Richard Ellis Talks

Under New Management

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Too many people want the benefit of salvation without the Lordship of Christ in their lives. When we submit to Jesus in every way, it is only then tha...

Stool Test

18 Nov 2024

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One of the greatest way to determine how well our lives are being used by God is by examining the parts of our lives that have been wasted. Instead of...

No Justice, No Peace

17 Nov 2024

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God provided a way of justice for our sins through Christ’s death on the cross so that we can be brought into perfect peace in relationship with Him...

Spit Wads

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible tells us that no matter what we do or how we grow, it all must be rooted in godly love or else it’s meaningless. When God shows us an area...

Witness Protection Program

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Christians, we have the Holy Spirit living in us and working through us to fulfill God’s will. When we are prompted to share the Gospel with whoe...

Winning Is For Everyone

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There is nothing in this world, physical or spiritual, that can war against us and overcome us if we are living in the power of the Holy Spirit. God h...

God Don’t Never Change

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We live in a world that brings constant change, and often that can come with scary circumstances invoking fear and restlessness all around us. When we...

Secret Service

11 Nov 2024

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When we listen to God, He will lead us to meet the needs of people that cross our path. Since all our stuff is His anyway, we need to be good stewards...

Tell Tales

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Christians, we ought to be waiting on the Spirit to blow some wind in our sails, and allow Him to guide us to where He wants us to go. Then, when w...

Cross Fit

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus went through excruciating suffering in order for us to be saved. When He says in Scripture that we are to take up our cross and follow Him, that...

What’s Holding You Back?

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Christian life is like a race that we are running, and the devil will do everything he can to try to take us out. We must let go of whatever is ho...

What If?

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The world is filled with what-if questions that can keep anyone bound in life-controlling fear. God has not only made a way for us to be saved for ete...

Pre-Nupe

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Divorce is so common in the world that we live in because too often people are trying to do things on their own. The only way that a relationship will...

Crop Sharing

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible teaches us that God cares for us, loves us, and wants to give us good things. The way we can be receptive to that is by living with open han...

Love the Sin, Hate the Sinner

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we choose to follow Jesus, He leads us to other broken people in need of a healing Savior. Instead of ignoring people’s sin that is destroying ...

Power Lunch

01 Nov 2024

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Too often we hold back things in our own lives, such as our talents, our time or our money, because we think that if we offer it up that God is just g...

Haunted House

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are plenty of evils in this world, yet God has chosen us as His followers to dwell in us in order so that we may become more like Him and be abl...

Monsters

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Even Christians can live in the dark, hiding their sin and being prisoners of war. However, God calls us to expose our sin, live in the light and walk...

Inpowered

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Since Jesus died for us to save us from the power of sin, God puts His Spirit not just around us but in us when we receive His salvation. That means t...

Terminal

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As believers, this world is only a terminal that we wait in for our eventual trip to Heaven. However, God has us waiting in this place for a reason an...

Unfriend

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When our relationship with Jesus is working as we obey Him in the simple things He asks us to do, our relationships with others tend to work out as we...

Weekend Getaway

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All we have to do to be saved is to admit that Jesus is Lord and that God raised Him from the dead. Jesus died so that we can have life, and God’s p...

Dear Life

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this world, we are not always kind to ourselves and make a mess of our lives, accept it as a mess and survive until the end. God has given us purpo...

Slingshot

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our lives are not about gaining glory for ourselves but rather for God. We do that when we allow Him to use us to disciple others and then slingshot t...

Bed, Bath and Beyond

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The devil will try his hardest to get us to stumble when we are obeying the Lord, especially in relationships. When we are married it is essential tha...

I’m A Little Teapot

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While God sacrificed His Son so that we may be saved, He also desires us to sacrifice our lives to allow Him to pour us out and use us as He pleases. ...

Muckedy Mucks

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Too often we get caught up in seeing the flaws of the authority over us, especially when it comes to our government. Rather than complain about the wa...

Go Viral

18 Oct 2024

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Most Christians start out on fire for God, sharing with everyone what God has done for them in saving them. But eventually other Christians can often ...

Missing Sin

17 Oct 2024

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When we become Christians, we put to death our old life and walk in a new way, submitting to God in everything. Our flesh puts up a battle by remindin...

Whoa Is Me

16 Oct 2024

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Often times we can get caught up in our lives doing whatever it is we want to do and God comes along, calls us out and stops us in our tracks. When Go...

Died in the Wool

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are many churches today that are more concerned with pleasing our culture rooted in sin rather than pleasing Jesus. It is more important that we...

True That

14 Oct 2024

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The world is full of accepted beliefs that Scripture teaches is just not true. No matter how much we have been told something, or how fervently we bel...

My Peeps

13 Oct 2024

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The more we understand that it’s by God’s grace that He picked us to be part of His people in the first place, the more humbled we are and can sha...

Mourning Glory

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are going to have pain in this life, but God has a bigger plan through which His glory comes out of our mourning. We must seek Him at all times, es...

Ignoramus

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s easy to make judgments about other people when we are ignorant of their lives and backgrounds. Instead of staying ignorant, we need to seek to ...

