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If you bring your problems to Jesus, he doesn't put you down. He lifts you up! He doesn't hassle you; he heals you. Pastor Rick teaches how Jesus' compassion reveals the goodness of God and how letting Jesus guide you will help you conquer your daily problems.
As you walk through a valley, God still wants you to trust him. And when you're faithful to Christ in the valleys of failure, fear, conflict, grief, and trouble, you will be rewarded. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about God's goodness and these eternal rewards.
Valleys are an inevitable part of life, and you never know when they're going to show up. As Pastor Rick continues to teach in this message from Psalm 23, he reminds you that God is always with you—even in the valleys.
In a difficult valley, the darkness can be overwhelming. But the shadows in your life are evidence of the presence of light. Learn from Pastor Rick how to turn your back to the shadows and look at the light of God's goodness.
Everyone follows something in life. You can choose to follow your culture that's constantly changing, or you can follow the eternal Word of God. Learn how to fill your mind with God's truth as Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23.
Do you struggle to know what God wants you to do? Maybe you want to follow God's plan, but you don't know where to start. Don't miss this message, where Pastor Rick teaches why you need to be willing to obey God, even before you know his plans for you.
To be led by God's Spirit, you first have to want him to lead you. But it's tempting to follow the world's lead instead and be distracted by other people's opinions. Join Pastor Rick to learn how to pursue God's wisdom for your life.
Everything you've done wrong or will do wrong has already been paid for by Jesus on the cross. Now, he wants you to experience every day the joy of being restored to him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how, through Jesus, your broken soul can become whole again.
In his humanity, Jesus experienced loneliness, betrayal, and rejection. Because of this, there's no hurt you can go through that he doesn't understand. In this message, learn from Pastor Rick how to mourn your losses and receive God's blessing.
God specializes in bringing good out of bad. At the cross and Jesus' resurrection, he showed us just how much power he has to do that! Join Pastor Rick as he shares how God can redeem your hurts and use them to guide you toward holiness and make you more like Christ.
Rest is so important that God made it part of the Ten Commandments—right up there with not committing adultery, not murdering, and not stealing. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how rest benefits your spiritual, physical, and emotional health.
When you relax in God's goodness, you learn that you don't have to prove your worth. You don't have to wear yourself out, believing there's something you could do to make God love you more. Instead, as Pastor Rick teaches in this message, you can rest in the truth that you are already extremely valuable to God.
Do you ever feel guilty when you relax or take time off? The Bible says that God considers rest as important as work. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to live a rest-filled life as you learn new, biblical ways to measure the time you've been given.
It's easy to look to yourself or other people to meet your needs, but God wants you to experience the joy and freedom that come from trusting in his goodness. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to show how God is ready to provide for you when you're ready to surrender to him.
Where are you looking for security? The only security that can never be taken from you is the security that God provides. Learn how to look to God to meet all your needs as Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23.
Worry is the result of forgetting that God is good all the time. So how should you respond when you realize you're worrying? You can pray, or you can panic. This message from Pastor Rick is essential for anyone feeling anxious and looking for peace.
Worry affects your health, relationships, and overall well-being. But God says you don't have to worry, because he promises to meet all your needs if you trust him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how you can overcome stress and trust God in all circumstances.
Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23, explaining the gifts of God's goodness. Don't miss learning about how God can trade your darkness for the blessings of his guidance, provision, and abundance.
Understanding the goodness of God will revolutionize your life and your relationships. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can experience God's goodness that is already at work in your life.
When you're in pain, depressed, or experiencing conflict, it can be easy to doubt or forget God's goodness—and that causes all kinds of difficulty. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God's goodness can give you perspective in the darkest of times.
The Bible says sometimes suffering is God's will for your life. Why? Because it makes you more like Jesus. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about three kinds of suffering and how to remain faithful while facing opposition.
You should never be embarrassed for standing for the truth and doing what's right. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick helps you understand why you don't need other people's approval to be happy and how that understanding will help you face opposition to your faith.
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to explain how you can be a peacemaker in your relationships at home, at work, and with your friends.
When you meet with someone to resolve a conflict, you need to listen to the other person's hurt and perspective. Pastor Rick shares in this message how to speak less, listen more, and change your focus so that you can reconcile a relationship.
It takes courage to approach someone you are in conflict with and tell them you want to work things out. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to resolve conflict in your relationships, you have to be willing to make the first move.
Integrity demands that every area of your life is treated with the same standard. Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message what that means for you. Join him as he shares six practical ways you can work to become a person of integrity.
If you are serious about becoming a person of integrity, the first step is to admit that you don't always act with integrity. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to have integrity, you must confess your sins and then make the choice to sin less.
In a world that is absolutely obsessed with appearance and image, how can you keep it real when everybody else is faking it? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick gives you the most important thing you need to care about if you want to be a person of integrity.
Most people think mercy means forgiving people who don't deserve it or helping people who can't help themselves. Those are two definitions of mercy, but Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message the many facets of mercy so that you can apply them to your relationships.
Jesus says in Matthew 5:7, "God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy" (NLT). If you want to experience God's mercy, then you need to learn to be a minister of mercy. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick gives you four reasons God expects you to show mercy.
The Bible says in Romans 1:17, "The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself" (NCV). Pastor Rick uses this message to explain the three points of the gospel, how God makes you right with himself, and what you need to do about it.
"Righteousness" is a big word that's used hundreds of times in the Bible. But what does it really mean? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick boils righteousness down to two words and explains how it applies to your life.
Practicing gentleness helps you become more like Jesus. Listen to Pastor Rick as he teaches why developing a Christ-like gentleness will help you rest faithfully in God's love.
If you claim to be a follower of Jesus, you don't want to speak evil of anyone or be quarrelsome. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how to treat others with respect without compromising what you believe so that your gentleness is a witness to unbelievers.
It's human to mimic the emotions of people around you. When someone gets angry at you, you often get angry back. Pastor Rick explains in this message why you need to respond to anger with gentleness and the effect that will have on the conflict.
Everyone will experience loss in their lives. You don't just get over a loss, and you can't go under it or around it. You've got to go through the grief. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares six ways God blesses and heals a broken heart.
Life is full of losses. The world is broken, and nothing—including your relationships—works perfectly. Pastor Rick uses this message to help you understand a couple truths that will provide perspective as you face inevitable losses in life and trust God through them.
If you put your security in your bank account, your job, or your investments, it won't make you more secure—because you can still lose all those things. Pastor Rick explains through this message how you get God's blessing when you depend on his wealth and not your own.
When you are criticized or attacked, you'll be tempted to defend yourself. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why you need to let God be your defender and, instead of retaliating, respond like Jesus did when he was insulted.
If you really want God's blessing on your life, you can't depend on what your feelings or your gut tells you. Join Pastor Rick as he shares in this message how to get God's wisdom so that you will have fewer dead ends and failures in your life.
The greatest gift you've ever been given wasn't bought in a store, yet it cost the Giver everything. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why Jesus had to come to earth and die so that you could be made right with God—and how you can accept his great gift of grace.
There's only one thing in the entire universe that won't change: God's love. Through this broadcast, Pastor Rick wants you to understand God's extravagant, lavish love for you so that it will provide a rock-solid foundation for your life.
God doesn't want you to doubt your salvation. He doesn't want you to wonder whether you'll be in heaven with him. God wants you to settle the issue. Pastor Rick uses this message to help you do that by getting back to the basics of the gospel.
The Bible describes many significant things about heaven—but the most profound part of the description may be what it says won't be there. In this message, Pastor Rick gives five pieces of our earthly existence that won't be part of our heavenly one.
Although human words can't properly explain the divine mysteries of heaven, we do know a little about what heaven will be like. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares five things we know about heaven from the Bible and why it's a place you want to be.
Heaven is the place God is designing for his family. You and I were made for heaven, but we have many misconceptions about what heaven is like. Join Pastor Rick for this message as he talks about a right view of heaven.
Spiritual realities are more real than physical ones—so you need to focus on the spiritual ones. Pastor Rick uses this message to walk through the five specific spiritual realities you need to take to heart to alter your eternal destiny and the way you live in this life.
Based on how Jesus and others in the Bible describe hell, you don't want to have any part of it. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about what the Bible says about hell and how you can avoid spending eternity away from God.
Heaven is perfect. And because each person is made for eternity and no one is perfect, there must be a place for evil to spend eternity. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how the existence of evil proves the necessity of hell.
When you're generous, other people benefit from that—but you do too! In this message, Pastor Rick explains how being generous strengthens your faith and increases your happiness.
You've probably heard, "It's all about you!" But that's not true! Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how investing in others is the key to eternal happiness.
Are there certain things that you worry about over and over again? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to replace worry with prayer.
The Bible says, "Don't worry about anything" (Philippians 4:6 NLT). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches four reasons to let go of your worry.
It's easy to get caught up in the demands of everyday life. But in this message, Pastor Rick teaches why focusing on what's eternal leads to everlasting happiness.
Many people pursue perfection, but in the end it never brings happiness. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to find happiness by relaxing in God's grace.
Are you someone that other people can count on? In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how developing a reputation of reliability will increase your happiness.
It's natural to focus on yourself—but it won't make you happy! Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why greater happiness begins when you shift the focus away from yourself.
If you want to find lasting happiness, you have to change the way you think. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to do this.
God is with you, he is in you, and he is for you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why those three truths can help you pushback against depression and discouragement—and find happiness.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains the importance of paying attention to the people around you: "Do not be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of others" (Philippians 2:4 NCV).
Every conflict you go through in your relationships is at least partly because of pride. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to stop pride from undermining your happiness.
God's Word reminds us that lasting happiness comes from the choices we make each day. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how serving others and living generously lead to deeper joy.
Pastor Rick teaches how to find happiness by learning to see things from God's point of view. You can face any problem with faith when you ask, "What is God doing here? What's the bigger picture?"
By focusing on the good in a relationship, you'll help the relationship grow healthy. Join Pastor Rick for this lesson from Philippians.
If you want to have healthy relationships, start with an attitude of gratitude. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to develop the habit of being grateful for the people in your life.
God wants everyone to have the opportunity to accept his mercy—and we are part of that plan as agents of mercy. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches how to apply the principles of mercy to your daily habits and exercise mercy to change people's lives.
Being merciful to others is always more important than keeping rules. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why it's more important to serve and value people than to live by a set list of rules.
It's difficult to be merciful to others if you're not looking for and listening to people's needs. Join Pastor Rick as he unpacks the meaning behind Philippians 2:4: "Look out for one another's interests, not just for your own" (GNT).
What do you do when someone in your family hurts you—and you can't just let it go? Listen as Pastor Rick looks to Scripture to show how God's mercy helps you forgive and respond with love even when it's hard.
How do you deal with difficult or demanding people? Listen to this message by Pastor Rick as he teaches you how to respond to those closest to you with God's love and mercy.
Anger is not necessarily a sin. The problem comes when you mismanage your anger. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how mercy helps you ignore many minor irritations that might normally make you angry.
When you're disconnected from God, you lose your potential to do great things. What have you lost that you'd like to recover? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how the mercy of God helps you recover what you've lost.
Salvation rescues you from yourself. The fact is, you need to be saved from yourself more than anything else. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's mercy helps you stop your self-defeating habits.
Jesus came to seek and save those who are spiritually lost. To be spiritually lost isn't an insult; it actually implies value! In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand how extraordinarily valuable you are to God.
Did you know that God uses your failures to build his church? Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's mercy encourages you to seek the support of others in your church family.
Every time you make a decision based on what other people think, you sow seeds of failure. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how God's mercy helps you break free from people-pleasing.
The Bible says one reason we have so many failures in life is because we think we're stronger than we really are. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's mercy helps you trust in God's strength, not your own.
No matter how many times you've failed, God's "mercies never come to an end" (Lamentations 3:22 ESV). Listen to this message by Pastor Rick to discover how Jesus responds to your failures with mercy.
You're not the center of the universe—God is. When you live a self-centered life, you become unfulfilled and eventually bored. Join Pastor Rick as he looks into Scripture to explain how God's mercy helps us live for others.
God created you to be you. In fact, his mercy allows you to be authentic. Join Pastor Rick as he dispels the myth that, for God to use you, you have to be somebody different from who you are.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future! That's because of the mercy of God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick talks about how God wants to use you for his purposes—no matter how badly you've messed up.
What does Jesus do with your disappointments? He responds with mercy. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how God's mercy forgives you and frees you.
The Bible says, "We all stumble in many ways" (James 3:2 NIV). Join Pastor Rick as he explains why we all need God's mercy.
Jesus' ministry was all about mercy. In fact, he showed mercy to everyone. In this message, Pastor Rick shares stories of mercy from God's Word and teaches how those stories relate to your life.
Before we celebrate the resurrection, we need to pause and remember the meaning of the cross. In this message you'll learn how to respond to what Jesus did for you—and why gratitude is the right place to begin.
Everything is by God's grace. We wouldn't even have our own lives if it weren't for God's grace! In this message by Pastor Rick, you'll discover the three things Jesus accomplished when he died on the cross, and why it still matters today.
