Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

Sometimes God will call you to make a sacrifice—through your money, time, or talent—and you may want to say, "I don't feel like it." Pastor Rick teaches in this message why it's so important for you to plant by faith and not by your feelings.

The first law of the harvest is this: Everything starts as a seed. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains what the seeds are in your life and why you need to work hard to plant seeds of trust, kindness, and encouragement in your relationships.

While you're running the race of life, it's easy to get sidelined, but Jesus wants you to make it to the finish line and win the prize. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the three things you can learn from an athlete about being the best you can be.

The Bible says, "Do your best to improve your faith" (2 Peter 1:5 CEV). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick walks through three things you can learn from a soldier so you can give your best to God.

How do you know if you are living for your dream or God's dream? In this message, Pastor Rick talks about why you need to ask God to give you his dream for your life so you can be part of his vast and eternal story.

Most people don't imagine doing big things because they're afraid of failure, and doubt and fear often neutralize what God wants to do in their lives. Pastor Rick explains in this message how to let your imagination be governed by faith, not fear.

The Bible says you need to focus on the things that will last—the things you can't see with your eyes. So how do you focus on things you can't see? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why your imagination is essential to living by faith.

When you believe in Jesus Christ, you are guaranteed eternal life. Jesus' resurrection changed everything! In this message, Pastor Rick walks through the three things the resurrection proved and how you can take advantage of the most important benefit of believing in Jesus.

You cannot fulfill your purpose in life without being plugged into God's power. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to get God's strength for your life so you're not worn out all the time.

Today so many people are confused about who they are and why they're here because they're looking in the wrong places. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares the one thing that will help you know what your purpose in life is.

God is not sweating your unsolvable problem. He knows the solution to your problem before you even recognize it's a problem! Pastor Rick explains in this message why you need to give God whatever you have—your "five loaves and two fish"—even if you don't think it amounts to much.

Faith doesn't always take you out of the problem. But faith always takes you through the problem! In this message, Pastor Rick explains why resilience is one of the most important characteristics you need in life and how it's connected to your faith.

If you study the Bible and history, you find that every time God moves on earth and does a miracle, it's because somebody believed. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how your faith can move mountains and open the door to miracles in your life.

This life is not all there is. And when life isn't going the way you planned or wanted, you need to focus on the things that will last for eternity. Pastor Rick continues to teach in this broadcast what to do when things don't go your way and how Jonah shows us that the greatest use of our lives is to invest in what can never lose.

What's so great about God's goodness? Just look at Jonah, who ran from God and rejected his mission and thought he knew better—and God still showed his goodness to Jonah and brought him back into his good plan. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick helps you understand why you can rest and trust in God's goodness when things seem out of control.

God sees the big picture—the past, present, and future all at the same time—and that should be a great comfort as you pursue God's mission for your life. Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he teaches how to trust God when things don't go your way instead of clinging to your limited understanding.

Warning, warning! Those words may get your heart racing, but when God gives you a warning, it's a good sign! It means he still trusts you with your life mission. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why it's critical to obey God right away when he gives you a second chance and how God wants to use you, no matter who you are or what you've done.

We know that God's plan is always the better way to go—and we still choose our own way sometimes. But no matter how your circumstances have changed since you stopped following God's plan, your life mission never changes. Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he looks at Jonah's example of returning to the mission God created us to complete.

Do you ever wish you could get another chance at something? When God gives you a second chance to get on track with your mission, you need to respond with gratitude and obedience. Pastor Rick shares in this broadcast why you need to use your second chance to make God's mission the top priority in your life.

God always responds to faith. When you look at the life of Jonah, it's amazing to see what God did through him when he finally decided to submit to God's plan, even though he didn't understand it. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast about what to do when you feel hopeless and why you need to take a step a faith and thank God in advance for what he will do through you.

Do you ever want to just cry out to God and tell him how hard life is? God wants to hear it! He wants you to look to him and tell him how you're struggling while you're pursuing your mission. Pastor Rick helps you understand in this broadcast how God cares about your pain and is ready to restore your hope.

When you feel hopeless, it's easy to focus on your circumstances. That's when you need to remember this: No matter what is changing around you, you can always count on God's unchanging goodness and faithfulness. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach a biblical response to feelings of hopelessness so you can continue in your mission.

Jonah didn't want to follow God's mission for him and go on a long journey to preach to Israel's enemies. But Jonah also found out that the longer you run from your mission, the worse the storm is going to get. Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he shows you how to stop running from God and accept and follow God's mission for you.

When you run from God's mission for your life, there will always be consequences. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick continues to look at the book of Jonah and shows you why, even though your life mission may be scary at first, it is always better to take a step of faith and follow God's plan.

If you want to know God's mission, then you have to get in the Bible. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why you need God's wisdom when you face the storms that come with your mission. You'll learn the ways God speaks to you to reveal his mission for you and keep you on the right path in the middle of the storm.