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 let's join Rick for part two of his message called

The Sharing Choice.

Paul, in his life, if you read through the New Testament and all those books that he wrote,

he is very honest about five different things in his life, things that we don't like to talk to other people about.

But Paul had such an impact and single-handedly,

you know, revolutionized the Roman Empire and Christianity spread all over because he was willing

to be honest about things we're not willing to be honest about. What are they? You might write these

down. There on your outline, to help other people, I must be honest about these five things. First, my feelings. I have to be open with my feelings. Johnny Baker was helping me with this point last night. He talked about, you know, this is kind of hard for men he said you know as men

there's two feelings we're honest about uh really when we're hungry and we want sex but that's about

it because we we don't really talk about much else we're not guys who really share our feelings very

well notice paul says we have spoken frankly to you. We have opened our hearts wide.

Paul says, I didn't just teach you. I opened my heart. I shared my feelings. And if you're going to

have an impact in the lives of other people, you've got to learn to share your feelings.

Then I learned to share my faults. And that's a little bit harder. I have to be humble about my faults.

And the Bible Paul tells us, each of us must bear the faults and the burdens of his own,

for none of us is perfect. So that's pretty easy to admit, but we just are honest about our faults.

And we're specific about them. Third thing you have just are honest about our faults, and we're specific

about them. Third thing you have to be honest about, if you're going to be an impact on others,

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