The cancer to our faith is what the Bible calls condemnation. When we feel condemned, we expect punishment. Sometimes we experience guilt because of our behavior, and sometimes we have no clue. It doesn’t matter what the source is, condemnation is crippling. Join me this week as we discuss the work of the Holy Spirit Who witnesses to our hearts to pull us out of these times of guilt and shame!

9. Witness Of The Spirit

One of the greatest lies religion has ever told us is how hard it is to win our family and friends to Jesus. That is absolutely not true. In fact, they may be the people that will be the easiest to reach. The problem is that we don’t know how to reach them. Join me this week and we’ll discuss Have the Right Answers. I can promise you, if you have the right answers, anyone is easy to reach. But the secret is discovering their questions. When you know their questions, you can reach them!

8. Have The Right Answer

The world needs to see Jesus but they can’t unless we show them. We are called to love people the same way Jesus loved them. When they experience God’s love from God’s people, we won’t have to ask them if they want to know God, they will ask us to tell them about the God we know. Join me this week as we discuss how experiencing God’s perfect love makes us love like Jesus!

7. Loving Like Jesus

Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive!” Evidently, we don’t really believe that. When faced with crisis or hardship our first thought is, “God needs to do something. He needs to give me what I need!” If we believed it is better to give than receive, we might actually pray, “Father, help me to freely give that which I need to others who are in need.” When Jesus was in need, He always gave because He knew it was more blessed to give than receive. To be blessed means to be more fortunate, to have greater benefit, and to be happier and more fulfilled! Join me this week in CyberChurch as we talk about Our Greatest Need, and begin to experience the secret blessing of giving first!

6. Our Greatest Need

How is it possible that anyone could confuse love with narcissism? It’s something that probably happens every day in millions of marriages, when someone looks into the eyes of their spouse and says, “If you love me you’ll do……!” In our corrupt world, we have somehow come to believe that love is when someone does something for us and we are not expected to respond. This is the way far too many believers attempt to relate to God. I don’t really want to know you, spend time or do what it takes to have a great relationship; I just want you to prove you love me!God does love us, and He does prove it every single day in thousands of ways. But His love is no benefit to us if we do not believe it, experience it, and respond to it. If we do not respond to His love by loving Him and loving others, it becomes a problem that can lead us into extreme spiritual narcissism. Join me this week in CyberChurch as we explore whether our relationship with God is leading us into love or selfishness!

How is it possible that anyone could confuse love with narcissism? It’s something that probably happens every day in millions of marriages, when someone looks into the eyes of their spouse and says, “If you love me you’ll do……!” In our corrupt world, we have somehow come to believe that love is when someone does something for us and we are not expected to respond. This is the way far too many believers attempt to relate to God. I don’t really want to know you, spend time or do what it takes to have a great relationship; I just want you to prove you love me! God does love us, and He does prove it every single day in thousands of ways. But His love is no benefit to us if we do not believe it, experience it, and respond to it. If we do not respond to His love by loving Him and loving others, it becomes a problem that can lead us into extreme spiritual narcissism. Join me this week in CyberChurch as we explore whether our relationship with God is leading us into love or selfishness!

5. Love Or Narcissism

God has a goal in everything He does for us. That goal is to draw us into a deep personal connection with Him through the Lord Jesus so that we can have heaven on earth. He also has a motive for everything He does. His motive is to express the incredible value He has for you. The word “love” in the original language means to value, to hold in high regard, and to consider precious. That is what He wants you to experience in all He does with you and through you. Join me this week as we explore the Goal of God’s Love for you. You will be pleasantly surprised!

4. The Goal Of God's Love

God is The God of Truth! His truth is eternal; it doesn't change with time or circumstances. Knowing the dependability of God’s truth gives us confidence in times of trouble. It shines light into the mysteries of life. Hidden in the Hebrew language are secrets that help us understand the depth and riches of God’s truth. Join me this week as we discuss the Eternal Nature of God’s Truth.

