Disappointment is a natural part of life, because everything on this planet is broken. No one is perfect, and nothing works perfectly! The good news is that God knows we’re in a mess. And Pastor Rick wants you to understand in this message why God had to send Jesus to rescue us and bring us home to heaven.

Why is this world so hard to live in? The Bible says it is because we all want to be our own boss—we think we know what will make us happy more than God does, and so we want to do life on our own. But that will never work! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how Jesus helps us make it through the difficulties of life.

Satan wants to establish a foothold in your life, and once he gets deep enough into an area of sin, he turns the foothold into a stronghold. Once that happens, it will be harder for you to take back control of your life. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick talks about strongholds and what we can do to protect ourselves against them.

Spiritual transformation is a process of developing new habits over time. Habits become the building blocks of change and collectively shape our character. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages you to engage in the small, step-by-step process with the Holy Spirit that leads to spiritual maturity.

Before there was sin, death and sadness and sorrow and difficulty did not exist. It was only when everything got broken that our rebellion brought death into the world. But Pastor Rick reminds us in this message that God did not leave us without hope—and he is ready to help us change and become more like him.

It’s easy to become so focused on what not to think about that you end up thinking about it even more! The Bible teaches that the thoughts we resist tend to persist. Pastor Rick explains in this broadcast how Jesus helps us to shift our thoughts from negative to positive.

You can say “no” to sin—and you need to constantly remind yourself of that as you seek freedom from your hurts, habits, and hangups. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to make the right choices as you respond to the Holy Spirit at work in you.

You simply can’t make lasting changes on your own. The only way to make a real change in your life is to let God change you from the inside out. Pastor Rick explains in this broadcast how the Holy Spirit helps you overcome the self-destructive things you do that keep you from life change.

Do you feel defeated today? Maybe you’re thinking, “I just want to give up.” Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast why being ready to give up is a good thing. You can stop trying to do everything on your own, because it’s impossible. But you can’t do life without Jesus. You need his power to keep going!

As Christians, we are born again through the Holy Spirit, yet our old sin nature still fights for control. In this broadcast, you’ll learn how the apostle Paul reached a point in his walk with God where he was exhausted because of the intense war going on inside him and how Paul’s testimony can encourage you as you fight the same battle.

You know that when you come to God and confess your sin, he is faithful to forgive. But God also wants you to confess your sin to another person. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast how an accountability partner helps you make lasting changes as you experience someone else loving you unconditionally, accepting you, and praying for you.

God expects you to run the race he has set for you—not the race you set for yourself or the race that other people set for you. Run the race God created you to run! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how living for the approval of others will hold you back and why you need to live for an audience of One.

The Bible says two things will hold you back as you run the race God sets before you: the things that weigh you down, such as unrealistic expectations or being stuck in the past, and sin, the things we know are wrong but we do anyway. Join Pastor Rick to learn how to let go of the things that keep you from running your race well.

God hasn’t just seen every tear you've cried—he's counted them. He's even recorded them in a book. You may be in tremendous pain right now, thinking God doesn't care. But the Bible says that God pays attention to the details of your pain.

Don't waste your pain. The Bible teaches you need to let it turn you to God, spend more time with him and his Word, and remind you of his promises.

Your life will be transformed as you learn to worship, trust, and draw closer to God when you’re in pain. Learn why God is never closer to you than when you’re brokenhearted.

You may think your weaknesses are something to hide, but they're actually something God wants to use in your life. For this to happen, you’ll need to learn to recognize and respect your limitations and to trust in God’s power to accomplish his purpose for you.

Nothing is more discouraging than trying to please everybody. If you're always trying to be something you're not, you’ll always be stressed and discouraged. To defeat discouragement, simply be who God made you to be. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why you don't have to be perfect for God to bless you, but you do have to be authentic.

The Bible is worthless to you when it’s sitting on a shelf at home. But with God’s Word in your mind, it becomes a powerful weapon to fight every temptation Satan can throw at you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why memorizing God’s Word will help you overcome the persistent temptations in your life.

Don’t be intimidated by Satan. As a Christian, the Holy Spirit’s power lives in you. You’ve got God’s Word to give you truth. You’ve got Jesus who is the Truth. The Bible says you have everything you need to overcome your temptations.

You are far more vulnerable to temptation when you’re experiencing negative emotions. Satan knows what they are and will try to use them for your destruction. Shouldn’t you know what they are, too?

Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to change the way you think by relying on the power and direction of the Holy Spirit.

When you feel inadequate, it reveals your doubt in God’s power. God said that his power shows up best in your weakness. So if you think your sin will make you inadequate to serve God, you’re not thinking like God. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God views sin and grace in your life.

God wants you to center your life on him, but unfortunately, sin puts the focus back on you. When you sin, it reveals an area in your life where you don’t trust God. Willpower will never be enough to break the power of sin in your life. Learn to think with the mind of Christ and watch what amazing fruit God will provide in your life.

Does it seem like the thoughts you don’t want to think are what you can’t stop thinking about? How do you focus your mind on the things that lead to the freedom only found in Christ? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the biblical way to manage your thoughts.

To have the mind of Christ means you want to do God's will, even when it's painful, even when it's difficult, and even when it seems impossible. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how Jesus gave us the ultimate example of this the night before he went to the cross.

When you have the mind of Christ, you will be so secure in your identity, your purpose, and God's presence in your life that you won't need to look to other people for approval.

Jesus was always aware of God's presence because he knew who he was and he knew his purpose. That means, when you learn to think like Jesus, you’ll become sensitive to the truth that God is always present in your life. You’ll know your purpose in life, and you’ll see how God is supporting you to succeed in your mission.

