Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

There are many sides to gossip. Sometimes it's a sin. Other times it's not gossip at all. How you think about and respond to what others say about you will make all the difference in the world. Read More: https://rickthomas.net/gossip-when-someone-says-bad-things-about-you/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas....

One of the more intriguing oddities that our psychologized culture has foisted on our Christian communities is their way of thinking about and explaining the reasons why people do what people do. I'm speaking primarily about psychologized personality tests. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/personality-tests-like-psychological-selfies/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to...

Member Question – I’m trying to help a wife figure out what to do with her future. She’s working on her marriage but wants to be used by God in ministry. And she desires to make money. What advice do you have for me? Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/deadbeat-husband-wife-left-to-ponder-her-future/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supportin...

Submission is a hot topic in today's culture, but it's nothing new for the Christian. The Bible gives us guidelines on how to think about submitting to one another person, even unrepentant spouses. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/should-a-wife-submit-to-an-unrepentant-husband/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickth...

Future-predicting is easy to do. It's a remarkable gift that the Lord gives to any person who asks for it. With this ability comes the privilege and opportunity to change your future as well as serving your friends in doing the same. Read Here: Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or y...

Being a Christian is not all you need to have satisfying relationships if your Christianity does not connect you deeply with God and others. The Christian experience is spiritual first and functional second. If you're not connected spiritually, your function will be religion, and nothing more. Read Here: Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a sup...

Some people do not have a biblical worldview on the family. For them, the family is always number one regardless. The Bible teaches a different perspective. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/can-a-persons-family-become-an-idol/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a one...

Some individuals teach that you should forgive and forget. This teaching is correct within specific guidelines, but it can also be dangerous if you don't talk among friends about what you did wrong. Without community, you may repeat the sinful behavior. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/a-good-reason-to-remember-sin/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can...

Christianity is not rocket science. The Lord saves you, and it's a matter of deciding whether you want to live for Him. Are you living for Christ practically? Read More: https://rickthomas.net/dear-christian-are-you-a-christian/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a on...

Can God use sin sinlessly? Can God allow sinful things to happen to you? Can these sinful allowances be for your good? I think the answers to these questions are obvious. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/your-enemy-is-gods-kindness-to-you/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you c...

We don’t like thinking about our awfulness because we resist the biblical declaration that we’re rotten to the core (Isaiah 64:6). Only a person with a high view of himself would get hung up on his fallenness. Ironically, it is the acceptance of your wickedness that releases the fullest expressions of the gospel in you. Read More: https://rickthomas.net/the-joy-depleting-problem-of-being-reared-in...

Pity is a feeling of sorrow that you express toward someone who has suffered loss. Self-pity is when the person you are pitying is yourself. The self-pitying person looks at himself and feels sorry for himself because he realizes he has lost something that he wants back. Maybe the self-pitying person has done something that he regrets, or he does not like the kind of person that he has become. Rea...

Death. Look at that word. Say it out loud. There is nothing happy about the word. It is gray, dark, sad, and hopeless. It is unflinching and unyielding. It makes no apologies. It is the point of no return. It is the end of the road. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/surviving-suicide-when-left-standing-at-the-end-of-the-road-alone/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the...

Spiritual abuse is a broad category in that it can encompass many different kinds of relationships, contexts, and situations. Wherever there is a two-tiered system of leaders and followers, spiritual abuse can happen. Read Here: Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a on...

The progression from pain to purpose begins with God-centered thinking that elevates God over the suffering, which is the opposite of a problem-centered worldview. The perspective is the sufferers greatest challenge. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/a-progression-from-pain-to-purpose/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here...

Some of the unsung heroes in the Christian community are foster parents. One of the most beautiful pictures of the gospel you’ll see are parents laying themselves on the line for the sake of a helpless child. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/foster-children-the-forgotten-victims-of-abuse/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member...

Someone once said a rut is like a coffin with both ends knocked out. I’ve been in one of those coffin-like ruts. It’s an awful place to find yourself. My "rut" lasted nearly a decade. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/four-people-types-who-get-stuck-in-a-rut-and-cant-get-out/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthoma...

When my life does not go the way I hoped, it is easy for me to disengage and become discouraged. These are the moments when it is imperative I remind myself that when things are not working out the way I hoped, the Lord still loves and cares for me. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/god-is-an-extravagant-lover-especially-in-your-suffering/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free conten...

It takes grace, courage, faith, humility, patience, and a passion for wanting to grow in your walk with God. And though it's counterintuitive, suffering is one of the primary means the Lord uses to mature us. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/episode-31-abuse-suffering-and-other-painful-disappointments/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supp...

When trouble comes, what do you do? When conflict happens, how do you respond? Let's face it; turmoil is part of all lives. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/how-to-argue-well-with-others/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a one-time or recurring donation(s) here ric...

Emotional abuse is real and painful. If ongoing, it can have a detrimental effect on your body and soul. Understanding emotional trauma biblically is vital Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/emotional-abuse-its-origins-its-cure/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a one...

Sometimes God is provocative in how He responds to us. The degree of provocation or outrage from us is proportional to our understanding of Him and His good desires for us. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/you-are-suffering-and-i-am-glad/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you ca...

It is crucial to accurately recognize how God is working in you during times of suffering. There is a greater temptation to see the pain in your life as something happening to you, rather resting in a great God who is doing something in you. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/why-we-should-embrace-the-crucible-of-suffering/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? Y...

I’m 18-years old and have been thinking about becoming a biblical counselor. I love the Lord and would like to serve Him in some capacity. I also love the idea of counseling. What would you suggest for a person like me? Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/10-things-to-consider-if-you-want-to-be-a-counselor/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a su...

You probably won’t find a guy at the bookstore looking for a book on how to get a girl. Why? It's not necessary: we all know. Here's your dating advice. Read Here: https://rickthomas.net/great-advice-date-your-wife-forever/ Will you help us so we can continue to provide free content to the world? You can become a supporting member here rickthomas.net/recurring-membership/ Or you can make a one-tim...