Hey there, everybody. Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We are so glad that you've tuned in.

You know, today, Pastor Rick Warren is going to continue a brand new series called Seeing Through God's Eyes.

Now, in this series, he'll dive into the Bible to help us discover how God sees us and how we can start seeing life from

his perspective. And now here's Rick with the final part of a message called seeing yourself

as God sees you. God says you are acceptable and you are valuable.

And the cross proves your value.

And the people who told you growing up, you're worthless, were liars.

They were wrong, dead wrong.

They were lying.

You were of infinite value.

And if God says you're of value, it doesn't matter what anybody else has said to you. Notice this verse on the back of your outline. God says in Isaiah 43-4,

read it with me. You are precious to me. I want you to hear jokeoke's story. Give him a warm welcome.

I grew up in a very unstable and dysfunctional home. My mother married five different men and had numerous boyfriends.

In addition to that, she was constantly

in and out of mental hospitals. When I was in kindergarten, my dad hooked up his boat,

the dreamer, and never came home. That sent my mom back into the mental hospital. Growing

up, I lived in 28 different homes, sometimes with my mom, and sometimes

not. And due to all the shuffling around, I went to 16 different schools by the time I graduated

high school. There was zero stability in my life, and I grew up feeling unloved, unworthy,

and uncared for. I saw very little value in myself,

or anyone else for that matter. I would often cry myself to sleep and wondering why my dad

had abandoned us kids and wondering if it was my fault.

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