Join Pastor Rick as he continues to explain how knowing and applying biblical truth leads us to the life God wants us to live.

God’s truth always leads to life. That’s why the Bible teaches us to take every thought captive, so we can live the way God wants us to live.

Anytime you sin, you’re believing the lie that you’ll be better off going against God’s will. That is never true! Learn why the Bible says it’s important to think about what you think about.

As a believer, your goal is to learn to think like Jesus. This starts by seriously thinking about the things you think about. Learn why it is important to let God guide your thoughts.

When you give your life away for Jesus, you can’t fail. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how you’ll begin to fully live when you do this.

When you go through deep waters of difficulty, God doesn’t promise you won't get wet. But he does promise you won’t drown. Pastor Rick explains in today’s message how God is for you and wants you to succeed.

Make your time on earth count for eternity. Listen to Pastor Rick as he explores how to help people come to know Christ, discover their purpose for life, grow in their maturity, find their ministry, and serve in their mission in the world.

Part of God's plan and purpose for your life is for you to become like Jesus, who is unselfish in his love. When you give your life away, it takes on new meaning, new joy, and new excitement. In today’s message, Pastor Rick explains why you can’t fail when you follow God’s will.

One of the most significant things you can do with your life is to give it away. God calls you to be generous with what you’ve been given, including your money, resources, time, and talent. Join Pastor Rick as he examines what God’s Word says about being rewarded in heaven for our generosity on earth.

God wants you to succeed in life and to fulfill your purpose. That’s why you can step confidently into the future, trusting God to keep his promises. Join Pastor Rick to find out what this means for you.

Imagine what God can do with godly women and men who refuse to stop working for whatever God has called them to do. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about the promises God has for your future.

If love is the motivation for everything you do, then you’ll be able to live out your purpose in the face of fear. Join Pastor Rick for today’s broadcast about God’s promises for your future.

Many people think faith is the opposite of fear. It’s not! The opposite of fear is love. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why real love—God’s love—will chase away your fear.

The Bible says you determine how much God blesses your life: “The amount you give will determine the amount you get back” (Luke 6:38 NLT). Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach on God’s promises about giving.

The truth is that we can’t out-give God. When we learn to be generous with others as God is generous with us, he promises to bless us with more and in a variety of ways. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches on God’s promises about giving.

Does your life revolve around giving away what God has blessed you with? Is it marked by a joyous desire to grab hold of God’s promises as you let go of earthly things? This message by Pastor Rick will help you answer these questions.

Christmas is all about peace on earth and good will toward others. But there will never be peace on earth until there is peace in us. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the peace Jesus came to bring and how to let the Prince of Prince reign in our hearts.

At Christmas, we have more parties than any other time of the year. Yet often, the Guest of Honor is left out of the party. Pastor Rick shows us in this message why Christmas is good news of great joy for everyone and why Jesus should be the focus of our celebrations.

No matter where you’re from, you have something in common with everyone else in the world: hidden wounds. None of us have it all together! Pastor Rick shows us in this message why we needed Jesus to come at Christmas to heal our hurts and offer us new, abundant, and eternal life.

God can see much further along the path than we can. That’s why he wants to guard and guide our steps as we trust him to lead us through life. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach about the different ways Jesus came to earth to light up our lives.

Before you were born, God planned a purpose for your life. He wants you to know and live out your purpose—and that’s why he came at Christmas! Pastor Rick teaches in this message why we need Jesus to light up our minds with truth so that we can know his purpose.

When Mary and Joseph’s plans were turned upside-down, they didn’t have all the promises from the Bible that we do today to help them have faith. Pastor Rick helps you understand through this message what God is doing when he changes your plans and how he wants you to respond.

God’s plans will always be better than yours—and that’s why he sometimes messes up the plans you were making for your life. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how to have faith that God is changing your plans for the better.

Have you ever put God on hold? Many times, God is trying to speak to us through his Word, but we’re too busy listening to social media, the news, and other people for him to get through. Pastor Rick shows us in this message how God sometimes changes our plans to get our attention—all for our good.

Jesus was convinced that, no matter how busy he was, he needed time alone with God to pray. Do you have any time like that in your life? If you want to be a resilient person, learn from Pastor Rick as he shares insight on how to develop the habit of spending time with God.

Some things in life aren’t necessarily wrong—they’re just not necessary. Once you figure this out, you’re going to be able to better withstand the hard times in life. You’re going to be resilient! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to set priorities that have an eternal focus.

Our culture is constantly trying to fit you into its mold. When you have a confused and unclear identity, when you don’t really know who you are, it makes you more vulnerable to the culture’s influence. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you settle in your mind that God loves you unconditionally.

The antidote to the two biggest causes of stress in your life is gentleness and humility. You learn them by reminding yourself every day that you are not God and you don’t need to be anybody's savior. Listen to this broadcast by Pastor Rick to continue learning about the calm and rest only Jesus offers.

One reason we often feel overloaded is because we’re trying to control things too much. Sometimes we act this way without realizing it. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of staying in step with Jesus, the One who loves us and has great things in store for us!

What does Jesus say when we come to him with an emptiness in our lives—an empty soul, an empty heart, an empty character? How does he respond when we tell him we have nothing to give? Join Pastor Rick as he reminds you that God will never scold you or turn you away; he will always say, “Come to me.”

The bigger the changes that happen in your life, the more time you need to spend with God. You read the Bible, talk to God in prayer, and listen to what he wants to say to you. Join Pastor Rick as he highlights the importance of spending daily time with God so you can experience God’s peace and rest.

There will always be people in your life who have bad intentions, who will resent you, criticize you, and hurt you. There is no way around it. Thankfully, as Rick teaches in this broadcast, we can trust that God sees, cares, and will have justice.

