Hey everyone, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren.

Today we're bringing our series called The Habits of Happiness to a close.

In this series, Rick dives into the book of Philippians and helps you discover God's path to true and lasting happiness.

And now over to Rick with the final part of a message called God's promise to the generous.

Every time you're generous, what happens is a change takes place in you.

Every time in you, your heart moves just another tweak up the dial toward God.

You become more like Jesus.

You become more loving.

Every time you give.

The Bible says, you give a cup of cold water in Jesus' name.

He said, that counts.

Every time I practice generosity, I become a little bit more like Jesus.

Philippians chapter 1 verse 11 says this,

your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities

which only Jesus Christ can produce for the glory and praise of God.

Now, what we're talking about here is extremely counterculture, because everything in our

culture does not say give. Everything in our culture says get. Would you agree we're living in an

increasingly self-centered culture? Everybody agree with that? Narcissism is on the right. It's all

about me. Me, myself, I, my stuff, my things, my needs, I, I, I, I, I, I.

Now the middle letter of crime is I, and the middle letter of pride is I, and the middle

letter of sin is I.

I have an eye problem.

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