411 --> 00:01:36.746
  • God has never made anything he doesn't love.
  • 00:01:36.746 --> 00:01:38.481
  • So if you're alive, it means god loves you.
  • 00:01:38.481 --> 00:01:43.620
  • And you were created as an object of god's love.
  • 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:47.390
  • The bible says this in ephesians chapter 1.
  • 00:01:47.390 --> 00:01:49.459
  • They're on your outline.
  • 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:52.028
  • "long ago, even before he made the world, god loved us and
  • 00:01:52.028 --> 00:01:59.702
  • Chose us."
  • 00:01:59.702 --> 00:02:01.037
  • Whoa, sto--let me just stop right there.
  • 00:02:01.037 --> 00:02:02.405
  • Before god even created the universe, he had already chosen
  • 00:02:02.405 --> 00:02:04.874
  • You and loved you.
  • 00:02:04.874 --> 00:02:06.209
  • He made the universe, so he could make earth, so he could
  • 00:02:06.209 --> 00:02:09.345
  • Make the human race, so he could make you, so he could love you.
  • 00:02:09.345 --> 00:02:14.017
  • If god hadn't wanted to love you, all the other stuff
  • 00:02:14.017 --> 00:02:16.486
  • Wouldn't have happened.
  • 00:02:16.486 --> 00:02:18.188
  • Says, "before he made the world, god loved us and chose us in
  • 00:02:18.188 --> 00:02:23.993
  • Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.
  • 00:02:23.993 --> 00:02:29.165
  • His unchanging plan has always been," from the very beginning
  • 00:02:29.165 --> 00:02:33.436
  • Of time, "to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to
  • 00:02:33.436 --> 00:02:39.242
  • Himself through jesus christ.
  • 00:02:39.242 --> 00:02:41.678
  • And this gave him--"
  • 00:02:41.678 --> 00:02:43.012
  • This plan to have a family-- god wanted a family,
  • 00:02:43.012 --> 00:02:46.015
  • And he wanted you to be a part of it, and the reason the
  • 00:02:46.015 --> 00:02:48.585
  • Universe exists is because god wanted a family.
  • 00:02:48.585 --> 00:02:52.288
  • It was all made so we could be made, so we could be loved.
  • 00:02:52.288 --> 00:02:56.359
  • And he says, "and this plan gave him," read it with me,
  • 00:02:56.359 --> 00:03:00.230
  • "great pleasure."
  • 00:03:00.230 --> 00:03:01.931
  • Circle that, great pleasure.
  • 00:03:01.931 --> 00:03:03.633
  • Now, you remember when you read "purpose driven life," the bible
  • 00:03:03.633 --> 00:03:06.202
  • Says you are planned for god's pleasure, and the reason you're
  • 00:03:06.202 --> 00:03:10.139
  • Alive is that god made you to love you.
  • 00:03:10.139 --> 00:03:14.244
  • Now, that's all background.
  • 00:03:14.244 --> 00:03:16.145
  • We all know that.
  • 00:03:16.145 --> 00:03:17.513
  • In this series when we look at the five callings of god--and
  • 00:03:17.513 --> 00:03:21.784
  • The word calling is used far more than purpose in the bible.
  • 00:03:21.784 --> 00:03:25.588
  • When we look at god's calling on your life, we're talking about
  • 00:03:25.588 --> 00:03:28.491
  • God's assignment, god's purpose for your life, god's reasons for
  • 00:03:28.491 --> 00:03:33.096
  • Creating you.
  • 00:03:33.096 --> 00:03:34.797
  • I want you to write this down.
  • 00:03:34.797 --> 00:03:36.366
  • The first purpose of my life is to be loved by god.
  • 00:03:36.366 --> 00:03:42.472
  • The first purpose of my life, the first reason you were
  • 00:03:42.472 --> 00:03:45.508
  • Created is to be loved by god.
  • 00:03:45.508 --> 00:03:48.678
  • God made you to love you.
  • 00:03:48.678 --> 00:03:51.481
  • Now, let that sink in a little bit.
  • 00:03:51.481 --> 00:03:53.983
  • The first purpose of your life is not to serve god.
  • 00:03:53.983 --> 00:03:57.487
  • The first purpose of your life is not to trust god.
  • 00:03:57.487 --> 00:04:00.657
  • The first purpose of your life is not to obey god.
  • 00:04:00.657 --> 00:04:03.860
  • The first purpose of your life is not even to love god.
  • 00:04:03.860 --> 00:04:07.630
  • No, no.
  • 00:04:07.630 --> 00:04:08.965
  • The first purpose of your life is to let god love you.
  • 00:04:08.965 --> 00:04:14.504
  • God didn't create you first--in first place to do something.
  • 00:04:14.504 --> 00:04:18.141
  • He created you in the first place to receive something.
  • 00:04:18.141 --> 00:04:22.679
  • Now, if you understand this revolutionary truth, and most of
  • 00:04:22.679 --> 00:04:25.548
  • You have never really got this, it's gonna transform your life,
  • 00:04:25.548 --> 00:04:30.119
  • That my number one purpose in life is not to do something for
  • 00:04:30.119 --> 00:04:34.924
  • God, it's to receive something from god, to get his love
  • 00:04:34.924 --> 00:04:40.797
  • Because i was made to be a receptacle, a receiver, a
  • 00:04:40.797 --> 00:04:45.034
  • Benefactor of god's love.
  • 00:04:45.034 --> 00:04:48.237
  • Let that sink in.
  • 00:04:48.237 --> 00:04:50.106
  • Let me say it again 'cause i want you to get this.
  • 00:04:50.106 --> 00:04:52.742
  • Your first duty in life is not to do something.