Anybody can be happy when everything's going their way. But God teaches you true joy in the middle of suffering, grief, and heartbreak. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explores how God’s peace can flood into the most chaotic of circumstances.

Happy people are more likely to look at every situation in life from God's viewpoint. They look past the pain and pressure; they see the bigger picture. Listen to Pastor Rick to learn that God “causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God” (Romans 8:28 NLT).

The negative opinions of others can easily get us down. But if our happiness depends on the approval of other people, disappointment is bound to follow. Discover God’s strategy for happiness in this broadcast by Pastor Rick.

Pain, pressure, people, and problems—they’re the four most common sources of unhappiness. They’re the killjoys of life. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick examines why happiness is not based on circumstances; happiness is a choice we all get to make.

Many of us tend to focus on our problems instead of on God. But when we do that, we don’t have the eternal perspective we need to keep going, no matter what happens. Listen to Pastor Rick as he once again reminds us that God promises to help us when we feel like giving up.

Do you feel under attack? Tell God. Do you feel like you have no energy? Tell God. Do you feel rejected or lonely? Tell God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick encourages you to dump everything you’re feeling right now onto the Lord—he wants to hear it all!

Spectators at a race often shout, “Keep going!” to motivate the athletes. That’s also great advice for anyone who feels emotionally, mentally, or spiritually exhausted from running the marathon of life. Join Pastor Rick as he reminds us that God will give us the power we need to finish what he has called us to do.

In the Bible, there are more promises attached to faithful giving and generosity than any other subject. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches that God wants his children to be generous because he’s generous—and he wants his children to be like him!

Each time you give an offering to God, it represents three kinds of gratitude: past, present, and future. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how your offering shows God you trust him for all things and at all times—and how God will always honor your faith.

Too many of us focus our lives on unimportant causes. Trivial Pursuit isn’t just a game; it’s a description of our culture! In this ­­message, Pastor Rick shows how goals focus your energy and are an antidote for the kind of life that chases what’s urgent rather than what’s important.

Goal setting isn’t just a good idea for productivity. It’s a spiritual discipline, like prayer, fasting, giving, and reading your Bible. In fact, goal setting can be an act of stewardship. Pastor Rick continues in this message to teach from Noah’s life about how to make the most of your life and invest it in a way that outlasts you.

The Bible has more than 7,000 promises from God to you—promises of success, confidence, health, prosperity, strength, and wisdom that will help you learn to trust in him. When you set a goal, don’t focus on the problems; focus on the promises. Learn from Pastor Rick in this message how to find a promise in God’s Word that will take you to your goal.

Whenever you want to make a fresh start with faith in your life, you have to face your fears. Don’t let them control you! Pastor Rick continues in this message to show how Mary made the choice to tame her fear and step forward in faith and how you can make the same choice.

Your fears reveal where you do not trust God—whether it’s a fear of feeling inadequate, rejection, change, or disappointment. Pastor Rick teaches from the life of Mary in this message and reveals how she overcame her fears with faith. Like Mary, you’ll learn how to replace your fears with trust.

Joseph depended on God's help in every setback—and he had a lot of them! In each one, he faced a new challenge that was way beyond his ability, but he trusted God to provide what he needed to get him where God wanted him to be. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to look at Joseph’s life for inspiration on how to handle your setbacks.

Setbacks are a stepping stone to get you where God wants you to be. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at the life of Joseph and how he handled setbacks. You’ll see that God has a plan for your life and, if you don’t give up when you have setbacks, he will get you in position to fulfill your purpose.

God wants to know if you will depend on his presence like Joseph did, whether you’re in the pit or the prison or the palace. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how to handle one setback after another by having the kind of faith Joseph had, no matter the circumstances.

Nothing you do is private. You have an audience in heaven! That should encourage you, because it means you have a cheering section that doesn’t want you to give up. Pastor Rick explains in this message how that “crowd of witnesses” helps us “run with endurance the race God has set before us” (Hebrews 12:1 NLT).

Have you noticed how discouragement sets in at the midpoint of almost anything you do? It’s true in parenting, marriage, school, and in your career. But God has called you to finish the race he has prepared for you—and to finish it well. Pastor Rick continues to teach in this message from the life of Nehemiah about how to keep going when you feel like giving up.

If you’re discouraged because something is taking longer or is more complicated than expected, then you may start to doubt yourself and get discouraged. As Pastor Rick looks at Nehemiah’s efforts to rebuild Jerusalem after the Israelites’ returned from captivity, he’ll explain what Nehemiah did at the halfway point of the project to keep people from becoming discouraged.

At the time Jeremiah wrote Lamentations, he was emotionally exhausted and for an entire book of the Bible released his frustrations to God. He wrote, “Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this” (Lamentations 3:21 NLT). Pastor Rick explains in this message what gave Jeremiah hope during this difficult time that can also help you in your setback.

When Elijah faced emotional exhaustion, God led him to do three things that helped him recover—and they’re the same things that can help you recover, too, when you’re at the end of your rope. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach lessons from Elijah’s experience with setbacks.

After a highlight in his ministry, Elijah, one of the most important prophets in Israel’s history, began a downward spiral of emotional exhaustion. In this message, Pastor Rick shows you how to keep your eyes open for 10 indications of emotional exhaustion from Elijah’s experience.

When we experience a setback, we tend to focus on the wrong things. But when everything in life is falling apart, God wants you to focus on one thing instead. Find out what it is as Pastor Rick continues to teach about how the apostle Paul anchored his life when he experienced a setback.

No one gets through life without setbacks. All of us will face storms from time to time! The real issue is how we respond. Do setbacks dominate you? Do you stop trying and give up? Pastor Rick continues to teach in this message how Paul’s life models how to make wise and helpful decisions when you have setbacks.

