Hey everybody. You know, Pastor Rick Warren often says you were made by God and for God. And

until you understand that, well, life will never make sense. Thank you for joining us today on

Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. And in our series called God's Vision for the rest of your life, today Rick will continue in his

effort to help you discover the unique purpose and vision that the Lord has for your life.

Okay, now here's Pastor Rick with the final part of a message called Enabling the Vision,

purpose-driven Giving.

You know, I'll never forget when I bought my first Bible. I was a teenager, and I thought, you know, this is the most important book to me out of any book, so I'm going to get the best one I can find. And I went out and I did a little research, and I found out these study Bibles that have additional study materials in them to help you. And I found one that I

liked called the Thompson Chain Reference Bible. And then I said, I'm going to get this one in a

binding that lasts, so I'm going to get it in the nicest leather that I could find. And I remember,

this is years ago as a teenager, and it cost me 60 bucks to buy that Bible. Now as a teenager, that was two entire

months of my allowance. And I just thought, okay, I could give up all my snacks, give up movies,

and all the other things that teenagers spend their money on. And for two months,

I won't have any of that, but I'll get a really cool Bible that I can use for the rest of my life.

I'm 51 now. I still have that Bible. And it's my most prized treasury possession, because I've

been through it so many times and

underlined it and colored it and marked it all up and it's just it's been personalized for me

and when I was thinking about that I thought about this verse Isaiah 552 it says this

why spend your money on food that doesn't give you strength and does you no good?

Listen, I'll tell you where to get food that's good for the soul.

He said, now you can spend your money on junk food or soul food.

Okay?

This is soul food.

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