WELLING! Do you need nourishment for spiritual health and growth? Start each week with seminary professor and global mentor Dr. Ramesh Richard Mondays at 7 a.m. to draw near to God through His Word.
In the medieval science of alchemy, scientists attempted to exchange base metals into gold. They failed. Those of us in Christ Jesus, however, can joy-fy life, i.e. exchange life's rawest troubles into something that vastly outvalues gold. Learn how to apply this remarkable exchange.
Hardships in life have nothing to do with joy. Unless they encompass nothing but joy? Dr. Richard looks at James's transformational instructions about facing difficulties in episode 3 of the JOYFY: Optimizing Trials Welling series.
Do you have counter space in your life? You might be surprised at what you need. Watch the newest Joy Counter devotional to get Dr. Richard's measure, drawn from the book of James.
Do you have counter space in your life? You might be surprised at what you need. Watch the newest Joy Counter devotional to get Dr. Richard's measure, drawn from the book of James.
In the final episode of The Enfolding, Dr. Ramesh Richard considers the invisible, incomprehensible, inexhaustible, and invincible One who enfolds the enfolded.
In Episode 8 of The Enfolding, Dr. Ramesh Richard rehearses God's astounding reply to the one who calls on His name.
In Episode 7 of The Enfolding, Dr. Ramesh Richard outlines some of his personal daily prayers, activated and motivated by a unique truth of our Faith.
Have you ever hit land mines in life? Hassles? Hurt? Hatefulness? Havoc? In episode 5 of Enfolding, Dr. Richard reminds us that we can be supremely safe wherever we go. Click here or the image to watch for your welling!
Insurance companies may promise one thing and deliver another, but it is the opposite with God. In Episode 6 of The Enfolding, Dr. Ramesh Richard explores the prevention and protection strategies of the Most High One.
Can something available to everyone be personal to you and me? Dr. Richard explores the inexplicable nature of God and how it blesses us in Enfolding, episode 4.
Names of most things today are simply labels. God's names express Himself. Dr. Richard explains what this can mean for us in episode 3 of Enfolding.
We'll never fully understand God in this life. But He gives us ideas and inklings. Dr. Richard shares some of these in episode 2 of Enfolding. Click here or the image to watch.
Wherever you are, God has a place for you. Dr. Richard looks at a favorite psalm through the perspective of a new and unexpected season in his life. Click here or the image to watch episode 1 of The Enfolding
The beautiful and enduring blessing of 2 Thessalonians 3:16 can transform the bleakest of circumstances. Click to be encouraged by the final message in Dr. Richard's series on PEACE.
Peace seems in short supply these days. Hard to find, and not just because of pandemic or war-induced supply chain issues. Yet it is readily available. Using the theme verse of this series, Dr. Richard explains how that is possible.
What time is it? Dr. Richard draws from God's Word to assure us that no matter what the calendar, clock or headlines say, we can have peace.
We can't give it or apply for it. We should never take it for granted. But we can receive it! Watch Dr. Richard's explanation of this tremendous gift.
In the English language, a reflexive pronoun emphasizes someone's personal action or involvement. You yourself are reading this paragraph. Dr. Richard highlights a humble pronoun that signifies something profound in the next PEACE episode. Watch “A Personal Definition of Peace” now!
Do you get peace by removing something or adding something? Come along with Dr. Richard as he considers what peace really is.
Chaos is one good way to summarize the world these days. Can we have any kind of peace or stability? A statement almost buried in a letter to first-century Thessalonian believers holds tremendous promise. Dr. Richard explains in the second PEACE series podcast.
Many churches today observe a powerful liturgical conversation in which the leader says, “Peace be with you,” and the people reply, “And also with you.” In his first devotional on Peace, Dr. Richard introduces a similar early church greeting that empowers believer still today. Listen Now.
Something transformative happens when we apply love and truth in life. That WELLth overflows. In the final episode of this series, Dr. Richard encourages us to join the cycle of true well-being.
We've become almost obsessed with health these days. Everyone talks about it. But are we talking about the right things? In the next WELL episode, Dr. Richard looks at the Bible's perspective on health—from the inside out.
Look at any bookstore's health and wellness section or search “health and wellness” online. The options confound the mind and promise amazing results. Yet do they lead us to true well-being? Dr. Richard reminds us of the source of all health in “WELLth: The Cure.”
We've become almost obsessed with health these days. Everyone talks about it. But are we talking about the right things? In the next WELL episode, Dr. Richard looks at the Bible's perspective on health—from the inside out.
Perhaps you've heard the quip, “Well, that's a deep subject.” In a humorous way it points out a core truth. Watch the next WELL episode to learn how to dig deep for full wellness.
