Richard Ellis Talks

God wants His children to come to Him and tell Him that we love Him. However, we can't truly mean those words unless we know Him and realize what He's done for us. But when we have that relationship with Him, we can't help the worship that then overflows!

"Riff raff" is another term for garbage, and many who are low in society are thrown off as such. But just as Jesus focused a great majority of His ministry on people thought of as lower in society, we also should reach out to the "riff raff" in our world, because when it comes to eternity in Heaven, we're all equal!

Jesus said "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.". The Truth is a Person, and OUR truth will be uncovered sooner or later. So come clean to Jesus and finally live FREE!

In order to be effective for God here on earth, the believer has to be in the world. However, again, in order to be effective for God, we have to live a life that others will see as a reflection of Him. So we must be filled with God first, to make sure that we can overflow Him onto others!

There's a fine line in the mindset of, every believer is nothing without God, but every believer is very valuable to God! Because He's accepted us, we can see ourselves in a correct perspective as valuable to Him and for Him. We can then love ourselves, and love others around us as we see them in the same light.

What an amazing story of Daniel in the lion’s den! He went in, fully expecting to be dinner, but knowing that if his life was spared, it would be such a powerful witness of God's presence and power! Our obedience to God, even when the cost is potentially great, will always be rewarded in eternity.

We can't manufacture the presence of God. His Spirit fills His people, and that's what attracts people to be part of a church community, not the beauty of the building. May His Spirit be so evident in us, that when we're together people will say, “God's in that house”!

The Bible says that lying is an abomination to God, yet we often do it flippantly. If we want to live a life that's pleasing to God, then we must be truthful to Him and to all those around us! By the way, we'll never have the motivation to tell the truth unless we KNOW the Truth, Jesus Christ.

Jesus commanded that all believers love one another without excuses. When we love others, we show the world the love that God has for them, and we can love them because He loves them! (They will know we are Christians by our love...)

We're either being used by God, or being used by the enemy. However, when we choose to not be used by God, we're ultimately destroying ourselves or others. It's our choice to obey what God's calling us to do, no matter how dirty our hands get in the process

Rather than trying to conquer our biggest sin struggle at once, we can first try to focus on something small, allowing God to give us the strength to overcome it. Once we begin to win at the small things, it starts a snowball effect and eventually we'll overcome the big stuff with God’s help!

When we choose to follow Jesus, we have to make sacrifices in our lives in order to obey Him. Regardless of the past or what other people may be doing, if we say we love Jesus and that we'll serve Him, then we should follow through!

Sometimes, we can be too afraid to tell others about Christ. But we don't have to be Bible scholars or world-class evangelists to share the Good News! We just have to be willing to step out of our box and be obedient when God opens the door for us.

Women are tempted in many ways, and by following what the world says is appropriate, they can also tempt men. So we all need to focus on being the person God's called us to be, and for married couples, realize what we have at home and be the man or woman we need to be for our spouse.

There's a term that some single believers use when they date non believers - "missionary dating". However, it's a whole lot easier to pull someone down off a fence, than it is to pull someone up onto a fence, so be careful who you date!