Dr. Jim Richards

In everything God tells us to do, He actually provides the process and the power to accomplish them. Our responsibility is to believe Him and choose to follow His instructions. The Bible tells us to “Be Strong in the Lord and the power of His might.” What would you do to follow His mandate? Few people actually know what they would do to be strong in God and His power! Since God instructed us to do...

In 30 years of pastoring and 49 years of ministry, I cannot recall how many people have expressed the frustration of feeling they had no idea what God wanted them to do. Many who had a sense of destiny felt desperation because they knew what to do but didn’t feel capable of doing it. Religion has made us believe discovering God’s will for our life results from vague spiritual quests. They think it...

God has called every believer to make the same journey: come out of the world’s system and discover Heaven on Earth! The Israelites modeled this journey when they left Egypt and went forth to Canaan. Egypt represents the world; Canaan represents the Kingdom of Heaven! The Israelites had never been to Canaan; they didn’t know where it was; they didn’t know how to get there, and they had no map! Lik...

The Kingdom of God is a mystery. It is not, however, hidden by God. Our own beliefs and opinions hide it. According to John 3:3, when we are born again, we gain the ability to see or perceive the kingdom. According to Jesus, the Kingdom can not be perceived, understood, or entered by anything external. It is an inward phenomenon, i.e., via the heart! When our self-worth is not rooted in our heart...

In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus said, "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” He wasn’t teaching about how to enter salvation, He was teaching about entering the realm of the Kingdom wherein we experience a...

The Bible says Jesus preached the parables of the Kingdom, then He ministered healing and deliverance to those in need! Many people have asked, “why don’t we get the same result as Jesus from our preaching and believing?” There are many possibilities that can be considered when answering such questions. Based on the law of the seed, the one determining factor of the fruit we produce is the seed we...

The Kingdom of God is a realm to which all believers are called. The journey into this realm is the process by which God equips us for everything we will face in our walk with God. The person who makes this journey will be equipped to win every battle! Once we enter the Kingdom Realm, we experience God’s provision and protection. From this abundant life, we live free from the cares of the world! E...

I have great news for you and a little bad news. The great news is that the Bible says, “Seek and you shall find.” The bad news is - what if we’re seeking the wrong things? What if we’re seeking things that bring chaos and destruction into our lives, hurt our marriage, and corrupt our children? Nobody would admit to it, however, we do often seek incredibly destructive things thinking if we can get...

One of the most powerful tools we can employ to dramatically change our lives is meditation. The Bible mentions meditation dozens of times; Jesus explains that unless we meditate on the Word of God we hear, it brings us no benefit. Yet, the majority of believers have no idea what He is talking about. Many believers insist they don’t meditate, but the truth is every person meditates. Sadly, we tend...

It’s incredible the number of people who have come to me as a pastor or counselor and said, “I just want to start over. I’ve made such a mess of it. I’m sick of it. I’ve made so many mistakes and so many things are going wrong. I don’t know how I’ll ever have a life or future.” Sadly, most people believe their past is who they are, and they’re tormented and driven by it. It’s become their identity...

Our identity is, in large part, based on our memories. We tend to believe we are the sum-total of our life’s experiences. But God has never wanted you to be a slave to your past. We think we are what we have experienced. In this week’s CyberChurch message, I talk to you about choosing and changing your memories. God tells you what is important to remember and how it will benefit your life. Join me...

Religion has duped us into believing only those with a prophetic gift can help us foresee and prepare for what is coming in the future. The truth is, God has provided a way we can always know what He will do in any (especially in significant world-changing) events. I want you to discover how you can see, know, and prepare! In this week's Impact CyberChurch program, I share The Power of Remembering...

It’s amazing how many believers are intimidated by what we think is science. It’s also amazing how many references are made to something being scientific or coming from scientific research when, in fact, it’s nothing but someone’s opinion and has never been proven. I remember the first attempt by a preacher to convince me that the idea of extraterrestrials was presented in the Bible. I looked up t...

"The Bible tells us that there is a way we can have patience when we face trials and tribulations, particularly the type of tribulations that will be coming in the not-too-distant future. “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword, and here is the patience of the saints” (Revelation 13:10...

Every professional knows the 80/20 rule: twenty percent of your effort produces eighty percent of your results. Sadly, in business, relationships, and our walk with God, we put eighty percent of our effort in the wrong place. Consequently, we work very diligently at eighty percent of our effort to get only twenty percent of the desired outcome. There are few things as discouraging as working reall...

Every reason we could ever come up with to be afraid of the devil is a religious lie that is holding us captive and keeping us from being who we really are in Jesus. To understand what’s happening in the world right now, it is crucial that we understand what happened with Lucifer in ancient history. If we don’t understand the battles and struggles that have taken place in the past, we will not und...

For decades we have been deceived. It starts with the methods for dating fossils and the universe. The Old Universe theory stands in stark opposition to the biblical record. In fact, the only reason these incredibly unreliable methods are used is that they oppose the Bible. Even though we have biblical accounts and written records from ancient civilizations globally, we are still told we don’t kno...

The Bible says that we as believers should understand the strategies of the wicked one. Unfortunately, many of us don’t. We think Satan is more powerful than he is. But he really has no authority. The only way he can implement his desires is by tricking human beings into believing his ways are better than God’s ways and exercising their authority on Planet Earth. In this week’s CyberChurch message...

The Bible teaches us that we can’t fully understand a truth until we know how it began. When we know how something began, we can understand exactly what is happening and why. Then, we can have confidence in how it will end. Sadly, many Christians are like the person who walks into a mystery movie when it’s halfway over. They missed the beginning; therefore, they don’t understand the plot, the play...

Who built the pyramids and other megalithic structures around the world? What was their purpose? How were the ancients able to calculate the position of individual stars and constellations without computers or telescopes? How did they know scientific facts thousands of years before modern science? How were pyramids, temples, and other megalithic structures erected more precisely than anything we c...

I want to help you understand and exercise your greatest freedom! The greatest freedom we should protect at all costs is our freedom to choose. The very first thing God says about man is that we are created in His likeness and image. He is saying, “You’re like me.” Since we are created in God's likeness and image, and He gave us dominion over Planet Earth, Planet Earth and our lives become what we...

What would you do if you suddenly become debt-free? Studies show that most people who win the lottery or suddenly become debt-free without earning it are usually completely broke within just a few years—many in worse financial condition than before. When someone becomes debt-free without developing good character, self-control, or wise spending habits, all they have are more resources to destroy t...

The Bible teaches us that we can always triumph, overcome, and have victory no matter what we face. The way we walk out of or into anything in the kingdom of God is all the same, whether in health, money, ministry, or relationship. The rules don’t change because things become challenging. We don’t need anything new or different. Jesus is always enough. True freedom, according to the Word of God, i...

When facing challenges or critical situations, the questions we begin to ask ourselves, God, or others will very probably cause us to lose or postpone the very victory we are seeking. Asking destructive questions always leads to destructive answers. Destructive answers always lead to destructive behavior. In other words, if we ask the wrong questions, we always get the wrong answers, then we end u...

No matter what is going on in the world around us, no matter what challenges we face, there’s always going to be much more grace, much more power and strength of God working in us to prevail than is working against us. “...But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” (Romans 5:20). The world around us may be getting darker, but God’s light can light our way through the darkness. God is stil...