Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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.