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.

In just a few moments, we're going to tell you about Pastor Rick's brand new book called

Created to Dream. This life-changing book will help you discover and live out the amazing

dream God has just for you. To find out more, go to PastorRick.com right now while you listen to

today's broadcast or just text the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4. Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren

with the final part of a message called How God Blesses Broken Hearts.

So God uses grief to help us grow by getting our attention. Second way, he brings good out of

bad. One of the most famous verses in the Bible is Romans 8.28. We know, we know, not guess,

not hope, we know that in all things, not some, not just the good, in all things, God works.

In all things, God works for the good of those who love Him. It's an opportunity to grow in character.

Every time you go through pain, you can't control the pain you go through. You may have chronic

pain and that pain may be with you for years and years and years. You can't always control that.

But you can decide whether it's going to make you bitter or better, whether it's going to be a

stepping stone or it's going to be a stumbling block. God brings good out of bad. And the third

thing he does is he prepares us for eternity. Look at this next verse. 2 Corinthians 4, 17 and 18.

These troubles are getting us ready for an eternal glory. What troubles? The pain you're going

through right now. These troubles, that sickness, that sadness, that suffering, that lack,

that loss, that pain, that pressure, that problem. These troubles are getting this ready for an

eternal glory that will make all our troubles seem like nothing, like nothing. Things that are

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