Hello everybody and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren.

We're so excited that you've joined us today as we continue in this powerful series,

how the church meets your deepest needs.

Together, we're uncovering the joy and strength that comes from being a part of God's family.

And now here's Rick with part one of a message called, You Need Others for Spiritual Support.

Now, if you take out your message notes, I want to begin with a fundamental truth about you.

You are not just a body, okay? You're not just a body. You're far more

than just your physical frame. Your body is very important, but you have a soul and you have a

spirit. Now the world only focuses on your body and your mind, but God also cares about the

development of your soul and your spirit.

And that's why he puts you on earth, to develop your spirit and your soul before you're ready for eternity.

I talk about in purpose-driven life that life is a test and life is a trust and life is a temporary assignment before eternity. And God has five purposes for you here while you're on this planet.

Now, the Bible talks about these five purposes in details, and I even wrote about them in

the purpose driven life, but attached to those five purposes for your life are five deep,

emotional, and spiritual needs. Your five deepest emotional and spiritual

needs. Now, next weekend, I'm going to go deeper in explaining these, so don't worry about writing

this down. It's just a little sneak preview. But all five of these needs that God placed in you

can only be met by full participation in God's family.

God's family, the church, is the tool that God created to meet your deepest needs.

So what are they? Well, your deepest emotional and spiritual needs are you need spiritual

support and stimulation. You need number two, you need spiritual support and stimulation. You need, number two, you need spiritual

strength and stability. Number three, you need an empowering sense of awe, which actually

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