Hey friends, thanks so much for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

We're so glad to have you with us, and today Rick continues in his series called Transform.

Together, we'll dive into God's Word and discover powerful principles that can truly change our

lives from the inside out. Spiritally, physically, mentally, emotionally, relationally, financially,

and vocationally. You'll experience how God's truth brings real transformation to every

part of your life.

And now, here's Rick, with the final part of a message called Setting Personal Goals by Faith.

You know, they did a study once of the Holocaust survivors.

And in World War II, you know, the Nazis killed six million Jews and many others

besides Jews, many Christians, Muslims, others, that they just didn't lie. They put them all in the

death camp. And they studied those who survived the Holocaust, survived those terrible

tragedies,

and they discovered only one thing in common

with all these people.

Every one of them had something to look forward to.

Every one of them had something waiting for them.

Every one of them had something that they wanted to live for.

They had a goal. Those who didn't have

anything to live for, those who didn't have anything to look forward to, those who didn't have

any goal out there, they lost hope and they simply gave up the will to live. And then they

died.

The second year of this church, when I was 26 years old and pastoring, it was what I call my dark year.

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