  • 00:04:52.742 --> 00:04:56.579
  • It's not to learn.
  • 00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:58.181
  • It's not to listen.
  • 00:04:58.181 --> 00:04:59.582
  • It's not to pray.
  • 00:04:59.582 --> 00:05:00.983
  • It's not to give.
  • 00:05:00.983 --> 00:05:02.318
  • It's not to sacrifice.
  • 00:05:02.318 --> 00:05:03.686
  • It's not to serve.
  • 00:05:03.686 --> 00:05:05.021
  • It's not all--those are all good things, but they're not the
  • 00:05:05.021 --> 00:05:07.957
  • First thing god created you to do.
  • 00:05:07.957 --> 00:05:09.792
  • He created you to accept, to receive his love, to just let
  • 00:05:09.792 --> 00:05:15.365
  • God love you.
  • 00:05:15.365 --> 00:05:17.433
  • That's the first purpose of life, to be loved by god.
  • 00:05:17.433 --> 00:05:20.937
  • Now, this is taught all through the scripture.
  • 00:05:20.937 --> 00:05:23.473
  • In the book of jude--and i always like to mention these
  • 00:05:23.473 --> 00:05:27.143
  • Little books that nobody ever reads.
  • 00:05:27.143 --> 00:05:28.778
  • The book of jude is a very short book.
  • 00:05:28.778 --> 00:05:30.847
  • It's only 1 chapter, 25 verses.
  • 00:05:30.847 --> 00:05:33.516
  • It's the second to the last book in the bible, right
  • 00:05:33.516 --> 00:05:36.152
  • Before revelation.
  • 00:05:36.152 --> 00:05:37.520
  • And i always like to mention this 'cause when you get to
  • 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:39.355
  • Heaven, i don't want my people to be embarrassed in heaven.
  • 00:05:39.355 --> 00:05:43.960
  • And when jude comes up to you and says, "hey, how'd you like
  • 00:05:43.960 --> 00:05:46.362
  • My book?"
  • 00:05:46.362 --> 00:05:47.730
  • I don't want you to go, "oh, mr. jude, i didn't even
  • 00:05:47.730 --> 00:05:49.399
  • Know you were in the bible."
  • 00:05:49.399 --> 00:05:52.168
  • No, when he walks over, you go, "hey, jude.
  • 00:05:52.168 --> 00:05:58.374
  • Loved your book.
  • 00:05:58.374 --> 00:06:00.143
  • Loved that book. really good.
  • 00:06:00.143 --> 00:06:01.544
  • In fact, one of my favorites, 'cause it was only 25 verses."
  • 00:06:01.544 --> 00:06:05.915
  • I could--you could memorize the book of jude.
  • 00:06:05.915 --> 00:06:08.651
  • Now, very short book, but a lot of profound truth in it.
  • 00:06:08.651 --> 00:06:12.121
  • And in jude chapter 1, verse 1 it says this: "this letter is
  • 00:06:12.121 --> 00:06:18.428
  • From jude, a servant of jesus christ and a brother of james."
  • 00:06:18.428 --> 00:06:24.867
  • Now, i wanna stop here.
  • 00:06:24.867 --> 00:06:26.235
  • That, friends, is one of the most humble statements
  • 00:06:26.235 --> 00:06:29.238
  • Ever written.
  • 00:06:29.238 --> 00:06:31.240
  • You say, "why?"
  • 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:32.608
  • He says, "i'm a servant of jesus christ, and i'm a brother
  • 00:06:32.608 --> 00:06:35.578
  • Of james."
  • 00:06:35.578 --> 00:06:36.913
  • He forgets to mention one thing.
  • 00:06:36.913 --> 00:06:38.281
  • He's the half-brother of jesus.
  • 00:06:38.281 --> 00:06:42.351
  • You say, "wait a minute. wait a minute.
  • 00:06:42.351 --> 00:06:43.686
  • Jesus had brothers?"
  • 00:06:43.686 --> 00:06:45.021
  • Yes, jesus had brothers and sisters.
  • 00:06:45.021 --> 00:06:46.656
  • They're talked about in the bible.
  • 00:06:46.656 --> 00:06:49.325
  • When mary gave birth to jesus, she was a virgin.
  • 00:06:49.325 --> 00:06:54.096
  • That was a miraculous birth because god was the father of
  • 00:06:54.096 --> 00:06:56.866
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:06:56.866 --> 00:06:58.434
  • But the bible tells us that after jesus was born, mary and
  • 00:06:58.434 --> 00:07:01.938
  • Joseph had many other children.
  • 00:07:01.938 --> 00:07:03.873
  • They're mentioned in the bible.
  • 00:07:03.873 --> 00:07:05.541
  • One of them's named james.
  • 00:07:05.541 --> 00:07:07.276
  • One of them's named jude.
  • 00:07:07.276 --> 00:07:08.744
  • He had si--jesus had half-sisters, and they often
  • 00:07:08.744 --> 00:07:12.615
  • Came to see him speak, heard him do--watched him do miracles.
  • 00:07:12.615 --> 00:07:16.953
  • The interesting thing about jesus's brothers and sisters,
  • 00:07:16.953 --> 00:07:19.722
  • None of them became followers of jesus until after jesus died on
  • 00:07:19.722 --> 00:07:25.127
  • The cross and then rose again from the dead.
  • 00:07:25.127 --> 00:07:27.730
  • And when they saw him resurrected from the dead, it
  • 00:07:27.730 --> 00:07:29.532
  • Was like, "he's back."
  • 00:07:29.532 --> 00:07:32.535
  • And that made a believer even of his brothers and sisters.
  • 00:07:32.535 --> 00:07:35.538
  • They go, "he was who he claimed to be."
