Today I have a question for you. Have you ever felt like you were the wrong person for the job?

Like what did you get yourself into? You didn't have the right experience or the right skill set?

Well, I know I have, and you probably have too. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick

Warren. Okay, today we're going to continue with the series, The Manifestation of Your Life

Mission. Rick is showing us that no matter how big the thing is that God is calling us to do,

we don't have to run away from it. We can actually run toward it. This is such a good

message and I hope you'll invite a friend to listen along with you as we discover how to embrace

God's calling on our lives and how we can live according to the purpose and plan that he has for us.

Let's join Rick as he shares part two of a message called

What to Do When It Feels Hopeless. I want to read you a poem. It's over a hundred

years old. It's by guy named Sam Foss. It's called the Prayer of Farmer Brown.

The proper way for one to pray, said Pastor Samuel Keyes, is to humble yourself before the

Lord and get down on your knees.

No, I say that the way to pray, said Pastor David Wise, is to stand up straight with outstretched

arms and eyes turn to the skies.

Oh no, no, no, said Pastor Slow. That posture is too proud. We should all pray with eyes closed

tight and heads contritely bowed. Well, I believe your hand should be gently clasped

in front with both thumbs pointing toward the ground, said Pastor Johnny Blunt.

But last year I fell into a well, head first, said Farmer Brown.

Both of my feet were sticking up and my head was pointing down.

Yet in my distress, I called out to God with the most honest words I've said.

Yes, the best prayers I've ever prayed was standing on my head.

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