Hey everyone, it's so great to have you with us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

We are going to continue our very encouraging series today called Life's Healing Choices.

And in these lessons, Rick Warren will guide us through a deep biblical exploration of how to overcome the hurts, hang-ups, and habits that really hold us

back. So get ready for some practical insights and powerful truths that can lead to lasting change

and freedom in your life. And now let's listen in as Rick shares the second part of his message called

What Destroyes Relationships and What Builds Them.

Now, here's the second thing that destroys relationships.

Pride.

This is the second big thing that kills relationships.

Pride destroys relationships.

In Proverbs 1310, it says this, pride leads to arguments.

Little history here. That was the first verse that Kay and I memorized on our honeymoon.

And we needed it on the honeymoon. Pride leads to arguments. Now pride shows up in a lot of different ways. It shows up first in criticism.

If you are critical of other people, if you tend to be judgmental of other people, you tend to look down at other people, you tend to be a picky, picky perfectionist, you have a pride problem.

That's the reason you are critical is you have a pride problem. That's the reason you are critical, is you have a pride problem.

If you tend to be competitive and you're always comparing, oh, look at her dress compared

to my dress, or look at his car compared to my car, or you're always comparing salaries,

or you're comparing husbands, or you're comparing husbands, or you're comparing children,

or you're comparing titles or jobs, or anything.

You know what?

You have a pride problem.

That comparing spirit of always looking at everybody else and comparing and judging,

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