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What is your motivation for trying to please the Lord? As you listen to today's message from Pastor Richard, he asks you to consider this question. Is your motivation to receive something from the Lord? Or is your motivation simply because of your love for Him? Pastor Richard encourages you, to let the love for God be your aim and motivating factor. Let the love and reverence you have for God prop...

In case you’re wondering, you can’t do anything to earn salvation. That’s a fact – any good deed you do won’t excuse the insurmountable list of bad you’ve done. That’s why you need someone to pay for all your sin debt. And even greater news – Someone already did! Pastor Bryan will remind you today how Jesus gave His life so that you could be free from that debt. And now, the good deeds you do are...

In today's message, Pastor Richard will share with you that you're a temple of the Most High God. When you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in you. Where you go, God is with you, comforting and guiding... This should give us the confidence to know that no matter what, God is with us! And it should give us pause to ensure that we're properly representing Chr...

Who exactly needs grace? Pastor Bryan asks you that today as he continues to explore this baffling word. Grace means that you’re getting something you don’t deserve. In fact, you’re getting more than that, for free! And it’s all because someone else died on a cross, a horrible and painful death. That, someone, was God’s Son, Jesus. That death paid for sin, for you, and for everyone. So because eve...

The Gospel message isn’t complicated. People have sinned, and they can’t do enough to pay for it. God sent His Son to die for us instead – Jesus paid the debt for everyone with His life! So now, you confess you need Jesus to be your Savior, and your free, forever! Grace has been given, and it’s not going to end. But as Pastor Bryan shares today, that seems too easy – and sadly still today people t...

In today's message, Pastor Richard will encourage you to lead by example. For some Christians, you've been walking with the Lord for many years, several decades even. And for some other Christians, you're very new to your relationship with Jesus... And as brothers and sisters in Christ, we can come alongside one another and lead by example. For those of you that have been with the Lord longer, mak...

Grace is free – FREE. No cost to you. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, today Pastor Bryan is going to begin telling you all about the grace of Jesus – the free gift He’s offering you if only you’ll come to Him. You can’t earn it – and you definitely can’t pay for it! Jesus already did – He paid with His life on the cross. Now you might be thinking, what’s the catch? Pastor Bryan will assur...

The Apostle Paul speaks of our faith journey as a race that we need to finish. Today, Pastor Richard wants you to know, that the supernatural event of being born again, is just the beginning of the work of the Spirit in your life. You just began your race, and Paul writes, that you are to run so as to win the prize. But, the amazing part, is how God does it all in us, and all we have to do is beli...

It's easy to get into the mindset that we are really bringing something special to God when we come into a relationship with Him through Jesus. When you hear it said that way...it 's laughable, right :-)!?!?!? We brought nothing but our sinfulness to the LORD. And thankfully, He provided complete forgiveness for us. Today Pastor Bryan will continue to focus on the culmination of grace...how grace...

Satan has tried, from the beginning, to thwart God's plan for His creation. Pastor Richard reminds us that no one, not even Satan, can stop God's plans for His church, and for you. What He has promised will come to pass. He will never leave you alone to fend for yourself. Jesus is like your big brother, standing in between you and Satan. All you need to do is believe in Him, trust Him, and pray. J...

This fast-paced culture that we live in is constantly pulling us in different directions. From the dings and rings on your phone to the relentless pressure of our schedules...it 's nearly impossible to slow down. Today Pastor Bryan shows us that patiently waiting in faith for God to move is the right move. Naomi and Ruth had to carefully walk by faith to see the LORD's will unfold before them. As...

Every believer is called to bear fruit in the kingdom of God. Today Pastor Richard is encouraging you to submit to the Spirit, who bears the fruit in your life. You may not be called to be a pastor, or in any official capacity, but God's rescue mission, that He sent Jesus on, is not complete, yet. There are souls to be saved, disciples to be made, and as members of His body, you are called to be a...

