Hello and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you. That's why today we continue with a series

called Rethinking Your Life. In these lessons, Rick shares nine biblical pillars we need to reshape our minds so that we can

become more like Jesus Christ. Right now, here's Pastor Rick with the final part of a message called

defeating discouragement. Number four, the fourth secret of defeating discouragement is in the next verse.

And it has to do with this.

I need to relax in my limitations.

I need to relax in my limitations.

Now, why is that an important antidote to discouragement?

Because you get discouraged when you try to be Superman. You get discouraged when

you try to be superwoman. You get discouraged when you try to do more than you is humanly possible.

You have not relaxed in your limitations or I have not relaxed in my limitations. What we all need

is a realistic view of you. I need a realistic

view of me. You need a realistic view of you. And the facts are, I mean, let's just say them.

You can't fix everybody's problems. You agree with that? But sometimes you act like you can. You can't be in more than

one place at one time. Is that true? Yeah. You know people say, well I'll be with you in spirit.

What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. As long as you're in a human body, you can't be,

you can't be in spirit somewhere else you you can only be where your body is okay so uh you can't do everything you want to do

you can't spend money you don't have now you try and there's a word for that, debt. And then you get discouraged.

Anytime you don't live within the limitations of your life that are normal, then you're going

to get discouraged. You cram too much in. Is it easier to fill your schedule than it is to

fulfill your schedule? Oh yeah. Is it always easier to get in than it is to get out? Yes.

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