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

Today we continue in our series called Building a Better Future. In these lessons,

Pastor Rick shares how we can build a foundation for a better future by following the examples

of leaders in the Bible who followed God's calling to rebuild after a time of captivity.

What you've probably noticed, the more grateful a person is, the happier they are.

That's the power of gratitude. But it's not always easy to feel grateful.

That's why Pastor Rick developed a great new resource called the Power of Gratitude.

Go to pastorrick.com to find out more or just text the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

Now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of a message called,

How to Handle Insults and Ridicule.

Here's the second thing the Amaya did. When you are being ridiculed, when you're being put down,

when you feel other people looking at you, you know, judgmentally, confidently state that my trust is in God.

Nehemiah did not retaliate back, tit for tat, within Salcivizoni.

Will you insult me? I'm just going to insult you. That's what we want to do.

Somebody named calls you. You want to call them a name, worst name back.

He ignores the hurtful words in his reply to the opposition. Instead, here's what he says.

Now, he's told God, God I'm angry, but he doesn't say that. He doesn't say that to the opponent, to the critic, to the people who are in his way.

Nehemiah 220, I answered them. Here's something answered the critic.

The God of heaven will give us success. The God of heaven will give us success.

We are his servants and we will start rebuilding.

That's what you do. Confidently state your trust in God. We're just his servants.

We don't trust ourselves. We're trust in God. But we will start rebuilding. He told us to do this.

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