Against the Anointed One

09 Oct 2024

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The Bible makes it very clear that there is a distinct line separating those who are for Christ and those who are against Him. You cannot be on the fe...

Attaboy

08 Oct 2024

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We all need encouragement every now and then, but few people are willing to give it in fear of building a big ego. Rather than letting anything stop u...

The Ace in the Race of Grace

07 Oct 2024

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Once we get to the point of receiving God’s grace, we are able to see our lives through the lens of being created and used for His purposes. The Bib...

Gilligan’s Island

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While there are many different kinds of people in the world rich, poor, simple, smart, etc. the fact is that all of us are shipwrecked and need a Sa...

Men At Work

04 Oct 2024

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Men tend to find their value in their work, and because of that they lose all sense of importance in the case of a job loss. Instead of trusting in ot...

Women At Work

03 Oct 2024

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The Proverbs 31 woman is the kind of woman any man should look for because she works hard at the tasks God has given her. If God is laying on a woman’...

Sex At Work

02 Oct 2024

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The workplace can introduce relationships that may begin innocent but lead down a path of ungodly behavior to the detriment of ourselves and our marri...

Relationships At Work

01 Oct 2024

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God has placed us at our jobs for His purpose, and we must be a reflection of Him to those with whom we are working. Instead of gossiping about others...

There All The Time

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Once the Holy Spirit dwells in us when we are saved by faith in Jesus, we have access to every blessing, every power, every bit of knowledge we need t...

Vice Grips

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone has different struggles with sin, but they all fall under similar categories because the devil only has so many kinds of arrows. When we cont...

Sitophobia

27 Sep 2024

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Just as Peter in the Bible was taught that God loves and accepts all people of any sort, even those previously seen as unclean, we must be willing to ...

O Great One

26 Sep 2024

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When we look at ourselves simply for who we are, we do not normally see someone great. However, because God is in us if we have chosen to follow Him, ...

Cover Me

25 Sep 2024

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While we believe that God is all-knowing and all-powerful to intervene for us on our behalf, He has also invited us into the practice of intercessory ...

Where You Be Headed?

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Life comes with suffering and tragedy, maybe already experienced or maybe sometime in the near or distant future. We must learn to trust God through e...

Close-Minded

23 Sep 2024

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When people encounter Christians, they are coming so close to Christ without even knowing it. We must obey God’s leading to share the Gospel with ot...

Small Change

22 Sep 2024

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We don’t have to do huge things to please God, but rather it’s in the small changes everyday that we sacrifice ourselves for His sake that He is p...

Dung It

20 Sep 2024

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The true mark of a Christ follower is that they bear spiritual fruit that points to God’s work in their lives. When we repent of our sin and give al...

Belly Button

19 Sep 2024

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When a person becomes a believer they are born again spiritually and need to be cared for and nurtured as a new infant. If you are a new believer, loo...

By Appointment Only

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

God is sovereign over all those in authority here on earth, and He has appointed each on to their place. While we may not understand His reasons, we m...

Fireplace

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bible is very specific on instructing men and women to resist temptation for sexual sin. No matter what the culture says, giving into lustful desi...

Dot To Dot

16 Sep 2024

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When looking at Scripture, it can be as confusing as looking at a sheet of paper with a whole bunch of random dots on it. We need someone to disciple ...

Toe Jam

15 Sep 2024

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Jesus set a perfect example of being a servant by doing the dirty job of washing feet and serving someone who He knew would betray Him. We are also ca...

Location Location Location

13 Sep 2024

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Too often we become discontent with our circumstances, whether it be something continual like the place we work or difficult situations that come up e...

Here Come the Judge

12 Sep 2024

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The Bible teaches us that all of our thoughts and actions will be judged and we will be rewarded accordingly. While we can be saved through faith in J...

Scarred For Life

11 Sep 2024

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There are people all over the planet who suffer for being a Christian. Some lose their jobs while others lose their lives. Jesus suffered and died for...

It’s A God Thing

10 Sep 2024

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It is crucial in the Christian life to find a church, commit to it as God leads, and stick with it even if it gets hard or we may get offended. God cr...

Go Ahead & Jump

09 Sep 2024

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Since God is the provider of all of our needs, we must not fear being persecuted for the Gospel and receiving possible consequences of hate or loss. W...

Sick & Tired

08 Sep 2024

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When Jesus walked the earth He healed many people and taught His disciples to do the same. God wants to use us to do His work, so without knowing His ...

Most Likely To Succeed

06 Sep 2024

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While the world is full of people striving for self-made success, only true success can be found in following Christ. When we submit our lives to Him,...

The Good Stuff

05 Sep 2024

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God is capable of doing seemingly impossible things, and He wants to do those things in and through us. When we surrender our will and choose to obey ...

Pot Shots

04 Sep 2024

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It is easy to compare ourselves to others, whether by outward appearance or difficult circumstances, and we tend to question God. Just as the pot cann...

A Bone To Pick

03 Sep 2024

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The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden shows the consequence of sin, the shame that comes after it, and the necessity of death to cover it. T...

On The Job

02 Sep 2024

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Every Christian is called to share the Gospel with everyone around them. The greatest way that we can show that the Gospel has made a difference in ou...

