This is Pastor Rick's Daily Home, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Well, today we continue with our series called The Keys to a Blessed Life.

In these lessons, Rick shares the practical steps found in Jesus' sermon on the Mount

that will help you live the hopeful and purpose-filled life God planned for you.

Now in just a little while, we're going to tell you how you can get a very special set of

Bible Scripture cards. With 52 verses selected by Pastor Rick to help you live the amazingly

hopeful and purpose-filled life God has planned for you. You can find out more by going to

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part three of a message called,

Handling Opposition to Your Faith. Now the Bible says this in 1 Peter 5, 1st 9.

Take a firm stand. Take a firm stand against Satan and be strong in your faith. Remember that

your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering

you are. So what's he saying here? He's saying, well, I don't need to be a shame, first place,

you're in good company. This has happened for 2,000 years and there are people who are suffering

right now for being a believer in Christ. You're in good company. If you want to go read Hebrews 11,

which is God's hall of fame, and in God's hall of fame, he says they were beaten, they were tortured,

they were imprisoned, they were pushed down, they were ridiculed, they were maligned, they were

laughed at, and on and on and on. I don't know how to say any clear of theness. Don't ever let anybody

laugh you out of following Christ. Don't ever let anybody laugh you out of living for Christ.

1 Peter 3, 17. Remember, it's better to suffer for doing God's will than to suffer for doing evil.

Now here's the point. No matter what you do in life, somebody is going to not like it.

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