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You need to forgive others because God has forgiven you, and holding onto resentment only hurts you. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches what it means to experience God's forgiveness so that you can be quick to forgive those around you.

Not only does God want you to repent of your sins, he also wants you to receive his forgiveness, reveal your faults to a trusted friend, and repeat the prayer of cleansing regularly. Join Pastor Rick as he shares the freedom that comes from believing in God's grace and mercy and leaning on others for healing.

God wants to heal your life, but the greatest holdup to your hang-up is you. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick points out critical steps to take in connecting with God: repentance and restitution.

True liberation and joy come when you review every area of your life and repent of your sins. In this message, Pastor Rick shares steps you can take to do a personal assessment and turn toward God and his grace.

When you depend on God to provide for you, he empowers you to share whatever he gives you with others. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick encourages you to respond to God's generosity by being generous with others.

The first steps toward dependence on God are seeing him as your source and trusting him for today. Find out more in today's message by Pastor Rick, and discover what it means to rely on God to meet your every need, remembering that "[he] will keep in perfect peace all who trust in [him]" (Isaiah 26:3 NLT).

Surrendering to Jesus means laying down our plans and leaving the future to God, which is possible when we keep our eyes on him. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches why we can trust God with our entire lives, no what matter happens.

Every day you must decide who's going to be in control of your life—you or God. After that you must learn to be content. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages you to pray, "God, I'm giving up control to you," and reveals how true contentment comes from relying on Jesus for strength.

Our problems are often beyond our ability to handle, but they're not beyond God's ability. He promises to be near to all who call on him. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages us to connect with our competent heavenly Father and discover just how close he really is!

When everything changes around us, it's reassuring to know that God never changes. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick reminds us that God is a consistent Father and worthy of our trust.

God loves you more than you will ever know or understand. Join Pastor Rick as he talks about the peace that comes from staying connected to God—our caring Father.

In the same way a disconnected branch can't bear fruit, a person disconnected from God and other believers will struggle to be spiritually fruitful. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick shares how staying connected to Jesus—the Vine—will transform your life and how the church body—your spiritual family—keeps you connected as well.

Much like buildings need support systems to withstand strong winds and earthquakes, we need the support of God and others to hold us up, especially during life's difficulties. Join Pastor Rick as he encourages us to stay connected to God and to one another.

How do you handle guilt from your past? How can you smile when your heart's been broken and filled with pain? You stand firm and watch the Lord work on your behalf. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to share steps for rebuilding your life when you've lost everything.

No one can take away your relationship with Jesus. No matter what you lose, you're not devastated because your security is in something that lasts forever. Join Pastor Rick as he shares steps for rebuilding your life when you've lost it all.

In this message, Pastor Rick explores how to break free from a rushed life and focus on what truly matters—finding more joy and less stress. He shares simple but powerful changes you can make to help you trust God's timing.

Pastor Rick continues to teach about the counter-cultural changes you need to make in order to slow down your life. One of those changes is to prioritize rest. Another is to pause to pray before you make any major decision. And then you need to trust in God's timing.

If you're serious about slowing down your life, you need to make several counter-cultural changes. In this message, you'll discover the importance of learning how to be content and how to listen before you speak.

Another step toward lightening your load is learning to trust Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why sharing the "yoke" with Jesus will lead you to rest.

The first step toward lightening your load is to bring your stress to Jesus. Join Pastor Rick as he explains why Jesus calls you to bring all your burdens to him and then give up control, trusting him to help you.

Pastor Rick finishes up his teaching on how Jesus revitalizes your life when you're depleted. He teaches how Jesus does this by filling you with his presence, giving you a new outlook on life, and by helping you to believe.

Pastor Rick continues to share how Jesus revitalizes your life when you're feeling defeated by showing you his love and offering you forgiveness.

Pastor Rick shares how Jesus revitalizes your life by meeting you where you are and giving you encouragement when you're running on empty.

Pastor Rick continues to teach about what it means to live a life of faith by trusting God's wisdom and strength and holding onto his promises. He also addresses what holds so many people back from choosing to follow Jesus.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.