Rick Manis Ministries Podcast

When you find your identity in Jesus you become who you were always meant to be. When Simon identified Jesus as the Christ, he became Peter. When Saul recognized Jesus on the road to Damascus, he became Paul. Our identity as a new creation is integral to living our life in freedom and confidence.  Support the show

Organic speaks of relationship, which comes out of a real, live, personal union with God, that effects change. He is the pure, the living, the true vine (see John 15). GMO is a genetically modified organism. This is what we get when religion takes a pure gospel and modifies it in order to "help" the Christian become a better human. But in doing so, it actually has a harmful, long-term si...

The mystery of Christ in us. Emmanuel, God with us. Oneness. All because of love, we were made alive together with Him. We were raised up together with Him. We were made to sit together with Him in heavenly places. We are together with Him in a way that is not just in the same vicinity or beside Him, we have been made as one with Him. As we enjoy being together with Him, we get to know Him, we tak...

3 John 1: Beloved, I wish above all things that you would prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. Support the show

God has blessed us with every spiritual gift in Jesus. In our Christmas message this year, we open the many gifts included in the big gift of Jesus. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, SO THAT WE MIGHT KNOW the things that have been FREELY given us by God (see 1 Corinthians 2:12). Support the show

Without God it is impossible to please God (see Hebrews 11). Faith means to be persuaded or convinced. Are we convinced that God is good, that God loves you without condition and that God cares? In the Bible, the overall picture we see is of God's grace, goodness and love. But what about scriptures that seem to say the opposite? In Isaiah 45:7 it appears to say that God created darkness and e...

We are the city of the living God. You are a new creation. You have the Spirit. You live in the Spirit. You walk in the Spirit. You are empowered by the Spirit. You have a new life in Jesus. Flesh produces flesh, but the Spirit produces LIFE. There is a world of difference between the two.  Support the show

Come out of that mindset that you are "not there yet." Come out of the belief that you do not have enough. Come out of the mindset that there is something more that Jesus will do beyond what He has already done. He has done it all. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. There will be no new sacrifice. But you will grow in what you already have by acknowledging all the good things t...

Titus 1-3 The difference of godly living that comes from trying through fleshly pressure or from resting/receiving through spiritual faith. Trying to inspire the flesh doesn't work because the debt is too big. You find that no matter what you do, it is never enough. It is the kindness of God, the love of God that compels us. Support the show

Matthew 18:21-35 Is our relationship with God based on debt? Is there something we still owe? Something we are required to pay? Or do we have a relationship with the Father based on a payment He made on our behalf? Do we acknowledge and live as though our debt has been paid? An extravagant payment has been paid. If our relationship is based on that free gift, then what is the limit to that grace?...

In Genesis 48:13-20, we see Israel bless the second-born, Ephraim (meaning abundance of fruit), with his right hand, which would usually be reserved for the first born, who was Manassah (meaning to forget). In the carnal world, we operate from lack, wanting to get rid of what's wrong first, but in the Kingdom. we receive His fruitfulness first and the lack is taken care of with that abundance...

We look on things that are unseen rather than the things that are seen (2 Corinthians 4:16). Things that are seen were created by the unseen (the eternal). Creation was made good from God who is bigger, larger, eternal. What is seen in the physical is temporal (temporary, within time, and small). The world considers reality to be what is seen, felt, heard, etc. It's based on the physical sens...

Jesus taught us (and showed us) what gracious living looks like. As God is merciful to the unjust, we are merciful. He is good to those who are not good to Him. He died a death that included all those who were enemies of His. The gracious life begins with an awareness of how good, gracious and loving God is. Without that awareness, your graciousness towards others will be limited. A gracious life...

The message of the Cross is foolishness to those with a carnal mind. Jesus didn't come and lead us into military victory or restore Israel's greatness as has been done in Solomon's time. He didn't do what most people in their natural senses would have expected a Messiah to do. Instead, he was crucified. We're preaching one who was killed, didn't live long, was hung in...

There is a difference between living according to the world system (working for it, in awe of it, intimidated by it; even religion is part of the the world system which relies on man's flesh to work for it) and living according to a relationship with Someone who loves me. To illustrates what this looks like in my life, how you live in this reality, Judi asks some poignant questions that are o...

Knowing God is not the same as knowing about God. Know the person of God who loves you infinitely, who is good to you, who joined with you in death to bring you out and into LIFE with Him. We thought His agenda was to get all the sin out of our life. But really, He just wanted to be with you (He knows the sin will dissipate as you are with Him). He wanted a bride. "So that where I am, you can...

Paul defines the difference between walking in the Spirit and walking in the flesh (carnality) particularly in Romans 6. It is the method by which we deal with sin in our lives, whether relying on Jesus or on ourselves. In the flesh, we can never please God. You cannot ever accomplish even the most sincere efforts to rid yourself of sin. You can't please God by trying to be good because it is...

The struggle of Romans 7 illustrates a frustration many Christians feel. They want to do "right" but find themselves doing the very thing that they don't want to do. Then they feel shame, frustration and fear. They are acting as a slave to sin. By trying in their flesh to do better they present themselves as slaves to sin trying to get better. They are starting from the wrong premis...

The old paradigm of being on the Potter's wheel, being broken and molded into something better is not accurate for the new creation. If we are crucified with Christ, the old man is dead, not being made into something better. Now are we the Sons of God. As He is so are we in the world. It's not a process. It's a present reality. We grow in the awareness of it, but we are not being ma...

The destruction of the temple in Jerusalem was prophesied about throughout the Old Testament. Hebrews 8 says the Old was ready to vanish away to make room for the New. The system of Jewish rituals and sacrifices was destroyed the day the temple came down. Now there is a new temple - us! We are the new temple of God. Jesus did spend quite a bit of time warning the Jewish people of the coming destru...

We know that sometimes the media uses "sound bites" taken out of context to create a bigger picture that is false. This is also how a lot of us get confused with scripture. We take a verse (sound bite), totally ignorant of context, and create a picture that is false. Context (when, who, why) makes scripture so easy to understand. In this message, Rick clarifies come of the suffering and...

How does the love of God stop a person from sinning? When the heart is so full of love, there is no need for selfishness (which is what causes sin). The Fullness Gospel is all about relationship. You'll know the Father by His goodness. There were two trees in the garden. Adam and Eve thought knowing good and evil would be helpful. They could just avoid evil and do good. But even doing the goo...

God has put eternity in our hearts. We carry eternal life within us. It is undiminishable life. This is something He freely gives to us. It's not hard, it doesn't need to be a struggle. It is righteousness that comes by faith. In the Bible we see examples of trumpets that grow louder and louder, not running out of air as they do in the natural world. We see fire that never burns out (the...

We, as believers, are on the high way, not the low way. The reason Sampson was fighting the Lion in the Valley of Timna was because he was int he vineyard, a place he was to supposed to be. The carnal realm has lions. Spiritual warfare is good for those still operating in that realm. When you realize where you really are, where you've been translated to, you'll realize there are no lions...

God is eternal and undiminishable life. He has imparted to us His Spirit. This is your superpower. You've been translated into the eternal reality and this is where your experience of heave is even amidst the natural world today. We have received the Spirit of God so that we would know the things freely given to us (all that was included in our salvation). The carnal mind does not receive the...