  • 00:07:35.538 --> 00:07:38.307
  • They watched him die and they watched him come back to life,
  • 00:07:38.307 --> 00:07:41.544
  • And it was only after that happened they became followers
  • 00:07:41.544 --> 00:07:44.514
  • Of jesus christ.
  • 00:07:44.514 --> 00:07:46.182
  • And jude and james be--actually became leaders.
  • 00:07:46.182 --> 00:07:50.119
  • I mean--now, can you imagine how difficult it would be growing up
  • 00:07:50.119 --> 00:07:54.323
  • With jesus as your brother?
  • 00:07:54.323 --> 00:07:57.493
  • But in jude it says this: "this letter is from jude, a servant
  • 00:07:57.493 --> 00:08:01.631
  • Of jesus christ--" he doesn't--if anybody could have
  • 00:08:01.631 --> 00:08:03.666
  • Been the ultimate name-dropper, it would have been this guy.
  • 00:08:03.666 --> 00:08:07.537
  • Okay, but he says, "i'm just a servant of jesus and a brother
  • 00:08:07.537 --> 00:08:10.473
  • Of james."
  • 00:08:10.473 --> 00:08:11.807
  • Doesn't even mention their thing.
  • 00:08:11.807 --> 00:08:13.175
  • "and i'm writing to all who are called to live in the love of
  • 00:08:13.175 --> 00:08:17.980
  • God the father."
  • 00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:19.348
  • Circle the word called.
  • 00:08:19.348 --> 00:08:20.683
  • And what am i called to do?
  • 00:08:20.683 --> 00:08:22.051
  • I'm called to live in the love of god, "the love of god the
  • 00:08:22.051 --> 00:08:27.189
  • Father and in the care of jesus christ."
  • 00:08:27.189 --> 00:08:30.259
  • Now, if the first purpose of my life is to be loved by god, my
  • 00:08:30.259 --> 00:08:34.063
  • First calling is this.
  • 00:08:34.063 --> 00:08:35.998
  • I'm called to enjoy a relationship with god.
  • 00:08:35.998 --> 00:08:39.869
  • Write that one down.
  • 00:08:39.869 --> 00:08:41.804
  • My purpose is to let god love me.
  • 00:08:41.804 --> 00:08:44.106
  • My calling is to enjoy a relationship with god.
  • 00:08:44.106 --> 00:08:48.277
  • I'm called to live in the love of god.
  • 00:08:48.277 --> 00:08:52.882
  • It's a relationship.
  • 00:08:52.882 --> 00:08:54.517
  • What i'm saying to you, this is so fundamental, is that the
  • 00:08:54.517 --> 00:08:58.955
  • Number one calling in your life is not to a role.
  • 00:08:58.955 --> 00:09:03.159
  • It's not to a responsibility.
  • 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.595
  • It's not to a bunch of rules.
  • 00:09:05.595 --> 00:09:07.430
  • It's not to regulations.
  • 00:09:07.430 --> 00:09:09.365
  • It's not to ritual.
  • 00:09:09.365 --> 00:09:11.000
  • It's not to religion.
  • 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:12.501
  • It's to a relationship.
  • 00:09:12.501 --> 00:09:15.871
  • Now, this is gonna surprise some of you.
  • 00:09:15.871 --> 00:09:17.306
  • Christianity is not a religion.
  • 00:09:17.306 --> 00:09:20.376
  • People try to make it a religion.
  • 00:09:20.376 --> 00:09:22.345
  • They try to make it about rules and regulations and rituals, but
  • 00:09:22.345 --> 00:09:26.515
  • It's not about it.
  • 00:09:26.515 --> 00:09:27.850
  • Jesus said it's about a relationship.
  • 00:09:27.850 --> 00:09:30.419
  • God sent christ so you could have a relationship, not a
  • 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:33.656
  • Religion but a relationship to god, because god is love and he
  • 00:09:33.656 --> 00:09:38.394
  • Wants you to learn to experience his love.
  • 00:09:38.394 --> 00:09:42.765
  • Announcer: do you ever wonder if your life really matters or what
  • 00:09:47.003 --> 00:09:50.973
  • On earth you're here for?
  • 00:09:50.973 --> 00:09:52.742
  • Pastor rick wants to let you know that god has a good plan
  • 00:09:52.742 --> 00:09:56.545
  • And purpose for your life.
  • 00:09:56.545 --> 00:09:58.681
  • In his best-selling book "the purpose driven life," he lays
  • 00:09:58.681 --> 00:10:02.618
  • Out a simple, life-changing roadmap to help you discover and
  • 00:10:02.618 --> 00:10:06.856
  • Live it.
  • 00:10:06.856 --> 00:10:08.190
  • This book has transformed millions of lives, and it could
  • 00:10:08.190 --> 00:10:11.360
  • Transform someone you love.
  • 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:13.295
  • And great news, it's been updated for today's generation.
  • 00:10:13.295 --> 00:10:17.199
  • This edition includes a video introduction and audio teaching
  • 00:10:17.199 --> 00:10:20.736
  • From pastor rick for each chapter and two powerful bonus
  • 00:10:20.736 --> 00:10:24.407
  • Chapters on the biggest barriers to living a purpose-driven life.
  • 00:10:24.407 --> 00:10:28.244
  • As you go through this book, you'll uncover that your deepest
  • 00:10:28.244 --> 00:10:31.347
  • Meaning and fulfillment doesn't come from success or status but
  • 00:10:31.347 --> 00:10:35.418
  • From understanding and living out the purpose that god created
  • 00:10:35.418 --> 00:10:38.921
  • You for.
