Rick is a writer, speaker, teacher, and minister who has lived and served overseas since 1995. In late 2013, he moved back to America, but continues to travel and work with pastors and leaders across the world.
His passion is to build others up with the life-changing truths of God’s grace and love.
You have problems. I have problems. It’s just the way life is. With Jesus, however, there are reasons to rejoice.You have problems, but you have a good God. God is not the one sending misery and sadness into your life. God’s not putting crosses on you, requiring...
At Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation. We remember the Word became flesh, when God clothed Himself in the person of a man, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus was the perfect representation of God, and the reason for the incarnation was to reveal who God is, and His...
Thanksgiving comes as a holiday once a year, and that reminds the secular folks to count their blessings. We, as believers, know that thanksgiving is really every day.In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (1 Thess....
Words Build Faith“Well what if it turns out that I don’t possess much faith?” This is probably the case for most people. Their faith is weak, and their mouths reveal it. Or they have both faith and unbelief in the mix, and give more voice to the unbelief. The...
Some people get upset when they hear about positive confession. They associate it with New Age teaching, or some other religious fluff. Worse yet, it may be likened to “name it claim it” theology! And because they have misunderstood or have been taught wrongly,...
They say you need a permit to carry a concealed weapon, but the truth is everyone is packing a loaded tongue! Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” You have the ability to release...
Love is NecessaryPaul spoke of “speaking the truth in love” (Eph.4:15). Has someone ever said to you, “I love you but…” and then proceeded to knock you into the ground with criticisms? Even if the truth is being spoken, the one who is not speaking in love is wrong!...
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