Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.