Hello everybody this is

this is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

Thank you so much for joining us today and if you're brand new

welcome to the Daily Hope family.

We hope you'll enjoy the teachings of Pastor Rick Warren right here.

I'm so excited for all of you to learn about your shape. It might not be the shape you're

thinking of right now. Rick loves to use acrostics,

and this one is S-H-A-P-E.

Your shape, your spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality, and experiences.

And one of the reasons I love this series

and have shared it with so many friends

is because Rick talks about the way God wired you

and why you need not just know your shape but how to use it to do the

things that God designed you to do.

And now another great message from Pastor Rick, this is the final part called using your abilities.

So God says I expect you to use your abilities first to serve to honor me and second to serve

others. Number three to make a living.

God says I gave you your abilities in order to make a living. I don't want you moochin off other people.

I want you to be self-supporting. I don't want you to be a parasite. don't want you to be depending on other people

if you can work he says you should work now some people can't because of

disabilities or problems or circumstances, but he said if you can work you should.

And he says I want you to use your abilities to make a living.

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