Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

Giving and faith go together. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you can trust God to provide for you when you put him first in your life.

Find out how God blesses you when you obey him, even when you don't understand. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from God's Word.

Join Pastor Rick as he wraps up this series on how to be thankful in tough times. In this message, he looks at specific ways to give thanks, including how you can always be thankful for the home that God is preparing for you in heaven.

In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach how you can be thankful despite the tough times you might be going through—because God will never leave you and will continue to shape you into the person he created you to be.

It's difficult to be thankful in hard times. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you look at the things you can always be grateful for, including the grace God shows you every day as well as the plans he has for you.

Join Pastor Rick as he teaches more about how to be grateful in every situation and how that attitude can change the world.

The Bible says you should give thanks in all circumstances. How? Join Pastor Rick as he finds the answer to that question in God's Word.

The Bible says you're blessed when you trust God and place your hope and confidence in him. Doing this allows you to grow deep roots into his Word, cultivating a constant gratefulness for what he does in your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from God's Word.

Listen as Pastor Rick continues to explore the story of the shrewd money manager, highlighting the attitudes Jesus wants you to have toward money. He explains that money is a spiritual test, reveals what you love most, and is best used when you invest it in helping people get to heaven.

To manage your money wisely you must look ahead, make plans, and act quickly. Join Pastor Rick in this message to unpack more of the attitudes Jesus wants you to have towards money.

Looking at Luke 16, Pastor Rick shares the story of the shrewd money manager to teach the attitudes Jesus wants you to have towards money: that everything you think you own is really on loan and one day you'll give an account to God for all of it.

When you develop a heart that is more like Jesus, you do the things he did while he was here on earth. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what Jesus did to give himself away for others and how following his example of self-sacrifice can change the world.

To become more like Jesus, you have to learn to love the people Jesus created and died for—that's the whole world! Pastor Rick walks through the ways Jesus loved people and how to make your life count by loving people in the same way, giving your heart to the things that matter for eternity.

Noise is often stress—and the world is getting noisier every day. Pastor Rick shows in this message how Jesus chose meditation in solitude and collaboration with others. He did this because he needed time to hear from God and to share the load of ministry—and you do, too.

You will be guided in life by pressure or purpose. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you see how clarifying your calling and focusing on what matter most helps you avoid the tyranny of the urgent and reach your spiritual potential.

If you don't know who you are, then your confused identity is always going to cause you stress. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how to avoid stress by being confident in who you are and who you're living for.

Anyone can be won to Christ if you find the key to their heart—and the key is always a hurt, a need, or an interest. Pastor Rick shows you in this message how to open up doors for ministry so you can complete your mission and mobilize others to do the same.

God didn't just fax in his love to earth. He sent it in person! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the ways Jesus showed how to reach others through blessing them, seeking peace, and investing in people through relationships.

When you're trying to reach your friends and family or even an unreached people group with the gospel, you need to follow Jesus' example. Pastor Rick teaches in this message why it's important to travel light but never travel alone, whether you're going across the street or across the world.

The imprisoned, the blind, and the oppressed all face different forms of bondage—whether physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual. Jesus came to bring freedom, sight, and justice to those who suffer in these ways. In this message, Pastor Rick challenges us to join him in that mission.

The brokenhearted suffer from pain caused by disappointment, rejection, and resentment. But Scripture promises that "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted" (Psalm 34:18 NIV). Listen to this message by Pastor Rick as he encourages us to come alongside them with God's comfort and care.

The poor come in many forms. Some lack the money to meet basic needs, others lack a moral compass, and still others are spiritually poor—unaware of the hope and salvation Jesus offers. In this message, Pastor Rick calls us to meet each type of need with compassion and truth.

Biblical churches have large group worship (temple courts) and small group fellowship (house to house). In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at why God calls us to be members of his family, the church, and the marks of a healthy small group.

Most people think megachurches are a modern phenomenon, but that's not what history shows. In fact, the first church in Jerusalem had tens of thousands of members. Join Pastor Rick as he looks back at the early church and how they modeled for us the components of a biblical church—and the advantages of living them out.

Jesus calls us to be his ambassadors. That calling comes not only with responsibilities but also with rewards. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to share about the responsibilities of being his ambassador in the world as well as the rewards for those who represent him faithfully.