When you became a follower of Jesus, you were born again into God's family, and you cannot be unborn. Your sin may break your fellowship with God, but your relationship with him will still be there. You're just one step away from returning to him. In this message, Pastor Rick walks through what you should do when you sin so you can be restored to God.
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus—but there are still consequences for when we reject God's will and go our own way. Pastor Rick shares in this message why, even when there are many things we lose when we sin, we can never lose our salvation and how God's refusal to reject us points to his restoring grace.
If your faith starts to feel a little stale or you just don't feel as close to God as you used to, how do you get your joy in the Lord back? In this message, Pastor Rick identifies four common causes for why people stop walking with God by looking at the story of Peter, who denied Jesus and was ultimately restored to God, so that you too can start your restoration.
Genuine forgiveness is never easy. So many people are walking around with deep wounds because they've never forgiven or been forgiven, and the bitterness has become a heavy load to carry. In this message, Pastor Rick wants you to understand what forgiveness really is and why you need to give and receive grace so that you can release your bitterness and be filled with God's love.
There are a lot of misconceptions about forgiveness today that keep us from giving forgiveness as freely as we have received it from God. Pastor Rick walks through some of those misconceptions in this message and helps you understand what forgiveness is by first understanding what it is not.
Are you tired of people telling you to "chill out"—because that just doesn't seem possible? Today, it's hard to find someone who is not stressed out and wishing for more time in the day. Pastor Rick wants to help you relax in God's grace by sharing in this message five steps to letting go of stress and learning "the unforced rhythms of grace" (Matthew 11:29 MSG).
When you understand God's grace, you'll find a level of joy and freedom that you've never experienced before. In this message, Pastor Rick explains just how destructive perfectionism is in your life and why the only antidote is replacing your inner critic with God's voice of love and relaxing in his liberating grace.
Life often feels like a marathon, and that makes sense because the Bible describes life as a race. In your race, there are going to be many pitfalls that are going to make you feel like giving up. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at three ways life will try to trip you up and how, with God's sustaining grace, you can finish your race well.
Sustaining grace is the power to keep on going when you feel like giving up—and that's something we all feel like doing sometimes! Life is full of challenges. Pastor Rick encourages you in this message with the truth that, no matter what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace to help you.
God's grace is amazing, but it doesn't mean we can just go on living any way that we want to. Pastor Rick continues in this message to look at five aspects of saving grace and how God's forgiveness frees us to follow and obey Jesus not out of obligation but out of our love for him.
God's promise to save us through faith in him is the greatest offer we will ever receive, and it's important to remind ourselves just how good of a deal we've been given. In this message, Pastor Rick looks at five aspects of saving grace and how you know you're going to be with God in heaven forever.
Join Pastor Rick as he concludes his message on how to deal with bullying, including how to stand strong in doing the right thing and not wavering in your beliefs.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains practical ways from God's Word to deal with bullying and harassment in your life.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick begins to unpack ways you can use your smartphone for the glory of God.
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to look at the negative side of smartphones, and what you can do to overcome it.
In this message, Pastor Rick looks at some of the downsides of technology and how to overcome the temptations associated with it.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick concludes his message on how to create life-shaping conversations by being a great listener and a master communicator.
To be a great conversationalist, you have to know how to listen and how to speak. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the keys of being a great speaker.
In this message, Pastor Rick shares the secrets of great listening. When you know how to listen, you can create life-shaping conversations.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick concludes his message on healthy friendships by discussing the type of friend you need to be to others.
Join Pastor Rick as he looks again at what the Bible says concerning the qualities to consider in the people you choose to surround yourself with—and the specific things you should pay attention to.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what the Bible says about how to choose close friends and the types of people you should avoid.
Your identity matters because in Christ, you have something to offer the world. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about your true identity.
God says your identity is valuable, your worth is priceless to him, and you have been stamped in his image. Learn more about your true identity in this message by Pastor Rick.
If you look to other people to determine your identity, you're not going to find it. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches that it's only in Christ that we find out who we are and what in the world we were made for.
Wisdom is willing to yield to others, is full of mercy and good deeds, is impartial, and is always sincere. Listen in as Pastor Rick explains practical ways to be wise in your relationships.
Wisdom is pure, peace-loving, and gentle. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches practical ways to apply wisdom to your relationships.
Relationships are complicated. But the Bible offers ways to build positive, healthy relationships. Join Pastor Rick as he offers practical truth about relationships from God's Word.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the key to developing friendships: focusing on others and learning to support them. He explains how small groups are a perfect place to learn and practice relational skills.
We all have relationship problems. Those problems often grow out of selfishness, pride, insecurity, and resentment. Listen in as Pastor Rick teaches from God's Word how you can get past those hangups and build healthy relationships.
Friendship with God is like any other friendship: You have to make time for it. Learn the importance of having a daily quiet time with God in this message by Pastor Rick.
You can be the most famous, most successful, and most accomplished person on the planet. But if you don't know and love God, you've missed the purpose of your life. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you build a friendship with God.
It's easy for families to criticize and compare, saying things like, "Why can't you be more like your father—or more like your sister?" Join Pastor Rick as he explains why healthy family relationships are worth fighting for.
Many families are just average. One reason is because they don't talk about important things, like God's Word. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches specific ways you can build an awesome family.
Family relationships teach many skills, including how to handle emotions, how to handle conflict, and how to handle loss. Learn how families help each other grow in this broadcast by Pastor Rick.
In this message, Pastor Rick continues teaching how to fight for an awesome marriage, specifically in different seasons of life. He concludes the series by sharing how doing the hard parts of marriage actually makes the good parts even better.
In a society that often doesn't support marriage and sometimes even encourages people to walk out on their marriage, God wants you to fight for your marriage. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about awesome marriages.
God created marriage for many reasons: to connect men and women, to protect children, and to reflect our union with Christ. Learn more reasons why God created marriage in this message by Pastor Rick.
Regardless of whether you're married or single, the Bible says that everyone should give honor to marriage. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why marriage matters.
Sometimes we listen to church services online, while multitasking with other things. But nothing compares to attending a church where you can listen and respond to God's Word with others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick continues to discuss how worship transforms lives.
When you understand that everything around you comes from God, you can't help but worship him. And what kind of worship does God want? Jesus says in John 4:23: "True worshipers" (NIV). Join Pastor Rick as he unpacks the life-transforming power of worship and what it means to an authentic worshiper.
If you listen to the deepest hurt in a person's heart, you've just discovered how to lead them to Jesus. Inviting them to church is another way to help them encounter Jesus, because it's a powerful witness to see so many people worshiping God and believing the same thing—all in one place. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach principles that will give you confidence to share your faith.
When you tell others about the meaning and significance they will find in Jesus, you're offering them exactly what they're looking for. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches principles that will give you confidence to share your faith.
"Do your own thing" and "Go your own way" are two common beliefs today. But you can't become all God wants you to be without the support of others. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the importance of connecting to a church family.
What gifts and talents have God given you? Listen to this message from Pastor Rick to learn why the church is the best place to discover and develop your spiritual gifts.
God's plan for all time involves the church. In fact, Jesus died for the church—that's how valuable it is! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick examines why the church is the most important thing on earth and why God is more interested in building it than any nation, business, or organization.
Have you ever thought about this: If God wants to take you to heaven, why doesn't he just take you there instantly once you become a believer? Why does God put you on this planet for so many years? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what the Bible says about why God made you and how he uniquely shaped you to fulfill a specific purpose here on earth.
You were made by God, and you were made for God. Until you understand that, your life will never make sense. You've got to start with God. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach how the Bible answers the question: "What on earth am I here for?"
The only way you're ever going to know the purpose for your life—why you're here on this planet, and what on earth you're here for—is to talk to your Creator, God, and to read his Word, the Bible. Pastor Rick teaches that your purpose starts with God.
From the very beginning, God's plan has been to make you like his Son, Jesus. In this message, Pastor Rick explores some of the aspects you share with God and how you can grow in his image and likeness as you "see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him" (Romans 8:29 MSG).
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why your destiny has eternal significance, not just for yourself but also for other people. Nothing you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God. This is why you must have an urgency about knowing your destiny and completing your mission.
There's almost nothing that God won't do for the person who really wants to help others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares God's promises of what he will do for the person who is committed to blessing and helping other people.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit. "There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord" (1 Corinthians 12:5 NLT).
One of life's frustrations is that God's timetable is rarely the same as ours. We are often in a hurry when God isn't. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to be patient with the process as God continually works in your life to prepare you for your role in eternity.
Today we're obsessed with speed, but God is more interested in strength and stability than swiftness. Real maturity is never the result of a single experience, no matter how powerful or moving. Join Pastor Rick as he walks through the ways to gradually develop the habits of Christlike character.
Because you belong to God's family, Jesus isn't ashamed to call you his brother or sister, no matter how messed up your life might be. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches that if you're a member of the family of God, your sin doesn't define you anymore and why that truth brings freedom to your life.
Today's individualistic culture is filled with "bunny believers," people who hop around from one church to another without any identity, accountability, or commitment. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why being part of a community of believers is so important to your spiritual walk and why we need to recover and practice the biblical meaning of membership.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains just how much God loves you and why the spiritually lost are worth God's rescue mission. People are only "lost" if they're worth finding! Think of it this way: The value of a masterpiece doesn't go down when it's lost; it goes up.
The Bible says, "We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19 NIV). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why you have to begin with God's nature to be able to understand your life's purpose and calling.
God not only knows where you are; he also knows who you are. He knows what you're going through, why you're going through it, and how you feel about it. He knows you better than you know yourself! Listen as Pastor Rick shares just how much Jesus wants to affirm you and show you his love.
You were made to be you. God has given you unique abilities, and he wants you to use them to fulfill his purposes. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how your abilities are the roadmap to God's will for your life.
Growing up, you may have thought that being called by God was something only missionaries, pastors, and other full-time church workers experienced. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what the Bible says about every Christian's call to service.
Happy New Year! Before you jump into 2026, Pastor Rick wants to share an encouraging message with you. No matter what happened in 2025, God can help you start over and create a NEW YOU in the NEW YEAR. In this short video, he gives you the first four steps—and a plan—to make it happen.
Listen as Pastor Rick concludes this message on how Jesus values you based on his encounter with Zacchaeus. Learn that no matter what you've done and what others say about you, Jesus still wants to have a relationship with you.
When Jesus encountered a tax collector and invited him to dinner, the people were outraged. Join Pastor Rick in this message as he explores the value Jesus places on you through the story of Zacchaeus—reminding you that no matter how small or overlooked you feel, Jesus sees and knows you.
Our deepest needs in life are to feel secure and valued—to know our lives matter and to make a difference. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how faulty it is to compare ourselves to others and evaluate our worth based on what the world says is important, not what Jesus says is important.
What's so miraculous about Christmas? It may look like just the birth of a baby—but there's so much more happening in that moment. In this message by Pastor Rick, you'll discover the incredible miracles that reveal why Christmas changes everything.
The first Christmas included an unmarried young woman learning she was pregnant, shepherds whose dark, quiet night was suddenly interrupted, and an old man who was afraid to trust God after years of disappointment. Join Pastor Rick in exploring how God addressed their fears—and how he responds to yours, too.
God doesn't want you to live in fear. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how the story of the first Christmas can help you learn to defeat the fears that hold you back.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains that God offers you many gifts through Jesus. You just have to receive them! He offers you a new community—a spiritual family in his church. And he offers you a new destiny—an eternity with him in heaven.
Once you've received Jesus—the biggest gift you'll ever receive—God gives you other gifts. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how gifts like God's unconditional love and his Spirit living in you will change your life in practical ways.
What does it mean to find true freedom in Christ? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how the Holy Spirit guides you toward radical freedom.
You have the freedom to say no to things that mess up your life—and the freedom to say yes to things that build up your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the radical freedom you have in Christ.
Radical Freedom—Part 1
Jesus says, "Your heart will be where your treasure is" (Matthew 6:21 NCV). When you give yourself to Jesus, it makes you love him more. Find out why, as Pastor Rick teaches more about radical generosity.
One mark of maturity is when you begin to understand that there really is more joy in giving than in getting. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from the Bible about radical generosity.
Because of Jesus, you can have hope that God will protect you with his mighty power and that you are being prepared for eternity. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach more about radical hope.
No matter what you're going through right now and no matter what you will go through in the days ahead, you cannot lose your salvation. God is holding on to you with his grip of grace. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches more about the radical hope we find in Jesus.
Did you know that if you are a believer, God always acts in mercy toward you? Why? Because you are covered in the blood and salvation of Jesus Christ. And that gives you hope. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from God's Word.
John 3:16 has a lot to teach us. Did you know it includes an incredible offer, one you can't afford not to accept? Join Pastor Rick as he looks at the most famous verse in the Bible and explains the eternal gift God is waiting for you to accept.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how God's love is intense, eternal, and everywhere! It's also sacrificial. Learn more about the most famous verse in the Bible, John 3:16.
Jesus says, "Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy" (John 16:24 NLT). Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how prayer can lead to radical joy.
Do you constantly ask yourself, "Am I making the right decision? Am I doing the right thing?" Join Pastor Rick as he teaches that, no matter how bad things are in your life, you can know for certain that God will use it all for good.
