Richard Ellis Talks

Close But No Cigar

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We too often waste time when issues arise in relationships by avoiding what we know we need to do. When it comes to our relationship with God, we must...

Rags To Riches

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

No matter how good we act, our goodness will still be seen as filthy rags to God because we are poisoned by sin from the start. When we trade in our f...

Did We Win?

20 Oct 2025

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Because of Jesus’ ultimate victory over sin and death on the cross, we are God’s children and therefore we are already winners. Though we still fa...

Second Wind

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are many Christians who may be doing all the right things for awhile but then slip back into old sin habits. We need to be watchful for these br...

Eyes On the Prize

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although our obedience to God is not what saves us, it is what determines the awards that God has promised in Heaven. The Apostle Paul encouraged all ...

Gender Reveal

16 Oct 2025

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In a world where it is accepted to choose any lifestyle, especially those that go against Scripture, we must hold onto the truth and be bold enough to...

Bird Poop

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus tells us that we can be assured of God’s provision in our life by looking at the birds of the air and seeing that they are cared for because G...

The Flower Arrangement

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This world is full of sorrow and pain, and we don’t always understand why God allows the things He does. Rather than giving up on Him, we have the o...

That Ain’t Right

13 Oct 2025

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The Bible is filled with stories of people experiencing injustice, and yet how God can use their experiences for His good and glory. When we see thing...

This Is A Sock

12 Oct 2025

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The way that God designed His family is to work together in unity as a team. When we work together, we accomplish the seemingly impossible tasks that ...

Here’s the Deal

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Gospel is simple, but the world tries to complicate too many things, obscuring where we came from and the purpose of our lives. If we believe in G...

Just Quit

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all have sins that we struggle with and find nearly impossible to quit. We have the strength through Christ to break any addiction, and He promises...

Skeptic Tank

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is okay to have questions and doubts, but we need to make sure that we are seeking God’s truth for answers and believe them when He gives them to...

3D

07 Oct 2025

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Anyone can read words on a page, but the words in Scripture do not make a difference until the Holy Spirit reveals the truth in a life-changing way. R...

Cud

06 Oct 2025

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There is a difference between memorizing different facts about God and Scripture and actually meditating on the truth we find in Scripture so that it ...

King Sing

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our loving Heavenly Father rejoices over His kids as we listen to Him and obey what He teaches us. No matter how long we’ve been living however we w...

Kids-R-Us

03 Oct 2025

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Kids are often overlooked when it comes to investing our time and efforts, however Jesus taught that they are the greatest investment. Children will g...

Sweet

02 Oct 2025

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Too often we find ourselves in a spiritual rut where we stay immature and childish rather than taking on the responsibility of growing up. We need to ...

Backsliders & Strays

01 Oct 2025

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It is possible to be a Christian and backslide into sins from your past that you intentionally choose over following Jesus. There are also Christians ...

Fishsticks

30 Sep 2025

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We can be quick to judge other people who claim to be Christians and do not act accordingly. Rather than being judgmental of them, or even of ourselve...

Out of Order

29 Sep 2025

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Throughout Scripture God has designated a certain order to things. Before we can receive much from Him, we must give up all that we cling to. It is in...

I’m Toast

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We live in sin when we live our lives apart from God. That sin separates us from Him forever, unless we accept the forgiveness that is offered to us b...

Cheerios

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There will always be times for goodbyes, and we need to make sure that when we leave somewhere that we leave on good terms because it may be the last ...

Ingrate Company

25 Sep 2025

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We must be careful who we spend our time around, knowing that negative whining and complaining will quickly rub off on us. God is serious about showin...

Dirty Diapers

24 Sep 2025

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It is alright to become a Christian and remain needy and make messes for a time, just as a new baby starts off needy and messy. But at some point the ...

Mixed Bathing

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it seems easier to hold onto our illnesses, whether it be physical sickness or emotional baggage, rather than give it up and be made well. J...

God Almighty

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

God, who made all things and holds all things together, made a way for us to be in right standing and relationship with Him by sending His Son to die ...

Upside Inside Outside

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The first and most important relationship that we need to seek reconciliation for is our relationship with God. He made it possible through His Son, a...

Just Passing Through

19 Sep 2025

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When we are born again spiritually, our citizenship in Heaven is secured and this earth is merely a place we are visiting until we are called home. We...

The Big Cheese

18 Sep 2025

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Jesus modeled for us what it looks like to be a servant leader by washing the feet of His disciples, not just teaching about it. Rather than seeking a...

Funny Money

17 Sep 2025

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When we truly live our lives surrendered to God, the Holy Spirit will impress on our hearts at times to give to others. Rather than holding onto every...

Shake Well Before Using

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are circumstances in our lives that we wonder why God is putting us through such difficulties, but we must understand that He may be using those...

Stretch Marks

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we choose to follow Christ we must count the cost and willingly stretch, giving up everything for His sake, and following wherever He leads us. W...

Please God

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

God’s grace covers all of our sin, but we must not take advantage of that so that we can sin all we want. We are called to live lives of obedience t...

