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Dr. Jim Richards

Dr. Jim Richardswww.impactministries.com
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2. The Finished Work of Jesus

One of the greatest misunderstandings of New Covenant faith lies in the Old Covenant idea that we are attempting to believe so God will give us something instead of believing what God has already given us in Christ! So, the greatest struggle of faith isn't, “What can I get from God?” The greatest struggle of faith is, “Do I believe what I already have in Christ?” I don't need to get healed, I need to let go of the beliefs I have about trying to get healing. My so-called faith, to get anything fr...

May 12, 201627 min

1. Faith and the Word of God

Faith doesn’t begin by trying to believe what God will do. The beginning of faith is who God is! Religion has twisted the image of God to such a degree that people read the Bible and still can’t see the obvious truth: God is good and only good! While many seek special revelation to understand God, the true disciple looks to His Word. His Word is light, i.e. the revelation of His character and nature, His wisdom and all that we need to know to live life at its best! Join me in Impact CyberChurch ...

May 05, 201627 min

9. Stop Stepping on Landmines

The first law of getting whole and well is to stop killing yourself! It does no good to learn everything you need to know about being whole if you insist on destroying your life. The thing that causes us to never find wholeness for our heart is rooted in the thoughts, imaginations, and beliefs where we see, experience, and imagine ourselves as less than God says we are. When you see yourself the way God sees you, you will walk out of the prison of your past. This week in Impact CyberChurch I wil...

May 03, 201627 min

8. Getting Whole or Getting Right

Religion places inordinate emphasis on getting right. It presents the idea that God cannot and will not love and accept you until you “get right.” Then they provide their own personal list of what it will take to get right with God. God the loving Father, on the other hand, sent Jesus so we could get whole. Everything God desires to do in your life emerges from wholeness. Join me in Impact CyberChurch this week and finally break free from the demand to get right by your works, and discover the l...

Apr 21, 201627 min

7. Healing My Broken Heart

Everyone has their own personal past that robs us of the future God desires for us to have. Join me this week for Impact CyberChurch as I share some of my personal history. I will share how I came to believe I was unlovable and destroyed every relationship I had until the Love of God made me whole. This week I will help you find the path to a life of wholeness through the love of God!

Apr 14, 201627 min

6. The Restoration of the Soul

Walking with Jesus is not a journey of testing and hardship from God. It is a journey of healing and restoration. In the Old Testament Jesus was presented as a Shepherd who desires to restore our soul: our thinking and emotions. In the New Testament we are told He wants our soul to prosper; He wants to heal our broken heart. Our highest call is to be in an intimate relationship with our Father and Creator. That can only happen when we are made whole through His healing love! Join me this week in...

Apr 07, 201627 min

5. The Prison of Perception

We don’t see with our eyes; we see with our brain. Our brain interprets the images that come through the eyes and we believe that to be reality. Likewise, we don’t perceive with our brain. Our five senses receive data from the outside world that is interpreted by our heart. That perception of the world is what drives all of our reactions to the world. A person suffering from PTSD (no matter how moderate or extreme) is reacting to a world that only exists in their perception. When our perception ...

Mar 31, 201627 min

4. Healing the Broken Heart

The Bible describes the fruit of a broken heart as a person in the darkness of a prison whose doors have been open but, because of their inability to properly perceive the world around them, they don’t realize that freedom is theirs. In other words, they succumb to a false perception. This is spiritual PTSD. Jeremiah 17:9 tells us that “...the heart is deceitful…” That word literally means “covered with footprints.” As such, it becomes wicked, i.e. chaotic and beyond knowing. This is a picture o...

Mar 24, 201627 min

3. Emotional Suicide

Emotional debt is all unresolved pain of our past that is deposited into our cellular memory and subconsciously controls our life! Everyone is making payments on their emotional debt. When we have the opportunity for happiness, success, and fulfillment those buried traumas arise and destroy that opportunity. Lost opportunities are the payments we make on our unresolved pain of the past. The new trauma is like the interest on a credit card, no matter how often we pay, we just can’t pay it off! Wh...

Mar 17, 201627 min

1. Emotional PTSD

Everyone has pain from their past that negatively affects their life. Jesus called this a “broken heart.” In fact, dealing with healing the broken heart was so important it was the very first message Jesus preached when beginning His ministry. A broken heart is a form of what we call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is when a trauma of the past causes us to react to current situations in ways that are irrational and destructive to our present life. Join me this week as I share about overcomi...