God says there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ. That means God isn't mad at you and he's not trying to get even with you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's grace can give you radical joy.
Real faith develops in the valleys of life, not on the mountaintops. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God uses the pain, the hurt, and the difficulties in your life to shape you into the person he created you to be.
Giving and faith go together. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you can trust God to provide for you when you put him first in your life.
Find out how God blesses you when you obey him, even when you don't understand. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from God's Word.
Join Pastor Rick as he wraps up this series on how to be thankful in tough times. In this message, he looks at specific ways to give thanks, including how you can always be thankful for the home that God is preparing for you in heaven.
In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach how you can be thankful despite the tough times you might be going through—because God will never leave you and will continue to shape you into the person he created you to be.
It's difficult to be thankful in hard times. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you look at the things you can always be grateful for, including the grace God shows you every day as well as the plans he has for you.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches more about how to be grateful in every situation and how that attitude can change the world.
The Bible says you should give thanks in all circumstances. How? Join Pastor Rick as he finds the answer to that question in God's Word.
The Bible says you're blessed when you trust God and place your hope and confidence in him. Doing this allows you to grow deep roots into his Word, cultivating a constant gratefulness for what he does in your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from God's Word.
Listen as Pastor Rick continues to explore the story of the shrewd money manager, highlighting the attitudes Jesus wants you to have toward money. He explains that money is a spiritual test, reveals what you love most, and is best used when you invest it in helping people get to heaven.
To manage your money wisely you must look ahead, make plans, and act quickly. Join Pastor Rick in this message to unpack more of the attitudes Jesus wants you to have towards money.
Looking at Luke 16, Pastor Rick shares the story of the shrewd money manager to teach the attitudes Jesus wants you to have towards money: that everything you think you own is really on loan and one day you'll give an account to God for all of it.
When you develop a heart that is more like Jesus, you do the things he did while he was here on earth. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what Jesus did to give himself away for others and how following his example of self-sacrifice can change the world.
To become more like Jesus, you have to learn to love the people Jesus created and died for—that's the whole world! Pastor Rick walks through the ways Jesus loved people and how to make your life count by loving people in the same way, giving your heart to the things that matter for eternity.
Noise is often stress—and the world is getting noisier every day. Pastor Rick shows in this message how Jesus chose meditation in solitude and collaboration with others. He did this because he needed time to hear from God and to share the load of ministry—and you do, too.
You will be guided in life by pressure or purpose. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you see how clarifying your calling and focusing on what matter most helps you avoid the tyranny of the urgent and reach your spiritual potential.
If you don't know who you are, then your confused identity is always going to cause you stress. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how to avoid stress by being confident in who you are and who you're living for.
Anyone can be won to Christ if you find the key to their heart—and the key is always a hurt, a need, or an interest. Pastor Rick shows you in this message how to open up doors for ministry so you can complete your mission and mobilize others to do the same.
God didn't just fax in his love to earth. He sent it in person! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the ways Jesus showed how to reach others through blessing them, seeking peace, and investing in people through relationships.
When you're trying to reach your friends and family or even an unreached people group with the gospel, you need to follow Jesus' example. Pastor Rick teaches in this message why it's important to travel light but never travel alone, whether you're going across the street or across the world.
The imprisoned, the blind, and the oppressed all face different forms of bondage—whether physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual. Jesus came to bring freedom, sight, and justice to those who suffer in these ways. In this message, Pastor Rick challenges us to join him in that mission.
The brokenhearted suffer from pain caused by disappointment, rejection, and resentment. But Scripture promises that "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted" (Psalm 34:18 NIV). Listen to this message by Pastor Rick as he encourages us to come alongside them with God's comfort and care.
The poor come in many forms. Some lack the money to meet basic needs, others lack a moral compass, and still others are spiritually poor—unaware of the hope and salvation Jesus offers. In this message, Pastor Rick calls us to meet each type of need with compassion and truth.
Biblical churches have large group worship (temple courts) and small group fellowship (house to house). In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at why God calls us to be members of his family, the church, and the marks of a healthy small group.
Most people think megachurches are a modern phenomenon, but that's not what history shows. In fact, the first church in Jerusalem had tens of thousands of members. Join Pastor Rick as he looks back at the early church and how they modeled for us the components of a biblical church—and the advantages of living them out.
Jesus calls us to be his ambassadors. That calling comes not only with responsibilities but also with rewards. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to share about the responsibilities of being his ambassador in the world as well as the rewards for those who represent him faithfully.
Being an ambassador for Christ means you have specific responsibilities to fulfill. Join Pastor Rick as he looks at why—and how—you must be an example, share the gospel message, and show love to the world around you as you live your life as his representative.
Being an ambassador of Jesus means God has given you a mission and the authority to speak his truth wherever you go. In this message, Pastor Rick dives deep into what it means to be an ambassador for Christ.
Being a disciple of Jesus often means serving others with love and sharing the Good News with others. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to share what it looks like to really be a disciple of Jesus.
No one ever said being a disciple of Jesus would be easy. In this teaching, Pastor Rick explains how being Jesus' disciple means loving other believers and always doing what Jesus tells you.
Jesus doesn't want you to be a part-time disciple. He wants your full attention, and to do that, you need to spend time with him and love him more than anything else. Join Pastor Rick as he looks at specific truths about spiritual growth and how you can measure your own spiritual maturity.
Jesus doesn't want you to be a part-time disciple. He wants your full attention, and to do that, you need to spend time with him and love him more than anything else. Join Pastor Rick as he looks at specific truths about spiritual growth and how you can measure your own spiritual maturity.
God doesn't force you to accept his destiny for your life. But there are many reasons he wants you to choose to follow his plan. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how God blesses and keeps his promises to people who follow him with humility.
God's destiny for your life isn't always the easiest path—but it is always the best! In this teaching, Pastor Rick reminds you that your Creator knows and loves you more than anyone else. And because of that, you can trust his plan for you.
God wants to meet with you every day so he can speak to you. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about getting God's vision for your life.
It's hard to hear from God when there's too much noise in your life. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the importance of getting alone with God so you can hear him speak.
God doesn't want you to just think about his dream for your life; he wants you to long for it! Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to develop a passion for God, making you desperate to hear from him and honor him.
One way to tell if you're hearing God's voice is by listening to the advice of others. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why godly friends can help you test whether or not an idea is from God.
Confusion is often the result of listening to your own voice instead of God's voice. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why there's always peace when you say "yes" to what God is asking you to do.
We often wonder if an idea is instruction from God, deception from Satan, or just something we want to do. In this teaching, Pastor Rick teaches you how to discern God's voice.
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to look at the ways God often speaks to us—through the Holy Spirit, through pain, and even through silence.
When you know how to listen, it's easier to hear from God. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how you can hear God through the Bible, through gifted teachers, and through friends and family.
Like a healthy plant, you need to grow deep roots and keep the weeds at bay. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and learn how to develop deep spiritual roots that help you bear fruit and eliminate the distractions that keep you from hearing God.
Cell phone reception varies widely, depending on your location. The same is true with how easily you can hear God speak. In this teaching, Pastor Rick talks about the barriers that can block your reception and close your mind to what God wants to say.
Your prayer life says a lot about where you put your trust—in your feelings or in your heavenly Father. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to encourage you to pray more persistently.
While we work on having a more vibrant prayer life, God is working on us. Discover what God wants to teach you while you wait on him in prayer in today's message with Pastor Rick.
No matter what crisis we face, God will walk through it with us. In this message, Pastor Rick explains that when we pray, we are talking to a caring, consistent, capable, and close heavenly Father.
When you begin to pray for others to experience a breakthrough in their lives, guess what happens in your life? Your own breakthrough. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about the importance of talking to your heavenly Father.
The fact is, prayer can often be confusing. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches us how to not only pray with more confidence, but to actually enjoy it!
Our problems can often leave us feeling powerless. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages us to pray: "Lord, I need your strength and wisdom today. I can't do this without you."
Our problems can often leave us feeling powerless. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages us to pray: "Lord, I need your strength and wisdom today. I can't do this without you."
Breakthrough prayers always include gratitude—thanking God in advance for his blessings. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how important it is to have an attitude of gratitude when you pray.
Join Pastor Rick for today's message, and continue to learn how to experience more victories by focusing on God through prayer.
When you put your focus on the right things—on God—you won't have time to worry. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches you how to say, "God, I'm choosing to focus on you."
Sometimes God tests us with stress before he trusts us with success. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the importance of remembering to seek God at all times.
Many of the problems we face in life happen when we make decisions without seeking God first. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to look at the life of Daniel for answers to the question: "How can I depend on God more through prayer?"
There are many ways God uses adversity for your good. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick, and learn how to trust in God's goodness even when you don't understand your circumstances.
The best thing to do during times of crisis is turn your face toward God. In this message, Pastor Rick looks at the life of Daniel for insight into how to lead a vibrant prayer life.
In this message, Pastor Rick shares how God sometimes asks you to move slowly, such as when you don't have all the facts, when you're hurt or angry, when you're facing a major decision, or when you're waiting on a seed that you've planted.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how God sometimes expects you to move fast, such as when you need to ask for forgiveness, when you're feeling tempted, when you have the opportunity to do good, and, particularly, when God offers you salvation.
Listen as Pastor Rick continues to share how you can maximize your strengths by knowing your SHAPE—Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences.
God made you unique and wired you for a specific purpose. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can determine your purpose by discovering your SHAPE—Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences.
What will last the longest? That's a critical question to ask when you're trying to decide how you should invest your life. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you understand and focus on what truly matters.
One of the fundamental questions in life is this: "Who will have the final authority in what you do?" In this message, Pastor Rick shows how the authority you follow shapes your values—and why that authority must be God and his Word.
God doesn't want you to get distracted by negativity. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what the Bible says about staying focused on your unique mission in life—even when the naysayers are telling you it can't be done.
The greater your view of God, the smaller your problems appear. When you look at life through God's eyes, the opinions of others matter less. In this sermon, Pastor Rick continues to teach about how to handle the naysayers in life by changing your perspective.
When naysayers criticize or mock your dreams, how do you handle that kind of negativity? Join Pastor Rick as he looks to the Bible for guidance on how to deal with the naysayers in your life.
It's important to know what you believe and shape a worldview that is built on God's Word. Once you have that, it should change your life! Pastor Rick continues in this message to show us how following Jesus' example will help us live a counter-cultural and purposeful life.
To live like Jesus, you have to build certain values into your life that he modeled for us through his life. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at the values Jesus embodied that show you how to apply the truth of God's Word to your everyday life.
God wants us to live a life that reflects a biblical worldview and how he sees the world. Thankfully, he gave us the perfect model for how to do this: Jesus Christ. Join Pastor Rick as he shares what it means to live like Jesus in a broken world.
Do you know how to respond when someone asks, "Why did Jesus have to die on the cross?" Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the reasons Jesus had to die, why it's a big deal, and how to share with others the only real solution to all of our problems.
One of the biggest problems in the world is heart disease—but not the physical kind. In this message, Pastor Rick walks through the common spiritual heart diseases and how to spot the symptoms so you can bring them to Jesus, the Great Healer.
When you have a problem, you can't just address the surface issue. You have to dig deep and root out the cause! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares some popular approaches to dealing with sin and why they don't get to the heart of the problem.
Yes, the world is broken, and yes, there is evil, but God is still in control. He's got the whole world in his hands! In this message, Pastor Rick wants you to understand specific things you should do in response to God's grace, while there is still time.
God has the power to wipe out all the sin in the world, but he's choosing not to while history moves toward a climax. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the reasons God hasn't shut things down yet and how history is all his story.
Why do we so often choose to ignore God and do the wrong thing? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the reasons why we sin, how it's affected not only us but all of creation, and how to get back to a right relationship with God.
We owe everything to God, who made us and loves us and cares for us—and yet we still choose to sin against him. In this audio teaching, Pastor Rick walks through various kinds of sin and how we can make a different choice that honors God and leads to his blessing.
All of creation is preparing for the biggest event in history, when God gathers all of his family to be together forever. Listen as Pastor Rick shares how God's design and plan for you make a way for you to be part of his forever family.
In the beginning, God created everything and saved the best part—us!—for last. But he thought of us first and custom-designed us for his purposes. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how the implications of this truth frame our worldview and prepare us for our mission in the world.
Some of the biggest questions in life are, "Who am I, and why am I here?" In this message, Pastor Rick shares what Jesus says about who you are and how those truths are fundamental to shaping what you believe.
The Bible says that once you believe in Jesus, you affirm that God is true (John 3:33). So, as a believer, what should you do with the truth once you've discovered it? Pastor Rick gives "next steps" for moving forward in faith in this audio teaching.
We know what truth is because God has revealed himself to us. Truth can be discovered! In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach about how God shows us truth and how to let it shape your worldview.
A postmodern culture wants to convince us that there may be truth out there, but it's impossible to know it. Yet Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32 NIV). In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to know truth so that you can live in freedom.
What happens when we give up on truth and choose tolerance instead? Join Pastor Rick as he shares the signs of "truth decay" in our culture and how to avoid its effect on every area of our lives.