Sometimes a setback is rooted in your own actions or choices. But often the storms we face in life aren’t because of something we did. Instead, we suffer because of other people’s poor decisions. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the three anchors Paul used to get past setbacks caused by other people.

When we experience setbacks, our most common response is our worst response: We want to withdraw, to build a wall around ourselves, to push people away. But that’s the last thing we should do! Learn what you need to do instead in this message from Pastor Rick.

Bitterness is like saying you don’t trust God when troubles hit. It’s like a poison that will tear your life apart if you let it! Pastor Rick shares in this message why it’s okay to express all your emotions to God when you experience a setback so that you don’t become bitter.

Sometimes our setbacks are so devastating that we think, “How am I ever going to get out of this? I’ll never recover from it!” Pastor Rick teaches in this message the five things that Job did when he faced setbacks that seemed irreversible.

Do you need to turn your setback into a comeback? Join Pastor Rick for this message as he explains why, no matter what you’ve experienced with your work, God can still turn the faucet on even more quickly than it was turned off. Your comeback may be just around the corner!

If you’ve ever felt discouraged with your work, then you’re not alone. We’ve all faced setbacks at work! Whether you’re worn out from overwork or reeling from failure, learn from Pastor Rick why you can expect God to reverse your setback when you acknowledge that your ways have not been working and you need God’s help.

Ever wonder why God isn’t blessing your work? Maybe you never invited him to be a part of it! Join Paster Rick as he uses Simon Peter as an example of how to ask Jesus to take control of your boat so you can get back to catching the fish. You’ll learn why you can expect God to turn things around when you submit your plans to him.

God’s kind of love can be challenging! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how you can keep your love tank full so you can consistently love others the way God wants you to.

Love is a skill. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God will help you develop genuine, lasting love for other people.

God will never force you to love him. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why you have the God-given ability to make your own choice.

Before you react in anger, you need to reflect. Pastor Rick teaches three reflection questions: “Why am I angry?”  “What do I really want?”  “How can I get it?”

How does God help you with your anger habit? He goes straight to the heart of the problem, which is a problem in the heart. Pastor Rick teaches that anger doesn’t start in your behavior, your background, or your feelings. It starts in the heart.

The way you express your anger is a learned response. The good news is you can unlearn it. Pastor Rick teaches how, to change the way you act, you first need to change the way you think.

We often use anger to get people to do something. It works in the short term, but the long-term effects are devastating. In this message, Pastor Rick explains the cost of anger and what the Bible teaches about how you can manage your temper.

How do you respond in love when people disappoint you? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches about the words and speech that bring life and healing to a relationship.

How should we respond to difficult people? In love. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast how the Bible says that love is understanding, not demanding.

God doesn’t expect you to ignore the hurt in your past. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why you need to deal with your pain, and why doing that is essential to forgiving others.

In this broadcast, Pastor Rick continues to teach how we’re to not only model God’s love by loving each other, but we’re also to carry it together to the rest of the world.

Jesus believes in you—because when you place your trust in him, his Spirit lives inside you. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches how God can use you—as part of his spiritual body of believers—to share his love with the world.

One way Jesus wants you to love is through membership in a local church. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why the church is God’s agenda for the world.

Loving like Jesus means you must value others the way Jesus values you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how the Bible reveals the depth of God’s love for you and how you can express God’s love to others.

God never made a person he didn’t love. He made you; he loves you. Period. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches what the Bible says about self-esteem, status symbols, and God’s love.

Human love has its limits. But as Pastor Rick explains in this broadcast, God’s unconditional love has no limits—a significant truth for us to understand.

In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how Jesus demonstrates God’s unconditional love for you, and why we can never be separated from God’s love.

You’re alive because you were made to be loved by God. And the only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how life is a lesson in love.

Love is an action, not just an emotion; love is something you do. Real love does the loving thing even when you don’t feel like it or someone doesn’t deserve it. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what mature love looks like.

If you want to learn how to love other people, you first need to understand and feel how much God loves you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick examines how God uses Christian community to teach us how to love.

How do you hold onto hope when your situation seems hopeless? Pastor Rick teaches why trusting in God's promises will transform your situation and allow His Word to revive your hope and faith.

Learn how to trust God when facing impossible circumstances. Whether it's a failing marriage, financial crisis, or shattered dreams, Pastor Rick explains how God specializes in breathing life into dead situations and giving you a fresh start.

Obedience is not just a suggestion; it is about faithful steps toward experiencing a blessed and fulfilled life as you learn to trust in God’s promises. Pastor Rick explains the vital connection between faith, obedience, and God's blessings as you align your actions with God's Word.

Pastor Rick teaches the importance of obeying God fully because partial obedience is still disobedience. This message will give you insights into God's unchanging standards and his big-picture perspective, and it will help you trust him even when you don't understand his plan.

Discover the key to financial security. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to apply biblical principles for financial stability.

No problem is ever too big or too small to bring before God in prayer. Pastor Rick teaches a three-step approach to prayer when you’re facing overwhelming circumstances.

You're most like Jesus when you choose not to retaliate after someone criticizes you or hurts you. Pastor Rick teaches how you can persist in faith by letting God handle the situation, trusting him to defend you.

God rewards patience. Pastor Rick teaches how God uses seasons of waiting to build your character, help you avoid mistakes, and keep you on the right path to achieve your goals.

God’s timing is always perfect, even when it doesn’t make sense to you. And if he’s given you a dream for your life, it will happen—but on his timetable, not yours. Join Pastor Rick for this lesson on why God is never early, never late, but always right on time.

