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Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 2)

January 18, 2026 | 27:29

Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 2)
Pastor Rick shares biblical truth and practical tools for living the full life God desires for everyone.
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Rick Warren | Rick Warren - Called To Be Loved (Part 2) | January 18, 2026
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  • Pastor rick warren: what happens when i learn to become aware all
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  • The time, there's no
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  • Moment that i'm not aware that i am loved
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  • Unconditionally, deeply, and eternally by god?
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  • Number one, i feel accepted rather than ashamed.
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  • I feel accepted rather than ashamed, and that'll change
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  • Your life.
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  • Most people go through their entire life avoiding god, and
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  • The reason why they avoid god is because they are ashamed.
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  • They feel ashamed.
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  • They feel guilty.
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  • They feel under condemnation, they feel judged, they feel
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  • Criticized, they think god is a perfect god and i am so
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  • Not perfect.
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  • So, why in the world would i wanna hang out with a perfect
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  • God who's simply gonna remind me of all the ways that
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  • I've failed?
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  • Because that's not what god does.
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  • Jesus said, "i didn't come to condemn the world.
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  • I came to save it."
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  • He said, "i didn't come to condemn the world.
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  • I came to save it."
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  • The bible says there's no condemnation for those who are
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  • In christ jesus.
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  • It's a no condemnation lifestyle.
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  • Now, the bible says this, romans 5:1: "by faith we have been made
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  • Acceptable by god, acceptable to god.
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  • And now, because of our lord jesus christ, we live in peace
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  • With him."
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  • We've been made acceptable to god, circle that
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  • Word acceptable.
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  • And because of that, god accepts me completely, totally,
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  • Unconditionally, because of his love, i live at peace with god.
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  • Now, let me tell you why that's so important, because it sets
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  • You free from the addiction that you have to approval.
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  • You do certain things in life, some things you wouldn't even
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  • Want to do, but you do them because you want the approval of
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  • Other people, and you are addicted to their approval, and
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  • You've been trying to gain approval from some unpleasable
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  • People your entire life, and you're never gonna get it.
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  • But when you realize that god loves you unconditionally and
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  • Without condition of any type, you realize this, i don't need
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  • The approval of other people.
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  • And it sets you free.
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  • I don't need other people's approval to be happy.
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  • Most of your life, you have been worried about what other people
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  • Think, and that's because you don't feel totally,
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  • Unconditionally loved by god.
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  • And when you don't feel it, then you're trying to make yourself
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  • Impressive, and you're trying to prove--get the approval of
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  • Other people.
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  • But when you know god loves you, criticism doesn't bother
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  • You anymore.
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  • And because if god loves me and i like me, you don't like me,
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  • That's your problem.
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  • Look at the next verse, romans 8: "if god says his chosen ones
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  • Are acceptable to him," and he has, "can anybody bring charges
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  • Against them?"
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  • The answer is no.
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  • "or can anybody condemn them?"
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  • The answer is no.
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  • Does criticism really matter?
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  • "no, no, indeed."
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  • Because i feel accepted rather than ashamed.
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  • That's a big one.
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  • It'll set you free.
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  • Number two, when i experience the unconditional love of god on
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  • A daily, moment by moment basis, i am bold in bringing my deeds
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  • To god.
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  • I'm bold in my prayers, why?
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  • 'cause i'm a son of god.
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  • I'm a daughter of god.
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  • I'm a child of god.
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  • I'm a member of the family, and so i know god loves me
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  • Unconditionally, and when i pray to him, i can talk to him about
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  • Anything 'cause i'm his son.
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  • When my kids were little and they would come to me, they
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  • Could ask me anything.
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  • And they would come and just tell me what they needed.
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  • They assumed i had everything, knew everything, and could
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  • Afford everything.
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  • Now, you know that's not true and i know that's true, but with
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  • God it is true.
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  • The bible says, well, actually, in romans 8: "all who are led by
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  • The spirit of god are children of god!
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  • So, you should not be cowering, like fearful slaves."
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  • No, no, no, "you should behave instead like god's very own
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  • Children, adopted into his family.
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  • God adopted us into his family, calling him 'father,
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  • Dear father.'"
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  • Now, i love that phrase, "father, dear father.