The source of every problem in the world is conflicting worldviews. Join Pastor Rick as he looks at why it's important to promote a Biblical worldview and how to strengthen it in your own life.
Because our beliefs determine our behavior and our vision determines our values, we have to choose wisely what we believe. Listen as Pastor Rick shares why what you believe matters and where to start with choosing what you believe.
Your worldview is your most important tool in life, with great power over your success and happiness. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand the different views the world offers and why God's view is always the best choice.
Did you know the word "retirement" is not in the Bible? If you're still alive and breathing, God can still use you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why it's never too late in life to follow God's calling.
Any time you get serious about living your life the way God intended, there will be people who try to oppose your plans. Listen as Pastor Rick explains how to reject negative advice so that you can follow God's calling.
We all ask "why" when we're hurting. It's human nature. Join Pastor Rick as he examines what you really need when you're in pain: the comfort and support of your Savior.
When people experience major disappointment, their natural reaction is to isolate themselves. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and discover why you most need your friends during difficult seasons.
After his life fell apart, Job "stood up, tore his robe in grief . . . Then he fell to the ground and worshiped" (Job 1:20 GW). In this message, Pastor Rick shares the first thing you need to do when you have a major loss in your life.
Many people like to pick and choose the parts of the Bible they want to believe. Join Pastor Rick as he looks at aspects of the Christian worldview and asks, "Where do you need to stand for truth today?"
Many people make happiness their number one goal. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why happiness is a byproduct—not the goal—of living the purpose for which you were created.
Many worldviews go against the truth of God's Word. In this message, Pastor Rick examines different worldviews and the folly that comes from following them.
Pastor Rick continues to teach how to respond to grief by placing your hope in God, his goodness, and his power beyond the grave.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to show compassion to a dying friend by offering kindness, patience, and help in small, practical ways.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of facing your own fears about death so you can help others who are also facing it.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares what the Bible has to say about keeping good records and learning basic financial principles to keep you out of debt.
God blesses whatever you put first in your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why the Bible says you should first tithe and save, even when you're in debt.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how, even during difficult times, you can strengthen a friend's faith by demonstrating your faith in God's goodness.
When a friend's marriage has ended, they need you to help carry the load and show compassion for their pain. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to show up and be there for a friend in crisis.
Join Pastor Rick as he explains why, when your friends are in crisis, it's important for them to have a support group who will love, care for, comfort, and encourage them, as well as meet their needs.
What storm is sinking you right now? In this message, Pastor Rick explains how you can have courage to face life's storms when you stay focused on Jesus, don't doubt, and praise God even in the midst of the storm.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how Jesus comes at your moment of desperation and shows his true identity when you're facing the storms of life.
The Bible says no matter what you go through today, next week, or next year, Jesus is praying for you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how Jesus intercedes for you in the storms of life.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the importance of obeying Jesus in whatever he tells you to do. You will also learn how to respond to God, even when you don't understand.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains what it means to give Jesus complete access to your life and how God will bless you when you do.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick encourages you to focus on preparing for eternity instead of stressing over short-term problems.
Pride blinds you from what God is doing in your life. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how humility can help you see God at work in your life.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God's miracles always come in unexpected ways and what you need to remember as you wait for your miracle.
Pastor Rick teaches how to follow God in faith when you're walking through uncomfortable or uncharted territory.
There are two important factors in defeating your giants: Remember how God has helped you in the past, and use the tools God has given you today. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and learn even more ways to face and defeat your giants.
No dream is fulfilled instantly. There is always a waiting period. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you navigate the barriers—the giants—that keep you from fulfilling your dreams.
The best use of your money is to use it to help bring people to Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach how God wants to transform the way you see and use money.
Money is a tool to be used for God's purposes. You're not to hoard it, and you're not to worship it. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how God uses money—a temporary resource—for eternal good.
God uses money to test you. He wants to see if you can manage material things before he gives you spiritual blessings. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and learn how to use your money to honor God—no matter how much or how little you have.
When you don't feel loved by God, it's hard to offer love to anybody else. Yet, when love walks in the door, fear leaves the room. Join Pastor Rick as he looks to Scripture to learn more about the depth of God's love for you.
The Bible says in 1 John 4:18, "Where God's love is, there is no fear, because God's perfect love drives out fear" (NCV). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares the first step toward learning how to live in God's love so that you can live free of fear.
When figuring out how to deal with how you feel, ask yourself whether your feelings are based on truth and whether they're hurting or helping you. Your ability to feel is a gift from God, but that doesn't mean your emotions should control your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches you how to manage your emotions according to God's Word.
Your feelings are often unreliable and can lead you in the wrong direction. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares the importance of being controlled by the Holy Spirit—not your emotions.
Many people downplay emotions, but God gave you emotions for a reason. Listen to this broadcast by Pastor Rick and discover how God wants you to use your emotions to worship him.
God is far more interested in changing your mind than in changing your circumstances. He knows that lasting transformation won't happen any other way. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about managing your mind.
Everything you need to live an abundant life is found in the Word of God. Join Pastor Rick as he talks about why the best decisions are always based upon Scripture.
If you want to learn to manage your mind, you have to be delivered from destructive thoughts. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why the best time to win the battle with temptation is before it begins.
When you're going through dark days, the key is to turn your back on the shadow and look at the light. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why looking to Jesus—the Light of the World—lowers your stress.
Getting enough rest is essential to stress management, but few people actually take time to refocus and reenergize. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why God teaches you to take a day off at least once a week.
No matter what's weighing you down, there's only one answer to your trouble: Jesus and his power to remove your stress. Listen to this broadcast by Pastor Rick and discover the antidote to stress.
Transformation doesn't happen overnight. But to start the process, the Bible says you must own up to your sin and repent. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach how to get closer to God.
Maybe you've recently thought, "I don't feel God's presence in my life." The good news is, when you're serious about finding God, he won't let you down. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the pathway to spiritual transformation.
One reason setting goals is important is because Jesus set goals. In fact, he often announced publicly what his goal was for the next phase of his ministry. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach why you should set godly goals.
Only God gives you the power and energy to make changes you can't make on your own. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how God uses his Spirit, his Word, and his people to help you reach your goals.
Being part of a small group is an important part of becoming more like the man or woman God intended you to be. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares several ways you can get the most from your small group experience.
Join Pastor Rick as he looks at the main reasons to be part of a small group and why you need it to keep you healthy and growing.
Join again with Pastor Rick as he continues his teaching on how God grows us through transformation and how that transformation requires cleaning house, honest community, and faith.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God grows us through transformation and how transformation requires coaching, learning the truth, and new thinking.
Only God is worthy of your allegiance because he made you, loves you, and has a plan for your life. Are you living for your own glory or for his? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares practical ways to live for the glory of God.
People who are dependent on and surrendered to God get his power in their lives. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick for specific ways to live a life filled with God's power.
Living in God's kingdom means you make God's agenda your agenda. In this message, Pastor Rick reveals the areas in our lives where we need to put God first.
When temptation comes, you must turn your attention elsewhere. Willpower isn't enough to avoid it. You also need an accountability partner. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to share steps you can take to avoid giving in to your temptations.
Because temptation always starts inside of you, you need to learn to guard your heart and pray for deliverance. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick will help you to do a heart check-up when you want to get serious about overcoming temptation.
Certain things in life make us more vulnerable to temptation than others. Join Pastor Rick as he helps us identify the many factors that lead to temptation and how God wants to help you make a plan to avoid them.
God's grace is the solution to bitterness. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and learn how the grace of God gives you the power you need to forgive others, knowing that you also need forgiveness every day.
You need to forgive others because God has forgiven you, and holding onto resentment only hurts you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what it means to experience God's forgiveness so that you can be quick to forgive those around you.
Not only does God want you to repent of your sins, he also wants you to receive his forgiveness, reveal your faults to a trusted friend, and repeat the prayer of cleansing regularly. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the freedom that comes from believing in God's grace and mercy and leaning on others for healing.
God wants to heal your life, but the greatest holdup to your hang-up is you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick points out critical steps to take in connecting with God: repentance and restitution.
True liberation and joy come when you review every area of your life and repent of your sins. In this message, Pastor Rick shares steps you can take to do a personal assessment and turn toward God and his grace.
When you depend on God to provide for you, he empowers you to share whatever he gives you with others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick encourages you to respond to God's generosity by being generous with others.
The first steps toward dependence on God are seeing him as your source and trusting him for today. Find out more in today's message by Pastor Rick, and discover what it means to rely on God to meet your every need, remembering that "[he] will keep in perfect peace all who trust in [him]" (Isaiah 26:3 NLT).
Surrendering to Jesus means laying down our plans and leaving the future to God, which is possible when we keep our eyes on him. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why we can trust God with our entire lives, no what matter happens.
Every day you must decide who's going to be in control of your life—you or God. After that you must learn to be content. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages you to pray, "God, I'm giving up control to you," and reveals how true contentment comes from relying on Jesus for strength.
Our problems are often beyond our ability to handle, but they're not beyond God's ability. He promises to be near to all who call on him. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages us to connect with our competent heavenly Father and discover just how close he really is!
When everything changes around us, it's reassuring to know that God never changes. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick reminds us that God is a consistent Father and worthy of our trust.
God loves you more than you will ever know or understand. Join Pastor Rick as he talks about the peace that comes from staying connected to God—our caring Father.
In the same way a disconnected branch can't bear fruit, a person disconnected from God and other believers will struggle to be spiritually fruitful. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how staying connected to Jesus—the Vine—will transform your life and how the church body—your spiritual family—keeps you connected as well.
Much like buildings need support systems to withstand strong winds and earthquakes, we need the support of God and others to hold us up, especially during life's difficulties. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages us to stay connected to God and to one another.
How do you handle guilt from your past? How can you smile when your heart's been broken and filled with pain? You stand firm and watch the Lord work on your behalf. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to share steps for rebuilding your life when you've lost everything.
No one can take away your relationship with Jesus. No matter what you lose, you're not devastated because your security is in something that lasts forever. Join Pastor Rick as he shares steps for rebuilding your life when you've lost it all.
In this message, Pastor Rick explores how to break free from a rushed life and focus on what truly matters—finding more joy and less stress. He shares simple but powerful changes you can make to help you trust God's timing.
Pastor Rick continues to teach about the counter-cultural changes you need to make in order to slow down your life. One of those changes is to prioritize rest. Another is to pause to pray before you make any major decision. And then you need to trust in God's timing.
If you're serious about slowing down your life, you need to make several counter-cultural changes. In this message, you'll discover the importance of learning how to be content and how to listen before you speak.
Another step toward lightening your load is learning to trust Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why sharing the "yoke" with Jesus will lead you to rest.
The first step toward lightening your load is to bring your stress to Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why Jesus calls you to bring all your burdens to him and then give up control, trusting him to help you.
Pastor Rick finishes up his teaching on how Jesus revitalizes your life when you're depleted. He teaches how Jesus does this by filling you with his presence, giving you a new outlook on life, and by helping you to believe.
Pastor Rick continues to share how Jesus revitalizes your life when you're feeling defeated by showing you his love and offering you forgiveness.
Pastor Rick shares how Jesus revitalizes your life by meeting you where you are and giving you encouragement when you're running on empty.
Pastor Rick continues to teach about what it means to live a life of faith by trusting God's wisdom and strength and holding onto his promises. He also addresses what holds so many people back from choosing to follow Jesus.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what it means to have faith. He explores how a life of faith means following the example of Jesus, accepting his grace, and investing your life in him.
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach why you can confidently place your trust in God's hands.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can be certain God is trustworthy, even when you can't see his hands at work in your life.
One of the great questions of life is, "Who are you going to trust?" In this message, Pastor Rick explains why you need to entrust your life and your future to Jesus, who always has your best interests at heart.
In this message, Pastor Rick continues to unpack the powerful meaning behind Jesus' final words on the cross. You'll discover that it wasn't the end but the beginning of how God's work continues in your life today.
From the cross, Jesus said, "It is finished!" (John 19:30 NLT). He did not say, "I am finished." Join Pastor Rick as he explains how the resurrection of Jesus proves God's promises to you.
Pastor Rick explains why the word of victory from Jesus is the single most important phrase in your life. If Jesus hadn't said it, there would be no hope of eternal life with God. As Jesus died on the cross, he said, "It is finished!" (John 19:30 NLT). This is Christianity in a nutshell.
Pastor Rick explains in this message the some ways people try to satisfy their spiritual thirst outside of Jesus and why those efforts only make them thirstier. Your thirst for significance can only be quenched by Jesus.
People who are spiritually thirsty are searching for meaning, purpose, and significance. In this message, Pastor Rick explains your responsibility as a believer to help lead others to the living water found in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Join Pastor Rick as he explains how suffering can be redemptive and why Jesus was willing to suffer and thirst so that you can go to heaven.
Your salvation is free. But it cost Jesus everything. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the cost of God's grace.
In this message, Pastor Rick continues to explain what it meant for Jesus to die in your place on the cross.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why Jesus had to pay the penalty for your sins.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains how Jesus' word of love from the cross reveals God's compassion, tenderness, and concern for you.
The fact is, you can't love like Jesus loves on your own. You can only do it by God's power. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how God helps us learn to love others like he loves us.
