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 let's get to the final part of a message called

forming healthy friendships. Second key to building friendships. Be comfortable. Relax and be yourself.

That's the second key to building great friendships. Relax and be yourself. Be comfortable

with you. You said, but Rick, if I be me, they might not like

the real me. Well, if they're not going to like the real you, they're never going to be your

friend in the first place. And if they don't like the real you, they don't deserve to be your

friend. And if they don't like the way you

really are, they're not worthy of your friendship. So any person, you have to be somebody different

than who you are to be their friend is not a friend. They're not a friend. So if you can't just be who you are, then you don't want them as a friend.

They aren't worthy as a friend and they're never going to be your friend in the first place.

So go ahead and be yourself and that pretty quickly will determine who's a real friend and

who's not.

You have to love yourself before you can love anybody else. You have to think you're

worthy. If you missed last week's message on identity, go back and listen to that about that you

have something significant to give to the world. Go back and listen to that again on those five

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