Dr. Jim Richards

Where are you, God? Why am I not seeing the results that God has promised? There is something limiting God in our life situation. When we are not seeing results, we need to sort out what is really going on. Approaching God from a perspective that says we’re not sure if this is true or not, is to put Him on trial. Most of the time when we put God on trial, we have already decided He is not true. Ev...

The number one limitation we place on God is that we don’t believe how good He is. Living our dreams is not just about getting God to hand us something; He wants us to be the person that can live the kind of life we want. That starts in the heart through biblical transformation. Our life should be about BEING and HAVING, not becoming and getting, which is the ultimate limiting factor. God rules in...

The Bible tells us one of the most important tools for making our life work just as God promised is the renewing of our mind! When we renew our mind with what God says in our heart, what we think and feel will all come into agreement. When our heart and mind are in agreement, there is no doubt, no wavering just immovable faith! Discover power keys to renewing your mind by harmonizing with God in y...

God is a heart God and under the New Covenant He promises to meet you in your heart. The problem is we have been taught to meet God in our mind. Instead of hearing the voice of God in our heart we think the voice of our intellect is God talking to us. That's the reason so many of our endeavors fail. God always wants to lead you away from lack and into righteousness. The key is do you know the diff...

Truth only works when it is in our hearts. The problem is, we have spent a life-time writing negative destructive lies on our hearts about who we are, what we can do and how God sees us. When you know how to write God's truth on your heart, you can change anything about your life. When truth is written on your heart the bible says it will protect you when you sleep, it will guide you where you sho...

All too often our plans for health, happiness, success and even godliness seem to reach a boundary and all of our good intentions fall to the ground. Most of us fight that battle over and over again and then give up. But I've got great news for you! You can win this battle and break the pattern. In this week's program, I will show you how to move past the invisible boundaries to the fulfillment of...

God looks on the heart not the outward appearance. David and Saul were both kings of Israel who had deep personal failings in their life. Saul was rejected as King and David was established as king. What was the difference? David was a man after God's own heart! There may be many things in your life that are not as they should be, but the most important question is this, "Are you after the heart o...

Nearly every believer longs to recover their first love and first passion. They yearn for the days when their hearts were on fire with a vibrant sense of God’s presence. Just as the priests worked daily to sustain the fire on the altar, there are things we can do to keep the fire alive in our hearts. Join Abi Lopez and me this week as we discuss practical ways to keep the fire burning!

The Hebrew word translated as desire pictures a fish hook! Like a fish who has taken the bait and swallowed the hook, we can be reeled in any direction. That can work for us or against us. Righteousness can be a desire. When we hunger and thirst for righteousness, we are “hooked.” God gave us the capacity for desire. He wants us to use it for our good and not our destruction. Join me this week in...

Life without passion is like eating food with no taste… boring! We are constantly motivated when we have a passionate purpose for our lives. Every day seems like an adventure. If you’ve struggled to keep your passion alive, I want to share some insights that will help you. Join me this week for a message I call ”Fire In My Bones.” It’ll help you keep your fire for God, or rekindle it if the flame...

We have been told that Jesus’ parables are nothing more than allegories, but that’s not what He said. He said the parables are the mysteries of the Kingdom presented in ways that only those who have a heart for it can grasp them! The parables are the most revealing teaching in the Scripture about how people who are following Jesus will live. In the parables, He reveals one of the primary reasons p...

Why do so many believers lose their passion for the things of God? I am forever seeing people’s social media posts blaming the Church for this pervasive “spiritual affliction.” But, rather than finding the people we will blame, I want to find the solution. Who cares why we cool off? I care about how we can reignite the fire that once burned brightly in our hearts or help those who have never had a...

We know everything in the Old Testament was written for the benefit of New Covenant believers. Everything we want to know about Jesus and the New Covenant is revealed in the Old Testament. This is where the Apostle Paul received his incredible revelation of what we have in Christ! The Old Testament temple is a type of the New Covenant believer: spirit, soul, and body. Knowing how the temple was sa...

No one has ever become happy by finding happiness. The happiest people on earth are those who are grateful. Gratitude is a choice. We become grateful when we choose to notice the good things in our lives. Unless we express gratitude to others, it never accomplishes in us or others what we desire. Join me this week as I share tips and tools about how to step into another realm of life where all you...

Jesus extended every believer the invitation to be more than servants. This doesn’t mean we cease to be servants; it means we become more than servants. As children, heirs, disciples, and ambassadors, we will always be servants. But as friends, we get to enjoy a level of personal interaction unheard of by mere slaves. One of the key promises to those who become friends is the opportunity for God t...

God showed His ways to Moses. Why? Because Moses wanted to know Him. He wanted to know His character. He wanted to know what to expect! He wanted to know that He was actually following God instead of some religious perversion based on the pagan influences of his childhood. Psalm 103:7, says, He made known His ways to Moses. The word “ways” implies that God would show Him things that He does in a w...

The Bible tells us that we are the temple of God, and the Holy Spirit dwells within us. The word “dwell” is more than simply being present. It means to take up an abode, to occupy or live as in a home! The Old Testament temple was a type of the true temple, which is our inner man. We can enter the secret place and meet personally with God. Join me this week as we explore the process of entering in...

God has such incredible things prepared for those who believe on Jesus that it can’t be put into words. The Apostle Paul said, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." Any attempt to intellectually describe what God has in mind for us requires us to reduce that which is indescribable to the limits of our fin...

Jesus did pray for the sick; He spoke to them and healed them. He didn’t pray for demons to come out. He spoke to them, and they obeyed. When He raised the dead, He didn’t ask God to do anything; He simply called them forth. In John 14:12, He said we could do everything He did and even greater things! Maybe we don't live that scripture because we want to do the things He did but not the way He tau...

When many of us came to Jesus, we expected to find the Jesus of the Bible, who has never changed. We want to know this supernatural God through whom all things were possible. Sadly, our family, friends, and even our church did all they could to lessen our expectations to protect us from disappointment. But I am telling you the God of the Bible can be found; He seeks to make Himself known. When we...

God wants to be the protector and guide for you and your family. All He needs is a person who is willing and ready to step into the Family Priesthood. It can be the dad, the mom, or even the children. God will use the one who sets themselves apart unto Him! In fact, God will use everyone in the family to be the Watchman, to hear and share His wisdom and direction with the family. Join me this week...

Throughout Scripture, we see situations where God protected entire families because of His relationship with one family member. In the Book of Acts, God saves the lives of an entire boat full of people just because the Apostle Paul is onboard. Then, in Corinthians, He tells us of a supernatural effect we can have on the life of an unbelieving spouse. Join me this week in CyberChurch as we explore...

A breach is a break in our fortification. It is a place where we are vulnerable. There are few situations that make us more vulnerable than our relationship with our family. And there are few places where we have as deep of an emotional need for loving connection as our family. God has called us to be the repairer of the breach. Join me for this week's CyberChurch message, Heal the Breach in Your...

What does it mean when we say the law is fulfilled? It seems everyone has their own definition of that word! But if we say our dreams have been fulfilled, we understand it means they have finally arrived, we are enjoying them to the fullest. God had a dream when He gave the law. It wasn’t to enslave us to bondage and legalism. It was to set us free from the destructive power of sin and death and u...

We all know the letter kills, but the Spirit is life. We talk about being in the Spirit. Jesus even stated that His Words were Spirit and life. We all have some vague idea of what that means, but I don’t know if I’ve ever heard anything that made that terminology meaningful to my life. One thing we do know is; if the law is just the letter, it kills, but if the law is of the Spirit, it gives. But...