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  • The word there is the aramaic word abba.
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  • Now, abba is not just a swedish rock group.
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  • Abba is the word in the middle east in almost all of the
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  • Semitic languages for daddy.
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  • It's the first word every kid in the middle east learns, abba.
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  • It's easy to say.
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  • Abba, papa, dada, mama, abba.
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  • Abba simply means daddy, and the bible says that when you come to
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  • God in prayer, you come to him and you say dada, papa.
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  • Abba, father, dear father.
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  • You don't come to him with some fancy phrase.
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  • If my kids had come to me and say they needed allowance, "oh,
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  • Thou most gracious progenitor of the warren family, thou
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  • Wonderful observer and keeper of all the family funds."
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  • I'd go, huh?
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  • No, no, they just say, "dad, i need cash."
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  • Okay, it's just like real straightforward, very bold,
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  • "dad, i need cash."
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  • And the bible says that you can come to god and say, "dad, i
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  • Need cash."
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  • Abba, father, just in the most intimate terms, god doesn't want
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  • You--you know, all these fancy flowery prayers that
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  • Everybody prays?
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  • God's going, "what are you talking to?
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  • You were to talk to me as abba, father, daddy, my daddy."
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  • I feel bold in bringing my request to god.
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  • Talk to him, father, dear father, "and since we are his
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  • Children, we will share in his treasures.
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  • In other words, i'm a son of god.
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  • I get the family inheritance.
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  • You're a daughter of god, you get the family inheritance.
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  • "we will share in his treasure-- for everything god gives to his
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  • Son, christ, is ours, too.
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  • I'm a son of god.
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  • You're a son of god. you're a daughter of god.
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  • You get total access because he loves you that much.
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  • He didn't say, "excuse me, i'll put you on an appointment in
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  • Three months."
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  • You can come boldly to god and talk to him about anything, any
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  • Time, anywhere, and god's not gonna go, "uh, excuse me, i'm a
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  • Little busy.
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  • I'm trying to solve the middle east crisis right now."
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  • No, you're a child of god.
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  • You get special privileges and you are bold in bringing your
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  • Needs to god.
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  • Look at this verse, hebrews 4:16, "let us then approach the
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  • Throne of grace."
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  • That means prayer.
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  • "let us approach the throne of grace with confidence."
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  • The word is actually boldness.
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  • "so that we may receive mercy and find grace to
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  • Help us," when?
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  • In our time of need."
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  • You need to be bold in your prayer.
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  • You're a son of god, you're a daughter of god, you're loved
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  • Unconditionally, and jesus said, "you can ask anything in
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  • My name."
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  • I feel accepted rather than ashamed, and i am bold in
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  • Bringing my needs to my abba father, my papa father.
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  • Number three.
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  • When i understand god's love conditionally, and i just
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  • Experience it, not just know it, i have peace in pain i
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  • Don't understand.
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  • Peace in pain that i don't understand.
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  • You're gonna have a lot of things that happen in your life
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  • You don't get.
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  • You're gonna ask the "why" questions of life.
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  • "god, why is this happening to me?
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  • Why is this happening to our family?
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  • Why now? why here?
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  • Why this?"
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  • You're gonna see things happen in the world.
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  • "lord, why?"
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  • Now, let me just say upfront, god doesn't owe you an
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  • Explanation for why he allows anything.
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  • I will tell you this, not everything that happens in the
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  • World is god's will.
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  • God hates evil and a lot of evil is done in the world, and god
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  • Could easily take away evil, really simple, take away your
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  • Freedom to do it and mine too, because you've done some evil
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  • Things in life, and so have i.
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  • And he could easily get rid of all suffering by taking away
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  • Your choice and my choice, and turn us all into puppets.
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  • But he wants us to voluntarily love him, so he puts up with the
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  • Pain that evil caused in order to give you the freedom
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  • Of choice.
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  • And you're going to go through life and a lot of things in life
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  • You're not going to understand.
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  • Losses you don't understand, hurts you don't understand,
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  • Rejection you don't understand, problems you don't understand.
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  • But here's the thing, you don't have to understand them to be
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  • At peace.
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  • In fact, an explanation doesn't give you peace anyway.
