Your attitude of confidence and trust in God’s plan during times of suffering is a witness to those who observe you. What suffering God does not remove, He intends for us to bear by applying the Word of God. God will never give you more than you can handle. Suffering never leaves a Christian as it found him. Suffering can be a warning you are in prolonged carnality. “Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die” (Prov 15:10). Suffering for blessing is designed to advance you by putting muscle on your spiritual life. The Apostle Paul wrote, “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you” (1 Pet 5:10). You are never to complain about adverse circumstances. We are to celebrate our tribulation. “Knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance” (Rom 5:3). Your attitude of confidence and trust in God’s plan during times of suffering is a witness to those who observe you. What suffering God does not remove, He intends for you to bear through the application of the Word of God. God will never give you more than you can handle. Suffering can be a warning you are in prolonged carnality. “Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die” (Prov 15:10). Suffering can be for blessing, designed to put muscle on your spiritual life. The Apostle Paul wrote, “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you” (1 Pet 5:10). You are never to complain about adverse circumstances. “We celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance” (Rom 5:3).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/why-suffer-4a7e99
You must guard your thoughts by being occupied with Christ (problem-solving device number 10). “We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). Satan is the master deceiver, and he will try to capture your thoughts through the lures of the world. “I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ” (2 Cor 11:3). Obedience to Christ is the occupation with Christ. You can follow the lures of the world, or you can renew your thinking and get with the Word of God. People should never take precedence over God. Your Father seeks fidelity and devotion motivated by your love for Him. “Search me, O God, and know my heart [thoughts]. Try me and know my anxious thoughts; see if there be any hurtful way in me and lead me in the everlasting way” (Ps 139:23-24).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/guard-thoughts-a155a6
The birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah, is what we celebrate on Christmas Day. This is the single most critical moment in human history. God loves you so much He sent His uniquely born Son to pay for your sin. “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor 2:21). Jesus Christ came to this world and was born to die to solve our sin problem. There were three distinct announcements of our Lord’s birth in Scripture. All were done by a special, supernatural visit by an angel, once in a dream and two times face-to-face. God continues to divulge supernatural things to us today, but not through angels. He communicates to us through His Word, the Bible. Click for Full Transcript https://rhem.pub/christmastranscripta4d266
Christmas is when we celebrate the most incredible gift that mankind has ever known—the gift of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. The truth is Jesus Christ is the anointed Son of God. “For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all people” (Titus 2:11). A wish for a Merry Christmas should be a wish for all to know the joy of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. “Seek ye the Lord” (Is 55:6). The Messiah had come and the shepherds made the issue of salvation very clear. “He that believes on the Son has everlasting life” (John 3:36). Jesus Christ was born for one purpose—to die on the cross so that through Him we have everlasting life. From the beginning of His earthly life, He was identified with death. The shadow of the cross loomed over Him His entire life because at that moment God proclaimed to the world that the death of Jesus Christ, His Son, was even more significant than His life.Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/nightchristmasfb1a6e
The key to sustained happiness is trust and obedience to God’s Word. Sustained happiness is not based on circumstances, emotions, or material success—those things are fleeting. This episode explains why Scripture commands believers to rejoice always and how lasting joy comes from sharing the happiness of God through trust and obedience. Adversity is inevitable, but stress is optional when believers remain in fellowship and rely on God’s promises.⬇Download Transcript: https://rhem.pub/1061-transcript
Godliness is not sounding spiritual or having a sweet personality. Godliness has everything to do with what you think. “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5). Are you God’s child? Have you been saved? Are you obedient to Scripture by staying filed with the Holy Spirit and growing in grace? Have you developed a consistent daily routine of studying God’s Word every day under a well-qualified pastor? Are you living for the Lord Jesus Christ and not yourself? Are you re-presenting Him to others? If you are, you are living a life of godliness. Godliness is the mental attitude of virtue love being obedient to the plan of God for your life. This requires discipline. “On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness” (1 Tim 4:7). You must be able to discern good from evil. Evil is Satan’s scheme to influence the mentality of the human soul. “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness” (Heb 12:11).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/godliness-transcript-547eca
