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

continue in our series called Strategies for Stressful Times. In these lessons, Rick shares biblical

wisdom for navigating difficult and stressful times so that you can experience God's peace and thrive in any situation.

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

How to Trust God when you don't like the changes in your life.

Now here's the fourth thing you need to remember.

Write this down.

God can use even human error and sin. God can use even human error and sin.

I'm talking about when you are the innocent victim of somebody else's bad decision.

My family isn't what it used to be because my husband broke it up and left me, or my wife left me, whatever.

God can use even human error and the sins of other people, not even just my own, for the good in my, he can bring good in my life,

in his plan to grow your character and make you like Jesus. Do you remember the story of

Joseph? Remember the story of Joseph? How his brothers were jealous, because he was the favorite

son. And so his brothers sold Joseph into slavery.

And he's taken to Egypt.

And for the first 40 years of his life, everything goes wrong.

He's falsely accused of rape.

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