  • 00:10:38.921 --> 00:10:40.289
  • Request your copy today when you give a gift to help daily hope
  • 00:10:40.289 --> 00:10:44.093
  • Share the gospel around the world.
  • 00:10:44.093 --> 00:10:46.562
  • It's our way of saying thanks.
  • 00:10:46.562 --> 00:10:49.465
  • Pastor rick: now, what kind of relationship does god want you
  • 00:10:53.703 --> 00:10:56.205
  • To have with him?
  • 00:10:56.205 --> 00:10:57.540
  • Does god want you to be his slave?
  • 00:10:57.540 --> 00:11:00.076
  • No.
  • 00:11:00.076 --> 00:11:01.410
  • Does god want you to be his servant?
  • 00:11:01.410 --> 00:11:03.746
  • No.
  • 00:11:03.746 --> 00:11:05.114
  • Does god want you to be his soldier and fight his battles
  • 00:11:05.114 --> 00:11:07.550
  • For right and wrong in the world?
  • 00:11:07.550 --> 00:11:08.884
  • No, does god want you to be his warrior?
  • 00:11:08.884 --> 00:11:11.420
  • No, does god want you to be his worker?
  • 00:11:11.420 --> 00:11:13.622
  • No, does god want you to be his employee?
  • 00:11:13.622 --> 00:11:16.025
  • No, does god want you to be his minions?
  • 00:11:16.025 --> 00:11:18.494
  • No, god wants you to be his son or his daughter.
  • 00:11:18.494 --> 00:11:23.132
  • He wants you in his family.
  • 00:11:23.132 --> 00:11:26.836
  • Here's what the bible says.
  • 00:11:26.836 --> 00:11:28.170
  • Romans chapter 1, "dear friends in rome," this is paul writing,
  • 00:11:28.170 --> 00:11:33.242
  • "god loves you dearly."
  • 00:11:33.242 --> 00:11:36.412
  • Circle that word dearly.
  • 00:11:36.412 --> 00:11:37.747
  • "god loves you dearly, and he has called you--" there's
  • 00:11:37.747 --> 00:11:41.383
  • That word.
  • 00:11:41.383 --> 00:11:42.752
  • Here's the calling of god.
  • 00:11:42.752 --> 00:11:44.086
  • "he has called you to be his very own people."
  • 00:11:44.086 --> 00:11:47.890
  • So here are the three fundamental truths of everything
  • 00:11:47.890 --> 00:11:49.992
  • We're doing in this campaign.
  • 00:11:49.992 --> 00:11:51.827
  • The first purpose is to be loved by god.
  • 00:11:51.827 --> 00:11:54.096
  • That's my first purpose.
  • 00:11:54.096 --> 00:11:55.464
  • My first calling is to enjoy a relationship with god.
  • 00:11:55.464 --> 00:11:59.668
  • And number three, that relationship that god wants me
  • 00:11:59.668 --> 00:12:03.639
  • To have is to be his son or daughter.
  • 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.543
  • The relationship god created you for is to be his son or
  • 00:12:07.543 --> 00:12:13.215
  • His daughter.
  • 00:12:13.215 --> 00:12:15.818
  • Now, that is the most amazing truth you will ever hear in your
  • 00:12:15.818 --> 00:12:19.789
  • Life; that the king of kings, the lord of lords, the creator
  • 00:12:19.789 --> 00:12:24.393
  • Of the universe doesn't want you to be his slave, servant,
  • 00:12:24.393 --> 00:12:27.396
  • Soldier, but his son and his daughter and his child.
  • 00:12:27.396 --> 00:12:32.368
  • God wants a family to love, and he wants you in it.
  • 00:12:32.368 --> 00:12:36.472
  • Here's what the bible says.
  • 00:12:36.472 --> 00:12:37.840
  • 1 john chapter 3, "what an incredible quality of love the
  • 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:44.146
  • Father has shown to us, that we should be named and called and
  • 00:12:44.146 --> 00:12:51.453
  • Counted the children of god!
  • 00:12:51.453 --> 00:12:54.456
  • And so we are!"
  • 00:12:54.456 --> 00:12:55.825
  • I love that in the amplified.
  • 00:12:55.825 --> 00:12:57.159
  • We're named the children of god, we're called the children of
  • 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.962
  • God, we're counted the children of god because we are the
  • 00:12:59.962 --> 00:13:03.666
  • Children of god.
  • 00:13:03.666 --> 00:13:05.000
  • This is your number one calling in life.
  • 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.169
  • Your number one purpose in life is not to accomplish something.
  • 00:13:07.169 --> 00:13:11.540
  • Your number one purpose in life is not to make something
  • 00:13:11.540 --> 00:13:14.276
  • Of yourself.
  • 00:13:14.276 --> 00:13:15.644
  • Your number one purpose in life is not to make a lot of money,
  • 00:13:15.644 --> 00:13:18.614
  • To be famous, to have a lot of fun.
  • 00:13:18.614 --> 00:13:20.716
  • Your number one purpose in life, god created you and called you
  • 00:13:20.716 --> 00:13:25.754
  • To be loved by him, to experience that love, and most
  • 00:13:25.754 --> 00:13:29.792
  • People have never truly experienced the love of god.
  • 00:13:29.792 --> 00:13:33.462
  • Oh, they've heard about it.
  • 00:13:33.462 --> 00:13:34.864
  • Everybody here said, "oh, god loves you."
  • 00:13:34.864 --> 00:13:36.332
  • "yeah, yeah, i know. god loves me."
  • 00:13:36.332 --> 00:13:37.800
  • The very fact that you're bored by that means you don't get it,
  • 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:42.504
  • Because if you got it, you would be so excited about it.
