Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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.