Hey everyone, thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

This is the place where Rick Warren brings you uplifting messages from God's Word every day

to help you grow deeper in faith and live a life with purpose.

Today we're continuing in a powerful series called Toolbox for Life. In this series,

Rick teaches us four essential skills that you need to succeed, wherever God has placed you,

whether it's at home, at work, at school, or in your community. These are tools that every

follower of Jesus absolutely needs. And right now,

here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message called Learning to Be Both Fast and Slow.

This weekend, I want us to look at the skill of timing. The title of the message is called Learning to Be both fast and

slow. And let me explain it a little bit. Every great accomplishment ever in history has an

element of timing to it. When you're watching a football game and you see a football player

catch a beautiful pass. It's only because they had worked

out the timing between the quarterback and the wide receiver. And if that timing is off,

there's no reception. It's all a matter of timing. Now this is true in every area of life.

It's true in business.

Any business investor will tell you that timing is a large part of knowing when to buy,

knowing when to sell, knowing when to make a deal, knowing when to merge,

and knowing when not to merge, when to diversify.

It's all a matter of timing.

If you are a singer, you have to know how to sing the notes at the right time.

If you're a musician, you know how to keep time in the beat.

If you are a speaker, you have to know good timing in the way you deliver the words. The secret between a funny joke

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