Inside Out

12 Sep 2025

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We all begin our lives under the law of sin, meaning that there is no escape from nature taking its course and that we will sin. Jesus made the way of...

Fake Fruit

11 Sep 2025

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The Bible teaches us to remain connected to Jesus, as He lives in us through the Holy Spirit, in order so that our lives will bear His fruit. As He co...

Bummer

10 Sep 2025

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A bummer lamb is a lamb that was rejected by its mother and is taken care of from birth by the Shepherd with tender loving care. Just as that lamb bui...

Child Proof

09 Sep 2025

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As Christians, we are children of God and therefore we need to set an example for everyone around us of what it looks like to obey our Heavenly Father...

Wild Thing

08 Sep 2025

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Just like the Israelites in the Bible had seen God provide for them in miraculous ways over and over and still they turned from Him, we can easily get...

Pay Dirt

07 Sep 2025

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There are circumstances in our lives that can affect how we receive God’s Word, but despite our circumstances we can always choose to receive it the...

Rationalies

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is easy to slip into believing what the world tells us about our sin, that it’s not bad and it doesn’t hurt us. The Scripture gives us God’s ...

Lord Have Mercy

04 Sep 2025

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We all deserve to be squashed like bugs because of the sins that we have committed, yet God has chosen to show us mercy and grace because of His love ...

Throne Room

03 Sep 2025

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Too often we pick and choose what we want to relinquish control over in our lives but we don’t give God everything. He doesn’t want to share His r...

Ain’t Comin’ Back

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible teaches us that we only live once on this earth and that Jesus came to pay the price for us to live again with Him in Heaven. He promised th...

Washed Up

01 Sep 2025

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When we hold onto sin in our lives, we dirty our hearts more and more. God cannot live amongst sin and therefore brings us through fiery circumstances...

Time Warner

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Christians, we are called to use our time on earth wisely, doing the things God has called us to do and realizing that the stuff here on earth is j...

Shipping & Receiving

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the things we have are given to us by God, and sometimes He calls us to give something away to someone else. When we trust Him and obey His call, ...

Customer Service

28 Aug 2025

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Rather than focusing on the things we don’t like about a church, we need to step in and serve where God has called us to serve and do our part. When...

Accounting

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Though many people believe that the good things they do can outweigh the bad things they’ve done, the only way that a person can be reconciled to Go...

Sales & Marketing

26 Aug 2025

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Just as people who work for a certain company represent that company, we, as Christians, represent Christ to everyone we meet. When we interact with s...

Human Resources

25 Aug 2025

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God is always at work and wants to use us to accomplish what He wants done. If we make ourselves available to Him so that if at any moment He calls us...

With Child

24 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just as a man and woman are able to reproduce physically as God designed it out of intimacy, we are to spiritually reproduce disciples as we grow in i...

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible tells us that we will face suffering and persecution merely for living godly lives, but that our relationship with God is more valuable than...

Chicken Eagle

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Christians, God makes us a new creation, transforming our minds to be yielded to His ways that are opposite the world’s way. Oftentimes, we choos...

Big Foot

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible warns us many times about watching the words that come out of our mouths because it indicates what is in our hearts. If the words that we sp...

Intensive Care

19 Aug 2025

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Worry and anxiety are things we all feel when faced with a difficult circumstance. When we find ourselves worrying about things, we are not able to tr...

Right or Left

18 Aug 2025

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The Bible says that God has specifically placed those in authority in their positions for His plans and purpose. We must trust that He knows what He’...

The Spoon

17 Aug 2025

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Discipline is a necessary thing for a parent to inflict on their children so that their children can grow to live in obedience. In the same way, our H...

Man of the Our

15 Aug 2025

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God designed His Church, His children to function in such a way where we link arms with one another and help each other in our Christian journey. Whil...

Bottom of the Fifth

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alcohol is something that many have used to ruin their lives, but alcohol itself is not a sin. When we choose to do something, whether drink alcohol o...

No Love Lost

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Since the Church is made up of human beings it is inevitable to be messy because sin is involved. We need to understand for ourselves and for others t...

Yes

12 Aug 2025

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God wants a relationship with us more than He wants to give us whatever we ask for. Rather than letting our prayers be all about asking for whatever w...

No

11 Aug 2025

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It’s never wrong to ask God for something, whether it be a way to make our lives easier or a way to avoid suffering that is coming. But when we choo...

GrAttitude

10 Aug 2025

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There are many examples in the New Testament where the apostles were persecuted for preaching the Gospel, yet they responded by rejoicing in the Lord ...

Help Wanted

08 Aug 2025

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When we find ourselves in difficult circumstances we need to call out to God and ask for His help, then keep our eyes open to recognize how He chooses...

Scars & Stripes

07 Aug 2025

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The Bible tells us that Jesus took on our sin so as to heal us from it, but that doesn’t mean we won’t face suffering in this life. It is better t...

