Pastor Rick's Daily Hope

There are a lot of misconceptions about forgiveness today that keep us from giving forgiveness as freely as we have received it from God. Pastor Rick walks through some of those misconceptions in this message and helps you understand what forgiveness is by first understanding what it is not.

Are you tired of people telling you to "chill out"—because that just doesn't seem possible? Today, it's hard to find someone who is not stressed out and wishing for more time in the day. Pastor Rick wants to help you relax in God's grace by sharing in this message five steps to letting go of stress and learning "the unforced rhythms of grace" (Matthew 11:29 MSG).

When you understand God's grace, you'll find a level of joy and freedom that you've never experienced before. In this message, Pastor Rick explains just how destructive perfectionism is in your life and why the only antidote is replacing your inner critic with God's voice of love and relaxing in his liberating grace.

Life often feels like a marathon, and that makes sense because the Bible describes life as a race. In your race, there are going to be many pitfalls that are going to make you feel like giving up. In this message, Pastor Rick continues to look at three ways life will try to trip you up and how, with God's sustaining grace, you can finish your race well.

Sustaining grace is the power to keep on going when you feel like giving up—and that's something we all feel like doing sometimes! Life is full of challenges. Pastor Rick encourages you in this message with the truth that, no matter what you go through, you can count on God's sustaining grace to help you.