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

We're so excited that you've joined us today as we continue in this powerful series,

how the church meets your deepest needs. Together, we're uncovering the joy and strength that

comes from being a part of God's family.

All right, here we go with part one of a message called Sharing Your Hope with others.

We're in part three of a 48-day journey on how God meets your five deepest needs through a local church family.

So if you get out your message notes, one of your deepest needs is to leave a legacy behind you.

Now, some people try to do this through accomplishments or through achievements or through

writing a book or building the building, put their name on it.

But you know what?

All of those things are going to

leave a temporary legacy because they're all going to fade away. The only thing that's going to last

forever that's here alive right now on planet Earth is God's family, the church and the people that

are in it. So if you really want to leave a lasting legacy, if you really want to make an eternal impact,

the greatest thing you can do is bring somebody else into God's family with you.

The greatest thing you can do for somebody is to secure their eternal salvation.

Because when you do that, guess what?

That person will thank you for the entire rest of eternity.

I'm in heaven because of you.

There's no greater legacy than bringing somebody into the family of God.

So today, what we're going to do is we're going to look at sharing your hope with others,

one of the five purposes of God for his church and for your life.

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