Thanks for joining us here today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today we continue in a series called The Seven Greatest Words of Love.

There are seven words in particular that Jesus spoke during his final hours on the cross that hold the keys

for finding fulfillment in your life, relationships, and even your career. Right now, here's Pastor

Rick with part two of a message called The Word of Trust. I have a father in heaven who loves me. This is the first thing you need to remember

when you're going through a dark day. And that's why Jesus starts his last statement on the

cross with the word father, with the word father. Now remember a couple weeks ago, we talked about that when Jesus was taking the punishment

for every sin of mankind on himself, he cries out, my God, my God.

Remember that?

My God, my God.

Why have you forsaken me?

It's the only time in the Bible when he doesn't call God Father. And that was because he was

separated, taking all of our sins on himself. When Jesus taught us to pray, he said, you're to pray

like this, our Father who art in heaven. That blew everybody's mind because up to this point, every faith, every religion taught

that God is distant.

God is big, he's powerful, he's cosmic, he's mighty, he may be merciful, but you certainly

don't call him Father. But Jesus changed it all. He blew the stereotypes.

And he said, when you talk to God, you talk to him like he's your daddy. In fact, the

word he used in Aramaic, Abba, literally means daddy, Papa. It's the first word every Middle East child learns.

Abba, Dadda, Papa.

It's easy to say.

And so Jesus told us when you pray, start with praying, Father.

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