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

Today, we continue in the series Essentials for Living.

In these lessons, Pastor Rick shares the power you need to live on,

the principles you need to live by, and the purpose you need to live for,

so that you're truly living and not just existing.

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Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message called

using the Bible to make decisions.

Most of the choices you make in life are not really between really good and really evil.

I mean, you don't get up in the morning saying,

shall I read my Bible or become an international terrorist?

You know, those kind of things do not even cross your mind.

Pray, become a drug addict.

You know, those aren't issues with you.

The issue is what's really best in your life.

Because a lot of things aren't necessarily wrong.

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