Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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.