3. The Eternal Nature Of Truth

I often hear great messages about love driving out all fear. But that’s not what the Scripture actually says. It says that PERFECT love casts out fear! It seems the one thing that is seldom clarified in these messages is, “What is perfect love?” Join me this week as I begin a new series entitled, The Power of Perfect Love. This series will affect every area of your walk with God and your relationship with people! This week, we will begin by discussing the difference between the “love of God” and the “perfect love of God.”

1. What Is Perfect Love

Sometimes it seems that our faith has been reduced to intellectual assent. We are not opposed to the Word of God, yet it isn’t producing power in our lives! Even when our mind agrees with the Word of God we find that our faith isn’t alive and powerful. The Apostle Paul tells us that our faith must be activated to be effective. Join me this week in CyberChurch and discover the secret to activating your faith so you can experience The Power of Perfect Love.

2. Activating The Power

We cannot fully grasp or exercise faith for what Jesus did on the cross beyond our understanding of the Feasts of Israel. The Bible says Jesus is our Passover Lamb. So what does that mean? Understanding Jesus as our Passover Lamb is the starting place for our entire journey with God. Everything about walking with God hinges on our knowledge of Jesus as our Passover. Join me this week in CyberChurch, as we discover the truth of Jesus, My Passover Lamb.

8. Jesus My Passover Lamb

I’ve listened to Jim Richards for 14 years and the fruit in my life is evident. The quality of my thoughts are clear and drama free, peace in my heart, 130 lb weight loss, and healthy relationships were a product of applying these godly truths to my life. I’m forever grateful beyond words. In turn, I have influenced many people to have hope and know their true identity in Christ. These teachings echo on through all of us who apply them.

TRANSFORMED LIFE IS MINE

Dr. Jim Richards

When Jesus told the Jews they were blind they became irate. We read it and wonder why they were so closed; yet, when someone implies that we don’t really see the truth we react in a very similar manner.The concept of being blind doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t see anything; it can mean our sight or perception is blurred or darkened. The truth is we are all partially blinded by our past. Many of the truths we do see we only see partially. In many instances we know a truth intellectually but we have never been able to move to a place where it actually benefits our life.The main thing that limits our perception and ultimately our understanding is our past experiences. We interpret the present by our past. We limit God’s promises based on past successes, failures, and painful experiences.Our past creates an emotional loop that causes us to see the world and life a certain way. This limited view affects our choices which falsely validate our perception. It is a cycle few believers ever overcome. Join me this week as I share the tools that will help you in Breaking Free from Your Emotional Past. Your future doesn’t have to be your past, but it will be until you break free from your emotional past!

When Jesus told the Jews they were blind they became irate. We read it and wonder why they were so closed; yet, when someone implies that we don’t really see the truth we react in a very similar manner. The concept of being blind doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t see anything; it can mean our sight or perception is blurred or darkened. The truth is we are all partially blinded by our past. Many of the truths we do see we only see partially. In many instances we know a truth intellectually but we have never been able to move to a place where it actually benefits our life. The main thing that limits our perception and ultimately our understanding is our past experiences. We interpret the present by our past. We limit God’s promises based on past successes, failures, and painful experiences. Our past creates an emotional loop that causes us to see the world and life a certain way. This limited view affects our choices which falsely validate our perception. It is a cycle few believers ever overcome. Join me this week as I share the tools that will help you in Breaking Free from Your Emotional Past. Your future doesn’t have to be your past, but it will be until you break free from your emotional past!

7. Breaking Free from Your Emotional Past

How many times have you found yourself stuck in your relationship or some other area of life and simply could not find the answers you needed to move forward? In these times we desperately seek God to give us an answer.Too often we feel that He is not hearing and responding to our prayers, but little do we know that He has heard and answered. We don’t need for God to tell us something new; we need revelation knowledge about what He has given us in Christ. Join me this week and discover how simple it is to receive revelation knowledge! Revelation knowledge will take you beyond planning, scheming, and doing the best you can do. It is God’s wisdom for your circumstance!

How many times have you found yourself stuck in your relationship or some other area of life and simply could not find the answers you needed to move forward? In these times we desperately seek God to give us an answer. Too often we feel that He is not hearing and responding to our prayers, but little do we know that He has heard and answered. We don’t need for God to tell us something new; we need revelation knowledge about what He has given us in Christ. Join me this week and discover how simple it is to receive revelation knowledge! Revelation knowledge will take you beyond planning, scheming, and doing the best you can do. It is God’s wisdom for your circumstance!

