Learning to Be Both Fast and Slow, Part 2

Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this message, Pastor Rick shares how God sometimes asks you to move slowly, such as when you don’t have all the facts, when you’re hurt or angry, when you’re facing a major decision, or when you’re waiting on a seed that you’ve planted.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.
0:04.7	This is the place where Rick Warren brings you uplifting messages from God's Word every day
0:10.8	to help you grow deeper in faith and live with purpose.
0:15.2	Today we're bringing our series called Toolbox for Life to a close.
0:19.9	In this series, Rick teaches four essential skills that you
0:23.7	need to succeed, wherever God has placed you, whether it's at home, at work, at school, or in
0:30.4	your community. These are tools that every follower of Jesus needs. So let's get started with
0:37.3	today's teaching.
0:38.6	Here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of a message called Learning to be both
0:44.2	fast and slow.
0:46.5	So we've looked at some examples of when God says to move fast.
0:49.9	Let me give you some examples.
0:51.2	And again, this is not exhaustive, just a few examples, of
0:54.8	when does God want me to move slowly?
0:58.0	All right?
0:58.5	Here are a few.
0:59.1	Write these down.
0:59.7	Number one, I need to move slowly, number one, when I don't have the facts.
1:06.1	The Bible says, when I don't have the facts, I need to move, move slowly. I need to find out more about
1:15.1	what I'm about to do before I do it. Now, our culture, this is so counterculture, because our
1:21.5	counterculture, our culture worships impulsivity. Our culture values spontaneity. To do anything, to plan anything, is considered
1:32.5	uncool. To plan anything, to think it out is considered, oh, that's kind of geeky. No, no, I just
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