Dr. Jim Richards

Righteousness is not just a position with God. Join me this week to study what righteousness should look like in our lives. If you are earning righteousness, it’s about you, not Jesus. Our righteousness is only because we are in Jesus. To experience His righteousness, we must know how He applied it in His life and harmonize our own lives with that. If it doesn’t affect our behavior and how we treat others, it is of no benefit. However, when we walk in righteousness, we find it is the easiest way to live!

The parable of the narrow gate is about the Kingdom, not about getting saved. Join me this week as we look closely at what Jesus said was hard about entering the narrow gate. Jesus never said it was hard to get saved. Getting born again allows us to perceive the Kingdom realm. We enter, experience, and walk in the realm of Heaven on earth as we recognize Jesus as our source, our strength, our Lord. Then we find we’re walking in the place where His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

Join me this week as I share how you can enter a dimension wherein your life will become a representation of heaven on earth! God has given us the prescription for living a divine life. The Bible says it is better than anything we’ve seen, heard, or imagined! But it cannot be perceived by the natural mind. It centers on our having a love relationship with God and conforming our values, ethics, opinions, etc. to His. When our life is great and we know it is because of God, we fall more and more in love with Him and those around us want to know Him as we do. Let’s harmonize our paradigm with God’s so we can live and walk in the unseen heavenly dimension!

There are two realms in which we can live: the world’s system or the Kingdom of Heaven. Join me this week as I share how we can daily enjoy the best quality of life imaginable! The Bible tells us that mankind hasn’t seen, heard, or even imagined how good God has planned for our lives to be! Interestingly, if we have decided that an area of life is as good as it can get or if we settle for less than our dream, our heart and mind will immediately go to work limiting our life to that place. Don’t settle! Keep seeking and keep finding the path of divine life as God has intended!

God designed mankind to live in pleasure. Join me this week to look at the biblical reality of living heaven on earth! Every person has the drive for a better quality of life. Jesus said He had come so that we could have the very best quality of life. The original language defines this to be the quality of life possessed by the One giving it. So, Jesus Himself said we can have God’s quality of life! If that is not heaven on earth I can’t imagine what would be. We can participate in the realm of the Kingdom right now and enjoy safety, protection, provision, peace – all things pertaining to life and godliness!

Jesus taught principles of living by priority. Join me this week to explore the proper order of things in the Kingdom. Priority living can make the difference in how successful your efforts are! When Jesus instructed His listeners to do something first, there was a reason for the priority that directly affected the result. Even obedience can turn out bad if you’ve missed the point for obeying. When first things are truly considered first, your heart is in the best place for receiving the maximum benefit available for whatever you are doing!

Join me this week to hear how you can abide in the realm of the Kingdom rather than survive from miracle to miracle or rescue to rescue. The greatest witness is the person who draws others to God by their joy, peace, and demonstrations of love. The way we become such a witness is by abiding in the realm Jesus said is within. It is the realm where Jesus is fully Lord of our heart, and where all the resources of God are available and accessible. This is truly more than a state of mind; it is a way of living!

Join me this week where I will help you enter the realm in which you recognize and know how to access all the resources of God! The New Covenant is a covenant of promise. It has the same promises as the Old Covenant, but the Bible says the New Covenant is better than the old. Why? It is a covenant between God and Jesus, not God and man. Jesus Himself obtained the promises for all and for eternity. Now, everything we need for life is available to us and this covenant can never be broken!

God has revealed Himself to mankind from the time of creation. Join me this week and let’s explore the abundance of both His existing and intended evidence in the earth. God’s intention has always been for His people to represent Him. He established the nation of Israel as a kingdom to whom He would demonstrate His heart and the other nations of the world could see His goodness and character. King Solomon was filled with the wisdom of God and many kings from other nations came to him for answers. Jesus came as the exact representation of the Father. Jesus said we are the light of the world and as our light shines men will see our good works and glorify God! We are the reason people see God as they do!