  • 00:13:42.504 --> 00:13:46.108
  • You've never experienced it.
  • 00:13:46.108 --> 00:13:47.676
  • You've heard it in your head, but you don't have it in
  • 00:13:47.676 --> 00:13:50.613
  • Your heart.
  • 00:13:50.613 --> 00:13:51.981
  • And a lot of people are gonna miss heaven by 18 inches 'cause
  • 00:13:51.981 --> 00:13:55.117
  • They got it here and they don't got it here.
  • 00:13:55.117 --> 00:13:57.786
  • They don't have it here.
  • 00:13:57.786 --> 00:13:59.421
  • You've got to experience god's love in your life.
  • 00:13:59.421 --> 00:14:04.426
  • He says we're named and called and counted the children of god.
  • 00:14:04.426 --> 00:14:06.729
  • Now, why in the world would god do that?
  • 00:14:06.729 --> 00:14:10.199
  • In order to express his love.
  • 00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:13.369
  • And god's love is extravagant, and god's love is lavish, and
  • 00:14:13.369 --> 00:14:17.740
  • God's love is beyond comprehension.
  • 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:20.209
  • And as i've said so many times, he loves you on your good days
  • 00:14:20.209 --> 00:14:22.945
  • And bad days, when you feel it and don't feel it, when you
  • 00:14:22.945 --> 00:14:25.714
  • Think you deserve it, when you don't think you deserve it.
  • 00:14:25.714 --> 00:14:28.284
  • You can't make god stop loving you.
  • 00:14:28.284 --> 00:14:31.587
  • God will never love you any more than he does this second, god
  • 00:14:31.587 --> 00:14:35.891
  • Will never love you any less than he does this second because
  • 00:14:35.891 --> 00:14:40.296
  • God's love is not based on who you are or what you do.
  • 00:14:40.296 --> 00:14:44.667
  • It's based on who he is.
  • 00:14:44.667 --> 00:14:46.802
  • God is love.
  • 00:14:46.802 --> 00:14:50.039
  • So i'll say it again 'cause i want you to get it.
  • 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.641
  • Your number one calling in life is not to do something to
  • 00:14:52.641 --> 00:14:57.980
  • Impress god with what you do.
  • 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:59.748
  • Your number one calling in life is to receive something, to let
  • 00:14:59.748 --> 00:15:04.720
  • God love you.
  • 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.456
  • Now, the bible says this in ephesians 3: "i pray that christ
  • 00:15:07.456 --> 00:15:14.229
  • Will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust."
  • 00:15:14.229 --> 00:15:18.167
  • In other words, that you get more and more comfortable with
  • 00:15:18.167 --> 00:15:20.602
  • God--with jesus in your life.
  • 00:15:20.602 --> 00:15:22.905
  • "may your roots go down deep into the soil of god's
  • 00:15:22.905 --> 00:15:28.644
  • Marvelous love."
  • 00:15:28.644 --> 00:15:30.012
  • Your life needs to be rooted in the love of god.
  • 00:15:30.012 --> 00:15:33.382
  • And he says, "and may you have the power to understand, as all
  • 00:15:33.382 --> 00:15:37.886
  • Of god's people should, how wide and how high--long, and how
  • 00:15:37.886 --> 00:15:44.126
  • High, and how deep his love really is.
  • 00:15:44.126 --> 00:15:49.398
  • And may you experience the love of christ," not just know it,
  • 00:15:49.398 --> 00:15:53.302
  • Exp--circle the word experience.
  • 00:15:53.302 --> 00:15:55.237
  • God says, "i want you to feel loved.
  • 00:15:55.237 --> 00:15:57.006
  • I don't want you to know you're loved, i want you to feel it.
  • 00:15:57.006 --> 00:15:59.608
  • I want you to feel it in every fiber of your life."
  • 00:15:59.608 --> 00:16:01.910
  • "may you experience emotionally the love of christ, though it is
  • 00:16:01.910 --> 00:16:07.683
  • So great you'll never fully understand it."
  • 00:16:07.683 --> 00:16:13.155
  • Now, the bible says that part of your calling is to understand
  • 00:16:13.155 --> 00:16:16.692
  • How wide, long, high, and deep god's love for you is.
  • 00:16:16.692 --> 00:16:21.096
  • So let me explain it to you.
  • 00:16:21.096 --> 00:16:22.431
  • Write this down.
  • 00:16:22.431 --> 00:16:23.799
  • How wide is god's love?
  • 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.601
  • Well, write this down.
  • 00:16:25.601 --> 00:16:26.969
  • It's wide enough to be everywhere.
  • 00:16:26.969 --> 00:16:31.340
  • That's how wide it is.
  • 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.708
  • There is no place on this planet that god's love isn't.
  • 00:16:32.708 --> 00:16:36.512
  • There's no place in the universe that god's love isn't.
  • 00:16:36.512 --> 00:16:39.782
  • It's in the bar where a bunch of people are drunk.
  • 00:16:39.782 --> 00:16:43.919
  • It's in the red-light district where people are being sold and
  • 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:48.157
  • Selling their bodies.
  • 00:16:48.157 --> 00:16:49.491
  • It's in the barrio, the slum, the favela, the ghetto.
  • 00:16:49.491 --> 00:16:58.033
  • It's in the place of the poorest of the poor.
  • 00:16:58.033 --> 00:17:01.170
  • It's in every pla--there is no place where god's love is not.
  • 00:17:01.170 --> 00:17:05.874
  • You say, "well, i don't see it there."
  • 00:17:05.874 --> 00:17:07.409
  • Well, that doesn't mean it's there--it's not there.
  • 00:17:07.409 --> 00:17:09.878
  • There are a lot of things you can't see that are real, that
  • 00:17:09.878 --> 00:17:12.714
  • Are reality.
