Hey friends, thanks so much for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

We're so glad to have you with us, and today Rick continues in his series called Transform.

Together, we'll dive into God's Word and discover powerful principles that can truly change our lives from the inside out.

Spiritally, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially, and vocationally.

You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation to every part of your life.

All right, well, let's get started and join Rick for the final part of a message called

Change Your Life by Changing Your Mind.

The reason why most people are ineffective in life and actually fail at life and actually don't enjoy life,

it's because they've never learned how to fight the battle of the mind.

This is so important.

I just want to explain to you one simple thing, how temptation works.

Because Paul says, we're not supposed to be ignorant of how Satan works.

We need to know how it works so you're not caught off guard.

So let me explain to you how temptation works.

Because it always uses the same pattern.

James 1, 14, and 15 tells us the pattern.

Temptation comes from the lure of our own evil desires.

And these evil desires lead to evil actions.

And then the evil actions lead to death.

Now notice, temptation is a process.

It's not an isolated event.

You know when people talk about, I don't know, it just caught me off guard.

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