Today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, we bring our series called Financial Fitness to a Close.

With a final look at what God's Word says about our finances and how to have true financial

freedom.

Now in just a few minutes we're going to tell you how to get a very special Scripture

box filled with 52 Bible verse cards selected by Pastor Rick to help you fight and win the

spiritual battles we all face.

You can find out more by going to PastorRick.com or by texting the Word Daily to 800, 600,

5,000, 4 while you listen to today's teaching.

Right now here's Pastor Rick Warren with the final part of a message called Where to Best

Invest.

You know, I'll never forget when I bought my first Bible.

I was a teenager and I thought, you know, this is the most important book to me out of

any book.

So I'm going to get the best one I can find.

And I went out and I did a little research and I found out these study Bibles that have

additional study materials in them to help you.

And I found one that I like called the Thompson Chain Reference Bible.

And then I said, I'm going to get this one in a binding that lasts.

So I'm going to get it in the nicest leather that I could find.

And I remember this is years ago as a teenager and it cost me 60 bucks to buy that Bible.

Now as a teenager, that was two entire months of my allowance.

And I just thought, okay, I could give up all my snacks, give up movies and all the other

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