Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

Living in God's kingdom means you make God's agenda your agenda. In this message, Pastor Rick reveals the areas in our lives where we need to put God first.

When temptation comes, you must turn your attention elsewhere. Willpower isn't enough to avoid it. You also need an accountability partner. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to share steps you can take to avoid giving in to your temptations.

Because temptation always starts inside of you, you need to learn to guard your heart and pray for deliverance. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick will help you to do a heart check-up when you want to get serious about overcoming temptation.

Certain things in life make us more vulnerable to temptation than others. Join Pastor Rick as he helps us identify the many factors that lead to temptation and how God wants to help you make a plan to avoid them.

God's grace is the solution to bitterness. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and learn how the grace of God gives you the power you need to forgive others, knowing that you also need forgiveness every day.

You need to forgive others because God has forgiven you, and holding onto resentment only hurts you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what it means to experience God's forgiveness so that you can be quick to forgive those around you.

Not only does God want you to repent of your sins, he also wants you to receive his forgiveness, reveal your faults to a trusted friend, and repeat the prayer of cleansing regularly. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the freedom that comes from believing in God's grace and mercy and leaning on others for healing.

God wants to heal your life, but the greatest holdup to your hang-up is you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick points out critical steps to take in connecting with God: repentance and restitution.

True liberation and joy come when you review every area of your life and repent of your sins. In this message, Pastor Rick shares steps you can take to do a personal assessment and turn toward God and his grace.

When you depend on God to provide for you, he empowers you to share whatever he gives you with others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick encourages you to respond to God's generosity by being generous with others.

The first steps toward dependence on God are seeing him as your source and trusting him for today. Find out more in today's message by Pastor Rick, and discover what it means to rely on God to meet your every need, remembering that "[he] will keep in perfect peace all who trust in [him]" (Isaiah 26:3 NLT).

Surrendering to Jesus means laying down our plans and leaving the future to God, which is possible when we keep our eyes on him. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why we can trust God with our entire lives, no what matter happens.

Every day you must decide who's going to be in control of your life—you or God. After that you must learn to be content. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages you to pray, "God, I'm giving up control to you," and reveals how true contentment comes from relying on Jesus for strength.

Our problems are often beyond our ability to handle, but they're not beyond God's ability. He promises to be near to all who call on him. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages us to connect with our competent heavenly Father and discover just how close he really is!

When everything changes around us, it's reassuring to know that God never changes. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick reminds us that God is a consistent Father and worthy of our trust.

God loves you more than you will ever know or understand. Join Pastor Rick as he talks about the peace that comes from staying connected to God—our caring Father.

In the same way a disconnected branch can't bear fruit, a person disconnected from God and other believers will struggle to be spiritually fruitful. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how staying connected to Jesus—the Vine—will transform your life and how the church body—your spiritual family—keeps you connected as well.

Much like buildings need support systems to withstand strong winds and earthquakes, we need the support of God and others to hold us up, especially during life's difficulties. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages us to stay connected to God and to one another.

How do you handle guilt from your past? How can you smile when your heart's been broken and filled with pain? You stand firm and watch the Lord work on your behalf. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to share steps for rebuilding your life when you've lost everything.

No one can take away your relationship with Jesus. No matter what you lose, you're not devastated because your security is in something that lasts forever. Join Pastor Rick as he shares steps for rebuilding your life when you've lost it all.

In this message, Pastor Rick explores how to break free from a rushed life and focus on what truly matters—finding more joy and less stress. He shares simple but powerful changes you can make to help you trust God's timing.

Pastor Rick continues to teach about the counter-cultural changes you need to make in order to slow down your life. One of those changes is to prioritize rest. Another is to pause to pray before you make any major decision. And then you need to trust in God's timing.

If you're serious about slowing down your life, you need to make several counter-cultural changes. In this message, you'll discover the importance of learning how to be content and how to listen before you speak.

Another step toward lightening your load is learning to trust Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why sharing the "yoke" with Jesus will lead you to rest.

The first step toward lightening your load is to bring your stress to Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why Jesus calls you to bring all your burdens to him and then give up control, trusting him to help you.