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  • When someone you love dies, if somebody told you the
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  • Explanation for it, it wouldn't make you any happier.
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  • You still have the loss.
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  • Explanations don't cover it.
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  • What you need is not peace--i mean, not an explanation.
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  • You need presence, the presence of god in your life.
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  • And what you need is what the bible calls the peace that
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  • Passes understanding.
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  • Look up here on the screen, philippians 4:7 says this: "the
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  • Peace of god which passes all understanding will keep your
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  • Hearts and minds through christ jesus."
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  • Now, what is the peace that passes understanding?
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  • It's when you feel at peace even though you don't understand
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  • What's going on.
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  • You have no reason, no explanation, no discernment.
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  • You just don't know why it's happening, but you're still at
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  • Peace, and that is a supernatural peace that comes
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  • From god, is that peace that passes understanding because i
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  • Don't know why this is happening, but i do know this: i
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  • Do know god is a good god.
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  • And i do know that he loves me.
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  • And i do know that he wants what's best for my life.
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  • And i do know that i can trust him even when i don't
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  • Understand it.
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  • That's the peace that passes understanding, and it comes from
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  • Feeling the love of god in your life.
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  • Female announcer: do you ever wonder if your life really
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  • Matters or what on earth you're here for?
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  • Pastor rick wants to let you know that god has a good plan
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  • And purpose for your life.
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  • In his bestselling book, "the purpose driven life," he lays
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  • Out a simple, life-changing roadmap to help you discover
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  • And live it.
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  • This book has transformed millions of lives, and it could
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  • Transform someone you love, and great news, it's been updated
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  • For today's generation.
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  • This edition includes a video introduction and audio teaching
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  • From pastor rick for each chapter, and two powerful bonus
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  • Chapters on the biggest barriers to living a purpose-driven life.
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  • As you go through this book, you'll uncover that your deepest
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  • Meaning and fulfillment doesn't come from success or status, but
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  • From understanding and living out the purpose that god created
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  • You for.
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  • Request your copy today when you give a gift to help daily hope
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  • Pastor rick: now, you and i know that human fathers don't have
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  • Unlimited ability, unlimited power, but your heavenly father
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  • Does, and he can handle anything.
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  • He has unlimited power and he has unlimited love, and when you
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  • Realize that he is good and he's god and he loves you, and the
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  • Things that don't make sense in your life, you can have the
  • 00:12:46.248 --> 00:12:48.984
  • Peace that passes understanding.
  • 00:12:48.984 --> 00:12:51.587
  • Now, god's love does not exempt you from pain or suffering in
  • 00:12:51.587 --> 00:12:56.358
  • This life.
  • 00:12:56.358 --> 00:12:57.726
  • No, christians have the exact same problems that
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  • Non-christians do.
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  • The difference is we get the peace that passes understanding,
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  • Where i can trust god in a moment when everything is
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  • Falling apart around me and i can know there's a promise in
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  • The bible, we just looked at it last week, romans 8:28, "and we
  • 00:13:18.614 --> 00:13:24.787
  • Know that in all things," even the bad things, "god works for
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  • The good of those who love him, who have been called," circle
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  • That word, "called according to his purpose," circle
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  • That, purpose.
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  • Calling and purpose to go together, and when we live the
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  • Calling, and we live out our purpose, and we let god love us,
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  • And we love god back, we can know that in all things, god is
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  • Working for the good of those who love him, and that gives us
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  • The peace that passes understanding.
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  • Number four.
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  • The fourth things that happens when i know that i'm totally
  • 00:14:01.590 --> 00:14:04.727
  • Loved by god is i gain the courage to take risks.
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  • I gain the courage to take risks.
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  • When somebody believes in you,
  • 00:14:12.935 --> 00:14:15.170
  • You are capable of accomplishing things you would never be able
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  • To accomplish on your own just because they believe in you.
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  • It gives you an additional power.
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  • It gives you additional energy.
