Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

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.

Only with Jesus in your life will you ever be able to love your spouse with God's everlasting love. Join Pastor Rick as he concludes this series about growing a love that lasts—by expressing faith, extending grace, expecting the best, and enduring the worst.

The longer you're in a relationship with an imperfect person (and that's everyone), the more you tend to expect the worst because you know their faults and weaknesses better than anybody else. Listen as Pastor Rick shares how staying hopeful and optimistic in your marriage will grow a love that lasts.

The longer you're married, the easier it is to become ungracious. No marriage can last without grace, forgiveness, acceptance, and a lot of patience. In this message, Pastor Rick shares that to make your marriage last, you must learn to extend grace.

In order to get a marriage makeover, you must deal with unresolved hurt. Listen as Pastor Rick explains the two ways to help heal your marriage of unresolved hurt and the three little words every married person must learn to say.

God specializes in marriage makeovers, in bringing dead, stagnant, and stale things to life again. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how accepting responsibility for your part in your relationship problems can help turn your marriage into something fresh, exciting, attractive, fulfilling, and wonderful.

Before you can improve your marriage, you've got to understand what causes marriages to go from harmony to hostility to apathy. Listen as Pastor Rick explains how unrealistic expectations can sink a marriage and how you can learn to be realistic about your spouse's imperfections, as well as your own.

In every marriage, you must continually make adjustments for the relationship to grow. Listen as Pastor Rick shares how adjusting in life requires unselfishness and how learning to be unselfish may be the number one lesson God wants to teach you.

God wants to grow your marriage—and you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the reasons you need to keep paying attention to your spouse, for their benefit and for yours.

Marriage is a three-legged stool. It takes three to make it stand—you, your spouse, and Christ. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the key to marital stability through reliance on Jesus.

One of the purposes of marriage is to learn to be considerate, because Jesus is considerate. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to be considerate of your spouse by showing them courtesy and treating them with respect and care.

A healthy marriage starts with two emotionally healthy people. Listen as Pastor Rick shares what the Bible says about emotional health and why it matters when choosing a spouse.

God wants marriage to be a partnership that helps you fulfill your calling. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how spouses who complement each other's SHAPE, gifts, and calling have incredible marriages and can avoid much conflict and pain.

If you plan to get married, you need to be sure your future spouse shares the most important part of your life: your relationship with God. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the importance of spiritual unity and how it can even allow you to enjoy unity in many other areas.

The world may offer you self-help books or encouraging thoughts. But God offers life-changing truth. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches the truth of the gospel and its power to transform.

God wants everyone in the church to be part of proclaiming his message. In this message, Pastor Rick will help you see how God can use you, no matter who you are.

There's one thing that makes the church different from every other group of people: The church has the Holy Spirit. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the difference God's Spirit makes in your life.

When you give your resources as an act of worship or to bring people to Jesus, you honor God. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about the ways God wants you to invest in his purposes and why he wants you to store up treasure in heaven.

God wants you to invest in growing your character, in encouraging other believers, and in helping those in need. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how those investments will yield eternal dividends.

To be financially healthy, you have to plan carefully how you use your money. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches about the biblical principle of accounting.

You need to honor God first in your finances. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the principle of tithing.

God designed you to be productive. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why God made you that way and what that means for your daily life.

You reap the same things that you sow. If you plant seeds of selfishness, you reap selfishness; if you sow kindness, you reap kindness. In this message, Pastor Rick talks about how this principle applies to every area of your life.

You always reap in a different season than you sow. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches what you can do while you're waiting for God's blessing.

Everything in life starts as a seed. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why God requires you to first plant a seed in faith before he begins to bless your life with fruitfulness.

Did you know that you can become possessed by your possessions? In this message, Pastor Rick will give you practical strategies for focusing on eternal priorities instead.

You can have very little materially and still be content, or you can have a lot and still wish for more. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how contentment has nothing to do with your circumstances and everything to do with your attitude.

God has made you unique in every way, including in the resources he's given you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why contentment requires you to stop comparing yourself to others.

Everything you have belongs to God: you are only a manager of what he gives you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches the spiritual discipline of money management.

God often uses money to test your faith. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why God does this and what you need to do to pass the test.

We may not know exactly what heaven will look like, but we do know that God will be there. That means we will get to experience God's glory and his goodness forever—and that will be enough. Don't miss Pastor Rick's continued teaching on how wonderful heaven will be for those who follow Jesus.

Many people wonder what they're going to do in heaven. You're definitely not going to be bored! In this message, Pastor Rick explores some of the specific answers the Bible gives about what your work looks like in heaven.

God created every person because he wants them to be a part of his family. He invites everyone to heaven, his home, but not everyone chooses to accept God's terms. Pastor Rick shares in this message how you can accept God's invitation to heaven.