Nailed to a cross next to Jesus, one thief asked Christ to remember him when the Lord came into his kingdom. "And Jesus replied, 'I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise'" (Luke 23:43 NLT). In this message, Pastor Rick examines the four characteristics of salvation that will help you believe and trust in Jesus.
Here's what happened on the cross: "God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God's approval through him" (2 Corinthians 5:21 GW). In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why we needed Jesus to save us from our sins.
How do you know for sure that you're saved? How do you know you're going to heaven when you die? What's your assurance? Pastor Rick teaches why you can rest in the assurance of God's promise to save you when you believe in Jesus Christ.
"Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed" (James 5:16 TLB). The first step of forgiveness is admitting your guilt. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how to take the next step of forgiveness—by accepting responsibility for your sin.
Holding onto guilt can eventually harm you—and that's not what God has planned for you. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches how to stop defeating yourself and, instead, to bring the things you feel guilty about before God as you confess, ask for forgiveness, and receive God's forgiveness.
God uses problems both to protect you and to perfect you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains what this might look like in your life.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how God uses your problems to direct you and correct you as he transforms you into the person he created you to be.
God wants you to know you're lovable. But he also wants you to understand that he sees you as acceptable and valuable. Pastor Rick explains how fully embracing these truths will be life-changing.
Pastor Rick explains how God sees you as acceptable, valuable, and lovable. Understanding and trusting these truths will transform the way you live.
Have you ever been paralyzed by your emotions? In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the role prayer plays in emotional health.
The Bible teaches that, with prayer, we can recover from the problems we've caused by our own impatience. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why God is never in a hurry with your growth.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to build biblical relationships by showing up, accepting others, sincerely listening, and offering help.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how you can build relationships by overcoming selfishness, pride, insecurity, and resentment.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to build relationships by focusing on the interest of others, not just your own.
It's not your job to convince people to accept Christ, but you are called by God to be a witness. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to share the hope of Jesus.
For God to use the pain in your life for his purposes, you've got to be authentic. Join Pastor Rick as he discusses the things you should be honest about if you want to impact the people around you.
Your greatest ministry will flow out of your pain—not out of your strengths or talents. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick uses the biblical example of Paul to show how you can use your weaknesses to help those who are hurting.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to face your failures and to quickly let go of them. And he explains why you will be encouraged by God's response to your confession.
Your faith opens doors for God to work within your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to set a "FAITH" goal to help you accomplish the dream God has given you.
The number one purpose of your life is to get to know God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how staying connected to God daily will allow you to bear fruit in your life.
When it comes to experiencing lasting change, God always responds to humility. Join Pastor Rick as he shares lessons from the life of Jacob about the importance of being honest with God about the problems in your life.
Sometimes people miss God's best because they give up too soon. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches two reasons why God may not answer your prayers immediately and why you need to be persistent in your requests.
Overcoming your problems boils down to how well you trust and obey God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains the root of most conflicts and the ways God teaches us to resolve them.
The road to recovery often has a few setbacks—times when you relapse into old patterns of living. Join Pastor Rick as he shares why you need to make Jesus your GPS for life. As you make him your unchanging point of focus, he'll keep you on track.
When you choose to be the manager of your life, it often causes conflict, confusion, and stress. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why letting Jesus become the manager of your life is the better choice that leads to more peace and less stress.
Knowing that life on earth is just a temporary assignment will radically alter the way you live. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to fix your attention on the things that are eternally important.
To have hope, you need to understand that God doesn't come into your life to make you feel judged but to let you know he really cares. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why God's "rod and staff" (Psalm 23:4 GNT) are meant to comfort and not condemn you.
If God can raise Jesus from the dead, he can certainly raise a dead marriage, career, or dream when we ask for his help. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick talks about how God specializes in turning crucifixions into resurrections.
God can heal your hurts, hang-ups, and habits—but it takes humility. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you discover what you need to confront in yourself so that God can bless your life.
When you want God to bless something, you need to give it to him first. There are several ways to do that in your job. You can care about the people you work with, exceed what is expected of you, keep learning to expand your skills, and dedicate you work to be used for God's purposes.
If you want to be blessed in your work, do these three things: Work enthusiastically no matter where you are or what you do; understand that you are ultimately working for God; and concentrate on building your character.
Creating a spiritual legacy means investing your life in something that outlasts you, and there's no greater cause than the kingdom of God. To build that kind of legacy, follow the example of Jesus.
Did you know that you can honor God—and benefit yourself—by managing your body well? When you make healthy choices, you're honoring God by taking care of the body he created.
As a Christian, you already have the key to help you live a long, healthy life. God has given you all of the principles for health management in his Word, the Bible.
If God told you to go do something right now, financial bondage might keep you from doing it. Pastor Rick teaches about the importance of managing your money and becoming debt-free.
The first law of financial freedom is the law of possession: Everything you have belongs to God; you are only a manager. In this message, Pastor Rick explains what it means to be a steward of the things God has given you.
Pastor Rick teaches that, from the beginning, God's plan has been to make you like his Son, Jesus—this is your destiny. The Bible describes Jesus as "the exact likeness of God," "the visible image of the invisible God," and "the exact representation of his being" (2 Corinthians 4:4 GNT, Colossians 1:15 NLT, Hebrews 1:3 NIV).
God will use not only your gifts but also your limitations to fulfill your destiny. In this message, Pastor Rick explains that what may seem like a disaster could be part of a bigger plan—but you'll never reach your destiny if you're stuck in self-pity.
Do you know what God created you for and what your destiny is? To begin discovering this, Pastor Rick teaches you to recognize the unique gifts God has given you—your background, your SHAPE (spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality, and experiences), and all the other factors that make you uniquely you.
Following Jesus means you must dare to be different from the culture; you must listen to God's voice instead of voices of doubt and follow exactly what he tells you to do. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why you should never give up on the dream God gives you.
Cultural distractions, voices of doubt, tempting shortcuts, and discouraging delays will test you as you pursue God's purpose for your life. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God helps you push past the barriers that keep you stuck in short-term thinking instead of long-term growth.
Did you know that there are over 7,000 promises in the Bible from God to you? There are promises of security, safety, and provision. Most people go through life never claiming any of the promises of God, but he made those promises to help you fulfill your purpose in life.
As you look ahead to the next 10 years, ask yourself: What do I want to be? What do I want to do? What do I want to have? Most importantly, consider: Why do I want it?
The first step to reaching your goals is knowing where you currently stand. Ask yourself, Where am I now? and What would I like to change?
When Jesus invites you to take on his yoke, he's not giving you his problems—he doesn't have any! Instead, he's offering to share your burdens, taking on your stress and bearing it with you.
The main source of stress is worry about whether your needs will be met. When you rely on people or things instead of God to fulfill those needs, you're bound to face frustration and disappointment, because only God can truly provide.
Renew your mind daily with God's Word because true transformation begins in your thoughts, not your actions. To fulfill God's purpose for you, invite him to expand your imagination and inspire a vision for your future. Without a guiding vision, life can feel chaotic, but with God's direction, you can move forward with confidence and purpose.
Don't believe everything you think—because not all thoughts are true. What you allow into your mind affects your stress, success, and stability. So guard your mind carefully.
Bartimaeus shows us that we receive our vision through faith. Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you" (Luke 18:42 NIV). As Pastor Rick explains, to receive and maintain your vision, you must stay on the path with Jesus, like Bartimaeus did.
To regain your vision, take time to listen for God's call as you slow down and focus on him. Bartimaeus, a blind man, teaches us the importance of being clear with God about our desires. He simply said, "Lord, I want to see" (Luke 18:41 NIV). Jesus responded immediately, showing that sometimes, all it takes is a straightforward request and unwavering faith.
The first step to reclaiming your vision is believing that Jesus can transform your situation—because without hope, change is impossible. Learn to ignore the negative voices around you that try to hold you back and stop you from dreaming big for your future.
James warns against presuming about tomorrow, planning without God, and putting off what's right. Those mistakes only lead to poor decisions and procrastination—and procrastination often leads to regret. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you should live each day as if it were your last.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how your destiny is shaped by your choices, and how those choices affect your life and also influence future generations. As you listen, you'll learn how to make the best choices.
To possess your destiny, you must courageously step out in faith. As you do, you can trust that God is with you, he keeps his promises, and he has commanded you to move forward. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why, even though you may not know what challenges are ahead, you can trust that God will be with you every step of the way.
The Bible teaches that God's plan for your life is good and includes a future filled with hope. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches that the first step toward your destiny is to prepare a plan, building your life firmly on the foundation of God's Word.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of renewing your spirit daily to give you strength for that day. And he reminds you to stay focused on eternity, knowing that no matter what you're facing, your struggles are temporary compared to an eternity in heaven with God.
Do you want to finish well in the Christian life? Listen in as Pastor Rick explains why you need to commit to living with humility and refuse to compromise your integrity.
It's hard to run a race when things are holding you back! Pastor Rick teaches how prayer, forgiveness, and confession will help you break free and pursue God's purpose for your life.
Pastor Rick teaches how to let go of the worries, wounds, and wrongs that may be keeping you from running the race God has planned for you.
Being certain about the future is key to living with hope. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about trusting in God's promises.
You were created for much more than just existing. To truly live with hope, you need to anchor your life in God's purpose for you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why it's important to know your life mission.
Did you know that God custom-designed you to be uniquely you? In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how hope comes from knowing the truth of who God made you to be.
There are some gifts only you can give to Jesus, such as your trust, your talent, your time, and your heart—and you can also bring others to him. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you consider what gifts you will bring to Jesus this Christmas.
The wise men sought Jesus, and wise men and women still seek him today. You can have Jesus right in your midst and miss him if you're not looking for him! Pastor Rick explains in this message how to keep seeking Jesus in the busyness of the Christmas season—and throughout life.
In the hustle and bustle of life, even good things can crowd out the truth that God wants to plant in your heart. When it's all said and done, the most important question is: Did you truly get to know the Son of God? Join Pastor Rick as he explores how to fulfill God's purpose for your life by putting first things first this Christmas season.
There's often a self-sufficiency in us that declares, "I'm doing fine on my own; I don't need God." But God didn't create us to be disconnected from him. In this message, Pastor Rick shares the benefits of making room for Jesus in your life and connecting with him.
This Christmas, you can give Jesus the prominence he deserves in your celebrations and schedule. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how to clear the distractions that keep you from experiencing joy and peace when you celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.
You can be sure about the most important things in life because the Bible promises that Jesus has victory over everything in the end. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the importance of standing firm in your convictions and how it helps you build a legacy that lasts.
God wants to use and bless you. He desires for you to be a world changer, but he's waiting for you to trust him. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you identify what keeps you from believing that God can accomplish great things in your life.
Life isn't about making money, being popular, or anything else the world says is important. It's all about God! Pastor Rick shares in this message the most important thing you can do to avoid wasting your life.
This is the Good News: You are forgiven, and you are free. God is for you and will never stop loving you! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how your response to the gospel—the best news ever—helps point others to Jesus.
In heaven, you will have unlimited access to the unlimited resources of God because he created you to be his child. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the choice you need to make so that you can accept the awesome inheritance God has for his children.
One day your heart will stop beating, and that will be the end of your body—but it won't be the end of you. Pastor Rick teaches in this message why believers can live with unshakable hope.
You don't become a godly person by merely following your feelings. And you won't become more like Jesus by accident! Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how faith grows when you choose to develop habits that lead to godliness.
There will be many times in life that you do not understand what God is doing. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how immediate obedience to God—despite not understanding his ways—leads to spiritual growth and blessing.
God loves to bless our generosity! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the principles you need to follow for God to "bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV).
God loves to bless our generosity! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the principles you need to follow for God to "bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV).
God has already taken care of your greatest need—your salvation—and he can take care of every other need you have. Join Pastor Rick as he shares personal experiences that illustrate why you can trust God to meet your needs when you put him first in your finances.
If you want to know what's really important to someone, you just have to look at their calendar and their bank statement. Pastor Rick explains in this message how the way we spend our time and money reveals our priorities and what matters most to us.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can focus on the things that God loves so that God can use you more effectively.
If you want to be used by God, you need to purify your heart. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the one simple thing you have to do to be ready for God to use you.
God wants you to invest in his family. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how investing in God's Kingdom provides for the needs of others and is also proof of your faith.
God doesn't need you to give him anything. But when you choose to give him an offering anyway, you're saying, "God, I love you. I want you first in my life." In this message, Pastor Rick explains how to honor God through your giving.
God didn't put you on earth to live a self-centered life. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why being part of a church family helps you focus and center your life around God so that you can fulfill his purpose for you.
God shaped you to serve him, and he wants you to serve him by serving others. Pastor Rick will help you understand what ministry is and how you can use your talents to benefit others.
Join Pastor Rick as he explains how your spiritual family helps you fulfill God's purpose for your life.
The Bible says God created you so he could love you. Learn why understanding and embracing this truth will help you overcome insecurities and transform your life.
You don't need a lot of friends. You just need a few good friends who are wise and who build you up. Join Pastor Rick for this teaching on why you can't grow to spiritual maturity on your own.