Discover the transformational power of obedience to God. Pastor Rick teaches about the importance of following God's direction and not delaying in taking your next step of faith.

Don't let fear hold you back from living by faith! Pastor Rick teaches biblical strategies to overcome fear, break free from selfishness and shortsightedness, and how to embrace a life of faith and courage.

Discover the power of honest doubt and sincere faith, and how Jesus meets you in the middle of your uncertainties. Pastor Rick teaches the biblical truth that, with just a mustard seed-sized faith, you can conquer mountains and experience the impossible.

Pastor Rick provides biblical lessons on how to overcome fear and embrace a life filled with endless possibilities. Don't let doubt hold you back—unlock the power of courageous imagination and experience an extraordinary journey of faith with God.

Discover how to break free from the grip of worry and anxiety that holds you back. Pastor Rick teaches the biblical steps to letting go of worry's burden and embracing a life of peace and trust in God's faithful care.

You can always expect the best from God, even in the face of adversity. In these messages, Pastor Rick explains how God is in control of your future, lovingly guiding you along a unique journey that deepens your faith, helps you mature, and prepares you to complete your life mission.

Prayer is not a duty; it’s a privilege you get to do. The Creator of the universe invites you to talk with him! In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to have a deep, significant conversation with God.

Christianity is not about religion. It’s about a love affair, where music and love go hand in hand. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why making a joyful noise—no matter how well you sing—helps increase your awareness of God’s love and presence in your life.

God expects you to invest the time, talents, and resources he’s given you into the things that will last for eternity. When you use what he’s given you to serve people, God will multiply what you have. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the principle of “use it or lose it”.

What keeps you from developing your full potential and building a legacy that will last into eternity? Fear! Listen as Pastor Rick explains the three kinds of fear that will keep you from using your talents and accomplishing God’s purpose.

Most of the choices you make in life are not so much between good and bad, rather they’re between what’s good and what’s best for you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches an improvement test that will help you determine which choice is best for you.

In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to use a biblical integrity test to help you make wise decisions and keep you from violating your own conscience.

What will be the ultimate authority in your life? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why it’s essential to make your decisions based on God’s Word and not on what other people say.

Good relationships require commitment, effort, and time. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what the Bible says about developing trusting, supportive friendships.

In this message, Pastor Rick shares biblical teachings on how gossip can harm friendships, families, and churches. He also offers guidance on how to respond when you’ve been hurt by someone gossiping about you.

In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how fear keeps us disconnected, but the Bible reveals how you can find the courage to go deeper in relationships.

You can’t do anything to earn God's grace; God gives it to you out of His love and kindness. Join Pastor Rick for this lesson on how God’s grace transforms your life through a loving relationship with Jesus Christ.

You don't have to stay stuck in your mistakes or bad choices. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why God’s grace is available to you, no matter who you are or what you’ve done. Through Jesus Christ, you can have fresh start.

Generosity is an investment in the future. You’ve heard it said, “You can’t take it with you.” But you can send it on ahead! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to use your worldly resources to invest in people—helping them to know Christ and helping them to grow as Christians. You’ll be making a positive impact on others and building up treasures in heaven.

The Bible says that your heart will be wherever you put your time, money, and energy. Listen to Pastor Rick as he teaches that generosity isn't just about giving money, but also about investing time and energy into building relationships with those around you. By doing so, you can help create a sense of community that encourages generosity.

Empathy is crucial because it meets your fundamental needs to be understood and have your feelings validated. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how to become an empathetic person, enabling you to serve in harmony with others.

Proverbs states that it's hard to find a trustworthy person—and that’s a problem that still exists today. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to become trustworthy, which is essential for serving God together with others.

In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares four reasons why God wants believers to work together to serve other people. Philippians teaches that we’re to agree wholeheartedly with one another, love one another, and work together with one mind and purpose.

Admitting your mistakes is the secret ingredient that builds community faster than anything else. In this message, Pastor Rick explores four benefits of being honest about your mistakes, feelings, faults, and fears.

We often pray for people's physical, financial, and relational needs but not as much for their spiritual growth. Pastor Rick shares in this message the Bible verses that will guide you in praying for others to mature in their faith.

Everybody is looking for affirmation, and they will do almost anything to get it. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how to affirm other people so that you are not only encouraging them to grow but also ministering to them like Jesus did.

Do you want your relationships to grow? In this message, Pastor Rick continues to teach the qualities and practices that can help you build up your relationships instead of tearing them down.

Insecurity prevents intimacy and can ruin your relationships. You can’t get close to somebody if there’s fear in the relationship. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how love removes fear from a relationship, and he explains how shifting the focus from you to other people is a powerful way to build relationships.

Pride destroys relationships. It shows up in a lot of different ways, like criticism, competition, stubbornness, and superficiality. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how humility is the antidote to pride and what you need to do to become a more humble person.

Selfishness is the number one cause of conflict, arguments, divorce, and even war. If selfishness destroys relationships, then what builds them? Pastor Rick answers that question in this message about growing healthy relationships.

The most effective way to let other people know about the great things that God can do in their lives is to tell them the story of what God has done in your life. In this message, Pastor Rick discusses the steps you need to take to prepare yourself to share your story with others.

God wants you to share the Good News, but you don’t have to do it alone! God’s plan has always been that you go on mission with other people. Join Pastor Rick for this message as he shares ideas for how to partner with your small group as you pray for and reach out to your community.

You need people in your life who will encourage you and point you toward Jesus. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick concludes his teaching on the significance of Christian community—the body of Christ—in helping you become the person God created you to be.

Tragedy and heartache are inevitable, but you can prepare for them by building a network of supporters and friends. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches the importance of building such a safety net—and that the time for doing it is now.

