This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today we continue with a series called 40 Days in the Word.

In these messages, Pastor Rick shares practical Bible study tools that will

reignite your passion for God's Word and revolutionize your life as you grow

closer to Jesus. In just a few moments, we're going to tell you how

you can go even deeper in this series. With Pastor Rick's video-based Bible study

called 40 Days in the Word, this study will ignite your passion for God's Word

and revolutionize your relationship with Jesus. You can take a sneak peek at this

valuable tool by going to PastorRick.com while you listen to today's

message. That's PastorRick.com or you can text the Word Daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

That's the Word Daily to 800-600-5,000-4. Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with

the final part of a message called, seeing what God wants me to see.

Without illumination, you just look at a book and a lot of it doesn't make sense.

It's Word's on a page. Great story, fine. But when God opens your eyes,

BAM! I see the solution to my problems. BAM! I see the barrier to my progress.

BAM! I see the protection that God has for all the things that are attacking me.

And BAM! I see He's with me all the time.

How do I get that kind of illumination? You must do five things. Can you write fast?

Five things to get your eyes open, to cooperate with the Holy Spirit so He can illuminate,

so He can fatigue, so He can enlighten your mind.

Number one, this one's obviously basic. I must begin a relationship with Jesus Christ.

That's the starting point. If you don't have this one, you are spiritually blind and you don't have any hope

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