Do you ever wonder what to say to someone who is sick? The most-used phrase may be, “Get well.” But what does that mean? An ancient pastor's letter to his spiritual son helps us get to the heart of wellness. Watch the second episode of the “WELL” series, “Health Wishes.”
Each year heads of state around the world deliver “State of the Nation”-type messages. These evaluations of a nation's condition provide important information to citizens and the rest of the world. In the first episode of “WELL,” Dr. Richard talks about our most vital health check. Watch here …
We go through life acting on assumptions. But are they valid? God permits life experiences to challenge our assumptions. In this final episode of the PAINPOWER series, Dr. Richard encourages us to be trained by pain in a spiritual learning process.
Most of us like to be correct, but we don't like the process of correction! Correction can feel painful. However, in this talk, Dr. Richard helps us see why and how correction is powerful.
Pressure washers remove dirt out of difficult to reach places. We accumulate spiritual dirt and sometimes need good and deep cleaning. In this episode of PAINPOWER, Dr. Richard presents a highly effective power-washer that none of us can get away from. Click to watch now.
Life is painful. Period. Since pain is always personal, one person's pain can be of benefit to another, and vice versa. In this episode of PAINPOWER, Dr. Ramesh Richard explores this unique reality.
Everyone in the classroom of life (and that's all of us) experiences pain. Over the five Mondays of January 2022, watch Dr. Ramesh Richard walk us through short lessons on WELLING.LIFE. First, we'll look at how pain clarifies—a powerful way to start an unclear New Year.
December 25 may be past, but parts of our Faith will celebrate Christmas into January! Mega-joy, once experienced, overflows in ever-widening circles of influence. It's for you, for the world. Find encouragement whatever your situation as Dr. Richard talks about the seasonless joy of Christ with us.
Happy or Merry Christmas? Neither, in a joyless world…the world of the original Christmas. Not unlike ours today. Over the Christmas season, the next two Welling.Life reflections, Dr. Richard reminds us of how Christmas addresses joylessness and transforms it.
While the world has been fighting a deadly contagion, another and better, age-old contagion is still sweeping the globe. A contagion from God for the good of people all over the world. Watch the final episode of Blessed Beyond to find your place in the spreading of the ripples of blessing.
Despair fills the hearts of individuals, families, nations and even the whole globe these days. Yet Psalm 67 exhorts us to sing for joy. Does the psalmist know what he is talking about? View the 5th episode of Blessed Beyond for how this can be.
We've looked at God as the center of our existence and the world as the scope of our mission. Now we look at the future orientation of blessing, its forward-looking nature. Watch the next episode of “Blessed Beyond” to distribute God's favor into the future—our vision.
Everybody has influence. You've heard of “social influencers”? Well, you can actually have global influence! Dr. Richard talks about how God's blessing positions us to bless the world in the third episode of “Blessed Beyond,” a series based on Psalm 67.
God's blessing of our lives is turned to God's purpose for our lives. Dr. Richard looks at the centrality of God in the spread of blessing from three simple and powerful prayers in episode 2 of “Blessed Beyond.”
Psalm 67 is an old song from way before Christ. We couldn't find its tune on YouTube or Tiktok. But the lyrics? Wow, they have much to teach us in the 21st century. Come along with Dr. Ramesh Richard as he delves into "Blessed Beyond" and discover blessing.Is blessing an idea or your experience? With great blessing comes purpose. Watch episode 1 for the source and reason for God's blessing in your life.
DeCentering humanity provides for centered living. Psalm 8 balances our smallness and specialness in this conclusion of Dr. Richard's “What's Your Life About?” series.
We look around to discover the mission of our lives. Instead, Psalm 8 encourages us to look up for the source of our identity, value and mission.
Why did God give humans the capacity to wonder “why?” Dr. Richard explores why that is so important in his next episode of “What's Your Life About?”
Are you childish or childlike when it comes to God's glory? Dr. Richard talks about independence and dependence and the critical difference in Psalm 8.
Where in the heavens is God's glory? Where on earth is it found? Are you part of the wonder where you are? In this episode, Dr. Richard talks about the location from where God receives the glory of His creation. Watch now!
Starting with his core text of Psalm 8, Dr. Richard explores biblical examples, events and exhortations of glorifying God. Watch to find more about “What's Your Life About?” in “'Who's Who' in Glory-Speak" (8:34).
Rhetoric for Glory: Positive or negative? Substantive or superficial? Pompous or bombastic? You decide “for whom” glory fits.
What in the name of God are you doing here? An idiom of frustration? Or clarification? Learn why God names Himself in this fourth episode of What's Your Life About?
Have you ever thought about putting on weight for your spiritual health?We consider the benefits in our next episode of What's Your Life About?
If someone asked you what your life is about, how would you answer? This devotional talk (8:18) will help you think through that question.
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