Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches what it means to have faith. He explores how a life of faith means following the example of Jesus, accepting his grace, and investing your life in him.

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025

Join Pastor Rick as he continues to teach why you can confidently place your trust in God’s hands.

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2025

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how you can be certain God is trustworthy, even when you can’t see his hands at work in your life.

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2025

One of the great questions of life is, “Who are you going to trust?” In this message, Pastor Rick explains why you need to entrust your life and your future to Jesus, who always has your best interests at heart.

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

In this message, Pastor Rick continues to unpack the powerful meaning behind Jesus’ final words on the cross. You’ll discover that it wasn’t the end but the beginning of how God’s work continues in your life today.

Transcribed - Published: 8 April 2025

From the cross, Jesus said, “It is finished!” (John 19:30 NLT). He did not say, “I am finished.”  Join Pastor Rick as he explains how the resurrection of Jesus proves God’s promises to you.

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2025

Pastor Rick explains why the word of victory from Jesus is the single most important phrase in your life. If Jesus hadn’t said it, there would be no hope of eternal life with God. As Jesus died on the cross, he said, “It is finished!” (John 19:30 NLT). This is Christianity in a nutshell.

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025

Pastor Rick explains in this message the some ways people try to satisfy their spiritual thirst outside of Jesus and why those efforts only make them thirstier. Your thirst for significance can only be quenched by Jesus.

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2025

People who are spiritually thirsty are searching for meaning, purpose, and significance. In this message, Pastor Rick explains your responsibility as a believer to help lead others to the living water found in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

Join Pastor Rick as he explains how suffering can be redemptive and why Jesus was willing to suffer and thirst so that you can go to heaven.

Transcribed - Published: 1 April 2025

Your salvation is free. But it cost Jesus everything. Join Pastor Rick as he explains the cost of God’s grace.

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2025

In this message, Pastor Rick continues to explain what it meant for Jesus to die in your place on the cross.

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2025

Join Pastor Rick as he teaches why Jesus had to pay the penalty for your sins.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2025

In this message, Pastor Rick explains how Jesus’ word of love from the cross reveals God’s compassion, tenderness, and concern for you.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

The fact is, you can’t love like Jesus loves on your own. You can only do it by God’s power. In this message, Pastor Rick explains how God helps us learn to love others like he loves us.

Transcribed - Published: 25 March 2025

Nailed to a cross next to Jesus, one thief asked Christ to remember him when the Lord came into his kingdom. “And Jesus replied, ‘I assure you, today you will be with me in paradise’” (Luke 23:43 NLT). In this message, Pastor Rick examines the four characteristics of salvation that will help you believe and trust in Jesus.

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2025

Here’s what happened on the cross: “God had Christ, who was sinless, take our sin so that we might receive God’s approval through him” (2 Corinthians 5:21 GW). In this message, Pastor Rick teaches why we needed Jesus to save us from our sins.

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

How do you know for sure that you’re saved? How do you know you’re going to heaven when you die? What’s your assurance? Pastor Rick teaches why you can rest in the assurance of God’s promise to save you when you believe in Jesus Christ.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2025

“Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed” (James 5:16 TLB). The first step of forgiveness is admitting your guilt. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how to take the next step of forgiveness—by accepting responsibility for your sin.

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

Holding onto guilt can eventually harm you—and that’s not what God has planned for you. Listen as Pastor Rick teaches how to stop defeating yourself and, instead, to bring the things you feel guilty about before God as you confess, ask for forgiveness, and receive God’s forgiveness.

Transcribed - Published: 18 March 2025

God uses problems both to protect you and to perfect you. Join Pastor Rick as he explains what this might look like in your life.

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how God uses your problems to direct you and correct you as he transforms you into the person he created you to be.

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2025

God wants you to know you’re lovable. But he also wants you to understand that he sees you as acceptable and valuable. Pastor Rick explains how fully embracing these truths will be life-changing.

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2025

Pastor Rick explains how God sees you as acceptable, valuable, and lovable. Understanding and trusting these truths will transform the way you live.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

Have you ever been paralyzed by your emotions? In this message, Pastor Rick talks about the role prayer plays in emotional health.

Transcribed - Published: 11 March 2025

The Bible teaches that, with prayer, we can recover from the problems we’ve caused by our own impatience. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why God is never in a hurry with your growth.

