Richard Ellis Talks

When we look at the core of what's going on in our heart and life, are we just doing "religious" things, or even "spiritual" things? Or are we doing LOVE things, motivated by our love for God and His love for people?

The cool thing about giving as God leads us, is that He gets the glory, and we get the blessing! Not a "give to get" blessing, but a "give to bless others" blessing. Then, if God blesses us with more, it's simply just "more to give". After all, it's all His anyway!

The Holy Spirit desires to use every believer to do extraordinary things, but we can’t do those things without Him! So we must ready ourselves, then wait, listen, watch, and respond.

As believers, we have the Holy Spirit living in us and working through us to fulfill God’s will. When we're prompted to share the Gospel with someone, let's step out in obedience, because we may not know the work that God's doing behind the scenes in that person!

The Christian life is like a race that we're running, and the enemy will do everything he can to try to take us out. But the Apostle Paul exhorts us to let go of whatever's holding us back (sin), stay focused on the prize (eternal life), and run the race (live our life in obedience) to win!

An important part of true discipleship is caring enough about those we love to not let them continue down a path of sin! Instead of ignoring people’s sin that's destroying them, we show that we love others by our willingness to help them take steps out of their entanglement.

Marriages. Over half of them fail. And of the half that don't "officially" fail, over 80% of them are self-described as "not ideal". Why? Simple answer: its FOUNDATION. The only way that a relationship can grow into a strong, lasting, thriving marriage is to build it FROM THE VERY BEGINNING on the Rock of Jesus!

When Jesus fed the 5000 with only the boy's tiny lunch of a few bites of fish and bread, He proved what He can do when we give Him all that we have! He can take whatever it is, no matter how small, and multiply it for His purposes, WHILE ALSO honoring our faith by supplying our needs!

When Adam and Eve sinned, they brought death into the world. That makes us born "already dead in sinfulness". However, Jesus (the Second Adam as Scripture calls Him), through His sacrifice, allows us to repent and receive God's free gift of eternal LIFE!

We're all "shipwrecked on this island” of Earth, and the only way home is through a Savior. Once we discover the way Home, let's use our time to share the Good News, so that others may find salvation and no longer be lost with an emptiness in their life that only God can fill!