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You were made by God, and you were made for God. Until you understand that, your life will never make sense. You've got to start with God. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach how the Bible answers the question: "What on earth am I here for?"
Transcribed - Published: 21 January 2026
The only way you're ever going to know the purpose for your life—why you're here on this planet, and what on earth you're here for—is to talk to your Creator, God, and to read his Word, the Bible. Pastor Rick teaches that your purpose starts with God.
Transcribed - Published: 20 January 2026
From the very beginning, God's plan has been to make you like his Son, Jesus. In this message, Pastor Rick explores some of the aspects you share with God and how you can grow in his image and likeness as you "see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him" (Romans 8:29 MSG).
Transcribed - Published: 19 January 2026
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why your destiny has eternal significance, not just for yourself but also for other people. Nothing you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God. This is why you must have an urgency about knowing your destiny and completing your mission.
Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2026
There's almost nothing that God won't do for the person who really wants to help others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares God's promises of what he will do for the person who is committed to blessing and helping other people.
Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2026
In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how your spiritual gifts were not given for your own benefit but for the benefit of others, just as other people were given gifts for your benefit. "There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord" (1 Corinthians 12:5 NLT).
Transcribed - Published: 14 January 2026
One of life's frustrations is that God's timetable is rarely the same as ours. We are often in a hurry when God isn't. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to be patient with the process as God continually works in your life to prepare you for your role in eternity.
Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2026
Today we're obsessed with speed, but God is more interested in strength and stability than swiftness. Real maturity is never the result of a single experience, no matter how powerful or moving. Join Pastor Rick as he walks through the ways to gradually develop the habits of Christlike character.
Transcribed - Published: 12 January 2026
Because you belong to God's family, Jesus isn't ashamed to call you his brother or sister, no matter how messed up your life might be. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches that if you're a member of the family of God, your sin doesn't define you anymore and why that truth brings freedom to your life.
Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2026
Today's individualistic culture is filled with "bunny believers," people who hop around from one church to another without any identity, accountability, or commitment. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why being part of a community of believers is so important to your spiritual walk and why we need to recover and practice the biblical meaning of membership.
Transcribed - Published: 8 January 2026
In this message, Pastor Rick explains just how much God loves you and why the spiritually lost are worth God's rescue mission. People are only "lost" if they're worth finding! Think of it this way: The value of a masterpiece doesn't go down when it's lost; it goes up.
Transcribed - Published: 7 January 2026
The Bible says, "We love because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19 NIV). In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why you have to begin with God's nature to be able to understand your life's purpose and calling.
Transcribed - Published: 6 January 2026
God not only knows where you are; he also knows who you are. He knows what you're going through, why you're going through it, and how you feel about it. He knows you better than you know yourself! Listen as Pastor Rick shares just how much Jesus wants to affirm you and show you his love.
Transcribed - Published: 5 January 2026
You were made to be you. God has given you unique abilities, and he wants you to use them to fulfill his purposes. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how your abilities are the roadmap to God's will for your life.
Transcribed - Published: 2 January 2026
Happy New Year! Before you jump into 2026, Pastor Rick wants to share an encouraging message with you. No matter what happened in 2025, God can help you start over and create a NEW YOU in the NEW YEAR. In this short video, he gives you the first four steps—and a plan—to make it happen.
Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2026
Listen as Pastor Rick concludes this message on how Jesus values you based on his encounter with Zacchaeus. Learn that no matter what you've done and what others say about you, Jesus still wants to have a relationship with you.
Transcribed - Published: 31 December 2025
When Jesus encountered a tax collector and invited him to dinner, the people were outraged. Join Pastor Rick in this message as he explores the value Jesus places on you through the story of Zacchaeus—reminding you that no matter how small or overlooked you feel, Jesus sees and knows you.
Transcribed - Published: 30 December 2025
Our deepest needs in life are to feel secure and valued—to know our lives matter and to make a difference. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how faulty it is to compare ourselves to others and evaluate our worth based on what the world says is important, not what Jesus says is important.
Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2025
What's so miraculous about Christmas? It may look like just the birth of a baby—but there's so much more happening in that moment. In this message by Pastor Rick, you'll discover the incredible miracles that reveal why Christmas changes everything.
Transcribed - Published: 26 December 2025
The first Christmas included an unmarried young woman learning she was pregnant, shepherds whose dark, quiet night was suddenly interrupted, and an old man who was afraid to trust God after years of disappointment. Join Pastor Rick in exploring how God addressed their fears—and how he responds to yours, too.
Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2025
God doesn't want you to live in fear. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how the story of the first Christmas can help you learn to defeat the fears that hold you back.
Transcribed - Published: 24 December 2025
In this message, Pastor Rick explains that God offers you many gifts through Jesus. You just have to receive them! He offers you a new community—a spiritual family in his church. And he offers you a new destiny—an eternity with him in heaven.
Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2025
Once you've received Jesus—the biggest gift you'll ever receive—God gives you other gifts. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how gifts like God's unconditional love and his Spirit living in you will change your life in practical ways.
Transcribed - Published: 22 December 2025
What does it mean to find true freedom in Christ? Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how the Holy Spirit guides you toward radical freedom.
Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2025
You have the freedom to say no to things that mess up your life—and the freedom to say yes to things that build up your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the radical freedom you have in Christ.
Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2025
Jesus says, "Your heart will be where your treasure is" (Matthew 6:21 NCV). When you give yourself to Jesus, it makes you love him more. Find out why, as Pastor Rick teaches more about radical generosity.
Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2025
One mark of maturity is when you begin to understand that there really is more joy in giving than in getting. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from the Bible about radical generosity.
Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025
Because of Jesus, you can have hope that God will protect you with his mighty power and that you are being prepared for eternity. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach more about radical hope.
Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2025
No matter what you're going through right now and no matter what you will go through in the days ahead, you cannot lose your salvation. God is holding on to you with his grip of grace. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches more about the radical hope we find in Jesus.
Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2025
Did you know that if you are a believer, God always acts in mercy toward you? Why? Because you are covered in the blood and salvation of Jesus Christ. And that gives you hope. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches from God's Word.
Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2025
John 3:16 has a lot to teach us. Did you know it includes an incredible offer, one you can't afford not to accept? Join Pastor Rick as he looks at the most famous verse in the Bible and explains the eternal gift God is waiting for you to accept.
Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025
In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how God's love is intense, eternal, and everywhere! It's also sacrificial. Learn more about the most famous verse in the Bible, John 3:16.
Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2025
Jesus says, "Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy" (John 16:24 NLT). Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how prayer can lead to radical joy.
Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2025
Do you constantly ask yourself, "Am I making the right decision? Am I doing the right thing?" Join Pastor Rick as he teaches that, no matter how bad things are in your life, you can know for certain that God will use it all for good.
Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2025
God says there's no condemnation for those who are in Christ. That means God isn't mad at you and he's not trying to get even with you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God's grace can give you radical joy.
Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2025
Real faith develops in the valleys of life, not on the mountaintops. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how God uses the pain, the hurt, and the difficulties in your life to shape you into the person he created you to be.
Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025
Join Pastor Rick as he teaches more about how to be grateful in every situation and how that attitude can change the world.
Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2025
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.
Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2025
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