5. Revelation Knowledge for Relationships

In a world filled with terrorism, and political and corporate corruption, Young people are giving themselves away sexually, women are spending millions on plastic surgery, men are body building and buying expensive cars, everyone wants to wear the latest, hottest clothes. Why? Everyone is trying to attract attention in hopes of finding love. Only God’s love can fill the deep void and hunger we have for a perfect love. Knowing and Feeling God’s perfect love is the solution for all that plagues our society. Join me this week and let’s discover how God’s love is the root of emotional stability!

In a world filled with terrorism, and political and corporate corruption, Young people are giving themselves away sexually, women are spending millions on plastic surgery, men are body building and buying expensive cars, everyone wants to wear the latest, hottest clothes. Why? Everyone is trying to attract attention in hopes of finding love. Only God’s love can fill the deep void and hunger we have for a perfect love. Knowing and Feeling God’s perfect love is the solution for all that plagues our society. Join me this week and let’s discover how God’s love is the root of emotional stability!

5. The Root of Emotional Stability

There is nothing worse than getting in a “stuck state,” i.e. one of those places that you just can’t seem to move beyond! We all have some stuck state, some area in our life that we have never been able to resolve. It may be finances, romance, fear, pain from the past, or any number of issues. This week I want to help you understand why you are stuck, and how you can easily move forward to the very best God has for you!

There is nothing worse than getting in a “stuck state,” i.e. one of those places that you just can’t seem to move beyond! We all have some stuck state, some area in our life that we have never been able to resolve. It may be finances, romance, fear, pain from the past, or any number of issues. This week I want to help you understand why you are stuck, and how you can easily move forward to the very best God has for you!

7. Stuck in the World I Believe In

Jesus offers a peace that’s different from any other kind of peace. By knowing the difference between the peace of God and all other kinds of peace, the believer can not only avoid deception, but recognize the kind of peace that is supposed to rule our hearts. Join me this week and begin to experience the incredible difference between the peace of God and all other kinds of peace.

1. Not Just Any Peace

The scriptures tell us that God’s mercies are renewed daily. In our limited concept of mercy we see that as God merely forgiving us for what we have done wrong. What we fail to see is that mercy has so many more dimensions. It is also a shelter that provides protection and provision; it is a hiding place where we can experience God’s creative power. It is a place where we can have revelation, and more. Every day God’s mercy is ready to transport all of us to the place in our heart where we can start over without the limitations of past failures. Join me this week as we explore God’s capacity to start over with no limitations!

1. Starting Over

In years gone by there was a total emphasis on our need to love God. Religion attempted to force us into feelings of love as if they could be worked up through some religious manipulation of our emotions. In recent years a new brand of religion has totally ignored the need for us to love God and put all the emphasis on God loving us. Both of these religious extremes ignore the fact that in a relationship both parties have to be in love! We love God because He first loved us. If we’re not deeply in love with God it indicates that while we may be able to quote scripture about love, we may have a well-constructed doctrine of love; but we are not, in fact, experiencing God’s love. If you’re ready to move beyond mere information and doctrine and to experience God’s love, join me this week for Experiencing Perfect Love.

In years gone by there was a total emphasis on our need to love God. Religion attempted to force us into feelings of love as if they could be worked up through some religious manipulation of our emotions. In recent years a new brand of religion has totally ignored the need for us to love God and put all the emphasis on God loving us. Both of these religious extremes ignore the fact that in a relationship both parties have to be in love! We love God because He first loved us. If we’re not deeply in love with God it indicates that while we may be able to quote scripture about love, we may have a well-constructed doctrine of love; but we are not, in fact, experiencing God’s love. If you’re ready to move beyond mere information and doctrine and to experience God’s love, join me this week for Experiencing Perfect Love.

4. Experiencing Perfect Love

In the Old Testament God told the children of Israel they weren’t getting blessed as good as He wanted them to be. He said He would have given them honey from the rock, but they only believed for water! (Ps 81:16) That is the state of every believer on earth today. None of us are experiencing life as good as God is offering!Like the children of Israel, we put limits on God. He is always offering more than we believe. Join me this week; I want to help you move past your boundaries and take the limits off God!

