Hello everyone and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry that's here to

encourage and inspire you every day. And today we're continuing our series called Awesome Relationships.

In it, Rick Warren shares practical ways to help you take your relationships with family, friends,

coworkers, and even God, from ordinary to extraordinary.

And this is a series you don't want to miss.

Now, let's hear what Rick has to say in part two of a message called What Destroys Relationships

and What Builds Them. God has wired the universe. say in part two of a message called What destroys relationships and what builds them?

God has wired the universe that the more unselfish you are, the more he blesses you.

Why?

Because he wants you to become like him.

God wants you to become like him, which is unselfish.

Everything you have in life is a gift from God because God was unselfish with you.

And so God says, in order to help you become like me, I'm going to give a little reward to this.

First you get real life on earth and you get eternal life in heaven.

He says, you know what? You get a meaning, and the way God has wired it, as we give

ourselves away, we are most fulfilled. Jesus said, only those who learn to give their lives away

will ever know what it means to really live. You see, if you don't get anything else I say,

or Tom says today, get this, the greatest lesson in life is learning to be unselfish.

That's it.

That's the number one lesson in life, learning to be unselfish.

It's also called love.

Love your neighbor as yourself.

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