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

Today, we continue in a series called Better Together.

In this series, Rick takes us through 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and shows us how to cultivate deep, meaningful relationships with the people around us.

In just a few moments, we're going to tell you how you can get a copy of Pastor Rick's book called God's Power to Change Your Life.

In it, you'll discover how God provides the power you need to take you from where you are to where you want to be.

Find out more by going to PastorRick.com or by texting the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4 while you listen to today's message.

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of a message called How We Help Each Other Grow.

One of the most helpful things you can do in your small group is help people forgive themselves.

A lot of people have confessed to God and God has forgiven but they just don't feel it.

They need somebody to say, you are forgiven. Have you admitted it to God? Yeah, then you are forgiven.

Have you confessed it yet? Then you are forgiven. Let it go.

That's why we get together to help each other to feel forgiven and sometimes you just need somebody to say that to you.

And another thing you can do in your small group is to remind people that God loves to give a second chance and a third and a 50th and a 300th.

And God never, ever gives up on you. Never. He never gives up on you and He's not finished with you.

And He wants to use other people in your life to take that pain, heal it and then turn you into a leader and a person of influence to help others.

Here's the third thing that benefit of honesty. You get God's power to change.

God's power to change when we admit our mistakes to others. James 410 says this.

When you bow down before the Lord, that means you humble yourself, you humble yourself before God and you admit your dependence upon Him.

God will lift you up. Notice He doesn't scold you. He doesn't shame you.

He doesn't put you down. He lifts you up and gives you honor.

How does this work? God wants you to learn to be like Him and God is humble.

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