You can’t understand God unless you diligently get to know Him. This comes by learning God’s Word from a pastor who accurately teaches it. God reveals Himself through the Bible. Learning and applying God’s Word is how you glorify God. “Let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord” (Jer 9:24). God expects you to represent Him and to do it accurately. The protocol plan of God means the right thing must be done in the right way, His way. “For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6).
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If the current and future generations have no humility, they will destroy this country. Humility is in fact teachability. Since humility is not inherited at birth, it must be learned. For a young child, the home is the classroom where the mother and father enforce humility and restrain the child’s sinful nature through training and discipline. Get into the minds of your children and grandchildren while you can. Teach them about God. Share the gospel and read the Scripture to them. Teach them how to pray and pray with them. Let them see what it means to have a fruitful, abundant, long, wonderful life in Christ Jesus.
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Your spiritual life, not your physical life, is the key to your success and happiness. “For bodily discipline is only of little profit but godliness is profitable for all things since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Tim 4:8). The secret to happiness is not people or circumstances. “Happy are those who hear the Word of God and keep it” (Luke 11:28). Victory in life is through the Lord Jesus Christ. When you acquire His mindset, you can live a life free of stress, doubt and misery. It’s a life of confident expectations.
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Carrying the colors means representing the Lord Jesus Christ to those in your sphere of influence. The gospel is the most powerful thing in the world. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Rom 1:16). Are you prepared to carry the colors for Him? “Not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord” (Rom 12:11). God can only use prepared people. “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’ Then I said, 'Here am I. Send me!’” (Is 6:8).
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Good or bad circumstances do not move a mature believer because his focus stays the same. His faith is not shaken. Learning God’s Word is how you grow your faith and develop a relaxed mental attitude. “So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Rom 10:17). Regardless of your circumstances, you can be content if you grow spiritually and depend on the Lord who strengthens you. “For I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am…I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (Phil 4:11-13). The contentment in your soul gives you the capacity for life, the capacity for love and the capacity for happiness.
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Scripture-based teaching for spiritual maturity, leadership, and endurance in adversity. Bible Doctrine for the Days Ahead explains how believers are to think, pray, grow, and respond as global instability, deception, and pressure increase. Rick Hughes walks through timeless biblical principles that strengthen spiritual maturity, develop effective prayer, discipline emotional reactions, and reinforce divine institutions—equipping believers to live with confidence while serving Christ behind enemy lines.
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Scripture doesn’t authorize you to slack off and coast into heaven. “Since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles [maybe self-pity] and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Heb 12:1). Your spiritual life is an intentional lifestyle. It requires fidelity. Here is a warning. “But I have this against you, that you left your first love” (Rev 2:1-4). Your personal love for God is your motivation to finish the race spiritually strong. Without some spiritual muscle, you will be crushed by circumstances in life. It’s easy to get discouraged, especially as you get older. But this is when you can be the strongest spiritually, when under pressure. “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9-10). Paul discovered that as his human abilities diminished, he relied on God more. Infirmities give you opportunities. You’ll either be bitter about your condition or realize you have more of a privilege to glorify God. Spiritual growth should never end.
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This great nation, America, is in the middle of a confluence of satanic propaganda and human viewpoint thinking that is destroying the lives of many. This confluence spawns the cosmic vortex. Social media influencers recruit every day and lure many into this vortex. “Each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust” (Ja 1:14). The cosmic confluence doesn’t want the truth of God and His Word. If our nation doesn’t change direction and turn back to God, we will be destroyed by the justice of God’s discipline. It will take years to get back to where it should be, and it starts with you and your spiritual growth. “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5). You have to acquire the mind of Christ and take seriously your mission, the same as Christ’s, to lead the world out of darkness. “I have come as Light into the world so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness” (John 12:46).
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Your attitude of confidence and trust in God’s plan during times of suffering is a witness to those who observe you. What suffering God does not remove, He intends for us to bear by applying the Word of God. God will never give you more than you can handle. Suffering never leaves a Christian as it found him. Suffering can be a warning you are in prolonged carnality. “Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die” (Prov 15:10). Suffering for blessing is designed to advance you by putting muscle on your spiritual life. The Apostle Paul wrote, “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you” (1 Pet 5:10). You are never to complain about adverse circumstances. We are to celebrate our tribulation. “Knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance” (Rom 5:3). Your attitude of confidence and trust in God’s plan during times of suffering is a witness to those who observe you. What suffering God does not remove, He intends for you to bear through the application of the Word of God. God will never give you more than you can handle. Suffering can be a warning you are in prolonged carnality. “Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die” (Prov 15:10). Suffering can be for blessing, designed to put muscle on your spiritual life. The Apostle Paul wrote, “After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you” (1 Pet 5:10). You are never to complain about adverse circumstances. “We celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance” (Rom 5:3).
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You must guard your thoughts by being occupied with Christ (problem-solving device number 10). “We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). Satan is the master deceiver, and he will try to capture your thoughts through the lures of the world. “I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ” (2 Cor 11:3). Obedience to Christ is the occupation with Christ. You can follow the lures of the world, or you can renew your thinking and get with the Word of God. People should never take precedence over God. Your Father seeks fidelity and devotion motivated by your love for Him. “Search me, O God, and know my heart [thoughts]. Try me and know my anxious thoughts; see if there be any hurtful way in me and lead me in the everlasting way” (Ps 139:23-24).