  • 00:17:12.714 --> 00:17:14.049
  • You just can't see them.
  • 00:17:14.049 --> 00:17:15.417
  • For instance, right now through this airwave there are radio
  • 00:17:15.417 --> 00:17:19.121
  • Waves going through this air between me and you.
  • 00:17:19.121 --> 00:17:22.825
  • Actually, these airwaves--these radio waves are going through
  • 00:17:22.825 --> 00:17:24.860
  • Your body right now and they carry music, and there are
  • 00:17:24.860 --> 00:17:29.598
  • Television waves right now going through the air that are
  • 00:17:29.598 --> 00:17:32.701
  • Carrying colored pictures.
  • 00:17:32.701 --> 00:17:34.870
  • You can't see them and you can't hear them unless you have a
  • 00:17:34.870 --> 00:17:38.006
  • Receiver and you are tuned in.
  • 00:17:38.006 --> 00:17:41.076
  • They're real.
  • 00:17:41.076 --> 00:17:42.411
  • You just can't see them.
  • 00:17:42.411 --> 00:17:43.779
  • We can't see god here right now.
  • 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:45.347
  • You don't see him, but he's here.
  • 00:17:45.347 --> 00:17:47.883
  • He's real.
  • 00:17:47.883 --> 00:17:49.218
  • And if you tune in, you'll experience.
  • 00:17:49.218 --> 00:17:52.721
  • If you get on god's wavelength, you will experience his love.
  • 00:17:52.721 --> 00:17:56.792
  • You will know he is as real as i am standing here today, but you
  • 00:17:56.792 --> 00:18:00.629
  • Gotta tune in.
  • 00:18:00.629 --> 00:18:03.198
  • And just 'cause you can't feel him or see him right now doesn't
  • 00:18:03.198 --> 00:18:05.767
  • Mean he's not there.
  • 00:18:05.767 --> 00:18:07.102
  • You can't see those radio waves.
  • 00:18:07.102 --> 00:18:08.470
  • There are a lot of stuff that you can't see.
  • 00:18:08.470 --> 00:18:10.405
  • You can't see an atom, but everything in life is composed
  • 00:18:10.405 --> 00:18:13.041
  • Of atoms.
  • 00:18:13.041 --> 00:18:16.478
  • So how wide his love?
  • 00:18:16.478 --> 00:18:17.813
  • It's wide enough to be everywhere.
  • 00:18:17.813 --> 00:18:19.181
  • That means there--in your life there will no--be no place you
  • 00:18:19.181 --> 00:18:22.151
  • Go where god is not.
  • 00:18:22.151 --> 00:18:25.220
  • And although you may feel lonely and you may feel alone at
  • 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:29.892
  • Different points in your life, you will never, ever, ever truly
  • 00:18:29.892 --> 00:18:34.696
  • Be alone because god's love is there, whether you are aware
  • 00:18:34.696 --> 00:18:40.669
  • Or not.
  • 00:18:40.669 --> 00:18:42.671
  • It's wide enough to be everywhere.
  • 00:18:42.671 --> 00:18:45.140
  • Number two, it's long.
  • 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:46.475
  • How long is god's love?
  • 00:18:46.475 --> 00:18:47.809
  • It's long enough to last forever.
  • 00:18:47.809 --> 00:18:51.680
  • Now, that makes it different than human love because human
  • 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:54.583
  • Love wears out, and that's why we have divorces and that's why
  • 00:18:54.583 --> 00:18:59.154
  • We have breakups.
  • 00:18:59.154 --> 00:19:00.589
  • That's why we have conflict, and that's why we have people
  • 00:19:00.589 --> 00:19:03.192
  • Estranged from each other that are not reconciled because human
  • 00:19:03.192 --> 00:19:06.695
  • Love often wears out but god's love never wears out.
  • 00:19:06.695 --> 00:19:11.567
  • God will never, never, never, never, never, never stop
  • 00:19:11.567 --> 00:19:18.240
  • Loving you.
  • 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:21.076
  • Even if you chose to reject him and go to hell, god will still
  • 00:19:21.076 --> 00:19:24.813
  • Love you because god's love is eternal.
  • 00:19:24.813 --> 00:19:28.183
  • He made you to love you.
  • 00:19:28.183 --> 00:19:31.053
  • God loves you with an everlasting love.
  • 00:19:31.053 --> 00:19:35.157
  • It's long enough to last forever.
  • 00:19:35.157 --> 00:19:36.491
  • How deep is god's love?
  • 00:19:36.491 --> 00:19:38.060
  • It's deep enough to handle anything, deep enough to
  • 00:19:38.060 --> 00:19:42.464
  • Handle anything.
  • 00:19:42.464 --> 00:19:43.799
  • No matter what pain you're going through, what problem you're
  • 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:45.934
  • Going through, or what hurt you're going through, god's love
  • 00:19:45.934 --> 00:19:49.104
  • Is deeper still.
  • 00:19:49.104 --> 00:19:50.439
  • You say, "man, i'm in the pits.
  • 00:19:50.439 --> 00:19:53.108
  • I've hit bottom.
  • 00:19:53.108 --> 00:19:55.844
  • I'm in the pit of hell right now.
  • 00:19:55.844 --> 00:19:58.080
  • I'm in the pit of despair.
  • 00:19:58.080 --> 00:20:00.816
  • I can't get any lower than i am."
  • 00:20:00.816 --> 00:20:02.684
  • Well, let me tell you what.
  • 00:20:02.684 --> 00:20:04.019
  • God's love goes deeper and lower than your problem.
  • 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:07.556
  • There is no pit so deep that god's love is not deeper.
