Hey, we're so glad you're here because today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, Rick's sharing the biblical

wisdom we need to have great relationships.

And let's admit it, we can all use that.

Now here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message called escaping the people

pleaser trap.

I have been receiving many, many notes from you during this series on unhealthy relationships,

and a lot of you have been giving me some good material.

In fact, this weekend's message is based on a letter that I got recently.

Let me read it to you.

It's a pretty serious letter.

This is, dear Pastor Rick, your crazy maker series is really helping me a lot.

But there's one area where I always make myself crazy.

And that is the fear of disapproval.

It really messes up my relationships and it makes me miserable. That is the fear of disapproval.

It really messes up my relationships and it makes me miserable.

To be honest, I am so afraid of being rejected that I let people walk all over me.

It affects what I say, it affects what I wear, it even affects the food I eat. I hate feeling this week,

but I don't know how to change. For all my life, I have worried about what other people think

about me. As a little child, I quickly learned that certain things would bring the smile and approval

of my parents and other adults.

And then when I started grade school, the approval of my friends became the most important

thing in my life.

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