Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

The negative opinions of others can easily get us down. And if our happiness depends on the approval of other people, we'll never find lasting happiness. Join Pastor Rick as he helps you discover God's strategy for true happiness.

Pain, pressure, people, and problems—the four most common sources of unhappiness. They're the killjoys of life. In this message, Pastor Rick examines why happiness is not based on circumstances—it's a choice.

Do you feel under attack? Tell God. Do you feel like you have no energy? Tell God. Do you feel rejected or lonely? Tell God. In this message, Pastor Rick encourages you to dump everything you're feeling right now onto the Lord—he wants to hear from you!

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.