  • 00:14:25.981 --> 00:14:28.217
  • You know, sometimes when we're doing christmas, or easter, or
  • 00:14:28.217 --> 00:14:31.854
  • Some of these times when i'm doing 14, 16 services back to
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  • Back and along about number 9, i'll start to get tired,
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  • And i think, i don't think i got the energy to do this, and i'll
  • 00:14:38.327 --> 00:14:40.729
  • Look right over here to my wife who sits right down here, and
  • 00:14:40.729 --> 00:14:43.299
  • She'll wink at me, and i'll think i could do 100 more.
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  • 'cause all i need her to do is to believe in me.
  • 00:14:48.337 --> 00:14:51.807
  • And i--it gives me enormous energy when someone believes in
  • 00:14:51.807 --> 00:14:57.313
  • You unconditionally the way god does, and when you experience
  • 00:14:57.313 --> 00:15:00.182
  • That, it releases you.
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  • You have dreams that have gone unfulfilled in your life because
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  • You have been scared to death to go after them.
  • 00:15:05.988 --> 00:15:08.857
  • What if i fail?
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  • And you're going to die with unfulfilled dreams unless you
  • 00:15:10.626 --> 00:15:15.197
  • Key in to the love of god and you let him give you that
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  • Confidence that comes from him believing in you.
  • 00:15:19.535 --> 00:15:24.540
  • Even if you're old, it's not too late.
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  • When i was in the seventh grade, we lived up in northern
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  • California in the redwoods.
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  • And i was taking a shop class in the seventh grade, and
  • 00:15:36.685 --> 00:15:42.057
  • We--everybody was supposed to make something for shop class,
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  • And i decided for that christmas, i was gonna make my
  • 00:15:44.927 --> 00:15:48.430
  • Mom and dad a redwood table.
  • 00:15:48.430 --> 00:15:51.333
  • Now, a little true confession here, your pastor has zero
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  • Artistic and craft ability.
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  • I--my--i'm just not very coordinated with my hands.
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  • I'm just not good at all.
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  • And i decided that i was going to make this redwood table.
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  • And after about--i worked on it for about six months hard, we
  • 00:16:08.717 --> 00:16:11.720
  • Had a barn on our property and i wouldn't let my parents come out
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  • Of the barn because i was working on it there for
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  • Six months.
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  • And after six months, it was a disaster.
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  • I mean a mess, and i mean nothing in this table
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  • Looked right.
  • 00:16:25.901 --> 00:16:27.236
  • I mean, it was all whompy-jawed, it was misbalanced, but one edge
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  • Was longer than the other.
  • 00:16:31.573 --> 00:16:32.941
  • It was--had bad sanding and parts of it were nicked off and
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  • I had done too much lacquer at one end and not enough at the
  • 00:16:36.612 --> 00:16:39.548
  • Other, and it was a mess.
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  • And i remember how disappointed i was in myself and how bad
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  • I felt.
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  • I so badly wanted this to be a nice gift for my parents.
  • 00:16:49.091 --> 00:16:54.396
  • And i just remember sitting down in that barn one day and
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  • Just sobbing.
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  • And my dad heard me, and he came up to the barn and he asked for
  • 00:16:59.935 --> 00:17:06.508
  • Permission to come in, and i let him come in.
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  • And i said, "dad, i just--i've just screwed it up.
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  • I have made such a mess of this.
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  • And i--yeah, i wanted it so badly to be nice, but it's not."
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  • And i'll never forget what he said.
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  • He said, "you know, son, it's okay, we can start over--not
  • 00:17:27.696 --> 00:17:33.902
  • You--we can start over, and this time, i'll help you."
  • 00:17:33.902 --> 00:17:41.543
  • Now, my dad was a master carpenter.
  • 00:17:41.543 --> 00:17:45.080
  • In his lifetime, he built about 150 churches all around
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  • The world.
  • 00:17:49.952 --> 00:17:51.320
  • He knew how to build stuff.
  • 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:52.654
  • So, if my dad said, "this time i'll help you," it's a
  • 00:17:52.654 --> 00:17:55.891
  • Done deal, okay?
  • 00:17:55.891 --> 00:17:57.559
  • It's gonna succeed.
  • 00:17:57.559 --> 00:18:00.395
  • And this is what your heavenly father is saying to you today.
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  • I don't care if you're 15, or 50, or 95, god is saying, "you
  • 00:18:03.999 --> 00:18:09.004
  • May have really messed it up royally, and you gave it your
  • 00:18:09.004 --> 00:18:12.574
  • Best shot, but it just flat out wasn't good enough."