Mother and Child Reunion

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are many women who have lost a child, either by their own sin of choosing to give up that life or by other causes. Though it should not be the r...

Pressure Cooker

05 Aug 2025

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We all face moments in our lives where we feel under pressure, sometimes more than others. That pressure can either cause us to run to sin or run to G...

Because I Said So

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible tells us that as a child may not always understand the reasons of a parent, we may not always understand God’s reasoning for things, howev...

The World Cup

03 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are times in our lives when we face suffering and pain, and we may pray fervently that God would just take it all away. Sometimes it is His purp...

The Most High

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The world offers all sorts of pleasures, falsely promising to be satisfying but always finding to be leaving you more empty than before. God offers us...

No Child Of Mine

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mother’s Day can be a difficult day for many women, as well as men, as it can bring up painful topics of loss. God addressed problems of motherhood ...

True Colors

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The sin of prejudice in all of us keeps us from being the unified Body of Christ that God calls His Church to be. We need to let go of our differences...

The Big Head

29 Jul 2025

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There is a difference between humble confidence and fake humility, and confidence is rightly available to us in Christ. There is nothing wrong with se...

The Prado

28 Jul 2025

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Instead of being intimidated by the Bible we need to open it up and read it, allowing God to use it in our lives to speak to us and change us. If ther...

Not Fair

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If there are things about ourselves that we are displeased with but can change, we should change those things. But for the things we cannot change we ...

Image Is Everything

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all try to portray a certain image through the way we look, the things we have and the careers we choose. When God made us He put His own image ins...

No Cover

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible says that the only way we can get into Heaven is through Jesus alone, not our good works. Jesus paid the full cost for all of our sin, forgi...

Wine & Dine

23 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just as going without food for a length of time can make us hungry, we can feel the spiritual need we have for God the more we go without Him. The pro...

Who’s That Girl?

22 Jul 2025

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Proverbs 31 describes a virtuous woman that every woman should strive to become. No matter how difficult or easy our circumstances, we cannot achieve ...

Question Mark

21 Jul 2025

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There are plenty of things about Scripture and the Gospel story that could bring a person to question its truth. If we are truly seeking God, He will ...

To Boldly Go

20 Jul 2025

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When Jesus lives and is working in us, we can’t help but to speak up and tell others about it. God will bring opportunities our way to tell others a...

To A Head

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The way God designed the family to work is for the man to be the head and take the responsibility. The only way this can work in the greatest way is i...

Tiramisu

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Encouragement, like dessert, is something that we can all live without but is wonderful when it happens. God can use things in our own lives to encour...

Meat & Potatoes

16 Jul 2025

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There is a difference between reading the Bible and applying what it says to our lives. We only start growing spiritually when we allow what we are re...

Hors d’oeuvres

15 Jul 2025

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Once we become Christians we are only supposed to act like babies for so long until we begin to grow and mature. Too often Christians allow malice, en...

Ace of Spades

14 Jul 2025

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The Old Testament spoke of multiple temples that were built over different time periods used to worship the Lord and hold His presence. Now that throu...

So-So

13 Jul 2025

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We tend to be excellent at things that will not last forever such as our jobs, our families, or even our sin. Some of those things are not bad things ...

Hearing Aid

11 Jul 2025

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When we choose to follow Jesus, we begin to learn the sound of His voice so that we walk in obedience to what He calls us to do. Our relationship with...

The Call of Duty

10 Jul 2025

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As Christians, we may face push back from people anywhere but when we take a stand no matter what it may cost us, it brings glory to God and we fulfil...

Popcorn

09 Jul 2025

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God did not have to create things so intricately, so beautiful, or even pleasure-filled, yet every bit of His creation speaks of His love for us. All ...

All Things New

08 Jul 2025

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Too often, we hold onto the life we have, no matter how hard or consequential, because we’re more afraid of the unknown. God promises a future that ...

23 and Me

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Instead of looking at people who are different as a barrier to connecting with them ourselves or for Jesus, we need to view people as equal in God’s...

Cream of the Crop

06 Jul 2025

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God has already done the work for so many people in the world and calls us to gather His harvest. Instead of hesitating because of our own insecuritie...

Declaration of Dependence

04 Jul 2025

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While we all desire independence to avoid vulnerability, we can learn to trust God as our rock and strength when we finally come to a place of admitti...

Freedom

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even after accepting salvation, we often remain in our cell of bondage. That bondage could be to a number of things such as sin, religion, guilt, etc....

It’s Not The End of the World

02 Jul 2025

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We can choose to wait around and do nothing for the Kingdom while waiting for the end of the world to come or we can serve as soldiers in the Army of ...

Got Your Back

01 Jul 2025

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A sign of a mature believer is one who is involved in a biblical community. The Christian life was not meant to be lived alone, but instead God design...

Stir It Up

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

God had designed each unique person to accomplish His work in the world. When we discover what it is that we are passionate about, we can use that pas...

DNA

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once we are saved, there is nothing that we can ever do or that can ever be done to cause us to lose our salvation. When we accept Jesus Christ as our...