Knowing What Matters Most - Part 1

Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

One of the fundamental questions in life is this: “Who will have the final authority in what you do?” In this message, Pastor Rick shows how the authority you follow shapes your values—and why that authority must be God and his Word.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.
0:07.0	This is the place where Rick Warren brings you uplifting messages from God's Word every day
0:13.0	to help you grow deeper in faith and live a life with purpose.
0:18.0	Today we're continuing in a powerful series called Toolbox for Life. In this series,
0:24.1	Rick teaches us four essential skills that you need to succeed, wherever God has placed you,
0:30.8	whether it's at home, at work, at school, or in your community. These are tools that every
0:37.0	follower of Jesus absolutely needs.
0:40.5	So let's jump right in for part one of a message called Knowing What Matters Most.
0:47.3	Now, what would you think if I were to announce this weekend, this, I've just read an incredible self-help book.
0:59.3	And this book tells me that I can be anything that I want to be.
1:06.3	If I just really desire it and work really hard, I can become anything I want to be.
1:14.6	So, this weekend, I'm leaving Saddleback Church to go become a ballerina on Broadway.
1:26.6	How would you react to that?
1:29.1	And if I said,
1:30.0	God told me that I'm going to be a ballerina on Broadway,
1:36.8	you would say,
1:38.0	Rick, what have you been smoking?
1:42.8	Because it would be ludicrous for me to announce that I was going to become a ballerina on Broadway
1:49.9	because I really, really wanted to be it and I was going to work really hard.
1:55.5	It would be ludicrous for three reasons.
1:57.3	Number one, I'm not shaped to be a ballerina. Why are you laughing? I'm not big
2:05.8	enough. I'm not shaped. I'm not gifted to be a ballerina. I really am not one of these people
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