  • 00:18:12.574 --> 00:18:16.145
  • And you're really--to be honest, if you're honest with--you're
  • 00:18:16.145 --> 00:18:18.480
  • Disappointed in your life.
  • 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:21.116
  • And your heavenly father comes to you today and says, "it's
  • 00:18:21.116 --> 00:18:24.786
  • Okay, you can start over, and this time, i'll help you.
  • 00:18:24.786 --> 00:18:31.026
  • We will do it together."
  • 00:18:31.026 --> 00:18:33.695
  • Your heavenly father has wanted to reach out and grasp you in
  • 00:18:33.695 --> 00:18:38.967
  • His arms when you have felt like, "i just blew it."
  • 00:18:38.967 --> 00:18:44.606
  • Maybe you blew it publicly, maybe you blew it privately, and
  • 00:18:44.606 --> 00:18:48.510
  • Your heavenly father says, "it's okay.
  • 00:18:48.510 --> 00:18:52.848
  • We'll start over.
  • 00:18:52.848 --> 00:18:54.917
  • And this time we'll do it together."
  • 00:18:54.917 --> 00:19:02.257
  • For some of you, and some of you watching right now, this moment,
  • 00:19:02.257 --> 00:19:07.229
  • God has been waiting for this moment your entire life.
  • 00:19:07.229 --> 00:19:12.534
  • He's been waiting for this moment where you, for the first
  • 00:19:12.534 --> 00:19:15.871
  • Time, would get a little inkling of how much he loves you.
  • 00:19:15.871 --> 00:19:22.377
  • I've said many times, it's not--your problem is not that
  • 00:19:22.377 --> 00:19:26.215
  • You don't love god.
  • 00:19:26.215 --> 00:19:27.916
  • Your problem is you don't know how much he loves you, because
  • 00:19:27.916 --> 00:19:32.254
  • If you did, you could not help but love him.
  • 00:19:32.254 --> 00:19:37.826
  • And this is the moment where a million years ago, before
  • 00:19:37.826 --> 00:19:41.630
  • Anything happened in your life, god chose you and decided to
  • 00:19:41.630 --> 00:19:48.637
  • Create you, to love you.
  • 00:19:48.637 --> 00:19:51.673
  • And you have spent your entire life afraid to surrender your
  • 00:19:51.673 --> 00:19:57.045
  • Total life to god, and the reason why you've been afraid to
  • 00:19:57.045 --> 00:20:02.217
  • Surrender your total life to god is because you don't know how
  • 00:20:02.217 --> 00:20:05.420
  • Much he loves you.
  • 00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:06.755
  • Nobody knows what is best for you.
  • 00:20:06.755 --> 00:20:10.626
  • Nobody knows what will make your life better than god does.
  • 00:20:10.626 --> 00:20:15.964
  • So, this is your moment.
  • 00:20:15.964 --> 00:20:18.233
  • This is your breakthrough moment.
  • 00:20:18.233 --> 00:20:20.936
  • This is the moment where you let go of fear.
  • 00:20:20.936 --> 00:20:23.939
  • The bible says this on the screen, "there is no fear
  • 00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:27.743
  • In love.
  • 00:20:27.743 --> 00:20:29.678
  • But perfect love drives out all fear, because fear has to do
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  • With punishment."
  • 00:20:34.049 --> 00:20:35.384
  • When love comes in the front door of your life, fear goes out
  • 00:20:35.384 --> 00:20:39.521
  • The back.
  • 00:20:39.521 --> 00:20:40.889
  • You need to stop being afraid of god and you need to accept his
  • 00:20:40.889 --> 00:20:44.826
  • Love, and the fear will drain out of your life.
  • 00:20:44.826 --> 00:20:49.197
  • So, how do i become a son of god?
  • 00:20:49.197 --> 00:20:53.835
  • How do i become a daughter of god?
  • 00:20:53.835 --> 00:20:57.339
  • How do i become a child of god?
  • 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:59.174
  • On the screen, the bible says in john chapter 1, verse 12: "to
  • 00:20:59.174 --> 00:21:04.246
  • All who believed him," that's jesus, "and accepted him," he's
  • 00:21:04.246 --> 00:21:09.985
  • Already accepted you.