Bitterness is a harsh, hostile attitude that results from arrogant reactions and sometimes becomes a source of habitual carnality in your life. Bitterness pollutes your thinking. You can't glorify God with bitterness in your soul’s mentality. “See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it, many be defiled” (Heb 12:5). “Do all things without grumbling or disputing” (Phil 2:14). Bitterness is one of the greatest forms of arrogance you can get into because it feeds on self-justification. A habitual complainer is bitter, and you have no right to complain about anything. God wants you to share His happiness. Don’t allow bitterness to destroy your happiness. Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/root-bitterness-b72a01
Our strength in times of testing is always the Word of God. God allows the pressures of people and system testing so you will grow and become spiritually strong. Passing people testing is possible if you use God’s problem-solving devices of personal love for God and impersonal love for others. You must have this virtue love to successfully live the Christian life. Count on it, people will be a test, friends will turn on you. We are to forgive and move on. The Apostle Paul said, “At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them” (2 Tim 4:16). The greatest glory you can bring God through testing is your relaxed mental attitude. You turn it over to the Lord and forgive those who have turned on you. “Jesus was saying, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.’" (Luke 23:24).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/pass-test-41302e
God’s Word will cut into your soul and show you things you’ve never seen before. “The Word of God is alive and powerful” (Heb 4:12). You are warned to guard your thinking and the mentality of your soul. “Watch over your heart [soul] with all diligence, for from it flows the springs of life” (Prov 4:23). Satan is out to capture our minds, especially the minds of our kids. What’s your priority in life? Is it about you or about your sacrifice and service for the Lord? “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim 4:7). This is the kind of soul God wants you to have—a complete soul.Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/soul-transcript-d48d20
You need to arm your soul with God’s Word. “Put on the full armor of God so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil” (Eph 6:11). You must prepare the souls of your children and grandchildren with God’s Word. Divine viewpoint acts as brakes when they are tempted to go wide open down the hill with their lost friends. If the 10 problem-solving devices aren’t in the mentality of your soul, you won’t be able to successfully live the Christian life. Every believer must grow in their soul because it’s the soul that’s going to spend eternity with God in heaven. “Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will exalt you” (James 4:10).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/soul-transcript-e28817
Your soul’s mentality is the real you, not your body. “For as he thinks, so he is” (Prov 23:7). Your volition determines your soul’s worth and destiny. “Obtaining as the outcome of your faith [volition] the salvation of your souls” (1 Pet 1:9). The soul has volition (I will), self-consciousness (I am), mentality (I think) and conscience (I ought). Without the Word of God in your soul acting as a main line of resistance, your sin nature is free to manipulate your thinking. The answer to what’s going on in America is a spiritual revival of believers who have walked away from the doctrines of the Word of God and in arrogance no longer seek to know what God’s Word says.Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/soul-transcript-8166ee
Learn God’s divine prescription for peaceful thinking in every situation. This episode looks at Philippians 4:7–9 and explains how focusing your thoughts on God’s truth produces stability, clarity, and inner calm. You’ll discover how fixing your thoughts on what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and of good repute strengthens your mind and protects your soul. Rick explains how divine viewpoint replaces worry, frustration, and bitterness, and how the peace of God can guard your heart and mind every day.⬇Download Transcript: https://rhem.pub/1060-transcript
Many Christians say or do things that have no basis and no impact. Don't sell out for cheap emotional experiences and call it the spiritual life. Our pulpits are not teaching the Word of God. Churches are becoming Christian recreation centers. This is what allows the F.O.G. to settle across America (Failure of spiritual leadership. Open rebellion in the streets. God’s Word rejected). The spiritual life can’t be lived apart from the filling of the Holy Spirit and knowledge of God’s Word. God has a protocol. He expects the right thing to be done in the right way. Growing old is inevitable—growing up is optional. God mandates you to grow up spiritually. Spiritual growth requires you to choose to be consistent in the daily learning and application of God’s Word. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/dont-sell-12c819
