This is Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope. If you're new, we're so glad you found us. And if you're a daily,

daily hoper, welcome back. Today we're going to continue with our series called 40 Days of Prayer.

Such a great series because Rick is going to help you cultivate a powerful prayer life so you can experience

breakthroughs. Breakthroughs in your relationships, breakthroughs and finances, health, and really

every area of your life. So don't miss a day of this life-changing series. Well, let's get started

with today's great message as Pastor Rick shares part one of a message called

Who do you think you're talking to?

You know, one of the things that irritates me most is when people call you on the phone

and they don't identify themselves.

You know what I'm talking about?

They just call and they just start talking.

You're supposed to like, I'm supposed to know who this is.

When you don't know who's on the other end, it affects your conversation a whole lot.

You don't know what you're going to say.

You're a little more guarded.

You don't know what tone to use.

Is this the Pope or the pizza guy?

You don't know what words are appropriate. You don't know how to address them properly.

If you don't know much about the person, you're more formal. I can always tell people

who are part of saddleback when I'm out in the neighborhood and those who aren't. Because I'll

be pushing my cart down the aisle in the grocery store and say, hey, Pastor Rick, how's

it going? But when someone say, hey, Pastor Rick, how's it going?

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