Richard Ellis Talks on Oneplace.com

The Bible is very clear about how God's people are supposed to give financially to His Church, as well as how that money is to be used. When we give begrudgingly, God is not pleased with our money. It is when we give cheerfully because we love Him that He is pleased with our gift and promises to always take care of all of our needs. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Many days we may not feel like we have the energy or the desire to witness to others and share the Gospel with people we encounter. Regardless of how our lives may be going in the moment or the season we're in, God has called us all to be ready to be put in the game when He prompts us to speak up. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

We often long for things out of the ordinary, yet the Christian life is meant to be lived on an everyday basis. There will be times of trials and struggles, when life is pressing hard on us, but the hope is that God has promised that we will never be crushed. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

When we have a growing relationship with God, He compels us to do things and live a certain way that may seem crazy to the world but makes sense to Him. We need to make sure that our motivation for everything we do comes from God, for His purpose and to bring Him glory. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Abortion has become another form of birth control, but the Bible is very clear on its stance about life and innocent blood. No matter what choices and mistakes we have made in the past, God offers us abundant life in Him and we can accept His forgiveness, mercy and grace, but first we must accept the truth of our sin. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

God has promised that He will always take care of us, so there is nothing in this world that we should have any reason to fear. Rather than allowing the devil to lock us down in fearful dread, we should instead allow God's love to unlock us from that bondage. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

When we become Christians and God begins transforming our hearts, He compels us to love deeply, to have mercy and compassion on others, and to be moved to the point of action. We must submit to His prompts and be His hands and feet in the world, showing others that there truly is something different about us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Reading, knowing and studying the Bible are not enough to change us. It is not until we apply what we read, know and study that our lives begin to be different and we experience God's peace in our hearts. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

God made it possible for us to simply respond to His offer of salvation that was made free to us by the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus. It's not something we dabble in and get out of, it is what we give our whole lives to and never look back. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

God requires obedience from His children, even on hard things like forgiving others who have hurt us. When He asks something of us that feels too hard to do, we tend to put it off and then wonder down the road why He's not active in our lives. We need to stop putting off obedience and rather us this day that He has given us to follow Him no matter what He has asked. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

We need to make sure that our lives are in check and that we have others who hold us accountable in our sin so that we can come alongside others who are struggling and gently call out their sin and help them grow. When God prompts us to speak to another believer about their sin we need to obey and face the possible awkwardness for the sake of their soul. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

It is not only her own body that a woman is choosing for when she makes a decision to end a life inside of her, but it is also that body of a baby. As Christians, our bodies no longer belong to us anyway, and we are instructed to yield our bodies to God as living sacrifices. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

One of the most dangerous places to be in this world is in a womb due to the increasingly high abortion rates. If we will believe what the Bible says about a person being a person in a womb, maybe that means we need to seek forgiveness from past mistakes but it also helps us care for that life in ourselves or others and we always have the opportunity to walk in and be ministers of restoration. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

In order to make a difference in the people around us for God's glory, we need to make sure that we are investing in our relationship with Him and that He is at work in us. God wants to use us to be transformers in the world, but we have to first let Him transform us from the inside out so that He gets all the glory from the change that takes place in and around us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

We have all made the mistake of taking a verse from Scripture out of context to make it say something that may sound good, but in the end is not truthful and relevant with the rest of Scripture. In order to really understand what the Bible says and apply it to our lives, we must read it in its entirety, keeping the verses within the context they were written. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

When we practice truly listening to God's voice and obeying what He says, we will be able to hear not only His heart but the heart of others. God will lead us to speak with when and what to say with all those we come in contact with if we just trust in and follow His guidance. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

In order to walk in power in our lives, we must have Jesus living in us through His Holy Spirit once we've accepted the forgiveness of our sins and given our lives to Him. There is nothing in this world that could overtake us when we walk in His power, and in doing so it draws others towards Him. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

The Bible warns us to stay focused on Scripture so that we can avoid stumbling into sin. God may use us to intercede on someone else's behalf and help draw them to spiritual safety. Ultimately the first gap that must be crossed is the one between ourselves and God and that is only done through the cross of Jesus Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

