Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

Before you join a church, you must first commit your life to Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what it means to be part of the church.

When you know where you're headed and you focus in that direction, you're less likely to be distracted by less important things. Jesus lived that way and was a master of concentration. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how you can live a selective life like Jesus so you can live for God's kingdom and do what pleases the Father.

If you're not sure who you are, you can be manipulated and molded by the pressures, problems, and people around you—and that leads to stress! Join Pastor Rick as he shares how to settle in your mind that God loves you unconditionally and that you're his child.

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're not God and you're not the savior. Join 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, often without even realizing it. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of staying in step with Jesus, the One who loves you and has great things in store for you!

What does Jesus say when we come to him with an emptiness in our lives? How does he respond when we tell him that 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, reading the Bible, talking to him in prayer, and listening 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 his peace and rest.

There will always be people in your life who have bad intentions, or who will resent, criticize, and hurt you. There's no way around it. Thankfully, as Pastor Rick teaches in this message, you can trust that God sees, he cares, and he will deliver justice.

Anybody can be happy when everything's going their way. But only true joy can come from God when you're in the middle of suffering, grief, and heartbreak. In this message, Pastor Rick explores how God's peace can flood into the most chaotic of circumstances.

The negative opinions of others can easily get us down. And if our happiness depends on the approval of other people, we'll never find lasting happiness. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you discover God's strategy for true happiness.

Pain, pressure, people, and problems—the four most common sources of unhappiness. They're the killjoys of life. In this message, Pastor Rick examines why happiness is not based on circumstances—it's a choice.

Do you feel under attack? Tell God. Do you feel like you have no energy? Tell God. Do you feel rejected or lonely? Tell God. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages you to dump everything you're feeling right now onto the Lord—he wants to hear from you!

Spectators at a race often shout, "Keep going!" to motivate the athletes. That's also great advice for anyone who feels emotionally, mentally, or spiritually exhausted from running the marathon of life. Join Pastor Rick as he reminds us that God will give us the power we need to finish what he has called us to do.

Only with Jesus in your life will you ever be able to love your spouse with God's everlasting love. Join Pastor Rick as he concludes this series about growing a love that lasts—by expressing faith, extending grace, expecting the best, and enduring the worst.

The longer you're in a relationship with an imperfect person (and that's everyone), the more you tend to expect the worst because you know their faults and weaknesses better than anybody else. Listen as Pastor Rick shares how staying hopeful and optimistic in your marriage will grow a love that lasts.

The longer you're married, the easier it is to become ungracious. No marriage can last without grace, forgiveness, acceptance, and a lot of patience. In this message, Pastor Rick shares that to make your marriage last, you must learn to extend grace.

In order to get a marriage makeover, you must deal with unresolved hurt. Listen as Pastor Rick explains the two ways to help heal your marriage of unresolved hurt and the three little words every married person must learn to say.

God specializes in marriage makeovers, in bringing dead, stagnant, and stale things to life again. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how accepting responsibility for your part in your relationship problems can help turn your marriage into something fresh, exciting, attractive, fulfilling, and wonderful.

Before you can improve your marriage, you've got to understand what causes marriages to go from harmony to hostility to apathy. Listen as Pastor Rick explains how unrealistic expectations can sink a marriage and how you can learn to be realistic about your spouse's imperfections, as well as your own.

In every marriage, you must continually make adjustments for the relationship to grow. Listen as Pastor Rick shares how adjusting in life requires unselfishness and how learning to be unselfish may be the number one lesson God wants to teach you.

God wants to grow your marriage—and you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the reasons you need to keep paying attention to your spouse, for their benefit and for yours.

Marriage is a three-legged stool. It takes three to make it stand—you, your spouse, and Christ. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the key to marital stability through reliance on Jesus.

One of the purposes of marriage is to learn to be considerate, because Jesus is considerate. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to be considerate of your spouse by showing them courtesy and treating them with respect and care.

A healthy marriage starts with two emotionally healthy people. Listen as Pastor Rick shares what the Bible says about emotional health and why it matters when choosing a spouse.

God wants marriage to be a partnership that helps you fulfill your calling. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how spouses who complement each other's SHAPE, gifts, and calling have incredible marriages and can avoid much conflict and pain.

If you plan to get married, you need to be sure your future spouse shares the most important part of your life: your relationship with God. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the importance of spiritual unity and how it can even allow you to enjoy unity in many other areas.

