Rick Manis Ministries Podcast

In Mark 4:26 Jesus is telling how it is with the Kingdom of God. "For the earth yields crops by itself, first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head." This is the parable of the growing seed. Everything you need is already there. The fruit of the Spirit is automatic. When you don't know that, you go up into your head and try to work it yourself. Your flesh w...

In Luke 5:1-8, Peter responds to Jesus just as Adam had in the Garden, by drawing away from Him. "Depart from me, I'm a sinful man," says Peter. Adam hid. Sin consciousness causes us to pull away from God. We feel unworthy. We misunderstand His heart towards us. God knows good and evil, but He does not operate under that system. He operates in love. Love is above good and evil. It i...

Sin consciousness makes life hard. God's plan of salvation gives us rest and ease amidst the trials and tribulations of life. A clear word will take it off of you and put it all on Jesus. He takes away all need/lust for self-provision. It was prophesied that God would sweep away our refuge of lies (living with the lie of self-provision), which He did in Jesus. Man will never be able to produc...

What happened between Friday and Sunday? Between Jesus' death and resurrection? The judgement happened. The judgement has been made and you were acquitted, found not guilty. Because of our justification, He rose from the dead. The resurrection was the sign of power that the justification was complete. It was evidence of victory. We, too, rose from death to life with Him. Now it is time to rem...

The bible says sin is the transgression of the law. It’s choices people make that hurts themselves and/or others. Sin kills. Jesus came to deliver us from sin, by giving us His life. James 1:14 says when a person is tempted, he/she is not tempted by God. Rather they are tempted by something inside them - lust. Knowing the unlimited love of God will produce fullness inside a person, which is the an...

John 15: Jesus is the true vine, we are the branches. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil brings death. Dead branches come from that tree. Apart from God we can do nothing (lasting or life-giving). Jesus came to give us LIFE and life abundant. He is the Tree of Life. We are grafted in (an unfruitful branch is grafted into the life-giving vine) so that we have HIS life flowing through us, pr...

Even if we are under grace, aren't we supposed to do certain things in obedience that show God we are serious about Him (and show others we are serious about God)? Bringing in mixture to do certain things adds sin consciousness. This takes our focus off of Jesus and onto ourselves. We judge ourselves to see if we are pleasing to God or if we are fruitful. These things are good but in the book...

You can see the story of God's love for you all over the Bible if you read it with righteousness consciousness rather than with sin consciousness. Hear and receive the many facets of God's love for you found in scripture. Support the show

God has made us righteous. But what exactly is righteousness? Is it being good or being holy? Is it simply a legal standing? Man's inner search for righteousness has led to a feeling of something being missing, not being quite good enough. Man has dealt with this inner seeking in a few ways - just give up and indulge, try really hard to be good, or simply believe God is just a universal being...

Understanding the grace of God is a lot about receiving from God. The key to enjoying eternal life is knowing God is good. If you aren't convinced of His goodness, you will get tripped up on other things. Matthew 13:44-46 - Treasure in the field. We've always believed that was about us being sold out for God. If it's on us giving our all, it'll never be enough. If it's abo...

What we consider reality is what we see in the natural. That is why two people can have the same experience but have different realities. What we see in the natural is a result of sensory stimuli coming into your brain and your brain making sense of it. The brain is directing what your reality is. This brain is tissue that will one day decompose. Life is in the Spirit. Seeing in the Spirit is the...

At Christmas we are celebrating the fulfillment of a promise that had been made for thousands of years. A large number of good things are wrapped up in that perfect gift of Jesus. Ephesians 1:3 says that every spiritual blessing has been given us in Christ Jesus. Second Peter 1:3 says that God has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness through Christ Jesus. That includes abundance...

"Glory to God in the highest. And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" Luke 2:14. The Greek word "Irani" means "to join; wholeness, prosperity, union, oneness, completeness, health, wholeness, (shalom). Hebrews used "shalom" as a greeting coming and going - to bring opposites together. We have been brought together into oneness with God. If you start to feel pea...

If you are a child of God, you are an heir. You inherit the Kingdom of God. If you are in the flesh, you are foregoing your inheritance. If you are trying to live a good life in your own power, you are foregoing your own inheritance, which is LIFE, peace, flow, ease, essentially simply bearing the fruit of the Spirit. The manifestations of living out of flesh appear in Galatians 5:19-21. Preaching...

Reading Luke 17:5-19 in context, we can understand what Jesus was saying about casting the fig tree into the ocean and Mark 11:11-24 where he curses the fig tree. Faith of a mustard seed shows us we just need a little. But knowing and fully trusting (receiving) the gift of God's love for us makes a mustard seed of faith automatic. Faith operates through love. Support the show

When we see how Jesus was attracted to weakness, we learn something about the true heart of God. Looking at Hebrews 4:13, we see a scripture that, if taken out of context, could cause fear or confusion. Knowing how good God is and how He sees you in your weaknesses will make all the difference in living your life today. Support the show

This is a study on several scriptures that cause confusion for the new covenant believer by seeming to mix old covenant ideas with new covenant realities. Do you have to forgive others before God will forgive you? What did Jesus mean by Matthew 6:14-15? Nowhere does it say to repent of your "sins" in the new covenant. Is repentance more about changing your mind about Jesus and the Kingdo...

We've been taught the endgame in Christianity is to get the sin out of our lives so that we can become more Christlike, but when we look at Luke 4:17-21 in which Jesus announced his purpose, we see no mention of behavior change. He wanted to be with us. He wanted to fill us with his love - so we'd be full. No longer needing the selfishness and self-protection that causes sin. The work of...

Jesus brought us out of the storm of living according to the natural realm (subject to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil) and opened a door for us into the Kingdom of Heaven (subject to the Tree of Life). It is always open to us. We can have rest - peace, joy and righteousness in the Holy Spirit - even while a storm is rain all around us. Support the show

Becoming aware of God in the moment gives you the experience of knowing you are loved unconditionally and that everything you need you already have in Christ Jesus. It is not wishful thinking, it is a spiritual truth. God’s name is “I AM.” He is in the now, not in the past or the future. Colossians 1:9-16 Support the show

This is a valentines from God to us, reminding us not to reject the power of His love. This is the way to finding peace with God and with man. We are not looking for other ways to stop sin, we are effortlessly receiving the ability to operate in this life according to His Love (as Jesus did). Support the show