Welcome back to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Hey, if you're brand new with us, we're glad that you found us.

Every day we're going to dive into Rick's teachings, and today we're continuing the series called How God Meets Your Deepest Needs.

Now, in this series, Rick explores how the different Hebrew names of God that are found in the Bible

actually illustrate the special ways that God cares for us.

His constant presence, his purpose for your life, and his preparation for a place for you

in heaven.

And let's join Rick for the final part of a message called Learning to Trust God.

The third test is the persistence test of life. And the persistence test is this. Will I keep my

commitments? Will I keep my commitments? Now life is about making commitments, folks. Your life is shaped by your commitments.

Your character is developed by your commitments. Your influence, your success is influenced by your

commitments. Your eternal destiny is determined by your commitment. So you better

choose what you're committed to very carefully because heaven and hell are in the balance.

You become whatever you are committed to. The problem we have today is most people

are half committed to two dozen things instead of being

totally committed to the one or two things in life that really matter for now and eternity.

And that's a waste.

Now, if you're going to develop any habit or any skill or any maturity for that matter

in life, you've got to learn to make and keep commitments.

I mean, let's say you want to learn a musical instrument.

You want to learn to play the piano.

That's not automatic.

You don't just sit down and all of a sudden it's instantaneous.

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