If you're pastor called you right now and asked if you could fill in for him this Sunday...what would your response be? You'd probably be humbled and honored to receive such a request to serve. Now, consider what your response would be if your pastor called and said that there was a large labor-intensive service project at the church that you could serve in. What would your response be? As Pastor...

When you're faced with circumstances that rock your seemingly well-ordered world, you begin to realize what really matters. Today, Pastor Richard wants to encourage you, that God doesn't allow these things to happen to destroy you. Sometimes, we forget that His perspective is an eternal one, and He wants us to gain His perspective. When we do that, we can rejoice in the trial with the expectation...

So many people ask the question, “What am I supposed to be doing for the LORD? What am I called to do?” Stop and ask yourself, “What do I enjoy and where has the LORD gifted me?” As we just heard from Pastor Bryan, this is probably the exact way that God is calling you to serve Him. Maybe it's time to connect with someone at your church and find out where you can serve the LORD with the gifts and...

In today's message Pastor Richard reminds you of this foundational Truth, God loves you. You can't earn His love. He is love. A love that would die for you, when you couldn't care less about Him! That kind of love, when you receive it, will cause you to fall in love with Him. And when you are assured of His love, you can stand, and press on, no matter what the world, the flesh, and the devil throw...

One of the easiest ways that the enemy wins against us is when we agree with the fiery darts that he hurls at us. He is constantly trying to condemn us. Those awful thoughts about yourself didn't originate from you...they came from the enemy of your soul. Pastor Bryan will help you identify and combat that questioning voice that causes you to question your position in Christ. By faith, your positi...

Life can be hard. Sometimes you feel like you're swimming upstream. Today, Pastor Richard encourages you to press on in your faith in Jesus Christ, despite the obstacles. The Bible teaches you, that in your weakness Christ is made strong, and that His grace is sufficient for you. When you humble yourself to His sovereignty in your life, He gives more grace to walk pleasingly before Him, by faith.

What Pastor Bryan just said deserves repeating, “The degree that you understand the deity of Christ is the degree that your salvation is full, you add nothing to it.” So, stop and ask yourself what you believe about the deity of Christ? Is Jesus God? If He is...then you are secure in your salvation. If Jesus isn't God, then Who is He and what did He do when He gave His life on the cross? He's eith...

God sovereignly brings you victory when you're His! In today's message from Pastor Richard, he explains that in this life you will go through times of difficulty. However, what the enemy means for evil in your life, God turns it around for your good. Pastor Richard shares, that no matter the bitter or hard things that you've had to go through, God can redeem it. He can take even what seems like sh...

It's easy to slip into the mindset of justification by works. What does this look like? This looks like experiencing feelings and emotions, both good and bad, that are directly related to our works. When I'm struggling with sin...I feel as if God loves me less and that my salvation is in jeopardy. When I'm victorious and attending church and doing other churchy things...I feel closer to God. It's...

When you receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, your whole life changes! As you listen to today's message from Pastor Richard, he shares with you that when you receive Christ into your life, you become a new creation. God changes the desires and passions of your heart, because you're no longer seeking to live for yourself. Pastor Richard explains, that the closer that you become to Jesus,...

Even though we don't realize it...many of us treat our relationship with God like a giant slot machine in the sky...if I just drop enough in the coin slot, God HAS TO love me then. If I just read my Bible enough...give enough...volunteer enough time...THEN God will love me. Friends, Pastor Bryan will obliterate that notion today. There is absolutely NOTHING you can do to earn the grace and love of...

Persecution and Prosperity aren't usually words that we would link together. But as Pastor Richard shares today, Paul was encouraging the Thessalonians that the persecution that they, and other believers in the area were facing, was causing them to prosper spiritually. Is that how you see the struggles in your own life? Are you rising above your situation with a spiritual perspective or is your wo...

You may be listening right now and feel that you've gone too far and that God could never forgive you for what you've done. And this is one of the main ways that we become confused about grace actually is. Grace isn't temporary or limited. Pastor Bryan will help you understand today that grace can be extended to you BECAUSE you are righteous. Jesus has made you righteous and therefore God extends...