Proverbs 20:5 says, "A person's thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone with insight can draw them out" (GNT). Join Pastor Rick as he explains how learning to ask wise questions will make you wise.
If you can't name the top three values in your life, you'll live by someone else's values instead of your own. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of knowing your values and living by them.
Moses made a choice to endure short-term pain so he could experience long-term gain. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you need to make a similar resolution if you want to develop godly character.
To become all that God made you to be, refuse to be defined by others. In this message, you'll learn, through the story of Moses, how to find real success by being exactly who you were created to be—and nothing else.
God answers your prayers when you humbly confess your sins and thank him for his love and promises. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about reminding yourself how good and gracious God is and how to live with an attitude of gratitude.
Pastor Rick explains how the life of Daniel teaches that God answers sincere, passionate prayers. God wants you to show that you're serious about your requests—today you'll learn practical ways to make that happen.
The life of Daniel teaches that God answers your prayers when you focus your attention on him and let him speak. Today you'll learn about how God is the initiator of everything in your life and you are the responder.
Teaching from the book of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains that when you publicly stand strong for God, it encourages other believers to stand strong too. Your courage is a powerful example to unbelievers, and your boldness encourages other Christians to be bold too.
The book of Daniel teaches that when you publicly stand up for your beliefs, God has a chance to do a miracle in your life. But if you never risk anything, you'll never give God the opportunity to do a miracle.
Pastor Rick talks about ways to fight fear, and how you benefit every time you stand for God. Daniel's life shows how God can give you victory over fear.
Daniel's life is a reminder that you can learn lessons from prior generations. Pastor Rick explains how you can do this through relationships with mentors, role models, partners, and friends.
The Bible says, "If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success" (Ecclesiastes 10:10 NIV). Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about how lifelong learning is the key to being a leader.
When God makes you successful, he wants you to tell others about how God saved you and changed you. Pastor Rick explains why being embarrassed to talk about how God has changed your life is prideful, and how you can overcome that.
When you're successful, God wants you to continue to trust him and worship him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about getting your focus off yourself and back on God.
Whether it's greater responsibility, prosperity, or influence, there's always a testing before a blessing. Pastor Rick explains what that testing looks like in this message from the book of Daniel.
Did you know you will receive rewards in heaven for how much you trust God on earth? Pastor Rick explains how, when you trust God in the fire, your faith will produce great rewards for eternity.
Teaching from the book of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains that trusting God in a crisis will bring unbelievers to God—because new life springs out of fire.
People may try to use problems in your life to enslave, entrap or destroy you—but God wants to use those things to liberate you. Teaching from the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains how God will give you new freedom as he walks with you through the fire.
The book of Daniel teaches that no matter what crisis you face, God will walk through the fire with you. But God will also use the fire (adversity) to burn off the things that keep you from a full commitment to him.
No matter where you work or go to school, do you know what to do when you're asked to do the impossible? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the connection between difficult situations and pointing people to God.
Pastor Rick explains how you can use what you learn in seemingly impossible circumstances to point others to God. When you do that, God can do great things through you!
Pastor Rick teaches from the book of Daniel, explaining why you should enlist prayer support from friends when you're asked to do the impossible. And then you should praise God, expecting him to answer your prayers.
Teaching from the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains how to respectfully ask "why" when you're asked to do the impossible.
How do you become a great student of the Lord and his Word? Learn some simple steps in this practical teaching from Pastor Rick."
Staying connected to a church, a small group, and a ministry is vital to your spiritual growth! Learn more in this message from Pastor Rick.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why it is important to maintain Christian friendships.
Daniel's life teaches you how to stay faithful, even when surrounded by people who don't live according to the Bible. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to remain strong in your convictions at all times.
Daniel teaches the biblical way to appeal to an authority when you're asked to do something you don't think you should do. Join Pastor Rick as he gives practical advice on how to combat the lonely feelings of standing up for your convictions.
Using the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick teaches about the qualities God wants you to develop in your life: integrity, discipline, control, and humility.
Daniel's life shows that God tests you with stress before he trusts you with success. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the steps God told Daniel to take to thrive in a hostile environment.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can choose to trust God even when you don't understand your circumstances.
When you're in a crisis, you should ask, "Where is this problem leading me? Where does God want me to go?" Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God uses difficult situations to help you mature spiritually.
Jesus warned that adversity would be part of life. So don't be shocked by hard times—be unshakable. As he teaches from the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains why God uses adversity for your good and how that can teach you to be unshakable.
What is the right way to pray when you're in pain? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this message how to pray like Jesus, who trusted God and prayed for God's will even as he faced the cross.
Sometimes God delays his answer to our prayers because he knows his plan is better than ours—but we're not ready for it! Pastor Rick shares in this broadcast how God uses our seasons of waiting to grow our character and faith and make us more like Jesus.
Because God can see what we can't see, he sometimes does not give us what we ask from him. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to trust in God's goodness and love—even when God says "no."
Healing doesn't happen on your own. God has given you people in your life to help you, and he wants to give you everything you need for restoration. He just wants you to ask him! Pastor Rick explains in this message the importance of prayer in our healing.
Humility is when you admit you're not in control, when you say, "God is God, and I'm not." In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why humility is a choice and the first step you need to take for healing and restoration.
God created you for a close relationship with him. When you're honest with God about your sin and ask for forgiveness, you'll grow in intimacy with him. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why confession is an important part of our communication with God.
There is no secret strategy to having a powerful prayer life. The Bible has given us everything we need to know how to pray. Pastor Rick shares in this message how to combat distractions to prayer so that you can focus on God as you talk to him.
Is it possible to maintain a running conversation with God that's as natural as breathing? Yes! In this message, Pastor Rick explains why you need to keep your conversation with God going throughout the day and how it will change your life.
You cannot imagine what God will do in you and through you when you surrender to him and tell him you want to live out his purpose for your life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares the significance of saying these two words to God: "Use me."
When you understand how deeply God loves you, it will transform your prayer life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how God's love and acceptance gives you confidence to approach God and ask him for everything you need in Jesus' name.
When you understand how deeply God loves you, it will transform your prayer life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how God's love and acceptance gives you confidence to approach God and ask him for everything you need in Jesus' name.
Every day you go without prayer and spending time with God, he is waiting to hear from you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this message about the way God feels when you don't talk to him. You were created for companionship with God—it's time to start talking to him!
Every day you go without prayer and spending time with God, he is waiting to hear from you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this message about the way God feels when you don't talk to him. You were created for companionship with God—it's time to start talking to him!
God doesn't want you to try and impress him with your prayers. He already knows everything about you—and he still loves you and accepts you. In this message, Pastor Rick continues teaching about how to draw closer to God by being yourself.
Prayer is not a formal ceremony that requires you to follow a set pattern for God to hear you. In this message, Pastor Rick shows you how to talk to God in simple and sincere ways and explains why longer prayers are not necessarily stronger prayers.
You can't grow to spiritual maturity by yourself. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why spiritual growth is relational and how you can become more like Christ by involving godly people in your life. We're always better together!
Every time God moves in somebody's life, it's because they believed in his promises. Are you ready to grow spiritually and claim the promises God has for you? Then join Pastor Rick as he challenges you to expect great things from God when you pray.
Whether you're talking about relationships at home or at work—or anywhere—this truth applies: Hurt people hurt people. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how looking for the hurt underneath the anger leads to understanding and reconciliation.
If you want to have strong relationships, you need to work through the big and small points of contention that keep you from moving forward. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches biblical methods for resolving conflict.
You're never going to make peace with others until you make peace with God, and there's only way to do that. Join Pastor Rick as he discusses the fundamental issue that causes our war with God and how to be at peace.
The Bible says you need to resist the devil by preparing for the temptation. Join Pastor Rick as he shows how to claim the promises of God so that you will have "a way out so that you can endure it" (1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV).
God has made a way for you to handle temptation—but don't go into it unprepared! In this message, Pastor Rick walks through the ways God has provided for you to defend yourself against temptation.
Too often we see the problem in our lives as something external, when in reality we need to do some serious self-evaluation. Pastor Rick teaches that the biblical path to freedom requires you to stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem.
God is more interested in your character than your comfort. He's not going to give you things if you haven't yet learned the principle of contentment! In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand one of the greatest keys to being content.
Are you in financial need and waiting for God to help? Sometimes we can't see how God is working—but sometimes God is waiting on us. Pastor Rick talks in this message about one of the reasons people see so few miracles in their lives.
Do you endure your kids or do you enjoy them? The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 11:8, "People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live" (NCV). Join Pastor Rick as he shows you how to celebrate your kids.
Being more like Christ in your parenting means becoming a more compassionate person toward your kids—and everyone else! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to show compassion to your kids through the three ways they understand love.
Losses and tragedies have a way of putting everything into perspective; they clarify your values and help you figure out priorities. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how you can keep from losing your joy over the unimportant things.
When you experience loss, it's important not to isolate yourself and try to get through your grief on your own. Pastor Rick uses this message to teach why you need other people's support when you face a season of loss.
Psalm 62:8 says, "Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge" (NLT). In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why you need to talk to God about your loss and how to release your grief so God can heal your heart.
Even a season of loneliness has a purpose, but it's hard to remember that when you feel alone and can't see how God is working. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to keep your loneliness from turning into bitterness.
Did you know that God can use your time of loneliness for good in your life? Join Pastor Rick as he looks at the life of Paul, who made the most of his loneliness when he was in prison by taking action and using the time in creative ways.
God wants to take the broken pieces of your life and use them to create something good. Through this message, Pastor Rick teaches how God uses all the events of your life to shape you into the person he created you to be.
Every farmer knows that what you sow in one season, you will reap in another. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the four questions to ask yourself as you sow in one season so that you reap the things God wants for your life in another season.
We live in a world full of critics and criticism. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches about the importance of affection and affirmation for keeping a marriage healthy.
The most loving thing you can do is give someone your attention. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the importance of showing others how much you value them by simply paying attention.
Listen in as Pastor Rick explains why gossip is so destructive and how you can choose a better path.
What should you do when you're struggling to forgive someone who has hurt you? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to let go of your hurt and experience God's blessing.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why, when you're dealing with people who are offensive or irritating, you need to look past their behavior to see their pain.
If you recognize how much God is for you, it gives you the ability to withstand tremendous rejection from other people. Join Pastor Rick as he looks into the Bible to answer the question: If your life here on earth is temporary, why be afraid of other people's opinions?
We all feel negative pressure from our peers sometimes. In this message, Pastor Rick explains three things to do when you are tempted to give in to peer pressure.
Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God can give you the courage to take healthy steps forward and break free from abuse.
In this message, Pastor Rick uses the story of King David to teach the first step in breaking free from abuse: sharing your pain with someone else.
Learn from Pastor Rick as he teaches how to take an honest look at your relationship with the Lord—and with your spouse.
In this message, Pastor Rick details specific traits to consider when you're searching for and praying about God's mate for you.
Listen in as Pastor Rick debunks some of the myths people believe that lead to poor choices of a life partner.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains how you become more like Jesus Christ when you actively work to reconcile with the people in your life that you have a conflict with.
What's more important: fixing the blame or fixing the problem? In this message, Pastor Rick teaches some ground rules you need to establish in any relationship to help you handle conflict.
Unresolved conflict has three devastating effects in your life: It blocks your fellowship with God, hinders your prayers, and inhibits your happiness. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what the Bible says about facing and resolving conflict.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why hurt people hurt people. Learn how to let go of your anger so you can respond with God's love to people who have been hurt.
Before you let anger take control, calculate what it will cost you—because there's always a price for returning anger with anger. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the relationship costs of out-of-control anger.
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why growing more like Jesus will lead you to become a more peaceful person.
People often use manipulative tools and tricks to get what they want from relationships, but those strategies are actually counter-productive. Listen in as Pastor Rick explains what the strategies are and why they fail.
God is a Father who is never too busy for us and who loves to meet our needs and heal our hurts. We can turn to him for comfort and support, attention and protection. Join Pastor Rick as he digs deeper to explain how God has the heart of a good Father.
When we embrace just how much God cares for us, it's only natural to start trusting him more. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand how committed God is to working good out of all the details of your life.
Instead of running from difficult situations, God wants you to stand strong! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what it means when the Bible tells us to stand firm against adversity.
No matter how impossible your situation, your problem is never too big for God to handle. Join Pastor Rick for this lesson on why it's important to go to God first when things seem overwhelming—and why God is your best defender.
Will you trust God with your disappointments? Pastor Rick speaks about the importance of acknowledging that God is sovereign in your life, that he knows what's best for you, and that his plans for you are good, even when things seem bad. Will you trust God with your challenges?
God is ready to pour out his blessings upon you, but first you have to decide: "Who will be first in my life?" Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you need to rely on God and not yourself.
You can't have the peace of God until you first make peace with God. But how do you do that? In this message, Pastor Rick explains how to live a life surrendered to Christ and how to make God your first priority.
The starting point to peace is accepting what cannot be changed. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can get stuck in resentment, bitterness, or guilt over things you cannot change. Learn how, instead, to change what you can and accept what you cannot.
God sees it all, God knows it all, God cares about it all, and God is in control of it all. So what are you worried about? In this message, learn how to break free from worry, conflict, and "when and then" thinking so you can be joyful, no matter what happens.