  • 00:20:07.556 --> 00:20:12.728
  • It is deeper than any problem you're gonna ever hand--deep
  • 00:20:12.728 --> 00:20:16.098
  • Enough to handle anything.
  • 00:20:16.098 --> 00:20:17.466
  • And how about height?
  • 00:20:17.466 --> 00:20:18.800
  • How high is god's love?
  • 00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:20.302
  • Listen to this.
  • 00:20:20.302 --> 00:20:21.970
  • It is high enough to overlook my sins, to overlook my faults, to
  • 00:20:21.970 --> 00:20:29.378
  • Overlook my mistakes.
  • 00:20:29.378 --> 00:20:31.680
  • Because of jesus christ, god is able to overlook my faults, my
  • 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:36.251
  • Failures, my flubs, my sin, my rebellion.
  • 00:20:36.251 --> 00:20:40.055
  • And god offers forgiveness through the cross because of his
  • 00:20:40.055 --> 00:20:44.693
  • Love, and he offers you a fresh chance to start over.
  • 00:20:44.693 --> 00:20:50.098
  • Now, 1 million years ago before anything existed, god had
  • 00:20:50.098 --> 00:20:58.106
  • Already thought of you and decided to choose you and love
  • 00:20:58.106 --> 00:21:00.342
  • You, and god has been waiting your entire life for this very
  • 00:21:00.342 --> 00:21:08.717
  • Moment where he could get you to sit still for just a minute and
  • 00:21:08.717 --> 00:21:13.655
  • He could say this to you: "you have no idea how much i
  • 00:21:13.655 --> 00:21:21.930
  • Love you.
  • 00:21:21.930 --> 00:21:24.199
  • I have always loved you.
  • 00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:26.401
  • There has never been a moment of your existence that i didn't
  • 00:21:26.401 --> 00:21:28.970
  • Love you.
  • 00:21:28.970 --> 00:21:30.339
  • I was the one who planned your birth.
  • 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:33.008
  • I allowed that fertilization.
  • 00:21:33.008 --> 00:21:35.811
  • I allowed that conception.
  • 00:21:35.811 --> 00:21:38.046
  • I wanted you alive so i could love you.
  • 00:21:38.046 --> 00:21:41.650
  • And i saw you formed in your mother's womb.
  • 00:21:41.650 --> 00:21:44.453
  • I saw you take your first breath.
  • 00:21:44.453 --> 00:21:46.355
  • I heard your first cry.
  • 00:21:46.355 --> 00:21:48.023
  • There's been no moment of your life that i've turned my back
  • 00:21:48.023 --> 00:21:51.259
  • From you, that i have not listened to you, that i have not
  • 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:54.062
  • Watched you.
  • 00:21:54.062 --> 00:21:55.430
  • I've saw every pain you go through, every sin you've ever
  • 00:21:55.430 --> 00:21:58.066
  • Done, the celebrations and the sadness, the happy times and the
  • 00:21:58.066 --> 00:22:02.237
  • Sad times, the grief, the pain, the exhilaration.
  • 00:22:02.237 --> 00:22:06.074
  • I've been there at every moment of your life and whether you
  • 00:22:06.074 --> 00:22:09.010
  • Realized it or not i was gazing on you in love because i made
  • 00:22:09.010 --> 00:22:12.914
  • You to love you."
  • 00:22:12.914 --> 00:22:17.753
  • So here's the question.
  • 00:22:21.289 --> 00:22:22.958
  • I wrote you this on an email this week.
  • 00:22:22.958 --> 00:22:25.527
  • How would your life change, how would your life be different,
  • 00:22:25.527 --> 00:22:30.399
  • How would it be transformed if you began to be aware of god's
  • 00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:35.537
  • Unconditional, continuous, and never-ending love for you?
  • 00:22:35.537 --> 00:22:42.210
  • How would your life change if when you got up in the morning
  • 00:22:42.210 --> 00:22:45.647
  • The first thing you felt was, "i am deeply and unconditionally
  • 00:22:45.647 --> 00:22:49.751
  • Loved by god?"
  • 00:22:49.751 --> 00:22:51.119
  • And as you got out of bed and you went to the--take your
  • 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.922
  • Shower you'd think, "i can sense god's love in my life."
  • 00:22:53.922 --> 00:22:58.226
  • And how would it be as you got ready and you ate your breakfast
  • 00:22:58.226 --> 00:23:01.763
  • You felt the love of god, and as you got in your car to go to
  • 00:23:01.763 --> 00:23:04.699
  • Work you felt the love of god, and as you got to work or you
  • 00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:08.136
  • Got to school you felt the love of god?
  • 00:23:08.136 --> 00:23:10.539
  • And when you came home and you went to a movie or you watched
  • 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:13.809
  • Some tv or you worked out in your backyard, you were sensing
  • 00:23:13.809 --> 00:23:17.112
  • God's love.
  • 00:23:17.112 --> 00:23:18.447
  • What would it be like if you felt god's love unconditionally
  • 00:23:18.447 --> 00:23:22.350
  • In your life totally and you were aware of it all the time?
  • 00:23:22.350 --> 00:23:26.388
  • How would that change your life?
  • 00:23:26.388 --> 00:23:27.956
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:23:27.956 --> 00:23:35.897
  • Pastor rick: hi, everybody.
  • 00:23:35.897 --> 00:23:37.532
  • This is pastor rick.
  • 00:23:37.532 --> 00:23:38.900
  • Because of the generous support of many of you "daily hope"
  • 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:41.203
  • Listeners, we're able to offer "daily hope" devotionals for
  • 00:23:41.203 --> 00:23:44.606
  • Free worldwide.