It’s difficult to have bold faith if you’re unsure about your perception! Join me this week as I share what Jesus taught about entering and accessing the Kingdom of God. Jesus said becoming born again allowed us to SEE the Kingdom of God; He didn’t say we ENTERED the Kingdom. Seeing the Kingdom of God is more than perceiving that a kingdom exists. It is perceiving the resources and truths of that Kingdom, or realm, being made available to us and operating in our lives! We have to perceive the Kingdom before we can participate in it.

Join me this week to gain greater understanding of how to live in and access the realm of the Kingdom of Heaven right now while living on earth! Jesus taught more about the kingdom of heaven than any other topic. His model prayer demonstrated the need to understand the gospel of the kingdom. It is clearly about far more than just going to heaven after you die; it is intended to be an integral part of our daily lives on earth!

Join me this week as I reveal the map leading directly to the treasures of heaven we should be enjoying on earth now! Jesus talked about heaven on earth which when heard by His audience held meaning tied to history that has been mostly lost in present day. His listeners knew that the reference to heaven on earth was a reference to the Garden of Eden. Well, who doesn’t want to live in the paradise described as Eden? However, many of us have believed the promises, but have been frustrated by not seeing their fulfillment. It might seem as though they are a hidden treasure to which the map is missing.

Being alone is more than simply being without another person; it is being without another person whom you trust and value enough to share your heart and listen to theirs. How many famous people have you heard of that come to their career’s or even their own ultimate demise because they would not heed the advice or opinions of others? When God provided Adam with a “helper” named Eve in the Garden of Eden, He was providing more than just a personal assistant or laborer. Join me this week as I share how you can find success by valuing the input of your spouse and those around you!

God has both masculine and feminine attributes; He is both powerful and nurturing. In creating man then taking woman from a part of him to provide a mate, He created a divine team which is designed to stimulate the greatest success for both parties as we honor each other’s strengths. Join me this week as I share the secret to the best, unbeatable business plan for yourself and your entire household!

The fear (awe, respect, love, value) of the Lord leads to wisdom, and wisdom is the practical application of truth. Peace is a tranquil state of mind that comes from knowing you are connected to God and His resources. When we maintain our connection with God we will seek to apply His truth in a way that keeps us on the path of peace. Join me this week as I share how walking in true peace will bring peace to your entire household and all your relationships!

True success is not meant to be limited to one area of life while leaving other areas failing or suffering. True success is holistic; meaning every area of life is harmonious with the values of all other aspects of life. Join me this week as I share tools you can use to bring success to your entire life!

God’s commission at the creation of man to be fruitful and multiply has a more joyful intention in the Hebrew language than many of us would realize. The original communication would be closer to “succeed at the thing your heart desires.” Where religion would have us stifled or reluctant to pursue our desires, God wants us to explore and live out our dreams to the fullest! He has given us full rule over our choices and the authority to carry them out. Join me this week as I share insights on God’s intention for man’s authority in the earth.

There are two foundational laws of faith that affect everything we believe about God and about ourselves. The first is the Creation account as recorded in Genesis; the second is the Creation of man in the likeness and image of God. Only as we accept that we are created in God’s image can we see that we too are creators. We create the world around us moment by moment. God’s intention was for us to be successful and blessed. He gave us the right, privilege, and responsibility to create the world we desire. Join me this week as I share truth about mankind’s ability to change things in the earth and from where that ability originated.

Keeping resolutions or following through with any decision is easy when we have the faith of God! Look closely at the cursing of the fig tree and you’ll see that Jesus did not perform any ceremony or create an uproar; He simply spoke something He believed in His heart, allowed time for the result, and didn’t negate His belief by saying something contrary. Then He instructed us to do the same. Join me this week as I show you that we do, in fact, have the same faith God has, which is the same faith Jesus has, and how it can become an effortless, natural outflow from the beliefs of your heart.

Humankind is the only species in all the earth which can change their quality of life by making decisions. We are created in God's image and have been given authority and dominion in the earth. Unfortunately, many have been confused and hindered by the religious doctrine of sovereignty, and have come to doubt their own authority and decisions. God is indeed sovereign, but He is not a liar. He gave authority in the earth to man; He would go against His word to take it back. Join me this week as I lay the foundation for you to have confident, excellent, successful decision making skills!