Hello, and thanks for joining us here on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

Well, today we continue with our series called Awesome Relationships.

In it, Pastor Rick Warren will show you how to take your relationships with family, friends,

co-workers, and even God from average to awesome.

You don't want to miss a second of this relationship building series.

Now in just a little while, we're going to tell you how you can get the brand new set

of 52 Bible-verse memorization cards, with verses that will help you strengthen your relationships.

You can find out more by going to PastorRick.com while you listen to today's message.

That's PastorRick.com or you can connect with us by texting the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

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Right now, here's PastorRick with the final part of a message called Becoming Best Friends

With God.

Every friendship is built on trust.

When I started this series, I told you the difference between an acquaintance and a friend

is this, talk and trust.

You talk with acquaintances, but you trust your friends.

If you don't trust somebody, they're not your friend.

You may spend eight hours a day with them, but if you don't trust them, they're not a friend.

They're just an acquaintance.

The bedrock of every friendship is trust, and that's true with God too.

You got to trust him.

And you got to trust him when things don't make sense, when things are backwards, when

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