This is Pastor Rick's Daily Home, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Well, today we continue with our series called The Keys to a Blessed Life.

In these lessons, Rick shares the practical steps found in Jesus' sermon on the Mount

that will help you live the hopeful and purpose-filled life God planned for you.

In just a few moments, we're going to tell you about Pastor Rick's brand new book called

Created to Dream. This life-changing book will help you discover and live out the amazing

dream God has just for you. To find out more, go to PastorRick.com right now while you listen to

today's broadcast, or just text the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4. Right now, here's Pastor Rick

Warren with the final part of a message called the Strength of Gentleness.

You know, God gave me the gift of evangelism, which means I spend most of my time when I'm not

saddled back speaking to people I totally disagree with. I disagree with what they believe,

or I disagree with their lifestyle, I disagree with their concept, or whatever. But my definition

of evangelism is you cannot win your enemies to Christ. You can only win your friends.

And to me, evangelism is you build a bridge of love between your heart and theirs and Jesus walks

across. Now, people aren't going to trust Jesus till first they trust you. People don't ask me,

is the Bible credible? They want to know, are you credible? Rick Warren, are you credible?

Are you exactly what you appear to be? Are you the real deal? Do you live with integrity?

Are you gentle? Are you loving? Are you compassionate? If people like what they see,

they will listen to what you say. The first, they've got to like what they see.

Genleness is a witness, unbeliever. We are to be gentle and show courtesy to everyone.

Now, let me just tell you something. I know there's some experience. If you actually obey this verse,

you're going to be criticized by other Christians. Because they're going to tell you, they're going to say,

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