Rick Hughes Ministries

The FLOT Line Show

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Welcome to The FLOT Line, with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you will be inspired, motivated, and educated, but never manipulated. FLOT is an acronym for Forward Line of Troops. The show teaches principles from the Bible and focuses on God’s 10 unique problem-solving devices. If you choose to learn and apply them, they will act as a main line of resistance in your soul, a FLOT line, preventing the outside sources of adversity from becoming the inside pressure of stress in your soul. The intent is to give you information to help you identify the plan of God for your life.

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Rick Hughes Ministries

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Jul 7, 2026

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How to Handle Criminal Adversity (2019) 12.04.2025

Often these types of crimes are committed by those we love and trust. A principle: never do business at church. “Do not fret because of the evildoers” (Ps 37:1). Use your 10 problem-solving devices and let the Lord handle the issue. God knows exactly what’s going on. “The eyes of the Lord are in every place watching the evil and the good” (Prov 15:3). You can count on the justice of God. The Lord...

Heaven's Gate (2019) 11.04.2025

Only those who go through the gate of Jesus Christ, faith alone in Christ alone, will be in heaven. Jesus Christ is the gate. He is the way. He is the truth. He is life. “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord will enter into the kingdom of heaven; but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven” (Matt 7:21). “This is the will of the One who sent Me, that you believe in Me whom H...

How to Live Even if You Die (2019) 10.04.2025

We all must die. You can’t take this body to heaven; it won’t work there. You need a resurrection body. When you die, your body will go to the grave, and your soul and spirit will go straight to heaven. “The eye has not seen nor has the ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, the things God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Cor 2:9). Jesus Christ loves you. He died for you. He t...

The Best Friend You've Never Met (2019) 09.04.2025

A man you never met gave His life for you. Over 2000 years ago God the Father had you in mind. He knew you would exist and need redemption. He gave His anointed Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as your Redeemer. “Even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father and I lay down My life for the sheep” (John 10:15). Christ gave His life for you and for me. When you believe in Jesus Christ you are guarante...

Why Prayers May Not Be Answered (2019) 07.04.2025

As a Christian, you have direct access to the heavenly throne of God. But your prayers may not be getting through. There is a protocol for prayer. You must be filled with the Holy Spirit (no unconfessed sin in your life 1 John 1:9). Pray to God the Father and in the name of Jesus Christ. Your prayers may not be answered because you ignore the mandate to study and grow spiritually. “Stop thinking o...

When to be Laconic (2019) 06.04.2025

There are times to speak and times to be laconic—a person of few words. “He who guards his words guards his life; for whoever is talkative comes to ruin” (Prov 13:3). The Bible says you should keep your mouth shut when you are angry and when you are tempted to tell a lie, straighten out an idiot, speak without having all the facts, and say more than you should. Keep your mouth shut if you are temp...

God's Happiness (2019) 05.04.2025

Be content with the circumstances of life and have the capacity for lasting love and happiness by learning and using God’s plan. The Christian life is unique. You can have God’s happiness. True happiness. God designed you to be happy but not apart from Him. If you are trying to find that peace, security, contentment, and capacity apart from God, it won’t work. “These things I have spoken to you so...

Volitional Decisions (2019) 04.04.2025

Your volition controls you. The decisions you make determine the life you lead. You decide. You choose. Your thoughts become your decisions and then your actions. If you use your volition in an arrogant way, with an unrealistic self-image and unrealistic expectations, you will destroy yourself. “He who obeys instructions guards his own soul, but he who is contemptuous of his own ways will die” (Pr...

Volition and Self-Induced Misery (2019) 03.04.2025

You’re responsible for every decision you make. Wrong attitudes bring wrong actions. Wrong actions bring problems and self-induced misery. “He who sows wickedness reaps trouble and the rod of God’s punishment will surely come” (Prov 22:8). Man has a sinful nature. “God, have mercy on me, a sinner” (Luke 18:13). The only thing that will control the sinful nature from dominating your life is the fil...

Volitional Responsibility (2019) 02.04.2025

You must take responsibility for your own decisions and actions. Your unhappiness and suffering are often brought on by your own bad decisions. Bad decisions limit future options. Under the law of volitional responsibility, we inflict on ourselves suffering by unconfessed personal sin, living in the cosmic system or failing to follow divine establishment principles. “Be not deceived, God will not...

Core Values (2019) 31.03.2025

As Christians, we operate under divine establishment, our value system and the royal family honor code, our core values. “Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus who humbled Himself and made Himself of no reputation” (Phil 2:5). Humility is a core value Jesus Christ had during His ministry on earth - and it is a core value we must have. Humility is responding to living under the grac...

He That is Spiritual (2019) 30.03.2025

Do you understand the God you know? You must grow to spiritual maturity and learn the grace assets God provides for you. Staying filled with the Holy Spirit so you have the power of the ministry of the Holy Spirit and studying under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor is how you develop your understanding of the God you know and love. “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jes...

