Hello everybody, welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren.

Hey, we're so glad you're here with us today. We are continuing in a series called Talking About Stuff That Matters.

Now, in this series, Rick looks into the scriptures, and he's unpacking what it means to live

in community, have real conversation about what matters most, and face discouragement with

courage and faith.

It's honest, hopeful, so stay tuned.

You won't want to miss a second.

And now here's part two of a message called Don't Let

Anyone Steal Your Identity. Here's the second pillar of your identity. Kay is going to come

and talk about this. In Christ, my value and worth are priceless. As Rick said, my value and my worth are priceless.

Isaiah 43, verse 4, God says, you are precious to me.

Now, precious is a really emotional word.

It's not a word that we use very often.

We don't hear people talk about it.

When I hear the word precious, there's something at me that just thinks it's got to be said with a southern accent.

Like, well, honey, you are so precious to me.

You know, you just, it fits with the southern accent.

But in Hebrew, and the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and so Isaiah, in Hebrew, it means highly valued or esteemed.

In English, it means valued, wanted, treasured, cherished.

And whether you are comfortable using that emotional word precious to describe how you feel about people you love

or have people use that about you or whether you're comfortable even admitting the longings that you have in your heart.

We all want to be loved, to be highly esteemed, to be valued, to be treasured, to be cherished

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