The world may offer you self-help books or encouraging thoughts. But God offers life-changing truth. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the truth of the gospel and its power to transform.

God wants everyone in the church to be part of proclaiming his message. In this message, Pastor Rick will help you see how God can use you, no matter who you are.

There's one thing that makes the church different from every other group of people: The church has the Holy Spirit. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the difference God's Spirit makes in your life.

When you give your resources as an act of worship or to bring people to Jesus, you honor God. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about the ways God wants you to invest in his purposes and why he wants you to store up treasure in heaven.

God wants you to invest in growing your character, in encouraging other believers, and in helping those in need. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how those investments will yield eternal dividends.

To be financially healthy, you have to plan carefully how you use your money. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches about the biblical principle of accounting.

You need to honor God first in your finances. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the principle of tithing.

God designed you to be productive. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why God made you that way and what that means for your daily life.

You reap the same things that you sow. If you plant seeds of selfishness, you reap selfishness; if you sow kindness, you reap kindness. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about how this principle applies to every area of your life.

You always reap in a different season than you sow. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches what you can do while you're waiting for God's blessing.

Everything in life starts as a seed. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why God requires you to first plant a seed in faith before he begins to bless your life with fruitfulness.

Did you know that you can become possessed by your possessions? In this message, Pastor Rick will give you practical strategies for focusing on eternal priorities instead.

You can have very little materially and still be content, or you can have a lot and still wish for more. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how contentment has nothing to do with your circumstances and everything to do with your attitude.

God has made you unique in every way, including in the resources he's given you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why contentment requires you to stop comparing yourself to others.

Everything you have belongs to God: you are only a manager of what he gives you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the spiritual discipline of money management.

God often uses money to test your faith. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why God does this and what you need to do to pass the test.

We may not know exactly what heaven will look like, but we do know that God will be there. That means we will get to experience God's glory and his goodness forever—and that will be enough. Don't miss Pastor Rick's continued teaching on how wonderful heaven will be for those who follow Jesus.

Many people wonder what they're going to do in heaven. You're definitely not going to be bored! In this message, Pastor Rick explores some of the specific answers the Bible gives about what your work looks like in heaven.

God created every person because he wants them to be a part of his family. He invites everyone to heaven, his home, but not everyone chooses to accept God's terms. Pastor Rick shares in this message how you can accept God's invitation to heaven.

What is heaven? There are a lot of misconceptions about what heaven will be like. But the Bible says it's a physical and permanent place that will last forever. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how, in God's goodness, God reserves heaven for his family.

Are you worried about the future? You don't know what tomorrow will look like, but you do know that God has prepared an eternity for you in heaven. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to live in light of eternity and share that hope with others.

God's goodness and mercy are always working around you and in you and watching out for you. Knowing this should give you great peace and confidence for the future. Pastor Rick teaches in this message about why you can rely on God's good, merciful nature.

In his goodness, God is always looking out for you. There is no place you can go where you are not in his care! Learn from Pastor Rick how God created you to love you and is with you every moment of every day.

There is one habit that will help you move from an overwhelmed life to an overflowing life: staying connected to Jesus. But that can seem hard to do in today's fast-paced and busy world. Pastor Rick shares in this message how and why you need to stay connected to God.

Often the fear of missing out motivates you to do too much. Join Pastor Rick as he explores why you're not missing out on anything when you rest in the goodness and provision of God.

Do you have a shortage mindset or a surplus mindset? A surplus mindset recognizes that God supplies more than enough to meet everyone's needs at the same time. Don't miss Pastor Rick's teaching on how to develop this mindset so you can experience God's goodness every day.

God's anointing helps you through your own problems, but God also anoints your life to bless others. Pastor Rick explores in this message what it means to have God's anointing as he continues to teach from Psalm 23.

When God appoints you, he anoints you. He has made you part of his mission in the world, but he doesn't expect you to be able to do it in your own power. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God never tells you to do something without providing what you need to do it.

God is present, even when you can't feel him. In your lowest valley, it takes faith to believe that he is walking through it with you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to stay connected to God in a crisis.

When you are under attack, you naturally want to do something about it. But Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message why you can trust God to be your defender and leave justice to him.

If you get confused or wander away, Jesus will find you and bring you back. Every person matters to him! Don't miss Pastor's Rick's teaching on Jesus' rescue mission to bring you home to heaven.

Jesus always knows more about your life than you do. He knows the way you should go, even when you don't. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the comfort of having a Shepherd who always knows more than his sheep.

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.

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.