  • 00:21:09.985 --> 00:21:12.154
  • "accepted him, jesus gave the right to become children
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  • Of god."
  • 00:21:17.993 --> 00:21:20.262
  • So, let's talk to god about it.
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  • This is your moment.
  • 00:21:21.730 --> 00:21:23.498
  • Let's bow our heads.
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  • I want you to pray this prayer that will change and transform
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  • The rest of your life.
  • 00:21:31.673 --> 00:21:35.310
  • Dear god.
  • 00:21:35.310 --> 00:21:37.412
  • Just say this in your heart.
  • 00:21:37.412 --> 00:21:38.747
  • I am so amazed at how much you love me.
  • 00:21:38.747 --> 00:21:44.419
  • Thank you, that your love for me is wide enough to be everywhere
  • 00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:48.390
  • I go.
  • 00:21:48.390 --> 00:21:50.726
  • Thank you that your love for me is long enough to last
  • 00:21:50.726 --> 00:21:55.597
  • Forever, you will never stop loving me.
  • 00:21:55.597 --> 00:21:59.801
  • Thank you that your love for me is deep enough to handle all
  • 00:21:59.801 --> 00:22:03.739
  • My problems.
  • 00:22:03.739 --> 00:22:07.376
  • Thank you, god, that your love is high enough to overlook all
  • 00:22:07.376 --> 00:22:12.447
  • My sins, all my mistakes, all my faults and failures, because
  • 00:22:12.447 --> 00:22:16.585
  • Of jesus.
  • 00:22:16.585 --> 00:22:21.189
  • God, i wanna feel accepted rather than ashamed.
  • 00:22:21.189 --> 00:22:26.061
  • I want to be bold and bringing my needs to you.
  • 00:22:26.061 --> 00:22:30.899
  • I need the peace that passes understanding.
  • 00:22:30.899 --> 00:22:33.935
  • I want to have peace, even in pain, that i don't understand.
  • 00:22:33.935 --> 00:22:40.008
  • I need your love to give me the courage to take risks, to go
  • 00:22:40.008 --> 00:22:44.613
  • After my dream.
  • 00:22:44.613 --> 00:22:48.083
  • Jesus christ, as best i know, i surrender every particle and
  • 00:22:48.083 --> 00:22:53.989
  • Room of my life.
  • 00:22:53.989 --> 00:22:57.659
  • And i want to learn to love you back because you love me
  • 00:22:57.659 --> 00:23:00.295
  • So much.
  • 00:23:00.295 --> 00:23:01.897
  • And i'm gonna spend the rest of my life with that first calling
  • 00:23:01.897 --> 00:23:05.934
  • Of letting you love me.
  • 00:23:05.934 --> 00:23:10.238
  • And i pray this in your name.
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  • Amen.
  • 00:23:13.542 --> 00:23:18.079
  • The fifth things that happens when you understand the love of
  • 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:21.216
  • God in your life is, i worship instead of worry.
  • 00:23:21.216 --> 00:23:26.555
  • I worship instead of worry.
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  • What is worship?
  • 00:23:28.557 --> 00:23:29.925
  • Worship is simply expressing my love to god.
  • 00:23:29.925 --> 00:23:32.527
  • Anytime you say to god, "i love you, god," that's worship.
  • 00:23:32.527 --> 00:23:36.832
  • You can worship in a small group, you can worship in a
  • 00:23:36.832 --> 00:23:39.367
  • Church, building, a service.
  • 00:23:39.367 --> 00:23:41.136
  • You can worship with the windows rolled down your car and the
  • 00:23:41.136 --> 00:23:45.073
  • Radio blaring.
  • 00:23:45.073 --> 00:23:46.408
  • Any time you express love to god, you are worshiping.
  • 00:23:46.408 --> 00:23:50.779
  • Worship is always a response.
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  • We love god because he first loved us.
  • 00:23:52.314 --> 00:23:54.115
  • Look on the screen.
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  • We love god.
  • 00:23:55.817 --> 00:23:57.185
  • We love because god first loved us.