Most Christians are defeated because we try to fight Satan on our own. That’s foolish! You’re never going to win against the Devil if you fight him on your own. You need other people who will watch out for you and pray with you. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why a supportive community of believers is God’s answer to defeating sin and temptation.

You were never meant to walk through life alone. God wants you to find community in your spiritual family—the body of Christ. In this biblical teaching, Pastor Rick explains three reasons why you need others to walk with you and serve with you through life.

In this continuation of the previous message, Rick and Kay Warren look deeper into how God can use your pain to transform you. They explain how your suffering can draw you closer to Christ and help you become more like him.

When something bad happens, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and want to run away. But in this message, Rick and Kay Warren teach that you can choose to run to God instead. They provide practical guidance for taking your pain to God and finding comfort and healing in his presence.

One of the most challenging transitions during a time of grief is moving toward the future rather than hanging around in the past. Join Rick and Kay Warren as they teach how surrendering to God can lead to hope and healing.

The first step toward peace is to accept what you cannot change. Join Rick and Kay Warren as they continue to teach about God’s presence in your grief and why it is essential that you rely on his presence and comfort during difficult times.

The Bible teaches that it is okay to argue with God. Join Rick and Kay Warren as explain that you can bring your doubts and complaints to God, and that doing so can be an act of worship.

When you begin to see yourself the way that God sees you, it will transform you and your life. Join Rick and Kay Warren for this message about what to do when life makes no sense.

Join Pastor Rick for this biblical message on how God is with you when you suffer and how he offers comfort and hope.

In this biblical message, Pastor Rick explains why grief is a necessary and healthy response to loss, and how avoiding it can keep you from moving forward in life.

Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the importance of empathy and compassion for those who are suffering and explains what the Bible means when it says we should “weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15 NLT).

In this message, Rick and Kay Warren teach how God helps you overcome feelings of hopelessness and despair.

In this message, Rick and Kay Warren teach that despite the brokenness of the world, you can still experience joy and hope in God, who is good and has a plan greater than any circumstance.

Join Rick and Kay Warren as they teach how you can faithfully rely on the promises of God to find strength and hope in difficult times.

God is actively working to bring good out of whatever happens in your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to experience hope in your life, regardless of circumstances.

One of the fundamental questions in life is this: Is there hope? And if there is, where do you turn to find real hope? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how you can have confident hope in God and how that hope can serve as a foundation to get through any circumstance.

Satan doesn’t mind you studying the Bible as long as you don’t do anything with what you’ve learned. In this teaching from Pastor Rick, find out what you need to do to make sure that doesn’t happen.

If you starve yourself of God’s Word, you won’t have much success in winning spiritual battles. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to feed yourself on the Word of God—the only thing that will feed your soul.

It’s not enough to know the Bible; you have to do it! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick wants you to understand how to turn your biblical knowledge into action so that you can take responsibility: “Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it” (James 4:17 NLT).

Simplicity is key when it comes to having an effective quiet time. Join Pastor Rick as he walks through six simple steps that will start you on a rewarding devotional journey. “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty” (Proverbs 21:5 ESV).

One tip that will help you become a doer of the Word is to write a one-sentence application based on what you read in the Bible. Pastor Rick points to four characteristics of a good application sentence that will help you become a doer of God’s Word and not just a hearer.

As you read the Bible, you should be asking God, “What should I do with this passage?” In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares his Bible study tool called the “probe-it” method, in which you probe a biblical text with questions so that its application will change your life.

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches that the ultimate goal of all Bible study is application. If you only believe the parts of the Bible that you apply in your life, then what do you truly believe? Let God’s Word and this message move you forward in faith as you let the Bible change the way you live, love, and think.

God says that, if you want to be successful, you should meditate on his Word: “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful” (Joshua 1:8 NIV). So how do you do it? Pastor Rick shares the answer in this broadcast on biblical meditation.

The Bible is your water and bread—you were never meant to live without it! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick uncovers just how essential God’s Word is to living a full and abundant life.

“If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples” (John 8:31 NASB). In this message, Pastor Rick shares four tips that will help you develop a lifelong habit of reading and studying God’s Word.

Too many of us spend our lives working for the approval of others. But Pastor Rick wants you to know that only your Creator can fathom your full potential. Join Pastor Rick as he reveals words from the Bible that will unlock all you’ve been made to do and be.

The more you read God’s Word when you’re down, the more he lifts you up. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick presents the Bible as the ultimate mood elevator. Find out how you can get freedom from discouragement through the truth of God’s Word.

It’s not enough to just know the Bible and study it. We are meant to be doers of the Word and not just hearers. Find out how to activate your faith and stimulate your spiritual growth through this message from Pastor Rick.

God doesn’t want you to carry the baggage of guilt, regret, and shame throughout your life. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick offers hope through the Word of God for those struggling with the weight of their sin: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9 NIV).

God wants you to know that he loves you, he saved you, and you can spend eternity with him. How does he let you know? Through his Word. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to make God’s Word a regular part of your life so that it can change your life.

Join Pastor Rick as he continues to explain why you can trust the Bible to be the unchanging foundation of your life: “Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice . . . They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock” (Luke 6:47-48 NIV).

In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the marvel of the Bible—how one book could be so despised and disputed, yet such an integral part of culture. Learn why you should trust in the one thing that will last: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35 NIV).

Many people have a hard time trusting the Bible because they don’t trust the people who wrote it. Pastor Rick uses this message to show just how much Jesus believed in and trusted the Bible—and why you should too.

The only reason the universe works is because God is true all the time. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick offers proof, through examples from history, that we can trust God’s Word. This is not only because the Bible is doctrinally and theologically accurate, but because God cannot lie.

