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Today we continue in our Christmas series called Jesus Came to Light Up Your Life.

In these messages, Rick shares how Jesus came to earth to enlighten and transform us.

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000, 4. Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message called, Jesus

came to light up your life. Did you know that before you were born, God thought of the purpose

for your life before you were ever born? God created you for a purpose. You are not here by an

accident. No, no. There are not here by an accident no no you're

there are accidental parents but there are no accidental babies okay maybe your

parents didn't plan you but God did and I don't care if they were good parents

or bad parents but the truth is God knew who had just the right DNA because he wanted to create you.

And he even uses human error to do that.

And God, the Bible says, plan the days of your life while you were in your mother's womb,

before you were even born.

That's why abortion cuts short God's plan.

God says, no, I have a plan and I have a purpose for your life. Before you even born, I thought it up.

And he says, I want you to know it, and I want you to know the truth about you. In John 18,

Jesus said this. I came into the world to tell people what? The truth. The truth. You ever get tired of people lying to you? I mean, you go to work. Nobody tells you the truth. They tell you what you think you want to hear. In fact, even your friends don't have the courage to tell you the truth. When there's something messing up in your life, oh, they just shine it on.

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