Straight To Hell

01 Sep 2024

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Instead of judging other people for the lifestyle choices that they make, we need to examine ourselves and realize that we need Jesus just as much as ...

Quite A Pair

30 Aug 2024

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God is described in the Bible as implementing truth at the same time as mercy over and over again. Without mercy, truth becomes too difficult to grasp...

P.O.W.

29 Aug 2024

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We do not have to live our lives in a prison cell where we are caught up in sin. Jesus offers us free lives, and it is in that freedom that we find ou...

Abort Retry Ignore Fail

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If mistakes were made in the past that resulted in an abortion, God’s love and mercy are extended so that forgiveness may be received and there can ...

Maker’s Mark

27 Aug 2024

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When someone accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior, He restores that maker’s mark lost from the fall of creation within that person and they are re...

With

26 Aug 2024

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Jesus did everything needed in order to be with us. When we are in relationship with Him, He draws us into relationships with others. The Church is ma...

Solo Cup

25 Aug 2024

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Jesus accepted the cup God had given Him of such great suffering for the greater good of saving us from our sins. Sometimes God gives us a cup of suff...

Scar Wars

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The devil will try to remind us of our past sins in order to cripple us from moving forward, but we must cling to the forgiveness that God has already...

Remember the Titan

22 Aug 2024

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There are challenges that come up in our lives when it seems impossible for us to overcome, but with God all things are possible. We need to remember ...

To Die For

21 Aug 2024

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Many Christians may say they are willing to die for Jesus, but they are not willing to die to themselves for His sake in their lives. Truly following ...

Balls

20 Aug 2024

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Just like a ball in a sport cannot do anything on its own to score points, a man apart from God cannot accomplish anything of eternal value. We must p...

TUV

19 Aug 2024

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We will all face difficulties in life but when Jesus lives in us we can have total ultimate victory over all things. When we realize the power that is...

Withdrawals

18 Aug 2024

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If we don’t take the time to rest, we will run ourselves into the ground because we’re not getting any deposits as we’re continuing to make with...

Sacred Cows

16 Aug 2024

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Many of us tend to have a sacred cow in our lives, something that we hold as an idol. Jesus died as the sacrificial payment for our sins, and so we mu...

Eligible Receiver

15 Aug 2024

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The whole Gospel is centered around God offering us a completely free gift of mercy, grace and forgiveness from all of our sins. Instead of continuing...

Right Turns

14 Aug 2024

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We all make mistakes in our lives, but the goal is to make more right turns than wrong ones. No matter how many wrong turns we’ve taken in our lives...

Highlight Real

13 Aug 2024

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The significant parts of our lives may not be the most happy times, but rather the moments when we chose to be faithful to God in the midst of trial a...

The Whole Enchilada

12 Aug 2024

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While we can see only a part of the work God is doing, we must be willing to submit to His authority and the authority He has placed over us in the ch...

Fresh Squeezed

11 Aug 2024

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The Bible tells us that we all have wicked hearts and struggle with sin. As a loving Father, God does not want us to continue living in sin and so He ...

Time Bomb

09 Aug 2024

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Our lives on this earth will come to an end and there is nothing we can do to change that. What we do have a choice in is how we choose to live the on...

Golf Shot

08 Aug 2024

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While ministry can be a very draining career, it makes all the sacrifices worth it when we see lives changed and transformed by the Gospel. We need to...

Easier Said

07 Aug 2024

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There are a number of issues that each person struggles with where the answer to solve their problems is easier but the application is near impossible...

Almost

06 Aug 2024

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There are many people who count on having tomorrow to make decisions or changes for their lives. Unfortunately, we are not promised tomorrow and must ...

Settlers

05 Aug 2024

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The devil has blatantly stated that he is after us to steal, kill and destroy the life that God has planned for us. When our salvation is already secu...

Motley Crew

04 Aug 2024

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A motley crew is a group of people who are very different from one another. We need to realize that the Kingdom of God is a motley crew, and knowing t...

To Be Continued

02 Aug 2024

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The Christian life only begins with giving our lives to Christ and it is continued in and through us every day. We cannot live it out by ourselves whi...

Plumb Bob

01 Aug 2024

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Discipleship is a calling for every disciple of Christ. When you become a Christian you must find other Christians that you can follow, and as you fol...

Pray Like Hell

31 Jul 2024

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The devil and his demons are consistently working to destroy us. The only way that we can stand firm against the devil is to pray like Hell for oursel...

Broken In

30 Jul 2024

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Just as a horse must be tamed in order to be useable by an owner, we must allow God to tame us in order to be used by Him. The more we resist Him, the...

Kid Rock

29 Jul 2024

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God taught His people from the beginning to raise their children to honor and serve the Lord, loving Him with all of their heart, soul, mind and stren...

Weed Seed

28 Jul 2024

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The Bible teaches us that we will reap consequences when we sow seeds of sin, but when we sow seeds of righteousness we will have great reward. We hav...

Your Cheatin’ Heart

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cheating in any relationship is always accompanied by guilt and shame that makes the cheating not ever worth it. Cheating is not always done through a...