Hi, I'm Rick Warren and Merry Christmas. Christmas is going to be here very soon.

And Jesus said in Luke 1423, go out into the highways in the countryside and urge everybody

you find to come in so that my house will be full. Who are you thinking of to bring to your church?

Whoever it is, I want to challenge you to be a light at Christmas and invite them to services at your church.

Hello and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren.

Hey, we're so glad you've joined us. Today, we're continuing a powerful series called Radicalis,

Developing Spiritual Roots. And in this series, Rick will show you how to grow deep in your faith,

stay grounded in God's Word, and become everything he created you to be. Let's join Rick right now

for the final part of a message called Radical Generosity.

Now, the greatest miracle is not this offering.

Oh, no, not at all.

It's not even the amount of the offering.

That's not the miracle.

The miracle is what takes place in you and in me and everybody else who had a little part in it,

whether it was big, little, medium,

or anything, anybody had a part in this, the miracle is what takes place in us.

Because every time I do radical generosity with my life, and again, I'm not just talking about money.

When I'm radically generous with my attention and I listen to my kids or I listen to somebody

and hurt, when I'm radically generous with my sympathy, and I say to my kids or I listen to somebody in hurt. When I'm radically

generous with my sympathy and I say, yeah, I understand that. That makes sense. When I'm

radically generous with my time and I don't have time to give it to you, but I help you out.

And when I'm radically generous with my service, and when I'm radically generous with my compliments,

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