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 we're going to join Rick for part one of a message called

There's No Recovery Without Prayer.

This morning at 2 a.m., the Lord woke me up, and I got up and I looked up some scriptures,

and God gave me a message specifically for you today.

And what I want to title this, regardless of how much I get through it, is this,

there is no recovery without prayer.

There is no recovery without prayer.

No lasting recovery for certain.

What I want to do right now is take you through scriptures

and give you some examples of what happens

when you add prayer into the recovery process and why without prayer in the recovery process

it isn't going to work.

So let me give you some examples of why there is no recovery without prayer.

A first example would be back in the Old Testament, and that is when the Israelites got impatient

with God when they were leaving Egypt, and in the 40 years they were waiting

to get into the promised land and the 40 year delay was their own fault.

You know, God gave them seven tests to see, are you ready to go into the promised land?

And in each of those seven tests, they'd fail and so God would say okay another lap around the desert

...