Welcome back to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Hey, if you're brand new with us, we're glad that you found us.

Every day we're going to dive into Rick's teachings, and today we're continuing the series called How God Meets Your Deepest Needs.

Now, in this series, Rick explores how the different Hebrew names of God that are found in the Bible

actually illustrate the special ways that God cares for us.

His constant presence, his purpose for your life, and his preparation for a place for you in heaven.

All right, I'm ready for today's message.

Here's Rick with the final part of the message called

When the Odds are Against You.

Today I've got to go up to LAX and get on a 747, a flight at Atlanta.

Now, how about when this 747 starts taxing down the runway in a few hours,

and as it begins to go, I start doing this.

Okay. a few hours. And as it begins to go, I start doing this. And as it goes faster and faster, I start going.

And then, you know, I try to get one foot off the ground, and then I both feet off the

ground, and I'm, you know, I'm flapping along.

And all of a sudden the flight attendant

comes back and says, sir, what are you doing?

I'm helping it get off the ground.

Sir, you don't have to do that.

Oh, yes, I do.

I am committed.

I'm committed to making this thing work.

Sir, you just, you know, you don't have to do this.

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