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Created to Dream: The Six Phases God Uses to Grow Your Faith

If you’re a believer, God will work throughout your life to grow your faith. In fact, there’s a six-phase process of faith—a dream, decision, delay, difficulty, dead end, and deliverance—that God will take you through again and again to develop your character and help you fulfill the dream he has given you.

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April 24, 2023

From Dead End to Deliverance – Part 2

Romans 4:18 says, “Abraham, when hope was dead within him, went on hoping in faith . . . He relied on the word of God” (Phillips). In this message, Pastor Rick shares how you can have hope even when you face a dead end as you trust in God’s promises to deliver you from your troubles.


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April 21, 2023

From Dead End to Deliverance – Part 1

When you’re stuck in the dead-end phase of faith and you’re waiting for deliverance, the situation may be out of your control—but it’s never out of God’s control. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains what you need to remember and focus on when you face a dead end.


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April 20, 2023

How to Deal With Difficulty – Part 2

God has a plan for your life, and his purpose for you is greater than your problems and pain. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how God uses your pain to help you mature in faith and become more like Christ.


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April 19, 2023

How to Deal With Difficulty – Part 1

In Acts 27, Paul and other prisoners face great difficulty on a sea voyage. Despite Paul’s warning, the men set sail into a storm and make three mistakes instead of following God. In this broadcast, Pastor Rick explains how you can avoid these same mistakes on your journey of faith.


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April 18, 2023

Delayed by Design – Part 2

Sometimes you get a dream from God and make the decision to go for it—but then you’re forced into God’s waiting room. When that happens, you have two choices: You can try to figure it out on your own, or you can have faith in God’s timing. In this message, Pastor Rick shares how to trust God’s timing when you are delayed.


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April 17, 2023

Delayed by Design – Part 1

When God delays your dream, he is testing you and preparing you for the inevitable difficulties you will face in your faith process. Pastor Rick teaches in this broadcast how to respond when your dream is delayed so that God will find you faithful.


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April 14, 2023

How to Make Wise Decisions – Part 1

You will never realize God’s dream for your life until you make the decision to step out in faith. Pastor Rick shares in this broadcast a simple, workable plan for making biblical decisions that will keep you on track as you pursue God’s dream for your life.


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April 13, 2023

God’s Dream for Your Life – Part 2

When you have a God-given dream, you visualize the dream first, and then you verbalize it by saying, “This is what I believe God wants to do in my life.” You announce it to other people! Pastor Rick explains in this message the three effects of publicly stating your dream.


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April 12, 2023

God’s Dream for Your Life – Part 1

When you get serious about discovering God’s dream for your life, you have to decide: Will you choose the good life or God’s life? Materialism or ministry? The rat race or God’s race? In this broadcast, Pastor Rick teaches how to follow God’s dream instead of settling for your culture’s idea of success.


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April 11, 2023

How God Builds Your Faith – Part 2

Can you imagine a life where everything is possible? It sounds like a great adventure! In this broadcast, Pastor Rick walks through each step in God’s six phases of faith, from dream to deliverance, so that you can claim God’s promise in Mark 9:23: “Everything is possible for the person who has faith” (GNT).


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April 10, 2023

How God Builds Your Faith – Part 1

When you don’t understand God’s six phases of faith—the steps he uses to build your character and lead you toward your dream—you may get discouraged, and you will certainly worry. Pastor Rick teaches in this message how the phases of faith help you grow spiritually and keep you from becoming fearful about the future.


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