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.

All right, now here's part one of a message called Radical Joy.

We're going to continue in this series we've been doing on Radicalis, and we're looking at deepening spiritual roots.

And today I want us to look at deepening the root of radical joy at the very first christmas the very first thing the angel said was behold i bring you

good news of great joy it didn't say great faith great love great peace great peace, great obedience, great joy. Joy is to characterize

our lives in following Jesus Christ. From the very first message at Christmas, joy to the

world, the Lord has come, I bring you good news of great joy. All through scripture, Jesus' ministry was characterized by joy.

Everywhere he went and healed people and spoke, it says the people were filled with joy.

When he sent the disciples out and the 72 out, it says they returned with joy.

When Jesus was resurrected on Easter morning, it says the disciples and the women who were following

them were filled with joy. The Bible says that the new church that was formed in Jerusalem, the disciples and the women who were following them were filled with joy.

The Bible says that the new church that was formed in Jerusalem, the first Christian group,

it says they worshipped with great joy. Paul talks about in the New Testament, he says,

whenever I pray for you, I pray with joy, with great joy. In fact, the Bible says in Luke 15 that every time one person

steps across the line spiritually, puts their faith in Christ, gives their life to Jesus,

there is joy in heaven. It says they have a party in heaven. They had a party in heaven

when you gave your life to Christ. And every time anybody does that, there's joy in heaven.

Now, a lot of people think that the following Christ is all about rules and regulations and

rituals and things like that, but actually it's to be about joy. The Bible says in Romans

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