How Much You Matter to God — Part 2

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[upbeat music] Hello, and thanks for joining us today on Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren, and today we are continuing in a series called The Miracle of Mercy. Rick will show us how God's mercy can lift your guilt, heal your wounds, and transform the way you live. And now, here's part two of a message called How Much You Matter to God.

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Now, there's a third thing, uh, that we lose when we are spiritually lost, and it's, it's found in the story of the lost coin, and it is this: I lose my potential. When I'm disconnected from God, that's what it means to be spiritually lost. When I'm disconnected from God, I lose my potential. My potential to do great and good things in the world are dramatically limited when I'm disconnected from God. Now, I'm holding right now a, a, an American quarter. Uh, okay, this coin right here, uh, during its lifetime, will pass through thousands and thousands of hands. In fact, uh, you know, scientists tell us the dirtiest thing you own is money because no telling how many people have handled it, uh, and, and all of the places that it's been. And, uh, you know, they've even done some tests and sometimes find actually, you know, like drug powder on, on, on, um, on coins that have been passed through, uh, for, for, you know, drug sales and things like that. Now, this coin, uh, it, as I said,