In the Old Testament God told the children of Israel they weren’t getting blessed as good as He wanted them to be. He said He would have given them honey from the rock, but they only believed for water! (Ps 81:16) That is the state of every believer on earth today. None of us are experiencing life as good as God is offering! Like the children of Israel, we put limits on God. He is always offering more than we believe. Join me this week; I want to help you move past your boundaries and take the limits off God!

3. Removing the Boundaries of Faith

One of the most miserable places to be is in the gap between the promise of God and its manifestation - that place where it seems like God’s promises are not true. You know they’re true, but you just seem stuck in that horrible gap! This is where most people give up their faith in the promises of God. Join me this week and I will show you how to break out of that gap, where nothing is happening, and into the promises of God!

2. Closing the Gap

Reconnecting to God should never be driven by the hope to get back to where you were. It should be about connecting to God in a way you never have before. We’ve got to have the hope and expectation of connecting to God in a way we never have before. If what we had was so good we wouldn’t feel distant and isolated. The Hebrew language draws a picture of mercy and goodness pursuing us to draw us to the heart of God; not a mere forgiveness and blessing, but a restoration and renewing, that like the prodigal son, will be better than we ever imagined. Join me this week as we explore what it really looks like to connect heart to heart with God!

5. Drawing Near to the Heart of God

Wavering is the place of torment where one minute you’re feeling that God has the answer for you and you’ll trust Him; then in the next minute you’re looking at the crisis and feel like you’ll be swallowed alive! This shifting back and forth is tormenting.  Join me this week, and I’ll show you how to put an end to wavering!

4. How to Put an End to Wavering

There is a door in our heart that gives entrance to the Kingdom of God: a place where we can access all the resources of God. We have been provided the key that opens this door. It was a free gift, but too often we don’t use the key we have been given. We attempt to use a key that our pastor gave us, our parents, or one we created ourselves. Millions of believers stand outside, baffled and discouraged when their key doesn’t open the door. Join me this week and I will help you find the key Jesus Himself has given you. It will open a door to a life of resources that no man can close.

2. Keys to the Kingdom

A clear conscience is not as simple as doing what’s right and wrong. Many people feel guilty when they do the godly thing, which tends to lead to codependent enabling, being easily manipulated, and confusion in hearing the voice of God! Join me this week as we will learn what the Bible says about How to Keep Your Conscience Clear, making it possible to enjoy the best life has to give!

A clear conscience is not as simple as doing what’s right and wrong. Many people feel guilty when they do the godly thing, which tends to lead to codependent enabling, being easily manipulated, and confusion in hearing the voice of God! Join me this week as we will learn what the Bible says about How to Keep Your Conscience Clear, making it possible to enjoy the best life has to give!

4.  How to Keep Your Conscience Clear

Do you ever wonder why you keep repeating some of the same mistakes, being attracted to the same kind of person, or trusting those who shouldn’t be trusted? Even more importantly, do you want to do something about these patterns so your future will not be a repeat of the past? Join me this week and discover the power of The Life Matrix; what it is, how it affects you, and what you can do about it!

Do you ever wonder why you keep repeating some of the same mistakes, being attracted to the same kind of person, or trusting those who shouldn’t be trusted? Even more importantly, do you want to do something about these patterns so your future will not be a repeat of the past? Join me this week and discover the power of The Life Matrix; what it is, how it affects you, and what you can do about it!

1. The Matrix of Life

Join me this week as I share how you can enter a dimension wherein your life will become a representation of heaven on earth!God has given us the prescription for living a divine life. The Bible says it is better than anything we’ve seen, heard, or imagined! But it cannot be perceived by the natural mind. It centers on our having a love relationship with God and conforming our values, ethics, opinions, etc. to His. When our life is great and we know it is because of God, we fall more and more in love with Him and those around us want to know Him as we do. Let’s harmonize our paradigm with God’s so we can live and walk in the unseen heavenly dimension!