There’s a difference between gazing into God’s Word and just glancing at it. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches four simple steps to use God’s Word as a mirror to evaluate your life.

Just like a gardener prepares the soil to receive new seeds, you need to prepare yourself to receive God’s Word. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches you four steps to help prepare your heart to receive God’s Word.

How did Jesus treat those who opposed him? Even on the cross he said, “Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they’re doing” (Luke 23:34 GW). In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can show love—even when you’re under attack—to those who oppose you.

The Bible says sometimes suffering is God’s will for your life. Why? Because it makes you more like Jesus. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about three kinds of suffering and how to remain faithful while facing opposition.

The pressure you feel to cave in, be quiet, or sit down when you should stand up is not coming from other people. Pastor Rick explains in this message why, when you face opposition because of your faith, you need to recognize the source of the opposition.

You should never be embarrassed for standing for the truth and doing what’s right. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick helps you understand why you don’t need other people’s approval to be happy and how that understanding will help you face opposition to your faith.

Join Pastor Rick as he continues to explain how you can be a peacemaker in your relationships at home, at work, and with your friends.

In a relationship, you can have unity without uniformity. You can walk hand in hand together without seeing eye to eye. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you understand how to repair a relationship where there is conflict by focusing on reconciliation, not resolution.

When you meet with someone to resolve a conflict, you need to listen to the other person’s hurt and perspective. Pastor Rick shares in this message how to speak less, listen more, and change your focus so that you can reconcile a relationship.

It takes courage to approach someone you are in conflict with and tell them you want to work things out. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to resolve conflict in your relationships, you have to be willing to make the first move.

Integrity demands that every area of your life is treated with the same standard. Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message what that means for you. Join him as he shares six practical ways you can work to become a person of integrity.

If you are serious about becoming a person of integrity, the first step is to admit that you don’t always act with integrity. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to have integrity, you must confess your sins and then make the choice to sin less.

In a world that is absolutely obsessed with appearance and image, how can you keep it real when everybody else is faking it? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick gives you the one thing you need to care about if you want to be a person of integrity.

You can go overboard on mercy; just look at what Jesus did on the cross. In this message, Pastor Rick shares personal applications for the different facets of mercy so that you can learn how to be generous with your premeditated acts of mercy.

Most people think mercy means forgiving people who don’t deserve it or helping people who can’t help themselves. Those are two definitions of mercy, but Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message the many facets of mercy so that you can apply them to your relationships.

Jesus says in Matthew 5:7, “God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy” (NLT). If you want to experience God’s mercy, then you need to learn to be a minister of mercy. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick gives you four reasons God expects you to show mercy.

Are you hungry for God? It is possible to maintain a spiritual hunger for God for the rest of your life. In this message, Pastor Rick shares five ways to keep a spiritual appetite so that you will “grow into a full experience of salvation” (1 Peter 2:2 NLT).

The Bible says in Romans 1:17, “The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself” (NCV). Pastor Rick uses this message to explain the three points of the Gospel, how God makes you right with himself, and what you need to do about it.

“Righteousness” is a big word that’s used hundreds of times in the Bible. But what does it really mean? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick boils righteousness down to two words and explains how it applies to your life.

Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach what the Bible says about gentleness and how it can transform your relationships with others and with God.

Practicing gentleness helps you become more like Jesus. Listen to Pastor Rick as he teaches why developing a Christ-like gentleness will help you rest faithfully in God’s love.

If you claim to be a follower of Jesus, you don’t want to speak evil of anyone or be quarrelsome. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how to treat others with respect without compromising what you believe so that your gentleness is a witness to unbelievers.

It’s human to mimic the emotions of people around you. When someone gets angry at you, you often get angry back. Pastor Rick explains in this message why you need to respond to anger with gentleness and the effect that will have on the conflict.

When you have a broken heart, God draws you close and grieves with you, and then he uses your grief to help you grow. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how God can bring good out of your pain.

Everyone will experience loss in their lives. You don’t just get over a loss, and you can’t go under it or around it. You’ve got to go through the grief. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares six ways God blesses and heals a broken heart.

Life is full of losses. The world is broken, and nothing—including your relationships—works perfectly. Pastor Rick uses this message to help you understand a couple truths that will provide perspective as you face inevitable losses in life and rise above them.

If you put your security in your bank account, your job, or your investments, it won’t make you more secure—because you can still lose all of those things. Pastor Rick explains through this message how you get God’s blessing when you depend on God’s wealth and not your own.

When you are criticized or attacked, you’ll be tempted to defend yourself. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why you need to let God be your defender and, instead of retaliating, respond like Jesus did when he was insulted.

If you really want God’s blessing on your life, you can’t depend on what your feelings or your gut tells you. Join Pastor Rick as he shares in this message how to get God’s wisdom so that you will have fewer dead ends and failures in your life.

Romans 4:18 says, “Abraham, when hope was dead within him, went on hoping in faith . . . He relied on the word of God” (Phillips). In this message, Pastor Rick shares how you can have hope even when you face a dead end as you trust in God’s promises to deliver you from your troubles.

When you’re stuck in the dead-end phase of faith and you’re waiting for deliverance, the situation may be out of your control—but it’s never out of God’s control. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains what you need to remember and focus on when you face a dead end.

God has a plan for your life, and his purpose for you is greater than your problems and pain. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God uses your pain to help you mature in faith and become more like Christ.

In Acts 27, Paul and other prisoners face great difficulty on a sea voyage. Despite Paul’s warning, the men set sail into a storm and make three mistakes instead of following God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how you can avoid these same mistakes on your journey of faith.