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The birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah, is what we celebrate on Christmas Day. This is the single most critical moment in human history. God loves you so much He sent His uniquely born Son to pay for your sin. “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor 2:21). Jesus Christ came to this world and was born to die to solve our sin problem. There were three distinct announcements of our Lord’s birth in Scripture. All were done by a special, supernatural visit by an angel, once in a dream and two times face-to-face. God continues to divulge supernatural things to us today, but not through angels. He communicates to us through His Word, the Bible.
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Christmas is when we celebrate the most incredible gift that mankind has ever known—the gift of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. The truth is Jesus Christ is the anointed Son of God. “For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all people” (Titus 2:11). A wish for a Merry Christmas should be a wish for all to know the joy of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. “Seek ye the Lord” (Is 55:6). The Messiah had come and the shepherds made the issue of salvation very clear. “He that believes on the Son has everlasting life” (John 3:36). Jesus Christ was born for one purpose—to die on the cross so that through Him we have everlasting life. From the beginning of His earthly life, He was identified with death. The shadow of the cross loomed over Him His entire life because at that moment God proclaimed to the world that the death of Jesus Christ, His Son, was even more significant than His life.
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The key to sustained happiness is trust and obedience to God’s Word. Sustained happiness is not based on circumstances, emotions, or material success—those things are fleeting. This episode explains why Scripture commands believers to rejoice always and how lasting joy comes from sharing the happiness of God through trust and obedience. Adversity is inevitable, but stress is optional when believers remain in fellowship and rely on God’s promises.
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Godliness is not sounding spiritual or having a sweet personality. Godliness has everything to do with what you think. “Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5). Are you God’s child? Have you been saved? Are you obedient to Scripture by staying filed with the Holy Spirit and growing in grace? Have you developed a consistent daily routine of studying God’s Word every day under a well-qualified pastor? Are you living for the Lord Jesus Christ and not yourself? Are you re-presenting Him to others? If you are, you are living a life of godliness. Godliness is the mental attitude of virtue love being obedient to the plan of God for your life. This requires discipline. “On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness” (1 Tim 4:7). You must be able to discern good from evil. Evil is Satan’s scheme to influence the mentality of the human soul. “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness” (Heb 12:11).
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Bitterness is a harsh, hostile attitude that results from arrogant reactions and sometimes becomes a source of habitual carnality in your life. Bitterness pollutes your thinking. You can't glorify God with bitterness in your soul’s mentality. “See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it, many be defiled” (Heb 12:5). “Do all things without grumbling or disputing” (Phil 2:14). Bitterness is one of the greatest forms of arrogance you can get into because it feeds on self-justification. A habitual complainer is bitter, and you have no right to complain about anything. God wants you to share His happiness. Don’t allow bitterness to destroy your happiness.
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Our strength in times of testing is always the Word of God. God allows the pressures of people and system testing so you will grow and become spiritually strong. Passing people testing is possible if you use God’s problem-solving devices of personal love for God and impersonal love for others. You must have this virtue love to successfully live the Christian life. Count on it, people will be a test, friends will turn on you. We are to forgive and move on. The Apostle Paul said, “At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them” (2 Tim 4:16). The greatest glory you can bring God through testing is your relaxed mental attitude. You turn it over to the Lord and forgive those who have turned on you. “Jesus was saying, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.’" (Luke 23:24).
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God’s Word will cut into your soul and show you things you’ve never seen before. “The Word of God is alive and powerful” (Heb 4:12). You are warned to guard your thinking and the mentality of your soul. “Watch over your heart [soul] with all diligence, for from it flows the springs of life” (Prov 4:23). Satan is out to capture our minds, especially the minds of our kids. What’s your priority in life? Is it about you or about your sacrifice and service for the Lord? “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim 4:7). This is the kind of soul God wants you to have—a complete soul.
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You need to arm your soul with God’s Word. “Put on the full armor of God so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil” (Eph 6:11). You must prepare the souls of your children and grandchildren with God’s Word. Divine viewpoint acts as brakes when they are tempted to go wide open down the hill with their lost friends. If the 10 problem-solving devices aren’t in the mentality of your soul, you won’t be able to successfully live the Christian life. Every believer must grow in their soul because it’s the soul that’s going to spend eternity with God in heaven. “Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will exalt you” (James 4:10).
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Your soul’s mentality is the real you, not your body. “For as he thinks, so he is” (Prov 23:7). Your volition determines your soul’s worth and destiny. “Obtaining as the outcome of your faith [volition] the salvation of your souls” (1 Pet 1:9). The soul has volition (I will), self-consciousness (I am), mentality (I think) and conscience (I ought). Without the Word of God in your soul acting as a main line of resistance, your sin nature is free to manipulate your thinking. The answer to what’s going on in America is a spiritual revival of believers who have walked away from the doctrines of the Word of God and in arrogance no longer seek to know what God’s Word says.
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Learn God’s divine prescription for peaceful thinking in every situation. This episode looks at Philippians 4:7–9 and explains how focusing your thoughts on God’s truth produces stability, clarity, and inner calm. You’ll discover how fixing your thoughts on what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and of good repute strengthens your mind and protects your soul. Rick explains how divine viewpoint replaces worry, frustration, and bitterness, and how the peace of God can guard your heart and mind every day.
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