Value developing a FLOT line in your soul as your number one priority. Using God’s 10 problem-solving devices is exactly how to live the Christian way of life. “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Rom 12:2). God left you here for a reason and that is to grow to spiritual maturity, fulfill your spiritual gift and glorify God to the maximum. Personal love for God is your motivation to do this. If you don’t understand the essence of God, you can’t love God. Happiness is a system of thought in your soul based on God’s Word. “Happy are those who hear My word and keep it” (Luke 11:28). Occupation with Christ is having the thinking of our Lord. God makes a direct demand on your volition to be occupied with Christ which is a mandate to be consistent in the metabolization of God’s Word in your soul. “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith” (Heb 12:2).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/value-flot-4da9c4
The strength of your spiritual life depends on using God's 10 problem-solving devices as the FLOT line in your soul. If you don’t understand Rebound (1 John 1:9) and the Filling of the Holy Spirit, you are not living the Christian life. Religious rituals are meaningless unless you are filled with the Holy Spirit. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor 5:7). Faith is trust in God’s provisions. Learning to walk by faith pleases God. “It is good for me that I was afflicted that I may learn Your statutes” (Ps 119:71). If you want to grow up spiritually you must learn God’s Word. Grace Orientation will keep you stable in times of hardship and suffering. The power of Christ in His grace provisions. “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9-10). Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/value-flot-98322f
You can’t operate in the Christian life with an unrealistic self-image. An unrealistic self-image leads to unrealistic expectations and creates a role model out of self. A person with an unrealistic self-image can’t look into the mirror of God’s Word and see themselves as they really are because they don’t have objectivity. They are totally subjective and focused on themselves. Apart from Satan, arrogance is the greatest enemy of a Christian. “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord” (James 4:10) is a mandate from God. There is no substitute for humility in the spiritual life.Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/unrealistic-self-c1a71b
We are witnessing the loss of America’s client nation status and impending severe divine discipline. We have lost our focus on God and our spiritual vigor. “From whom much is given, much will be required” (Luke 12:48). America is under liability to the Supreme Court of Heaven. The future of our nation depends on whether enough Christians fulfill the unique spiritual life God designed for us. As the pivot of mature believers shrinks, then the nation loses its client nation status with God. A client nation is a national entity under the patronage of God that is assigned the responsibility for the preservation, communication and fulfillment of the canon of Scripture, evangelism at home and around the world, and providing a safe haven for the Jew. Believers within the client nation are said to be salt, preservation, and a light to the world. “You are the salt of the earth” (Matt 5:13).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/clientnation6c6f93
The Lord Jesus Christ walked out of the tomb alive. This guarantees we as Christians will have life after death. We will have a resurrection body just like Christ if we have accepted Him as our Savior. This is the single most significant decision to make in life. “So it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance for forgiveness of sin would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:46-47). Our Lord Jesus Christ said He would return for us. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am, you may be also” (John 14:3).Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/resurrectionjesus9d7c4e
God supplies every believer’s true needs through grace, doctrine, and faith-rest. This episode explains how God faithfully supplies every legitimate need in the believer’s life. Drawing from Philippians 4:19 and many supporting Scriptures, it clarifies the difference between needs and wants, the priority of growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, and the importance of prayer under the filling of the Holy Spirit. You’ll also learn the danger of inaccurate faith and false teaching, why God’s Word—not emotion or legalism—is the only reliable source of truth, and how the faith-rest drill stabilizes the soul. Discover how God already knows your needs before you ask, why His compassion is renewed every morning, and how trusting His perfect plan brings strength, clarity, and peace.Download Transcript: https://rhem.pub/1059-transcript
Jesus Christ was subjected to six illegal trials, beaten beyond recognition, found not guilty by Pilate, yet sentenced and crucified. The next time you receive unjust treatment or think you’ve been disrespected, recall the horrific ordeal of your Savior, and what He endured to provide your means of salvation. Perspective. “For this I have been born, and for this I have come into this world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice” (John 18:37). It is through Jesus Christ’s spiritual death on the cross, being identified with the sins of mankind, that we have salvation. He paid our penalty. “He who knew no sin was made sin for us” (2 Cor 5:21). “Whoever receives Him has the power to become the sons of God, even to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12). Jesus Christ walked out of the grave alive and He is alive today. This is the meaning of Easter.Click for Full Transcript: https://rhem.pub/trialsjesus18c15b