  • 00:23:44.606 --> 00:23:47.108
  • In fact, today i have a note from paul in kenya that shows
  • 00:23:47.108 --> 00:23:52.781
  • How god is at work through the "daily hope" devotionals.
  • 00:23:52.781 --> 00:23:56.117
  • Paul wrote me.
  • 00:23:56.117 --> 00:23:57.452
  • He said, "i'd like to sincerely thank you for the free gift of
  • 00:23:57.452 --> 00:24:00.722
  • Your 'daily hope' devotionals.
  • 00:24:00.722 --> 00:24:02.757
  • May god receive all the glory.
  • 00:24:02.757 --> 00:24:04.960
  • For some time now your inspiring and encouraging messages along
  • 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:08.797
  • With scripture references have helped me push through some
  • 00:24:08.797 --> 00:24:12.033
  • Really tough times and get closer to god.
  • 00:24:12.033 --> 00:24:15.670
  • However," paul writes, "the best part is that my faith in god has
  • 00:24:15.670 --> 00:24:20.375
  • Now grown to the point that he recently gave me the strength
  • 00:24:20.375 --> 00:24:22.844
  • And wisdom to accept his free, undeserved gift of grace and
  • 00:24:22.844 --> 00:24:26.248
  • Salvation by accepting and confessing jesus christ as my
  • 00:24:26.248 --> 00:24:31.086
  • Lord and savior.
  • 00:24:31.086 --> 00:24:32.454
  • I feel like a new being; and i yearn to keep growing more and
  • 00:24:32.454 --> 00:24:36.691
  • More in god's word and in wisdom, surrendering my life to
  • 00:24:36.691 --> 00:24:40.595
  • His will alone.
  • 00:24:40.595 --> 00:24:42.297
  • So please hold my hand in this journey to the glory and honor
  • 00:24:42.297 --> 00:24:46.501
  • Of god through christ jesus."
  • 00:24:46.501 --> 00:24:49.571
  • Paul, without a doubt i will hold your hand as you journey
  • 00:24:49.571 --> 00:24:54.409
  • With jesus.
  • 00:24:54.409 --> 00:24:55.777
  • There is no greater decision that you could have made than
  • 00:24:55.777 --> 00:24:59.047
  • Believing in receiving jesus christ.
  • 00:24:59.047 --> 00:25:01.550
  • So congratulations.
  • 00:25:01.550 --> 00:25:03.084
  • You're my brother in christ, and i wanna encourage you to be on
  • 00:25:03.084 --> 00:25:06.288
  • The lookout every day to see how god guides you, how god
  • 00:25:06.288 --> 00:25:10.292
  • Directs you.
  • 00:25:10.292 --> 00:25:11.626
  • It's an exciting journey.
  • 00:25:11.626 --> 00:25:12.961
  • And by the way, keep studying his word everyday.
  • 00:25:12.961 --> 00:25:15.530
  • Get a bible and read it every day.
  • 00:25:15.530 --> 00:25:17.299
  • I'm so thankful that "daily hope" devotional is helping you
  • 00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:20.201
  • To do just that.
  • 00:25:20.201 --> 00:25:22.304
  • Now, the "daily hope" devotional is helping many, many people
  • 00:25:22.304 --> 00:25:25.807
  • Just like paul all around the world to grow closer to god, and
  • 00:25:25.807 --> 00:25:29.678
  • It's free.
  • 00:25:29.678 --> 00:25:31.046
  • If you're not getting it, i wanna encourage you to go to
  • 00:25:31.046 --> 00:25:32.681
  • Dailyhopetv.com and sign up today.
  • 00:25:32.681 --> 00:25:37.586
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:25:39.654 --> 00:25:51.132
  • Announcer: do you ever wonder if your life really matters or what
  • 00:25:46.661 --> 00:25:55.103
  • On earth you're here for?
  • 00:25:55.103 --> 00:25:56.871
  • Pastor rick wants to let you know that god has a good plan
  • 00:25:56.871 --> 00:26:00.675
  • And purpose for your life.
  • 00:26:00.675 --> 00:26:02.811
  • In his best-selling book "the purpose driven life," he lays
  • 00:26:02.811 --> 00:26:06.748
  • Out a simple, life-changing roadmap to help you discover and
  • 00:26:06.748 --> 00:26:10.986
  • Live it.
  • 00:26:10.986 --> 00:26:12.320
  • This book has transformed millions of lives, and it could
  • 00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:15.490
  • Transform someone you love.
  • 00:26:15.490 --> 00:26:17.425
  • And great news, it's been updated for today's generation.
  • 00:26:17.425 --> 00:26:21.329
  • This edition includes a video introduction and audio teaching
  • 00:26:21.329 --> 00:26:24.866
  • From pastor rick for each chapter and two powerful bonus
  • 00:26:24.866 --> 00:26:28.536
  • Chapters on the biggest barriers to living a purpose-driven life.
  • 00:26:28.536 --> 00:26:32.374
  • As you go through this book, you'll uncover that your deepest
  • 00:26:32.374 --> 00:26:35.443
  • Meaning and fulfillment doesn't come from success or status but
  • 00:26:35.443 --> 00:26:39.547
  • From understanding and living out the purpose that god created
  • 00:26:39.547 --> 00:26:43.051
  • You for.
  • 00:26:43.051 --> 00:26:44.419
  • Request your copy today when you give a gift to help daily hope
  • 00:26:44.419 --> 00:26:48.223
  • Share the gospel around the world.
  • 00:26:48.223 --> 00:26:50.692
  • It's our way of saying thanks.
  • 00:26:50.692 --> 00:26:55.430
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:26:58.767 --> 00:26:58.767