Sometimes you get a dream from God and make the decision to go for it—but then you’re forced into God’s waiting room. When that happens, you have two choices: You can try to figure it out on your own, or you can have faith in God’s timing. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how to trust God’s timing when you are delayed.

When God delays your dream, he is testing you and preparing you for the inevitable difficulties you will face in your faith process. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast how to respond when your dream is delayed so that God will find you faithful.

You will never realize God’s dream for your life until you make the decision to step out in faith. Pastor Rick shares in this broadcast a simple, workable plan for making biblical decisions that will keep you on track as you pursue God’s dream for your life.

When you have a God-given dream, you visualize the dream first, and then you verbalize it by saying, “This is what I believe God wants to do in my life.” You announce it to other people! Pastor Rick explains in this message the three effects of publicly stating your dream.

When you get serious about discovering God’s dream for your life, you have to decide: Will you choose the good life or God’s life? Materialism or ministry? The rat race or God’s race? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to follow God’s dream instead of settling for your culture's idea of success.

Can you imagine a life where everything is possible? It sounds like a great adventure! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick walks through each step in God’s six phases of faith, from dream to deliverance, so that you can claim God’s promise in Mark 9:23: “Everything is possible for the person who has faith” (GNT).

When you don’t understand God’s six phases of faith—the steps he uses to build your character and lead you toward your dream—you may get discouraged, and you will certainly worry. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how the phases of faith help you grow spiritually and keep you from becoming fearful about the future.

After Jesus’s resurrection, he gave an assignment to all his followers, to go into the world and teach people about him. Join Pastor Rick as he explains what heaven will be like and what Jesus wants you to do before you get there.

Jesus is praying for you right now. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how Jesus is constantly interceding for his followers and why that should give you great comfort and confidence.

When God created the universe, his plan was to have a family to love. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how Jesus is building that family and keeping it secure—and how you can be a part of his family.

What does it take to make changes that last? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God transforms you when you ask him to help you make changes in your life.

Making changes in your life won’t happen overnight. It’s a lifelong process that requires the power of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how the Holy Spirit helps you overcome destructive habits as God transforms you into the person he created you to be.

Have you ever asked, “Why are some things in my life so hard to change?” or, “Why do I hold on to self-defeating habits?” Join Pastor Rick as he explores the answer to these questions.

What do you choose to think about? In this message, Pastor Rick explains why what you feed your mind controls your behavior and why you need to be on a steady diet of God’s Word.

To reset your life, you need to make a choice to fill your mind with the best thoughts. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to focus on what is true, noble, right, pure, beautiful, admirable, excellent, and worth praising.

Resetting your life starts with changing how you think. Pastor Rick explains in this message why the things you choose to think about make such an impact on how you live.

You can’t reset your life on your own, and you also can’t reset without making some big changes. Pastor Rick explains in this message how to embrace community and let go of things that slow you down as you prepare to reset your life.

The Bible encourages followers of Jesus to examine their lives and be honest about how they’re living. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to search your life and do an honest appraisal of the areas where you need a reset.

When you’re ready to make a change in your life, start by asking God to do something new in you. It’s a request he wants to answer! In fact, God says in Isaiah 43:18-19, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!” (NIV). Listen as Pastor Rick explains how to begin preparing for a reset.

Out of your pain, God can bring good and give you hope. Pastor Rick explains how having this perspective not only helps you but helps others as they walk through their own pain.

God wants you to use your pain to help others. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about how sharing your failures, frustrations, and fears can benefit the people around you.

Your deepest life message often will come from your deepest hurt. Join Pastor Rick and learn how God uses pain to shape your message to the world.

The Bible says that God comforts us in our troubles so that we, in turn, can comfort others. Learn from Pastor Rick as he teaches how pain helps you be more compassionate when you serve.

When Christians help each other through painful times, they become closer to each other and more like Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how pain can grow you through fellowship and discipleship.

Most of us learn very little from the easy seasons of life; it’s the painful experiences that push us to change and mature the most. Learn from Pastor Rick as he explains how God can comfort you and help you grow through pain.

Pain can serve as a warning light that something is wrong. God can even use your pain to guard and protect you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches a different perspective on pain.

You were not put on this Earth just to take up space, use resources, retire, and then die. God has specifically shaped you so you can make a unique contribution! Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast how to discover the unique way God wired you so that you can make the greatest contribution possible with your life.

What will be the center of your life? There are a lot of options. You can center your life around a career, a sport, a hobby, making money, or having fun. In this message, Pastor Rick shares the one thing you can put at the center of your life that will never change and is strong enough to sustain you through life.

You are not the general manager of the universe! The greater your need to control, the more stressed you’re going to be in life. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what it means to take Jesus’ yoke upon you and how to reconnect with Christ so that you can have peace.

When you’re stressed out, how do you typically unwind? How do you de-stress when you’re exhausted and overloaded? Through this broadcast, Pastor Rick introduces the first thing you need to do in order to find rest for your soul when you’re running on empty.

The greatest gift you can give anybody is your time, because your time is your life! In this message, Pastor Rick explains why, if you want to revitalize a dying relationship, marriage, or friendship, it starts with investing more of yourself by giving your time to others.

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 14:1, “Let love be your highest goal!” (NLT) Join Pastor Rick for this broadcast as he shares God’s instructions for leaving a lasting legacy through the way you love others.

Selection is an important key to an effective life. You’ll be more effective if you figure out what you’re not going to do as well as what you are going to do. Listen to this message by Pastor Rick and learn how you’ll actually accomplish more in life by doing less!

It’s good to make plans. But when you don’t prepare for inevitable bumps in the road, you’re setting yourself up for a big disappointment. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how to build margin into your life so that you’ll have the perspective you need to anticipate problems.