Hey everyone, it's so great to have you with us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

We are going to continue our very encouraging series today called Life's Healing Choices.

And in these lessons, Rick Warren will guide us through a deep biblical exploration of how to overcome the hurts, hang-ups, and habits that really hold us back.

So get ready for some practical insights and powerful truths that can lead to lasting change and freedom in your life.

And now, here's Rick with the opening segment of his message called The Sharing Choice.

Because we live on a broken planet, and we've talked about this many times, it's broken by sin,

pain is a part of life.

There is no such thing as a pain-free life.

Pain is inevitable, and pain is universal.

And when you begin to follow Jesus, that doesn't take away all your pain.

Jesus does not eliminate all your pain in life.

He transforms it. He gives meaning to it. He gives purpose to it.

You see the significance of it. But as long as you live here on this planet, you will experience

pain. That's what makes the hope of heaven such a wonderful hope because in heaven there

is no sorrow, no more suffering, no more sickness, no more no more suffering no more sickness no more sadness

no more tears no more tangles no more problems of any kind and that's heaven but we're still on

earth so you will experience pain here on earth now the bible teaches us three great truths about

pain in your life. The Bible says

that you're going to have pain all your life, but it says three things about it. That regardless

of the reason for your pain and regardless of the cause of your pain, by the way, stop trying to

figure out all the causes. It really doesn't matter whether you caused the

pain or somebody else caused the pain or Satan caused the pain or the environment caused the pain.

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