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. Okay, so let's jump

right in. Here's Pastor Rick with part two of a message called

Who Do You Think You're Talking to? Now, not only does God forgive your sins,

when you come and ask, say, God, I know you're a good God, you're a merciful God,

I ask you to show me mercy, I ask you to forgive my sin. Not only does it as if you give us,

he welcomes you back. Now this is a big deal. He does not reject you

when you sin. He receives you back. This is the exact opposite of what people do. When you

hurt somebody, when you sin against them, do they want to receive you back?

Absolutely not.

They want to be standoff, they want to be distant, they want to push you away, they want

to reject you, not receive you.

And yet God says, even when you sin, because I am a good God, I will receive you, I will not reject you.

God is unlike people in this.

Now, I'm a pastor.

I've been a pastor a long time.

I've talked to tens of thousands of people.

So I know your little secret.

I know your, somebody's saying, I'm leaving right now.

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