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

It’s not your job to convince people to accept Christ, but you are called by God to be a witness. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to share the hope of Jesus.

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

For God to use the pain in your life for his purposes, you’ve got to be authentic. Join Pastor Rick as he discusses the things you should be honest about if you want to impact the people around you.

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2025

Your greatest ministry will flow out of your pain—not out of your strengths or talents. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick uses the biblical example of Paul to show how you can use your weaknesses to help those who are hurting.

Transcribed - Published: 28 February 2025

In this message, Pastor Rick teaches how to face your failures and to quickly let go of them. And he explains why you will be encouraged by God’s response to your confession.

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2025

Your faith opens doors for God to work within your life. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to set a “FAITH” goal to help you accomplish the dream God has given you.

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

The number one purpose of your life is to get to know God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how staying connected to God daily will allow you to bear fruit in your life.

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2025

When it comes to experiencing lasting change, God always responds to humility. Join Pastor Rick as he shares lessons from the life of Jacob about the importance of being honest with God about the problems in your life.

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2025

Sometimes people miss God’s best because they give up too soon. In this message, Pastor Rick teaches two reasons why God may not answer your prayers immediately and why you need to be persistent in your requests.

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025

Overcoming your problems boils down to how well you trust and obey God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains the root of most conflicts and the ways God teaches us to resolve them.

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2025

The road to recovery often has a few setbacks—times when you relapse into old patterns of living. Join Pastor Rick as he shares why you need to make Jesus your GPS for life. As you make him your unchanging point of focus, he’ll keep you on track.

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

When you choose to be the manager of your life, it often causes conflict, confusion, and stress. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains why letting Jesus become the manager of your life is the better choice that leads to more peace and less stress.

Transcribed - Published: 18 February 2025

Knowing that life on earth is just a temporary assignment will radically alter the way you live. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how to fix your attention on the things that are eternally important.

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2025

To have hope, you need to understand that God doesn’t come into your life to make you feel judged but to let you know he really cares. In this message, Pastor Rick explains why God’s “rod and staff” (Psalm 23:4 GNT) are meant to comfort and not condemn you.

Transcribed - Published: 14 February 2025

If God can raise Jesus from the dead, he can certainly raise a dead marriage, career, or dream when we ask for his help. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick talks about how God specializes in turning crucifixions into resurrections.

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2025

God can heal your hurts, hang-ups, and habits—but it takes humility. In this message, Pastor Rick helps you discover what you need to confront in yourself so that God can bless your life.

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

When you want God to bless something, you need to give it to him first. There are several ways to do that in your job. You can care about the people you work with, exceed what is expected of you, keep learning to expand your skills, and dedicate you work to be used for God’s purposes.

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2025

If you want to be blessed in your work, do these three things: Work enthusiastically no matter where you are or what you do; understand that you are ultimately working for God; and concentrate on building your character.

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2025

Creating a spiritual legacy means investing your life in something that outlasts you, and there's no greater cause than the kingdom of God. To build that kind of legacy, follow the example of Jesus.

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2025

Did you know that you can honor God—and benefit yourself—by managing your body well? When you make healthy choices, you’re honoring God by taking care of the body he created.

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2025

As a Christian, you already have the key to help you live a long, healthy life. God has given you all of the principles for health management in his Word, the Bible.

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

If God told you to go do something right now, financial bondage might keep you from doing it. Pastor Rick teaches about the importance of managing your money and becoming debt-free.

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2025

The first law of financial freedom is the law of possession: Everything you have belongs to God; you are only a manager. In this message, Pastor Rick explains what it means to be a steward of the things God has given you.

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

Pastor Rick teaches that, from the beginning, God’s plan has been to make you like his Son, Jesus—this is your destiny. The Bible describes Jesus as “the exact likeness of God,” “the visible image of the invisible God,” and “the exact representation of his being” (2 Corinthians 4:4 GNT, Colossians 1:15 NLT, Hebrews 1:3 NIV).

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2025

God will use not only your gifts but also your limitations to fulfill your destiny. In this message, Pastor Rick explains that what may seem like a disaster could be part of a bigger plan—but you’ll never reach your destiny if you’re stuck in self-pity.

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025