Join me this week as I share how you can enter a dimension wherein your life will become a representation of heaven on earth! God has given us the prescription for living a divine life. The Bible says it is better than anything we’ve seen, heard, or imagined! But it cannot be perceived by the natural mind. It centers on our having a love relationship with God and conforming our values, ethics, opinions, etc. to His. When our life is great and we know it is because of God, we fall more and more in love with Him and those around us want to know Him as we do. Let’s harmonize our paradigm with God’s so we can live and walk in the unseen heavenly dimension!

2. Entering an Unseen Dimension

One of the most important things in any endeavor is to discover what the most important thing is. The most important factor in our relationship with God is having a real heart-to-heart relationship. In fact, when looking at verses about love, faith, identity, obedience, and pretty much every other aspect of our life the one common denominator is a reference to the heart! Sadly, the modern world has little concept of what it even means to believe in the heart, live from the heart, or connect to God from the heart! Our involvement with God is only imaginary if it is not from our heart. All God offers us through His promises only work when they are embraced in our heart. Join me this week as we explore The Heart Factor: the one factor that must be present for us to experience that which God freely gives.

1. The Heart Factor

Job is a book people often refer to when they blame God for their difficulty. Join me this week to examine some reasons we cannot logically do that.One of the ways God has revealed Himself to mankind is by His names. If He brought sickness and death into our lives to teach us, He would have a name that represented that; if He used torment to make us more spiritual, He would have a name defining that. No, God’s names are Healer, Deliverer, Provider! Everything good comes from Him! Criminals and Mafia control by fear with the threat of danger or injury. Is God no better than a criminal?

Job is a book people often refer to when they blame God for their difficulty. Join me this week to examine some reasons we cannot logically do that. One of the ways God has revealed Himself to mankind is by His names. If He brought sickness and death into our lives to teach us, He would have a name that represented that; if He used torment to make us more spiritual, He would have a name defining that. No, God’s names are Healer, Deliverer, Provider! Everything good comes from Him! Criminals and Mafia control by fear with the threat of danger or injury. Is God no better than a criminal?

2. Whose Report Will You Believe

How many times have we heard someone say, “That person walked all over me”? That’s actually a phrase taken from the Bible. God’s Word warns that our heart can become chaotic and confused as a result of the footprints left on our heart by the people who have walked on it. These scars on our heart affect us at the deepest level of who we are; they affect our ability to see God as He is and to see ourselves as we really are! Everything Jesus taught was aimed at healing our broken hearts. Join me this week and discover how to erase the footprints on your heart and leave that pain behind!

3. Footprints On Your Heart

The two events that shape nearly everything else we believe about God are: the creation of the universe, and the creation of man! Until we know, grasp, and believe all the factors of God’s nature that are inherent in these two major events we will have questions and conflicts about God’s character and nature! Join me this week and discover why these two events are so crucial to your faith!

The two events that shape nearly everything else we believe about God are: the creation of the universe, and the creation of man! Until we know, grasp, and believe all the factors of God’s nature that are inherent in these two major events we will have questions and conflicts about God’s character and nature! Join me this week and discover why these two events are so crucial to your faith!

7. The Two Foundational Elements of Faith

Unshakable faith doesn’t come by simply memorizing and quoting a lot of scriptures. Unshakable faith comes when we first discover who God really is: what His character is, what we can count on Him to do and not do. The person who knows the answers to these questions will never be moved! Religion tries to make God unknowable and contradictory. But nothing is further from the truth!  One of Jesus’ primary goals was to show us God; to show us how to interpret and apply God’s Word! After all, knowing God as Jesus presented Him is the secret to experiencing eternal life! Join me this week and let’s make the journey to Developing Unshakable Faith!

Unshakable faith doesn’t come by simply memorizing and quoting a lot of scriptures. Unshakable faith comes when we first discover who God really is: what His character is, what we can count on Him to do and not do. The person who knows the answers to these questions will never be moved! Religion tries to make God unknowable and contradictory. But nothing is further from the truth! One of Jesus’ primary goals was to show us God; to show us how to interpret and apply God’s Word! After all, knowing God as Jesus presented Him is the secret to experiencing eternal life! Join me this week and let’s make the journey to Developing Unshakable Faith!

5. Developing Unshakable Faith

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