A joy-filled person has creativity, energy, and productivity. But to become that kind of person, you must learn to forgive past hurts, trust God for the future, and understand God's purpose for your life. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to live a joy-filled life according to God's Word.
God wants you to experience his best for your future. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can stop focusing on your hurts and start focusing on Christ. You will learn how to live a life of significance and purpose.
God wants to heal your hidden wounds. In this message, Pastor Rick provides practical, biblical steps that will transform the way you think about your past, helping you to find healing from rejection, ridicule, and regret.
No matter how hopeless your situation may seem, God is always there, working to give you a future and a hope. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches that you are never alone because God will never abandon you. Where God is, hope is.
God is the only source of true and everlasting hope. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God is always present in your life, no matter how good or bad your circumstances are. Where God is, there is always hope.
Suffering doesn't automatically build character, but it can if you respond to it in a godly way. Pastor Rick teaches how to handle unfairness in a way that honors God.
God could make the world completely fair in just an instant. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why God doesn't do that and how God wants you to respond to unfairness.
No matter how you've strayed from God's design for sexuality, there's hope and forgiveness available to you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how you can find a fresh start after moral failure.
Garbage in, garbage out. That's not just a cliché. It's what the Bible teaches! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to make good choices based on biblical truth that protect your moral purity.
You can't expect to maintain moral purity if you can't agree on a moral standard. In this message, Pastor Rick reminds us that purity begins with a commitment to live by God's standards instead of making up our own rules.
After his life fell apart, Job had every reason to harbor resentment toward God and his friends. Instead, as Pastor Rick teaches in this message, Job's story demonstrates how to deal with resentment in a healthy, God-honoring manner.
The Bible says, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32 NIV). In this message, Pastor Rick introduces you to the best model for living in forgiveness: Jesus.
In this message, Pastor Rick looks into God's Word to explain how to show respect to people who disagree with you.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why and how to show respect to people, even when they don't appear to deserve it.
You have just enough time to do everything God wants you to do. In this message, Pastor Rick shares the importance of putting Jesus at the center of your schedule and the steps it takes to do that.
If you feel like the load you are carrying is too heavy, then it doesn't come from Jesus. Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest . . . the load I give you to carry is light" (Matthew 11:28, 30 NCV). In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to find rest and balance in Jesus.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains why a balanced life is only achievable when you put Jesus at the center of all you do.
We all experience anger. But just getting angry doesn't automatically mean you've sinned. Join Pastor Rick for this message where he teaches what the Bible says you should do to keep your anger from turning into sin.
When you respond to a conflict impulsively, you're more likely to respond in anger. But if you wait to talk about it, there's a better chance you'll be more rational and reasonable. Join Pastor Rick for this biblical lesson on self-control.
God wants you to step out of your comfort zone in faith. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what God can do through your life when you fully trust him.
When you don't trust God, it leads to worry, conflict, and the feeling you have to control everything. Only God is truly worthy of your trust! In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach steps toward developing a greater trust in God.
God values who you are more than what you accomplish. Join Pastor Rick as he explains what it means to live with great character and teaches how the Bible can help you build it into your life.
One day you "will give a personal account to God" of how you lived, and that's why you want to live responsibly (Romans 14:12 NLT). Join Pastor Rick as he teaches practical wisdom from God's Word on how to become more responsible in all areas of your life.
The Bible says, "Your words are a flashlight to light the path ahead of me and keep me from stumbling" (Psalm 119:105 TLB). We desperately need a light to guide us through moral chaos. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches you how to make the Bible your standard as you build your life on its unchanging values.
What you value in life will define how you live. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to identify and claim eternal values so you can establish your life on a rock-solid foundation.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains why God wants you to build up, motivate, and inspire other people by sharing your experiences with them. you help take away their fears.
By sharing your experiences, you can give people hope, help them overcome their fears, and help them break through barriers. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why God wants you to use your experiences to mentor others, and how you can do that.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick continues to explain what it means to be a talker, feeler, thinker, or doer in service to Christ. God expects every one of us to mature in all of these areas. But he also knows each one of us tends to lead in one area. The great news is that God is always right there with us, helping us to follow his instructions.
Jesus said, "You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength" (Mark 12:30 NLT). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick helps you identify if God shaped you to be a talker (heart), feeler (soul), thinker (mind), or doer (strength) in service to Christ.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick walks through three ways you can use your abilities the way God intended. He created you and shaped you with unique abilities, and one day he's going to ask you, "How did you use your abilities to honor me, to serve others, to make a living, and to be an example?"
Knowing what you're good at will help reveal what God wants you to do with your life. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach how your SHAPE—your spiritual gifts, heart, abilities, personality, and experiences—points you in the right direction for how to be who God created you to be.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the good news that God specializes in heart transplants. Learn about what God can do through a broken heart submitted to him. When you do what God wires you to do, your purpose in life will be fulfilled and you will bring glory to God.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how you can make a difference in the world by placing your passions, desires, and dreams under God's control so that you serve God through the way he has designed you.
Join Pastor Rick as he helps you discover the specific mission God created you to fulfill, based upon your SHAPE. Your spiritual gifts are the equipment he gives you to do what he asks you to do. Learn how to develop your gifts and then use them to serve God and others.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains the gifts God gives you when you become a believer. When you know who you are shaped to be, then you can start focusing on the things God created you to do.
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach why God doesn't compare you with anyone else. He created you to be uniquely you with a specific mission in life.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the importance of accepting the way God shaped you so you can be the person he created you to be and live out God's purpose for your life.
God doesn't expect you to be anyone else but you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God has given you the tools and temperament to succeed in your service to him.
God prepared a generous banquet for all of us. It's a party in heaven that's going to continue for eternity, and he wants a full house! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick paints a picture of what it looks like to be a member of God's family.
When you're in God's waiting room, it's important that you continue to pray and serve. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why God, in his love for you, will keep you waiting.
When God has you in a waiting period, don't put your life on hold. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches several things you can do, such as paying attention to what God is doing, acting on what you believe, and trusting God is working in your life.
Some of the smallest lessons you learn during depressing and discouraging periods can lead to big successes in your life. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why it's so important to focus on the lessons God is teaching you in the waiting periods of life.
Influence doesn't come from what you get in life. Influence comes from what you give away in life, and the more you give away, the more influential you're going to be. Join Pastor Rick as he shares examples of how this has been true in his own life.
You're probably not going to get your strength renewed by watching TV, but you can strengthen your faith by uniting with others in worship. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches two of the ways worship benefits you.
You're probably not going to get your strength renewed by watching TV, but you can strengthen your faith by uniting with others in worship. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches two of the ways worship benefits you.
Sometimes God will call you to make a sacrifice—through your money, time, or talent—and you may want to say, "I don't feel like it." Pastor Rick teaches in this message why it's so important for you to plant by faith and not by your feelings.
The first law of the harvest is this: Everything starts as a seed. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains what the seeds are in your life and why you need to work hard to plant seeds of trust, kindness, and encouragement in your relationships.
While you're running the race of life, it's easy to get sidelined, but Jesus wants you to make it to the finish line and win the prize. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the three things you can learn from an athlete about being the best you can be.
The Bible says, "Do your best to improve your faith" (2 Peter 1:5 CEV). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick walks through three things you can learn from a soldier so you can give your best to God.
How do you know if you are living for your dream or God's dream? In this message, Pastor Rick talks about why you need to ask God to give you his dream for your life so you can be part of his vast and eternal story.
Most people don't imagine doing big things because they're afraid of failure, and doubt and fear often neutralize what God wants to do in their lives. Pastor Rick explains in this message how to let your imagination be governed by faith, not fear.
The Bible says you need to focus on the things that will last—the things you can't see with your eyes. So how do you focus on things you can't see? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why your imagination is essential to living by faith.
When you believe in Jesus Christ, you are guaranteed eternal life. Jesus' resurrection changed everything! In this message, Pastor Rick walks through the three things the resurrection proved and how you can take advantage of the most important benefit of believing in Jesus.
You cannot fulfill your purpose in life without being plugged into God's power. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to get God's strength for your life so you're not worn out all the time.
Today so many people are confused about who they are and why they're here because they're looking in the wrong places. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares the one thing that will help you know what your purpose in life is.
God is not sweating your unsolvable problem. He knows the solution to your problem before you even recognize it's a problem! Pastor Rick explains in this message why you need to give God whatever you have—your "five loaves and two fish"—even if you don't think it amounts to much.
Faith doesn't always take you out of the problem. But faith always takes you through the problem! In this message, Pastor Rick explains why resilience is one of the most important characteristics you need in life and how it's connected to your faith.
If you study the Bible and history, you find that every time God moves on earth and does a miracle, it's because somebody believed. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how your faith can move mountains and open the door to miracles in your life.
This life is not all there is. And when life isn't going the way you planned or wanted, you need to focus on the things that will last for eternity. Pastor Rick continues to teach in this broadcast what to do when things don't go your way and how Jonah shows us that the greatest use of our lives is to invest in what can never lose.
What's so great about God's goodness? Just look at Jonah, who ran from God and rejected his mission and thought he knew better—and God still showed his goodness to Jonah and brought him back into his good plan. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick helps you understand why you can rest and trust in God's goodness when things seem out of control.
God sees the big picture—the past, present, and future all at the same time—and that should be a great comfort as you pursue God's mission for your life. Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he teaches how to trust God when things don't go your way instead of clinging to your limited understanding.
Warning, warning! Those words may get your heart racing, but when God gives you a warning, it's a good sign! It means he still trusts you with your life mission. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why it's critical to obey God right away when he gives you a second chance and how God wants to use you, no matter who you are or what you've done.
We know that God's plan is always the better way to go—and we still choose our own way sometimes. But no matter how your circumstances have changed since you stopped following God's plan, your life mission never changes. Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he looks at Jonah's example of returning to the mission God created us to complete.
Do you ever wish you could get another chance at something? When God gives you a second chance to get on track with your mission, you need to respond with gratitude and obedience. Pastor Rick shares in this broadcast why you need to use your second chance to make God's mission the top priority in your life.
God always responds to faith. When you look at the life of Jonah, it's amazing to see what God did through him when he finally decided to submit to God's plan, even though he didn't understand it. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast about what to do when you feel hopeless and why you need to take a step a faith and thank God in advance for what he will do through you.
Do you ever want to just cry out to God and tell him how hard life is? God wants to hear it! He wants you to look to him and tell him how you're struggling while you're pursuing your mission. Pastor Rick helps you understand in this broadcast how God cares about your pain and is ready to restore your hope.
When you feel hopeless, it's easy to focus on your circumstances. That's when you need to remember this: No matter what is changing around you, you can always count on God's unchanging goodness and faithfulness. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach a biblical response to feelings of hopelessness so you can continue in your mission.
Jonah didn't want to follow God's mission for him and go on a long journey to preach to Israel's enemies. But Jonah also found out that the longer you run from your mission, the worse the storm is going to get. Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he shows you how to stop running from God and accept and follow God's mission for you.
When you run from God's mission for your life, there will always be consequences. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick continues to look at the book of Jonah and shows you why, even though your life mission may be scary at first, it is always better to take a step of faith and follow God's plan.
If you want to know God's mission, then you have to get in the Bible. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why you need God's wisdom when you face the storms that come with your mission. You'll learn the ways God speaks to you to reveal his mission for you and keep you on the right path in the middle of the storm.
In today's message, Pastor Rick teaches about the crucial role Jesus plays in fixing the broken bond between God and us. Learn why Jesus needed to step in and make amends for our mistakes, setting the stage for a new beginning. Learn how you can always live in peace for the present and rest in hope for the future!
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how the sinful choices made by humans have devastated the world and been disastrous in our lives. When we mishandle the gifts God has given us, there will always be consequences. Learn about God's plan for our redemption.
Are you ready to uncover the mystery of God's plan? Pastor Rick digs deep into the reasons the world is in such chaos, and then he reveals the heart of God and his endless love. The great mystery of God's redemptive, eternal plan applies directly to your life, both now and in the future.
The cross and the resurrection prove God's power over death so you no longer need to fear it. In this episode, Pastor Rick explains how the resurrection frees you to live with purpose and faith, knowing that when you die, you'll live forever in heaven because of your faith in Jesus Christ and his resurrection.
But God never intended for you to live life that way. That's why he sent Jesus—to give you forgiveness for your sins so you can live free, letting go of the sin and guilt from your past that weigh you down. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how the power of the resurrection transforms your life.
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to earn the trust of your colleagues by being reliable. As you learn to take on more responsibility, you'll be able to reach your maximum potential at work.
In this message, Pastor Rick explains why loyalty is important to your success at work, and how your choices affect the way the way your coworkers relate to you"?
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick looks to Joseph for an example of how to follow an audacious dream given to you by God. Learn how to step out in faith, even when God's plan doesn't make sense or the odds seem against you.
When you have a major decision to make, the Bible says to count the cost. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how you can use God's Word to evaluate the cost of any decision.