Mar 02, 201627 min

2. Spiritual Healing for PTSD

The ultimate devastation of any form of PTSD is that the person loses the ability to be themselves. Whether your PTSD is from the trauma of war, a failed marriage, sexual abuse or rejection, the result is the same: loss of your true identity! The heart is the real you. It is the seat of all deep feelings and beliefs and it is the combining of spirit and soul that comprises your true identity. As such, it is the seat of self-awareness; therefore, it is impossible to see ourselves as God sees us w...

Mar 02, 201627 min

8. Stepping into a Life of Blessing

For eight weeks I have been equipping you to make the ultimate core decision that would guide every aspect of your life: choose the life and blessings of God! If you have missed any of these messages go to our website and watch all eight messages. If you want to learn even more and get all the tools to make this transition, check out The Supernatural Power of Making Decisions. In this last message I will help you identify the ultimate culprit that constantly works to undermine your faith and con...

Feb 25, 201627 min

7. Breaking Free from Your Emotional Past

When Jesus told the Jews they were blind they became irate. We read it and wonder why they were so closed; yet, when someone implies that we don’t really see the truth we react in a very similar manner. The concept of being blind doesn’t necessarily mean we don’t see anything; it can mean our sight or perception is blurred or darkened. The truth is we are all partially blinded by our past. Many of the truths we do see we only see partially. In many instances we know a truth intellectually but we...

Feb 18, 201627 min

6. God is Waiting for You

Religion has tried to make us believe there is some special unique time in the future when all the factors are aligned, you have jumped through all the religious hoops and suddenly you find yourself in the perfect timing of God; then He will finally answer your prayer or meet your need. This type of thinking removes our focus from the Lord Jesus and His finished work to an endless pursuit of an elusive, nondescript, undefinable moment when it is safe to trust God. This entire concept of the timi...

Feb 11, 201627 min

5. Confessions of a Persuaded Heart

All too often we want to believe God but we find ourselves in the same place as the man who said, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” In other words, we do believe but we aren’t fully persuaded. We believe but we find ourselves wavering from time to time. We would realize this as a very normal part of the journey into unwavering faith except for one thing. For a half century we were told that we could not admit our unbelief because it was a bad confession. What a dilemma! I’m struggling with my...

Feb 04, 201627 min

4. What I Look Llike in My Dreams

Sadly, we have been influenced to make decisions and resolutions around behavior alone. We decide to do or not do something with the hope of improving our lives. At least 25% of New Year’s resolutions are broken in the first week, many within the first 24 hours! Why do we find ourselves going back to the same behavior when we so desperately want to experience change? Maybe after we decide the behavior we need to decide if we want to be the person who can live that behavior. Jesus taught us to co...

Jan 28, 201628 min

3. The Matrix of Life

We have been told if we simply copy the actions of others we can have the same outcome they experienced. In the motivational world we are told if you want to make a million dollars find someone who made a million dollars and do what they did. But the truth is, before you can copy someone’s actions and be assured you will get the same results, you must copy their beliefs. Through the uncertainty principle we discovered that the observer in any experiment changes the outcome at the quantum level. ...

Jan 21, 201627 min

2. Your First Impulse is Life or Death

Our first reaction to challenges, conflicts, persecution, or disappointment is often the truest indicator of the beliefs of our heart. These occurrences push us to act independently of conscious decisions. Very often they set us on a course that is in complete conflict with our conscious desires and beliefs. But the beliefs of the mind are NEVER as powerful as the beliefs of the heart! This week I want to help you identify some initial responses that keep setting your life off course; but most i...

Jan 14, 201627 min

1. Choose Life

Choose the Life of God in every situation. Among the many things religion has taken away from the truth about God are our freedom, responsibility, and authority to make decisions for life or death. Based on Luciferian theology that emerged from Greek mysticism the entire world fell under the illusion of determinism, fatalism, and an unscriptural concept of God’s sovereignty. The entire human race passively neglects its responsibility to choose a life that is rooted in the promises of God; then w...

Jan 08, 201629 min

9. The Secret Power of Intention

It’s time to prepare your heart and mind for a better year in 2016. Next year will not improve just because you hope it will. Next year will improve because you apply God’s truth in a way that brings about internal change. You not only want the year to be better, you want to be the person who can have a better year. This week I want to help you start preparing as you discover the secret power of intention. This powerful message will be your first step to a better 2016. Then beginning the first w...

Dec 30, 201527 min
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