Hello, and thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren, and today we are continuing in a series

called The Miracle of Mercy.

Rick will show us how God's mercy can lift your guilt, heal your wounds, and transform the way you live. And now the final part of a

message called showing mercy to your family. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians 13.5, love is not rude.

Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable or touchy. Love, notice, does not hold grudges.

Circle the word grudges. That's interesting that rudeness and holding a grudge are in the same sentence

because that's why people are rude. You know this, right?

Rude people are simply reacting to past hurts.

The only reason anybody's rude is because they're holding on to a past hurt.

And when they're reacting to a past hurt, they can't relate to the present, and they certainly can't respond to the future.

They're stuck in the past.

Rude people are stuck in the past.

And they're letting past hurts continue to hold them hostage.

And other people, and then they come and take it out on you.

That's not fair.

So, as I said, hurt people, hurt people.

I want you to hear Rebecca's story.

Give her a warm welcome.

Pastor Ray. Pastor Rick has asked me to share a difficult lesson I've had to learn about how mercy teaches us to let go when people have hurt me

and also about the importance of teaching our kids to show mercy to everyone.

Now, the way that the Lord has led me to teach mercy to my children has been one of the most difficult processes of my life.

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