Welcome back to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

And if you're brand new with us, we're so glad that you found us.

You know, every day we dive into Pastor Rick Warren's teaching,

and today we're beginning a new series

called Shape to Make a Difference.

Rick likes to use acrostics,

and this one is called Shape, S-H-A-P-E, your spiritual gifts, your heart, your abilities, personality, and experiences.

Rick uses that to talk about the way that God has wired you.

And while it's good to know your shape,

it's more important to use it to do the things

that God has made you to do.

So let's jump right in.

Here's Pastor Rick with part one of a message called

Why God Shaped You the way he did.

Everything in this world God made and nothing's a copy.

Every tree is different, every plant is different, every animal is different,

certainly every human being is different.

There's nobody like you in the entire world.

And you don't have to realize that God has done

almost creative overkill in that he never makes copies of anything. Even

twins aren't exactly alike.

That God makes everything an original.

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