We often fall into the habit of only going to God when we need something from Him, but we fail to build intimacy in the relationship. Just as we need to tell our spouse that we love them, it is crucial that we tell God we love Him and thank Him for all He's done for us. It's in remembering to praise Him, even in small ways, that we can truly minister to and bless His heart. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Many people in this world are indecisive and full of doubt, and the mess that their lives are in is a result of that. God wants us to choose to follow Him, giving up all fear and doubts, trusting and believing in all of His promises, and He will take care of us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

It's easy to feel sympathetic towards someone, but having compassion on them is a different story because that is what will actually cause us to get up and do something for them. Jesus was the perfect example in reaching out to meet others' needs and He instructs us to follow through in our knowledge and words by our actions. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

People in today's world get so caught up with judging each other, anger arguments, and removing people from their lives that they don't get along with. God calls us to a standard of perfection while also teaching us how to show mercy to ourselves and others when that mark is not met. Jesus was the only perfect dude that made a way for us to have Him living through us to be perfect, too. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

There are many people who claim to be Christians and who live like their faith is completely wrapped up in a political viewpoint rather than in Jesus Christ Himself. When we preach the words of Christ, we may be hated by others, but we are still called to share the Gospel no matter what the consequences because to die for Christ, not some other controversial topic, is gain. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

It is good for us to pray and ask God to change difficult circumstances, but sometimes His answer is no we and we have to be okay with that. God often chooses to use the situations where we feel weak to give us His strength and use us to reach others that we couldn't have reached if He had taken the difficulties away. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Since our purpose in life is to glorify God, He will use situations to break us if necessary so that His glory is made known. Rather than having to face consequences from our own choices, we need to live our lives in obedience to Him and allow His glory to shine in and through us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

At the beginning of a year there is a sense of new beginnings to make things different and better in our lives. Our finances are one thing the Bible maps out to show us where we need to be responsible. When we give our first fruits to God by placing our treasure in our church home, it also indicates that we are committed to belonging to a body of believers like He has called us to. Above anything else, the only thing that will keep us on track in all categories of responsibilities is spending time every morning talking with God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Too many Christians today think that they can follow Jesus without being involved in the Church Body with other believers. No matter how we have been hurt by our own Christian brothers and sisters, we must commune with one another in fellowship, living peaceably and living to build each other up. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

It is absurd for us to think that we can approach God and seek forgiveness and that He will freely give it to us while at the same time we withhold forgiveness from someone who has wronged us. We must, by the power of His Spirit, forgive others no matter how evil the grievance and let it go. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

No matter how good we try to be or how much we can clean up our lives, our own goodness will never be good enough to save ourselves from the consequence of death for sin. Jesus came to pay in full, taking our unrighteousness on Himself and giving us His righteousness. Now, only because of Him, we can be just before God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Our sin brings on difficulties in our lives because of consequence and God's discipline. God will use those difficulties to get our attention and draw us to repentance. Rather than waiting and making things worse, we need to go to Him and repent, essentially telling Satan to go away. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Just as there is a mess after the birth of a new baby, there is a mess in the life of a Christian after they are born again. To grow in the Christian life means to confess our sins.When we do sin, Jesus Christ is our highest-powered attorney who bails us out every time. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Before creation, God knew that there would need to be a plan for salvation and He incorporated that plan in every aspect of His handiwork. Since Jesus' life, death and resurrection, we are now offered the gift of salvation entirely free. We must lay aside our attempts at payment and simply receive this gift. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

When God made man and woman and placed them in the garden, He gave them one command that they did not obey which resulted in the need for a sacrifice to cover their sin. Jesus came in the flesh, died and was raised back to life in order so that His sacrifice would cover all of our sin. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Jesus came to earth in a humble manner so that no one can say He was more privileged than them. Many of us put up a “No Vacancy” sign on their heart and do not let Him in, but when we finally turn off the “No” we realize that Jesus can change our heart of stone to that of flesh and it can change our lives. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