  • 00:23:57.185 --> 00:23:59.754
  • Remember, your problem is not that you don't love god.
  • 00:23:59.754 --> 00:24:03.158
  • Your problem is you don't understand how much he
  • 00:24:03.158 --> 00:24:05.260
  • Loves you.
  • 00:24:05.260 --> 00:24:06.628
  • Now, how do you know--and we'll close with this.
  • 00:24:06.628 --> 00:24:09.498
  • How do you know when you're not feeling god's love?
  • 00:24:09.498 --> 00:24:14.936
  • Oh, it's real simple.
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  • One simple thing.
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  • Worry.
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  • When you worry, at that moment you have forgotten how much god
  • 00:24:20.308 --> 00:24:23.879
  • Loves you.
  • 00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:25.247
  • Worry is acting like an atheist.
  • 00:24:25.247 --> 00:24:27.782
  • Worry is pretending you're an orphan.
  • 00:24:27.782 --> 00:24:30.986
  • Worry is saying, "i've forgotten i have a heavenly father who
  • 00:24:30.986 --> 00:24:34.422
  • Loves me, wants what's best for me, and created me, and is
  • 00:24:34.422 --> 00:24:37.492
  • Watching over me."
  • 00:24:37.492 --> 00:24:38.860
  • Worry is pretending like you're all on your own.
  • 00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:41.396
  • You're not.
  • 00:24:41.396 --> 00:24:42.731
  • Worry at that moment means, at this point i have forgotten how
  • 00:24:42.731 --> 00:24:47.569
  • Much god loves me.
  • 00:24:47.569 --> 00:24:50.672
  • And you need to choose worship over worry.
  • 00:24:50.672 --> 00:24:54.142
  • My oldest son josh had to go back east this week and he hates
  • 00:24:54.142 --> 00:24:57.879
  • To fly when there's turbulence.
  • 00:24:57.879 --> 00:25:00.115
  • And because of the storms, he said, "dad, it was
  • 00:25:00.115 --> 00:25:02.384
  • Constant turbulence."
  • 00:25:02.384 --> 00:25:04.286
  • And he said, "i had to decide, was i gonna worry or was i
  • 00:25:04.286 --> 00:25:06.855
  • Gonna worship?"
  • 00:25:06.855 --> 00:25:08.223
  • So, instead of worrying, he said, "i put in my earbuds and
  • 00:25:08.223 --> 00:25:09.858
  • Put on a bunch of worship songs."
  • 00:25:09.858 --> 00:25:12.394
  • You're gonna panic or pray the rest of your life.
  • 00:25:12.394 --> 00:25:15.697
  • You're gonna worry or you're gonna worship.
  • 00:25:15.697 --> 00:25:17.599
  • You're gonna look at your problem or you're gonna look
  • 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:19.601
  • At god.
  • 00:25:19.601 --> 00:25:20.936
  • Jesus said this, "don't worry about having enough food or
  • 00:25:20.936 --> 00:25:24.539
  • Drink or clothing.
  • 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.907
  • He'll give you all you need from day to day if you live for him
  • 00:25:25.907 --> 00:25:29.911
  • And make the kingdom of god your primary concern.
  • 00:25:29.911 --> 00:25:32.881
  • So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its
  • 00:25:32.881 --> 00:25:36.151
  • Own worries.
  • 00:25:36.151 --> 00:25:37.485
  • Today's trouble is enough for today."
  • 00:25:37.485 --> 00:25:40.088
  • And this promise, that verse right there, it's why we're
  • 00:25:40.088 --> 00:25:42.891
  • Doing "live your calling."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Announcer: do you ever wonder if your life really
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  • Matters or what on earth you're here for?
  • 00:25:54.936 --> 00:25:57.939
  • Pastor rick wants to let you know that god has a good plan
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  • And purpose for your life.
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  • In his bestselling book, "the purpose driven life," he lays
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  • Out a simple, life-changing roadmap to help you discover
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  • And live it.
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  • For today's generation.
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  • From pastor rick for each chapter, and two powerful bonus
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  • As you go through this book, you'll uncover that your deepest
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  • Meaning and fulfillment doesn't come from success or status, but
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  • From understanding and living out the purpose that god created
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  • You for.
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