This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry of Pastor Rick Warren.

Today we continue in our series called Building a Better Life.

In these lessons, Pastor Rick dives into the Bible and shows us how God can take a difficult situation

and use it to help you build a better future.

What you probably notice, the more grateful a person is, the happier they are.

That's the power of gratitude, but it's not always easy to feel grateful.

That's why Pastor Rick developed a great new resource called The Power of Gratitude.

Go to PastorRick.com to find out more or just text the word daily to 800-600-5,000-4.

Now here's Pastor Rick Warren with part two of a message called, with standing the winds of life.

Here's what Jesus said, very important passage in Matthew chapter 7.

It's the last words of his famous sermon on the Mount.

Matthew 7, 24 and 25, Jesus said,

Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice, circle that.

Put them into practice is like the wise man who built his house on a solid rock.

The rains came down and the waters rose and the winds.

There's that word. The winds blew hard and beat against that house.

Yet it did not fall. That's my goal for you.

That when the winds blow against you, you do not fall.

Why? Because it had its foundation on the rock.

Now notice, when a storm comes, it says three things happen.

The rains come down. That attacks the roof of your life.

It says the floods come up from the ground. That attacks the foundation of your life.

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