There are so many different elements of the Gospel story that would have to be ignored because of how much proves that Christ truly was the anointed Son of God who died to take away the sins of the world. It is not bad to question things, but at some point we have to believe what the Bible says or else claim that the whole thing is a hoax. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Just as the Israelites wasted 20 years because they would not repent and follow the Lord and therefore heaped more consequence on themselves, we sometimes wait to repent and God brings more consequence to draw us back to Himself. God's deliverance always comes when we call on Him, and it is important that we remember His help. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

The Bible is full of prophecies that Jesus fulfilled, statistically proving that He really is the Messiah. Instead of arguing the facts and choosing to not believe what is clearly written, we need to have faith in Scripture, believe and spread the Gospel message with others. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

When God calls us to something, we need to not get hung up on the impossibility of it but rather trust Him to provide whatever is needed. At Christmas time, there are so many opportunities to tell others the Gospel, so may we embrace those moments with boldness, trusting God to give us the words and the courage when necessary. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

It is easy, almost natural, to be owned by our stuff. Yet Jesus says that we are to care for the poor, which sometimes means we must sell something we have in order to do that. It may not be appealing, but as Christians we should ask God what He wants us to sell so that we may help someone in need who may potentially become a brother or sister in Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

God called Mary to bear His Son to be born into the world to save the world, and there is no way she could have followed through with this unless she had faith in God to do what He said and equip her with everything she would need. God calls us into situations where we have to rely on Him to grow our faith and show the amazing things only He can do through us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Jesus came to earth with a purpose and a job to do that He accomplished. Now, since He lives in us if we believe, we have a job while on this earth to continue the work that He started to seek and save those who are lost. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Just as the Israelites in Exodus needed the blood of a spotless lamb to save themselves from physical death, we need the blood of God's Lamb, Jesus, to save us from spiritual death. When we understand that there is nothing else that can save us but His blood, then we can share this news with others. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Just as God worked out the impossible to have the virgin Mary conceive and birth His own Son, God can do anything in and through us to accomplish His plan and purpose. When His Spirit lives inside of us, He will instruct us in things that may seem impossible but He fills us with the power to do it as we walk in obedience. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

The Bible described the necessities for the Messiah to be a perfect Lamb sacrifice in order to completely fulfill the stipulations of our sin debt. Jesus had to be born of a virgin, grow up as a minor living in fully human form yet without sin, and only after all of that could He die as the spotless Lamb to take away our sin. He did all of this so that we may be truly saved. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Many times there are people who get saved by accepting salvation offered by Jesus through the cross, but they continue living their lives in their own power and trying to fix their own sin. God empowers us through His Spirit to overcome sin if we would just submit our lives to Him every day. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

When God tells us something, whether directly or verified by others, we need to obey immediately no matter what it is He's telling us to do. The only safe place to truly be is exactly where He has called us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Family issues seem to often come up around the time of the holidays. Instead of growing more bitter towards one another, God calls us to love each other and to make things right. While we can't control others, we can take responsibility for ourselves and do what we can to make peace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Just as the shepherds and wisemen chose to worship Jesus when He was born on earth, we are given the opportunity to lay our lives down in worship to Him. Whether we choose to worship Him or not, in the end we won't have a choice. It's better that we choose now to worship Him so that we can spend eternity singing His praises. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

God is so powerful that all He had to do was speak and the whole universe was created as vast and as detailed as it is. Within that creation, He ordained that a star would be near enough to the earth to proclaim the birth of His Son who was sent to save the world. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

Every detail about Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection was fulfilling of every prophecy ever made about this Messiah. At some point, we have to come to a place of choosing to believe in Him or not because we will all face His throne one day and answer for the choice we make. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111

We didn't get to be there when Jesus walked the earth, but we have God's truth in Scripture to believe that He came. Another evidence of Jesus is the change that takes place when we believe in Him. We may not see Him face to face until we die or He comes back, but we can see His work in others and believe. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/640/29?v=20251111