Truth (2019) 29.03.2025

You must live by the truth. God is truth and His Word, the Bible, is absolute truth. God speaks to you through His Word. “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). Free from worry, manipulation and intimidation from knowing exactly what God has for you. God loves you. His Son died for you and now you can have eternal life. This is Truth. “Whoever believes in Him...

Practical Principles, Part 5 (2019) 28.03.2025

Can God count on you? Are you part of the invisible pivot having a historical impact on our nation? “For the grace of God trains us to live self-controlled, upright godly lives in this present age as we wait for the happy fulfillment in the glorious appearing of our Lord and Savior” (Titus 2:11). If you are a godly person, you represent and re-present Jesus Christ to all you spend time with. Other...

Practical Principles, Part 4 (2019) 27.03.2025

As goes the pivot, so goes the United States. Are you in the pivot? A pivot is a core group of mature Christians that sustains a client nation. Currently, the USA is the client nation for God. Mature Christians are a blessing by association. They, you, can have a historical impact. If there is a large pivot, the nation prospers and fulfills its client nation's responsibilities. You can preserve th...

Practical Principles, Part 3 (2019) 26.03.2025

Live free of worry and fear. How? Learn and apply the 10 problem-solving devices. They are your FLOT line to stop the outside sources of adversity before they get inside you to cause stress. What a fantastic way to live—it’s the Christian life. “If the Lord is for me, who can be against me?” (Rom 8:31). All you need to do is trust Him. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your...

Practical Principles, Part 2 (2019) 24.03.2025

Use the spiritual life assets God gives you. “Be anxious for nothing” (Matt 6:25). Continuously recon yourself. When you identify sin, take care of it through rebound—problem-solving device “1 (1 John 1:9). The Word of God is the real critic to listen to and guide you. “It’s alive and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword … it’s a critic of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Heb 4:12). Whe...

Practical Principles, Part 1 (2018) 23.03.2025

The Bible is practical. It’s direct and to the point in telling us how to live a principled life. All our principled thoughts and actions come from the mindset of Christ, as revealed by the Holy Spirit through the Bible. “Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5). When you decide to believe in Jesus Christ and receive Him as your Savior, you reboot your life and start a new...

Reversionism (2018) 22.03.2025

Reversionism is living in carnality, out of fellowship with the Holy Spirit, because of the refusal to confess known sin. It’s slipping backward in the Christian way of life. “Some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits” (1 Tim 4:1) and (Eph 4:7). If you aren’t advancing spiritually through the daily study of the Word of God, then you are at a standstill or regressing...

Telling It Like It Is (2018) 21.03.2025

If you keep playing games with God, you will shorten your life. God will take you home early. Permanent carnality is when you turn away from God and stay controlled by your sin nature. Controlling post-salvation sinning is so important. “Be vigilant, Satan seeks to neutralize and destroy you” (1 Peter 5:8). “Do not let Satan get an advantage over you” (2 Cor 2:11). “The wisdom of this world is foo...

Spirituality and Maturity (2018) 20.03.2025

Spirituality is being filled with the Holy Spirit (problem-solving device number two). Spiritual maturity is being filled with the Holy Spirit and the content of the Word of God learned and metabolized in your soul. “Don’t you know your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” (1 Cor 6:19). Spirituality is absolute. You are either filled with the Holy Spirit or you are carnal because of unconfessed...

How Simple It Is (2018) 19.03.2025

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet 3:18). That’s how you live the Christian way of life. God is looking for you to know Him and understand Him. (Jer 9:23-24) We are mandated to grow spiritually. “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed accurately handling the word of truth” (2 Tim 2:15). Simply put, you...

The Virtue of Impersonal Love (2018) 17.03.2025

Impersonal love for others is a functional virtue. “We love God because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Impersonal love is a terrific problem-solving device because the emphasis is on the virtue of the subject (you) not the object (the other person). Impersonal love is a mandate from God. “This is My mandate that you love one another as I have loved you” (John 15:12). Without impersonal love you...

Personal Love for God (2018) 16.03.2025

Our greatest virtue is personal love for God. It is a problem-solving device. We love Him because He first loved us. You develop rapport and love for God by learning His Word. Blessed are those who have not seen Me yet believed (John 20:29). Love for God motivates you to follow His mandates (1 John 5:3). Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/personal-love-6558bf

Soul Renovation, Part 2 (2018) 15.03.2025

Your soul is the invisible part of you that lives forever. To leave a spiritual legacy you must learn and apply the Word of God in your life. Having an impact for Jesus Christ in your family and community by replicating His thinking is why He left you here. “I delight to do Your will O my God” (Ps 40:8). Live God’s agenda and not your own and you will have a personal sense of destiny. “I know whom...

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