What is heaven? There are a lot of misconceptions about what heaven will be like. But the Bible says it's a physical and permanent place that will last forever. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how, in God's goodness, God reserves heaven for his family.

Are you worried about the future? You don't know what tomorrow will look like, but you do know that God has prepared an eternity for you in heaven. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to live in light of eternity and share that hope with others.

God's goodness and mercy are always working around you and in you and watching out for you. Knowing this should give you great peace and confidence for the future. Pastor Rick teaches in this message about why you can rely on God's good, merciful nature.

In his goodness, God is always looking out for you. There is no place you can go where you are not in his care! Learn from Pastor Rick how God created you to love you and is with you every moment of every day.

There is one habit that will help you move from an overwhelmed life to an overflowing life: staying connected to Jesus. But that can seem hard to do in today's fast-paced and busy world. Pastor Rick shares in this message how and why you need to stay connected to God.

Often the fear of missing out motivates you to do too much. Join Pastor Rick as he explores why you're not missing out on anything when you rest in the goodness and provision of God.

Do you have a shortage mindset or a surplus mindset? A surplus mindset recognizes that God supplies more than enough to meet everyone's needs at the same time. Don't miss Pastor Rick's teaching on how to develop this mindset so you can experience God's goodness every day.

God's anointing helps you through your own problems, but God also anoints your life to bless others. Pastor Rick explores in this message what it means to have God's anointing as he continues to teach from Psalm 23.

When God appoints you, he anoints you. He has made you part of his mission in the world, but he doesn't expect you to be able to do it in your own power. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God never tells you to do something without providing what you need to do it.

God is present, even when you can't feel him. In your lowest valley, it takes faith to believe that he is walking through it with you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains how to stay connected to God in a crisis.

When you are under attack, you naturally want to do something about it. But Pastor Rick wants you to understand through this message why you can trust God to be your defender and leave justice to him.

If you get confused or wander away, Jesus will find you and bring you back. Every person matters to him! Don't miss Pastor's Rick's teaching on Jesus' rescue mission to bring you home to heaven.

Jesus always knows more about your life than you do. He knows the way you should go, even when you don't. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the comfort of having a Shepherd who always knows more than his sheep.

If you bring your problems to Jesus, he doesn't put you down. He lifts you up! He doesn't hassle you; he heals you. Pastor Rick teaches how Jesus' compassion reveals the goodness of God and how letting Jesus guide you will help you conquer your daily problems.

As you walk through a valley, God still wants you to trust him. And when you're faithful to Christ in the valleys of failure, fear, conflict, grief, and trouble, you will be rewarded. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about God's goodness and these eternal rewards.

In this broadcast, Pastor Rick concludes his message on healthy friendships by discussing the type of friend you need to be to others.

Join Pastor Rick as he looks again at what the Bible says concerning the qualities to consider in the people you choose to surround yourself with—and the specific things you should pay attention to.

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what the Bible says about how to choose close friends and the types of people you should avoid.

Your identity matters because in Christ, you have something to offer the world. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about your true identity.

God says your identity is valuable, your worth is priceless to him, and you have been stamped in his image. Learn more about your true identity in this message by Pastor Rick.

If you look to other people to determine your identity, you're not going to find it. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches that it's only in Christ that we find out who we are and what in the world we were made for.

Wisdom is willing to yield to others, is full of mercy and good deeds, is impartial, and is always sincere. Listen in as Pastor Rick explains practical ways to be wise in your relationships.

Wisdom is pure, peace-loving, and gentle. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches practical ways to apply wisdom to your relationships.

Relationships are complicated. But the Bible offers ways to build positive, healthy relationships. Join Pastor Rick as he offers practical truth about relationships from God's Word.

Join Pastor Rick as he teaches about the key to developing friendships: focusing on others and learning to support them. He explains how small groups are a perfect place to learn and practice relational skills.

We all have relationship problems. Those problems often grow out of selfishness, pride, insecurity, and resentment. Listen in as Pastor Rick teaches from God's Word how you can get past those hangups and build healthy relationships.

Friendship with God is like any other friendship: You have to make time for it. Learn the importance of having a daily quiet time with God in this message by Pastor Rick.

You can be the most famous, most successful, and most accomplished person on the planet. But if you don't know and love God, you've missed the purpose of your life. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you build a friendship with God.

It's easy for families to criticize and compare, saying things like, "Why can't you be more like your father—or more like your sister?" Join Pastor Rick as he explains why healthy family relationships are worth fighting for.

Many families are just average. One reason is because they don't talk about important things, like God's Word. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches specific ways you can build an awesome family.

Family relationships teach many skills, including how to handle emotions, how to handle conflict, and how to handle loss. Learn how families help each other grow in this broadcast by Pastor Rick.

