Word of Life

It’s all too easy to grow proud when you accomplish goals and get through challenges in life. Even if you sensed God’s presence, you can frequently come back to your own fortitude and effort. Yet, as Pastor Richard teaches today, it’s essential to remain humble and glorify God for your victories and blessings. When you recognize that God is with you, guiding you, and working through you, it’s easy...

When God called you out of sin and darkness and you believed in Him through faith, you were brought into light and life and joy. Yet, as Pastor Richard teaches today, it’s all too easy to drift back to where you were before the Lord. Compromise and complacency can slowly creep back into your life, and you’ll find yourself far from the Lord. Stay close to God. Walk faithfully and obediently with Hi...

When life is good, when it feels like you’re receiving God’s blessings, it’s easy to follow Him and obey. Yet, when God calls you to take a step of faith, to walk in difficulty and challenge, it’s harder to believe and obey. Pastor Richard teaches today that it’s important in those moments, when God is calling you out, to remember Him - His character, His faithfulness, His provision in the past an...

Often times God will place a call in your heart, that you desperately want to follow. But the path toward that future is full of struggle and risk. Today, Pastor Richard will explain how the life God is calling you to is the best life you can live despite any struggle or sacrifice. You’ll be gaining blessing and God’s favor. But, you must trust through the struggle. You must walk toward that futur...

The story of Samson is pretty disappointing. When you imagine what God could have done through him if he hadn’t compromised with Delilah, his life seems like a major failure. Maybe you’re in a similar place in your life… you’ve heard God’s call and know He has great things for you, but the allure of sin has pulled you down. As Pastor Ben will encourage us through the story of Samson, you don’t hav...

Samson is a cautionary story for all of us. This man was blessed by God – a hero for the people who God endowed with superhuman strength and courage. He lost it all because of compromise. He allowed the feelings he had for a wicked woman to lead him into mistakes that would take years to reconcile and ultimately result in his death. In today’s message, Pastor Ben will challenge us to do better. Do...

As the Israelites endured their final days as slaves in Egypt, one of their final acts was one of faith. They were asked to perform a grisly task – to spread the blood of a lamb on the doorposts of their homes. This blood would spare them from the judgment God was bringing on their oppressors. As Pastor Richard will point out in today’s message, faithful acts would be celebrated the same night tha...

There are certainly times when God’s call is immediate and seems irrational, but as Pastor Richard will point out in today’s message, God works just as much or even more through methodical times of seeking His will in prayer, study, and consultation with other believers. It still may lead us to seemingly irrational actions – the Israelite army marching around the walls of Jericho is a prime exampl...

Are you living the life that God wants for you? Are you believing and living in His promises to you? Joshua was told to be strong and courageous, not because of his own ability, but because of who his God was. If you’re a believer then the God of Joshua is your God too, which means that you should walk with bold faith that God will fulfill His promises to you. In today’s message, Pastor Richard wi...

The Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years, but the crossing of the wilderness into the promised land was only supposed to take a couple of days. Their lack of faith caused them to lose sight of God which left them in the wilderness. Does your relationship with God feel like you spend most of your time in the wilderness? In today’s message, Pastor Richard will show you how to move forward...

There will be many tests of faith as you seek to live the life that God has called you to. Joseph was given a vision that he’d be a ruler, but it wasn’t until after he’d been enslaved, falsely accused, and imprisoned that his vision became a reality. In today’s message, Pastor Bryan will teach you that while it’s important to persevere, the end goal only matters if your heart is able to forgive an...

Man, isn’t that SO true? Whether you’re willing to admit it or not, most people can relate to feeling discouraged from chasing a dream that God’s put in their hearts. As you look at the story of Joseph, you’ll see that there will always be opposition when it comes to trying to live the life that God is calling you to, but the biggest mistake you can make is giving up. In today’s message, Pastor Br...

