Hello, and thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching

ministry of Rick Warren, and today we are continuing in a series called The Miracle of Mercy.

Rick will show us how God's mercy can lift your guilt, heal your wounds, and transform the way you live. And now the final part of a

message called God can use anybody. You know, here at Saddleback Church, the letters in our name,

S-A-D-D-D-L-E-B-A-C, every letter represents a value. We've taught on this many times,

and many of you remember that the

S stands for second chance place of grace. This is a place where we give people a second chance.

This is a place for people who want to start over. This is people, a place for people who want

a fresh start. That's the miracle of mercy. That's the grace place. And I want you to

hear an example, a dramatic example of starting over a place of grace. Danny Dushain is going to

come out in just a minute and share his dramatic story. He was a double lifer in prison for 32 years.

He is going to lead our mercy ministry to prisons.

To prisons.

And, you know, two and a half million people, Americans, are incarcerated in a prison.

We want to start a Saddleback church in every prison.

And I thought who could better know how to do this than a guy who spent 32 years in prison.

And so I want you, 13 years ago, Danny actually gave his testimony here at Saddleback.

He was in prison at the time. We couldn't

videotape him. We couldn't even take a picture of him at the time, but they allowed us to call

on the phone, and I played that phone call to hear, and so he's back to give his testimony a second

time. I want you to give a new warm welcome to our newest pastor at Saddleback, Danny DeShane. Give him a warm

welcome.

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