Are you facing a tough decision about what to do with your career, such as whether or not to change jobs? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what you can learn from Solomon—the wisest man who ever lived, a wealthy businessman, and author of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches what God promises when you trust him by faithfully using your gifts to fulfill his purpose for your life.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 says, "Dreaming instead of doing is foolishness, and there is ruin in a flood of empty words" (TLB). In this message, Pastor Rick explains why it is important to start trying those things you've always wanted to do.
You can learn a lot from your experiences—good and bad. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why it's important to review the events of your life so you can see how God has taught you through your successes and failures.
In today's global economy, the new missionaries are businesswomen and businessmen. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how to use your business to further God's Kingdom.
God is far more concerned about who you are than what you do, but he does use your work and your workplace to develop your character. Pastor Rick uses this message to explain how your workplace is a life course in character development.
God wants you to work so you can express what he made you to be. He's given you certain gifts and talents, and he expects you to use them! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how you can know if your job is right for you.
How do you put on the full armor of God? Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why prayer is essential for preparing yourself for spiritual war. Prayer is how we fight the battle! And the best time to put on your spiritual armor is in the morning, before you even set foot out the door.
If you're going to win spiritual battles over doubt, discouragement, and defeat, then you have to understand that the truth about you is what God says about you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this broadcast how to submit your thoughts to God as he leads you to truth.
No matter who you are, you're part of a spiritual war. But the Bible tells us that we're not alone in this fight—and we already know who wins! In this message, Pastor Rick explains how God's presence and promise of victory gives us power for the battle.
No matter what you're going through and no matter what's happened in your life, God isn't done with you, and he's never going to forsake you. You don't have to be afraid! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how God hears and answers your cries for help, no matter how deep the well of pain and grief seems.
God wants you to know he can handle your anger, your gripes, and your grief. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why, if you don't talk out your emotions with God, you'll end up taking them out on someone else. When you feel like your world is falling apart, the first step toward recovery is getting real with God about how you feel.
God wants us to learn to be generous, because he wants us to be more like him. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why, when you use what God gives you to help others, you learn to trust him and develop one of his characteristics: sacrificial generosity.
The Bible tells us that God is looking for people with faith—but faithful people are hard to find. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why living the life you were created to live requires you to trust God with your finances, your health, your job, your relationships, and your future.
When you get closer to God, his light reveals your sin and how it causes emotional distress and disappointment, relational distance and discord, and a disconnect with God—the worst result of all. But Jesus overcame the world and defeated the power of sin! Learn from Pastor Rick in this message what that means and how it will change your life.
Disappointment is a natural part of life, because everything on this planet is broken. No one is perfect, and nothing works perfectly! The good news is that God knows we're in a mess. And Pastor Rick wants you to understand in this message why God had to send Jesus to rescue us and bring us home to heaven.
Why is this world so hard to live in? The Bible says it is because we all want to be our own boss—we think we know what will make us happy more than God does, and so we want to do life on our own. But that will never work! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how Jesus helps us make it through the difficulties of life.
Satan wants to establish a foothold in your life, and once he gets deep enough into an area of sin, he turns the foothold into a stronghold. Once that happens, it will be harder for you to take back control of your life. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick talks about strongholds and what we can do to protect ourselves against them.
Spiritual transformation is a process of developing new habits over time. Habits become the building blocks of change and collectively shape our character. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages you to engage in the small, step-by-step process with the Holy Spirit that leads to spiritual maturity.
Before there was sin, death and sadness and sorrow and difficulty did not exist. It was only when everything got broken that our rebellion brought death into the world. But Pastor Rick reminds us in this message that God did not leave us without hope—and he is ready to help us change and become more like him.
It's easy to become so focused on what not to think about that you end up thinking about it even more! The Bible teaches that the thoughts we resist tend to persist. Pastor Rick explains in this broadcast how Jesus helps us to shift our thoughts from negative to positive.
You can say "no" to sin—and you need to constantly remind yourself of that as you seek freedom from your hurts, habits, and hangups. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to make the right choices as you respond to the Holy Spirit at work in you.
You simply can't make lasting changes on your own. The only way to make a real change in your life is to let God change you from the inside out. Pastor Rick explains in this broadcast how the Holy Spirit helps you overcome the self-destructive things you do that keep you from life change.
Do you feel defeated today? Maybe you're thinking, "I just want to give up." Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why being ready to give up is a good thing. You can stop trying to do everything on your own, because it's impossible. But you can't do life without Jesus. You need his power to keep going!
As Christians, we are born again through the Holy Spirit, yet our old sin nature still fights for control. In this broadcast, you'll learn how the apostle Paul reached a point in his walk with God where he was exhausted because of the intense war going on inside him and how Paul's testimony can encourage you as you fight the same battle.
You know that when you come to God and confess your sin, he is faithful to forgive. But God also wants you to confess your sin to another person. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast how an accountability partner helps you make lasting changes as you experience someone else loving you unconditionally, accepting you, and praying for you.
God expects you to run the race he has set for you—not the race you set for yourself or the race that other people set for you. Run the race God created you to run! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how living for the approval of others will hold you back and why you need to live for an audience of One.
The Bible says two things will hold you back as you run the race God sets before you: the things that weigh you down, such as unrealistic expectations or being stuck in the past, and sin, the things we know are wrong but we do anyway. Join Pastor Rick to learn how to let go of the things that keep you from running your race well.
God hasn't just seen every tear you've cried—he's counted them. He's even recorded them in a book. You may be in tremendous pain right now, thinking God doesn't care. But the Bible says that God pays attention to the details of your pain.
Don't waste your pain. The Bible teaches you need to let it turn you to God, spend more time with him and his Word, and remind you of his promises.
Your life will be transformed as you learn to worship, trust, and draw closer to God when you're in pain. Learn why God is never closer to you than when you're brokenhearted.
You may think your weaknesses are something to hide, but they're actually something God wants to use in your life. For this to happen, you'll need to learn to recognize and respect your limitations and to trust in God's power to accomplish his purpose for you.
Nothing is more discouraging than trying to please everybody. If you're always trying to be something you're not, you'll always be stressed and discouraged. To defeat discouragement, simply be who God made you to be. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you don't have to be perfect for God to bless you, but you do have to be authentic.
The Bible is worthless to you when it's sitting on a shelf at home. But with God's Word in your mind, it becomes a powerful weapon to fight every temptation Satan can throw at you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why memorizing God's Word will help you overcome the persistent temptations in your life.
Don't be intimidated by Satan. As a Christian, the Holy Spirit's power lives in you. You've got God's Word to give you truth. You've got Jesus who is the Truth. The Bible says you have everything you need to overcome your temptations.
You are far more vulnerable to temptation when you're experiencing negative emotions. Satan knows what they are and will try to use them for your destruction. Shouldn't you know what they are, too?
Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to change the way you think by relying on the power and direction of the Holy Spirit.
When you feel inadequate, it reveals your doubt in God's power. God said that his power shows up best in your weakness. So if you think your sin will make you inadequate to serve God, you're not thinking like God. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God views sin and grace in your life.
God wants you to center your life on him, but unfortunately, sin puts the focus back on you. When you sin, it reveals an area in your life where you don't trust God. Willpower will never be enough to break the power of sin in your life. Learn to think with the mind of Christ and watch what amazing fruit God will provide in your life.
Does it seem like the thoughts you don't want to think are what you can't stop thinking about? How do you focus your mind on the things that lead to the freedom only found in Christ? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the biblical way to manage your thoughts.
To have the mind of Christ means you want to do God's will, even when it's painful, even when it's difficult, and even when it seems impossible. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how Jesus gave us the ultimate example of this the night before he went to the cross.
When you have the mind of Christ, you will be so secure in your identity, your purpose, and God's presence in your life that you won't need to look to other people for approval.
Jesus was always aware of God's presence because he knew who he was and he knew his purpose. That means, when you learn to think like Jesus, you'll become sensitive to the truth that God is always present in your life. You'll know your purpose in life, and you'll see how God is supporting you to succeed in your mission.
Join Pastor Rick as he continues to explain how knowing and applying biblical truth leads us to the life God wants us to live.
God's truth always leads to life. That's why the Bible teaches us to take every thought captive, so we can live the way God wants us to live.
Anytime you sin, you're believing the lie that you'll be better off going against God's will. That is never true! Learn why the Bible says it's important to think about what you think about.
As a believer, your goal is to learn to think like Jesus. This starts by seriously thinking about the things you think about. Learn why it is important to let God guide your thoughts.
When you give your life away for Jesus, you can't fail. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how you'll begin to fully live when you do this.
When you go through deep waters of difficulty, God doesn't promise you won't get wet. But he does promise you won't drown. Pastor Rick explains in today's message how God is for you and wants you to succeed.
Make your time on earth count for eternity. Listen to Pastor Rick as he explores how to help people come to know Christ, discover their purpose for life, grow in their maturity, find their ministry, and serve in their mission in the world.
Part of God's plan and purpose for your life is for you to become like Jesus, who is unselfish in his love. When you give your life away, it takes on new meaning, new joy, and new excitement. In today's message, Pastor Rick explains why you can't fail when you follow God's will.
One of the most significant things you can do with your life is to give it away. God calls you to be generous with what you've been given, including your money, resources, time, and talent. Join Pastor Rick as he examines what God's Word says about being rewarded in heaven for our generosity on earth.
Imagine what God can do with godly women and men who refuse to stop working for whatever God has called them to do. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about the promises God has for your future.
If love is the motivation for everything you do, then you'll be able to live out your purpose in the face of fear. Join Pastor Rick for today's broadcast about God's promises for your future.
Many people think faith is the opposite of fear. It's not! The opposite of fear is love. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why real love—God's love—will chase away your fear.
The Bible says you determine how much God blesses your life: "The amount you give will determine the amount you get back" (Luke 6:38 NLT). Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach on God's promises about giving.
The truth is that we can't out-give God. When we learn to be generous with others as God is generous with us, he promises to bless us with more and in a variety of ways. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches on God's promises about giving.
Does your life revolve around giving away what God has blessed you with? Is it marked by a joyous desire to grab hold of God's promises as you let go of earthly things? This message by Pastor Rick will help you answer these questions.
Christmas is all about peace on earth and good will toward others. But there will never be peace on earth until there is peace in us. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the peace Jesus came to bring and how to let the Prince of Prince reign in our hearts.
At Christmas, we have more parties than any other time of the year. Yet often, the Guest of Honor is left out of the party. Pastor Rick shows us in this message why Christmas is good news of great joy for everyone and why Jesus should be the focus of our celebrations.
No matter where you're from, you have something in common with everyone else in the world: hidden wounds. None of us have it all together! Pastor Rick shows us in this message why we needed Jesus to come at Christmas to heal our hurts and offer us new, abundant, and eternal life.
God can see much further along the path than we can. That's why he wants to guard and guide our steps as we trust him to lead us through life. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach about the different ways Jesus came to earth to light up our lives.
Before you were born, God planned a purpose for your life. He wants you to know and live out your purpose—and that's why he came at Christmas! Pastor Rick teaches in this message why we need Jesus to light up our minds with truth so that we can know his purpose.
When Mary and Joseph's plans were turned upside-down, they didn't have all the promises from the Bible that we do today to help them have faith. Pastor Rick helps you understand through this message what God is doing when he changes your plans and how he wants you to respond.
God's plans will always be better than yours—and that's why he sometimes messes up the plans you were making for your life. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how to have faith that God is changing your plans for the better.
Have you ever put God on hold? Many times, God is trying to speak to us through his Word, but we're too busy listening to social media, the news, and other people for him to get through. Pastor Rick shows us in this message how God sometimes changes our plans to get our attention—all for our good.
Some things in life aren't necessarily wrong—they're just not necessary. Once you figure this out, you're going to be able to better withstand the hard times in life. You're going to be resilient! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to set priorities that have an eternal focus.
Our culture is constantly trying to fit you into its mold. When you have a confused and unclear identity, when you don't really know who you are, it makes you more vulnerable to the culture's influence. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you settle in your mind that God loves you unconditionally.
The antidote to the two biggest causes of stress in your life is gentleness and humility. You learn them by reminding yourself every day that you are not God and you don't need to be anybody's savior. Listen to this broadcast by Pastor Rick to continue learning about the calm and rest only Jesus offers.
One reason we often feel overloaded is because we're trying to control things too much. Sometimes we act this way without realizing it. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of staying in step with Jesus, the One who loves us and has great things in store for us!
What does Jesus say when we come to him with an emptiness in our lives—an empty soul, an empty heart, an empty character? How does he respond when we tell him we have nothing to give? Join Pastor Rick as he reminds you that God will never scold you or turn you away; he will always say, "Come to me."
The bigger the changes that happen in your life, the more time you need to spend with God. You read the Bible, talk to God in prayer, and listen to what he wants to say to you. Join Pastor Rick as he highlights the importance of spending daily time with God so you can experience God's peace and rest.
There will always be people in your life who have bad intentions, who will resent you, criticize you, and hurt you. There is no way around it. Thankfully, as Rick teaches in this broadcast, we can trust that God sees, cares, and will have justice.
Anybody can be happy when everything's going their way. But God teaches you true joy in the middle of suffering, grief, and heartbreak. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explores how God's peace can flood into the most chaotic of circumstances.