In today’s message, Pastor Richard focuses on one of the most profound, and even bizarre, accounts in the Bible. Jacob was a man who struggled with trusting God. He often took matters into his own hands which resulted in more harm than good. Can you relate? He encounters God in an amazing way, which changes him. It’s an encounter that I’m sure you’d never expect. Keep listening to hear how God cha...

One of Jacob’s greatest struggles is one that I’m sure everyone can relate to today. It’s the struggle to trust God enough to stop relying on your own striving. How often do you pray a prayer of dependence and then immediately find yourself putting together an action plan out of fear and anxiety? In today’s message, Pastor Richard will show you that God will do whatever it takes to prove his faith...

In today’s message, Pastor Richard will teach you about the incredible faith of Abraham. God made an enormous promise to Abraham. He promised him that he would be the father of many generations, the father of God’s people. There was only one issue, they were way too old to have children! The story doesn’t end there though. You’ll see that God is a man of His word. Do you believe that God will fulf...

When Abraham encountered God it changed his whole life. He could’ve complained that he was too old to raise a kid, that he didn’t have the energy. But that wasn’t His response. He realized that God’s purpose for His life was more important than his own desires, and as a result of His obedience, he became an integral part of God’s plan. In today’s message, Pastor Richard will teach you how to have...

When was the last time you truly experienced joy in your life? Even if you consider yourself a happy person, have you ever truly experienced joy in the fullest sense? Today, Pastor Richard explains to us that there is a huge difference between happiness and joy. It’s easy to experience happiness in our lives, but many of us forget what it feels like to experience joy. It’s not just a moment that p...

The most important thing in our walk with Christ is one word—love. In today’s message, Pastor Richard wants you to know that God has always loved you, but in order to get closer to Him, you need to let go of the things that you know He wants you to move on from. To follow Jesus is to experience the purest form of love. While this will always remain true, to encounter Him to the fullest, you need t...

Through social media, television, and the radio, there are endless ways for us to quickly hear amazing messages. It’s a wonderful thing to find a pastor that you love to hear, but do you make sure to check through the Bible that the message has sound Biblical truths? Today, Pastor Richard wants you to know that you need to be steeped in God’s Word and hold any messages taught to it’s standard. Don...

There are so many different views on the book of Revelation. Some people choose to center their life around it, while others completely ignore it. In today’s message, Pastor Richard wants you to know that the book of Revelation is very real, and at some point in time, trials and tribulations will come. As Christians, we need to have a mindset like John’s. Instead of worrying about how awful things...

In our culture, it’s easy to view the Bible as only applicable to the time period that it was written. Today, Pastor Richard wants you to know that God’s word has always remained true even to this day. You can’t just decide to stop putting your trust in Him and only coast on the relationship. When you see the Bible as a fountain of life, just as true as the Lord, you can begin to relate to it and...

Do you have worries that you can never seem to get past? Are there fears that you’ve let consume you because you’ve never been able to overcome them? In today’s message, Pastor Richard wants you to know that if you put your trust in God, you have nothing to fear. He is sovereign over all, the beginning and the end. Don’t keep letting the things of this world get to you and cause panic and fear in...

The most important thing in our walk with Christ is one word—love. In today’s message, Pastor Richard wants you to know that God has always loved you, but in order to get closer to Him, you need to let go of the things that you know He wants you to move on from. To follow Jesus is to experience the purest form of love. While this will always remain true, to encounter Him to the fullest, you need t...

There has always been a debate among religions as to who Jesus really is. Many of us view Him differently and it’s easy for the magnitude of who He is to get forgotten. Today, Pastor Richard wants you to know that you need to view Jesus as the Lord overall. He was sent to earth in human form to save you from your sin, but that doesn’t mean that He is any different from God. When you start to live...

Have you ever been in a situation that felt hopeless? Have you ever felt isolated with nowhere to turn? In today’s message, Pastor Richard wants you to know that if you want to be redeemed from your mistakes and troubles, let God guide your life. It doesn’t matter what your past is or what you’re going through, He has always been there for you and wants to give you deliverance. Give it all God and...