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Today we begin our Christmas series called Jesus came to light up your life.

In these messages, Rick shares how Jesus came to Earth

to enlighten and transform us.

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texting the word hope to 800 600 5,000 4. Now here's pastor Rick Warren with part one of a message called

When God Changes Your Plans. You ever have one of those days

when all your plants just get thrown out the window and everything goes the

wrong way you know what I'm talking about I mean have you ever had a day when you thought, I should have just stayed in bed today?

Because literally everything went the wrong way.

I remember one of those days up several years ago at Christmas time. It was an

unforgettable day that's why I said I won't ever forget it when literally nothing

happened right in my life. I remember I had to stay up all night the night before because I had a number of

deadlines that I had to meet and so I started the day totally out of energy because

I hadn't gone to bed I had spent up all night. So I

had decided I would make myself a protein drink to get me all started for the

Christmas day and as I was blending it, the top came off of the blender and it just

blended all over me. Okay and I got covered with stuff.

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