In this message, Pastor Rick continues teaching how to fight for an awesome marriage, specifically in different seasons of life. He concludes the series by sharing how doing the hard parts of marriage actually makes the good parts even better.

In a society that often doesn't support marriage and sometimes even encourages people to walk out on their marriage, God wants you to fight for your marriage. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach about awesome marriages.

God created marriage for many reasons: to connect men and women, to protect children, and to reflect our union with Christ. Learn more reasons why God created marriage in this message by Pastor Rick.

Regardless of whether you're married or single, the Bible says that everyone should give honor to marriage. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why marriage matters.

Sometimes we listen to church services online, while multitasking with other things. But nothing compares to attending a church where you can listen and respond to God's Word with others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick continues to discuss how worship transforms lives.

When you understand that everything around you comes from God, you can't help but worship him. And what kind of worship does God want? Jesus says in John 4:23: "True worshipers" (NIV). Join Pastor Rick as he unpacks the life-transforming power of worship and what it means to an authentic worshiper.

If you listen to the deepest hurt in a person's heart, you've just discovered how to lead them to Jesus. Inviting them to church is another way to help them encounter Jesus, because it's a powerful witness to see so many people worshiping God and believing the same thing—all in one place. Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach principles that will give you confidence to share your faith.

When you tell others about the meaning and significance they will find in Jesus, you're offering them exactly what they're looking for. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches principles that will give you confidence to share your faith.

Valleys are an inevitable part of life, and you never know when they're going to show up. As Pastor Rick continues to teach in this message from Psalm 23, he reminds you that God is always with you—even in the valleys.

In a difficult valley, the darkness can be overwhelming. But the shadows in your life are evidence of the presence of light. Learn from Pastor Rick how to turn your back to the shadows and look at the light of God's goodness.

Everyone follows something in life. You can choose to follow your culture that's constantly changing, or you can follow the eternal Word of God. Learn how to fill your mind with God's truth as Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23.

Do you struggle to know what God wants you to do? Maybe you want to follow God's plan, but you don't know where to start. Don't miss this message, where Pastor Rick teaches why you need to be willing to obey God, even before you know his plans for you.

To be led by God's Spirit, you first have to want him to lead you. But it's tempting to follow the world's lead instead and be distracted by other people's opinions. Join Pastor Rick to learn how to pursue God's wisdom for your life.

Everything you've done wrong or will do wrong has already been paid for by Jesus on the cross. Now, he wants you to experience every day the joy of being restored to him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how, through Jesus, your broken soul can become whole again.

In his humanity, Jesus experienced loneliness, betrayal, and rejection. Because of this, there's no hurt you can go through that he doesn't understand. In this message, learn from Pastor Rick how to mourn your losses and receive God's blessing.

God specializes in bringing good out of bad. At the cross and Jesus' resurrection, he showed us just how much power he has to do that! Join Pastor Rick as he shares how God can redeem your hurts and use them to guide you toward holiness and make you more like Christ.

Rest is so important that God made it part of the Ten Commandments—right up there with not committing adultery, not murdering, and not stealing. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how rest benefits your spiritual, physical, and emotional health.

When you relax in God's goodness, you learn that you don't have to prove your worth. You don't have to wear yourself out, believing there's something you could do to make God love you more. Instead, as Pastor Rick teaches in this message, you can rest in the truth that you are already extremely valuable to God.

Do you ever feel guilty when you relax or take time off? The Bible says that God considers rest as important as work. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to live a rest-filled life as you learn new, biblical ways to measure the time you've been given.

It's easy to look to yourself or other people to meet your needs, but God wants you to experience the joy and freedom that come from trusting in his goodness. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to show how God is ready to provide for you when you're ready to surrender to him.

Where are you looking for security? The only security that can never be taken from you is the security that God provides. Learn how to look to God to meet all your needs as Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23.

Worry is the result of forgetting that God is good all the time. So how should you respond when you realize you're worrying? You can pray, or you can panic. This message from Pastor Rick is essential for anyone feeling anxious and looking for peace.

Worry affects your health, relationships, and overall well-being. But God says you don't have to worry, because he promises to meet all your needs if you trust him. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how you can overcome stress and trust God in all circumstances.

Pastor Rick continues to teach from Psalm 23, explaining the gifts of God's goodness. Don't miss learning about how God can trade your darkness for the blessings of his guidance, provision, and abundance.

Understanding the goodness of God will revolutionize your life and your relationships. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can experience God's goodness that is already at work in your life.

When you're in pain, depressed, or experiencing conflict, it can be easy to doubt or forget God's goodness—and that causes all kinds of difficulty. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God's goodness can give you perspective in the darkest of times.

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.

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.

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.