Hey everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope.

Now, we're going to continue our series today called Building My Life on Values That Last.

And Rick will press on and show us how we benefit when we apply the biblical principles

of trust, self-control, balance, respect, forgiveness, moral purity, fairness, honesty, and love to our lives.

And now let's join Rick Warren with part one of a message called Showing Fairness.

Now, as I studied this week and looked at the different verses in the Bible about fairness,

it just occurred to me that you really don't need any teaching on how to be fair.

I mean, I think you probably learned that in preschool or in kindergarten.

You share your games, you share your dolly, you cut the pie in correct pieces, so everybody gets an equal amount.

But as adults, we really need to deal

with the issue of why. Why be fair? When everybody else is living for themselves, why

shouldn't I just look out for myself? Because the truth is, most people in society, they're not really trying to be very fair

they're not certainly not thinking of other people they're thinking how can I get what I need

for my life the most now the Bible is very clear that life itself is unfair it doesn't it doesn't hide it at all and doesn't make any bones about it the fact that

life is unfair. The Bible is very specific. The Bible tells us that this is not heaven. It is not a

perfect world. It is an imperfect place. And that because of sin in the world, there is injustice.

There are things that are unfair.

Now, if you ever want to do any in-depth study on this subject, you need to go study the

book of Ecclesiastes.

It's right there in the middle of the Bible after Psalms and Proverbs that was written by

the wisest man who ever lived, Solomon.

And Solomon takes this little journey

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