Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

When God makes you successful, he wants you to tell others about how God saved you and changed you. Pastor Rick explains why being embarrassed to talk about how God has changed your life is prideful, and how you can overcome that.

When you're successful, God wants you to continue to trust him and worship him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about getting your focus off yourself and back on God.

Whether it's greater responsibility, prosperity, or influence, there's always a testing before a blessing. Pastor Rick explains what that testing looks like in this message from the book of Daniel.

Did you know you will receive rewards in heaven for how much you trust God on earth? Pastor Rick explains how, when you trust God in the fire, your faith will produce great rewards for eternity.

Teaching from the book of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains that trusting God in a crisis will bring unbelievers to God—because new life springs out of fire.

People may try to use problems in your life to enslave, entrap or destroy you—but God wants to use those things to liberate you. Teaching from the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains how God will give you new freedom as he walks with you through the fire.

The book of Daniel teaches that no matter what crisis you face, God will walk through the fire with you. But God will also use the fire (adversity) to burn off the things that keep you from a full commitment to him.

No matter where you work or go to school, do you know what to do when you're asked to do the impossible? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the connection between difficult situations and pointing people to God.

Pastor Rick explains how you can use what you learn in seemingly impossible circumstances to point others to God. When you do that, God can do great things through you!

Pastor Rick teaches from the book of Daniel, explaining why you should enlist prayer support from friends when you're asked to do the impossible. And then you should praise God, expecting him to answer your prayers.

Teaching from the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains how to respectfully ask "why" when you're asked to do the impossible.

How do you become a great student of the Lord and his Word? Learn some simple steps in this practical teaching from Pastor Rick."

Staying connected to a church, a small group, and a ministry is vital to your spiritual growth! Learn more in this message from Pastor Rick.

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why it is important to maintain Christian friendships.

Daniel's life teaches you how to stay faithful, even when surrounded by people who don't live according to the Bible. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to remain strong in your convictions at all times.

Daniel teaches the biblical way to appeal to an authority when you're asked to do something you don't think you should do. Join Pastor Rick as he gives practical advice on how to combat the lonely feelings of standing up for your convictions.

Using the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick teaches about the qualities God wants you to develop in your life: integrity, discipline, control, and humility.

Daniel's life shows that God tests you with stress before he trusts you with success. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the steps God told Daniel to take to thrive in a hostile environment.

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can choose to trust God even when you don't understand your circumstances.

When you're in a crisis, you should ask, "Where is this problem leading me? Where does God want me to go?" Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God uses difficult situations to help you mature spiritually.

Jesus warned that adversity would be part of life. So don't be shocked by hard times—be unshakable. As he teaches from the life of Daniel, Pastor Rick explains why God uses adversity for your good and how that can teach you to be unshakable.

What is the right way to pray when you're in pain? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this message how to pray like Jesus, who trusted God and prayed for God's will even as he faced the cross.

Sometimes God delays his answer to our prayers because he knows his plan is better than ours—but we're not ready for it! Pastor Rick shares in this broadcast how God uses our seasons of waiting to grow our character and faith and make us more like Jesus.

Because God can see what we can't see, he sometimes does not give us what we ask from him. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to trust in God's goodness and love—even when God says "no."

Healing doesn't happen on your own. God has given you people in your life to help you, and he wants to give you everything you need for restoration. He just wants you to ask him! Pastor Rick explains in this message the importance of prayer in our healing.

Humility is when you admit you're not in control, when you say, "God is God, and I'm not." In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why humility is a choice and the first step you need to take for healing and restoration.

God created you for a close relationship with him. When you're honest with God about your sin and ask for forgiveness, you'll grow in intimacy with him. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why confession is an important part of our communication with God.

There is no secret strategy to having a powerful prayer life. The Bible has given us everything we need to know how to pray. Pastor Rick shares in this message how to combat distractions to prayer so that you can focus on God as you talk to him.

Is it possible to maintain a running conversation with God that's as natural as breathing? Yes! In this message, Pastor Rick explains why you need to keep your conversation with God going throughout the day and how it will change your life.

You cannot imagine what God will do in you and through you when you surrender to him and tell him you want to live out his purpose for your life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares the significance of saying these two words to God: "Use me."

When you understand how deeply God loves you, it will transform your prayer life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how God's love and acceptance gives you confidence to approach God and ask him for everything you need in Jesus' name.

When you understand how deeply God loves you, it will transform your prayer life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how God's love and acceptance gives you confidence to approach God and ask him for everything you need in Jesus' name.

Every day you go without prayer and spending time with God, he is waiting to hear from you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this message about the way God feels when you don't talk to him. You were created for companionship with God—it's time to start talking to him!

Every day you go without prayer and spending time with God, he is waiting to hear from you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches in this message about the way God feels when you don't talk to him. You were created for companionship with God—it's time to start talking to him!

God doesn't want you to try and impress him with your prayers. He already knows everything about you—and he still loves you and accepts you. In this message, Pastor Rick continues teaching about how to draw closer to God by being yourself.

Prayer is not a formal ceremony that requires you to follow a set pattern for God to hear you. In this message, Pastor Rick shows you how to talk to God in simple and sincere ways and explains why longer prayers are not necessarily stronger prayers.

You can't grow to spiritual maturity by yourself. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why spiritual growth is relational and how you can become more like Christ by involving godly people in your life. We're always better together!

Every time God moves in somebody's life, it's because they believed in his promises. Are you ready to grow spiritually and claim the promises God has for you? Then join Pastor Rick as he challenges you to expect great things from God when you pray.

Whether you're talking about relationships at home or at work—or anywhere—this truth applies: Hurt people hurt people. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how looking for the hurt underneath the anger leads to understanding and reconciliation.

If you want to have strong relationships, you need to work through the big and small points of contention that keep you from moving forward. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches biblical methods for resolving conflict.

You're never going to make peace with others until you make peace with God, and there's only way to do that. Join Pastor Rick as he discusses the fundamental issue that causes our war with God and how to be at peace.

The Bible says you need to resist the devil by preparing for the temptation. Join Pastor Rick as he shows how to claim the promises of God so that you will have "a way out so that you can endure it" (1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV).

God has made a way for you to handle temptation—but don't go into it unprepared! In this message, Pastor Rick walks through the ways God has provided for you to defend yourself against temptation.

Too often we see the problem in our lives as something external, when in reality we need to do some serious self-evaluation. Pastor Rick teaches that the biblical path to freedom requires you to stop fixing the blame and start fixing the problem.

God is more interested in your character than your comfort. He's not going to give you things if you haven't yet learned the principle of contentment! In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand one of the greatest keys to being content.

Are you in financial need and waiting for God to help? Sometimes we can't see how God is working—but sometimes God is waiting on us. Pastor Rick talks in this message about one of the reasons people see so few miracles in their lives.

Do you endure your kids or do you enjoy them? The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 11:8, "People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live" (NCV). Join Pastor Rick as he shows you how to celebrate your kids.

Being more like Christ in your parenting means becoming a more compassionate person toward your kids—and everyone else! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to show compassion to your kids through the three ways they understand love.