Richard Ellis Talks

Through faith, we can know we have peace WITH God via salvation through Jesus. However, there's more - we can also feel and experience the peace OF God through obedience and relationship, and that's an incredible thing!

God knows every detail about us, and wants us to not just know things ABOUT Him, but to literally KNOW HIM in an intimate way through deep relationship. Embrace the fact that He knows us like a Father knows His child, and only wants what's best for His child!

Why is it important to spend alone time with God? Because that's when He empowers and strengthens us. We can't have power in our life outside of our "prayer closet" unless we’re spending time in there with Him!

We all have a past full of sins that we should be sentenced to spiritual death for. And the devil tries to use our past against us. But if we've been born again, we've been pronounced “not guilty” because of the blood of the Lamb!

God allows difficulties in our life to test and teach us. It's when we walk through those trials that we can grow closer to God, become more like Christ, and can then make a difference in others’ lives for Him!

Rather than sitting around looking at the temptations that we face, the Bible tells us to run as fast as we can away from those sins and into righteousness! God always provides an exit for us, but we have to choose to take it, so that our lives aren't destroyed by sin.

The Bible was given to us by God to remind us how we should live our lives. When we read His instructions, we need to not just hear what it says but obey.

Perhaps at times we think we can hide certain sins, but God sees it all, because He's already searched us. When we ask Him to search us, He can begin to work in our lives and reveal our struggles to us.

The Bible tells the story of a man who invited many people to a party, but when they didn't come, he had his servant bring the poor, blind and lame. God invites everyone to His party in Heaven, and He wants to use us to hand out that invitation!

Jesus, on the cross, took upon Himself all of mankind's sin as the ultimate sacrifice to God. Now, because of Him, we can be made clean and righteous in God’s eyes through Christ. He offers this salvation to everyone, but we must respond and receive this free gift.

The Church has historically practiced some traditional religious things that may or may not come from Scripture. In order to grow in our relationship with God, we must let go of what doesn't align with Truth, so that He can continue His work in us and through us.

Jesus told His disciples to follow Him and He'd make them fishers of men. If we follow Christ and He's in us, we'll be witnessing to others, because we won’t be able to keep silent about the work God's doing in our life!

Everyone's time here on earth will end. Everyone. And the only way to have LIFE after we exit this earth into the one of the only two eternal destinations, is by choosing to give our life to Christ and follow Him!

We all have fears, big and small. The Bible tells us that when God's in us, there's nothing to fear. Whatever He calls us to do, He'll equip us to do it, so there's no need for fear!

We always have choices to make throughout our lives, and we must ask God to give us the wisdom to make the right choices. Wisdom doesn't only mean knowing what choice to make, but it includes following through with that right choice, including the choice to follow Jesus!