Hello everyone and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry that's here to

encourage and inspire you every day. And today we're continuing our series called Awesome Relationships.

In it, Rick Warren shares practical ways to help you take your relationships with family, friends,

coworkers, and even God, from ordinary to extraordinary.

And this is a series you don't want to miss.

Now let's get over to Rick for the final part of a message called Fighting for an Awesome Family.

Families are meant to be a raincoat in the storms of life.

Okay? Write this down.

Awesome families protect each other.

Awesome families protect each other because in a storm you need support.

Ecclesiastes 4.9 says this.

Two are better than one.

And if one of them falls down, the other can help him up.

But if someone is alone and falls, it's just too bad.

It's just too bad because there's no one there to help him up. In the storms

of life, you need other people to help you get through that tough time. Sometimes a child is going

through a storm. Sometimes mom is going through a storm. Sometimes dad is going through a storm. And no matter which of our family

members going through the storm, we have to help each other, we protect each other. Families stick

together. Families are a raincoat. I asked the kids, why do you love your family so much?

And I'll give you the number one answer in a minute,

but watch some of the answers that they gave.

Because they take good care of me. Because they're always so nice to me. Because I love them.

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