Hey, we're so glad you're here because today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, Rick's sharing the biblical

wisdom we need to have great relationships. And let's admit it, we can all use that. And right now,

here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message called Keeping the Crazy Makers from Making You Crazy.

Crazy makers love to argue, and they love to debate because they love to get your attention.

Now, if you fall for this trap, you're going to start thinking, if I could just clearly,

logically explain to them what they're doing, then the light would come

on in their mind and they would realize how self-destructive and how inappropriate their behavior

or what they're saying is. And if I could just reason with them, then they will say, well, yes,

thank you for helping me see that.

Thank you so very, very much.

But here's the point.

Crazy makers don't come to their position through reason, so you can't reason them out of it.

It doesn't work.

You can't talk people out of a behavior they didn't talk themselves into.

They got into that behavior because of an emotion, not because of logic. It's reasoned,

motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning means I come up with a reason for doing something because I feel this way

and so I need a reason to do it.

The motivation actually comes from the feeling, not from the reasoning.

And what I've discovered is, is that people are going to either like you or not like you.

And if they don't like you, you can't make them like you.

And if they want to think certainly, they're going to think that way.

And all of the logic in the world isn't going to change their mind.

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