I wonder, do you ever feel drained or burned out? Sometimes life can just leave you feeling empty.

If that's you, you're in the right place. Today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we're continuing

with our exciting new series, Running on Empty. In today's message, Rick Warren shares how faith

can refresh your spirit, restore your

strength, and bring new energy to your life. So please don't miss a minute of this inspiring

message of renewal and hope. I'm very excited to hear what Rick has to say today in part two of a

message called slowing down.

Now once you've got step one, that's pretty counterculture, learning to be content,

in your heart, now you've got to move to your mouth.

You may not realize this, but your mouth actually controls the pace of your life.

The way and the speed and how you talk to other people

actually influences your heart rate and it influences your stress level in life. So here's the

second countercultural thing. You must listen before speaking. Listen.

Learn to listen before speaking.

That's the second strategy from God's word for slowing down.

Now, it's very obvious if you watch television that we have become a nation of interruptors.

Have you noticed that?

People don't let others complete their sentences.

They talk over each other.

You see it on talk shows, you hear it on radio programs, you watch it on TV news,

where people just interrupt each other and they butt in and three or four people will talk

at the same time and nobody's listening.

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