Rick Frost

confess your sins

If we reveal it God will conceal it but if we conceal it God will reveal it. Hiding our sin does no good. Our sin will find us out one way or another. The promise here is that God's mercy will cover…

Proverbs 28:13 (NLT)

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Proverbs 5:15 (NLT), Proverbs 5:16 (NLT), Proverbs 5:17 (NLT), Proverbs 5:18 (NLT), Proverbs 5:19 (NLT), Proverbs 5:20 (NLT), Proverbs 5:21 (NLT)

Easter Reflection

Christ died for our sins ONCE FOR ALL! This is such great news for us! Jesus took upon himself the penalty that we should bear. He died so that we may live! Romans 6:23 - for the wages of sin is death,…

1 Peter 3:18 (NLT)

Easter Reflection

I love how Jesus brought the old covenant and new covenant together with the common bond of blood. In the old covenant, the people were cleansed by a priest shedding the blood of an innocent animal. It…

Hebrews 9:22 (NLT)

Easter Reflection

So what is the message of the cross? - Jesus took upon himself all the sins of the world, both from the past, present and future - Jesus loves us so much that he would give up his own life so that we…

1 Corinthians 1:18 (NLT)

Easter reflection

Jesus came for the outcast, the broken, the lost. That means he came for you and for me! Without Christ, we are lost, we have no real, true direction in our lives. In Luke 15:1-2 we see that Jesus attracted…

Luke 15:1 (NLT), Luke 15:2 (NLT), Luke 19:10 (NLT)

Easter Reflection

God loved us so much that he sent Jesus to the cross while we were still sinners!! That should give every person incredible hope because it means we don't have to do anything for God to accept us. We…

Romans 5:8 (NLT)

Easter Reflection

This is such a beautiful prophetic passage all about Jesus. It shows just how much Jesus loved us. In fact I encourage you to write down a list of everything this passage says about Jesus versus what…

Isaiah 53:1 (NLT), Isaiah 53:2 (NLT), Isaiah 53:3 (NLT), Isaiah 53:4 (NLT), Isaiah 53:5 (NLT), Isaiah 53:6 (NLT), Isaiah 53:7 (NLT), Isaiah 53:8 (NLT), Isaiah 53:9 (NLT), Isaiah 53:10 (NLT), Isaiah 53:11 (NLT)

Easter Reflection Day 2: Isaiah 53

This is such a beautiful prophetic passage all about Jesus. It shows just how much Jesus loved us. In fact I encourage you to write down a list of everything this passage says about Jesus versus what…

Use your big ASK

God wants to BLESS not BASH you. He wants to pour out his FAVOR on you, not point out your FAULTS. All we have to do is ASK God! Now this doesn't mean this is a free ticket to get anything we want from…

John 14:13 (NLT), John 14:14 (NLT)

Easter Reflection Day 1

What do we learn about Jesus in this prophetic passage from Isaiah? He was God's chose oneHe was pleasing to GodGod put his spirit in himHe would bring justice to the nationsHe would be compassionate…

Isaiah 42:1 (NLT), Isaiah 42:2 (NLT), Isaiah 42:3 (NLT), Isaiah 42:4 (NLT), Isaiah 42:5 (NLT), Isaiah 42:6 (NLT), Isaiah 42:7 (NLT)

God has gifted us to serve

God has gifted each of us in a unique way to serve Him in and through the local church. It's time for everyone in the church to get off the sidelines and start serving.

Matthew 20:28 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NLT), Ephesians 6:7 (NLT), Colossians 3:17 (NLT), Colossians 3:23 (NLT), 1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)

Salvation is all about Jesus

Our salvation is not about WHAT WE DO, it's all about WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS. Our salvation is wrapped in God's grace-treating us as we do not deserve to be treated. Our salvation is wrapped…

Romans 3:23 (NLT), Romans 5:8 (NLT), Romans 6:23 (NLT), Ephesians 2:8 (NLT), Ephesians 2:9 (NLT), Titus 3:5 (NLT)

How to raise your leadership capacity

1. Delegation allows you to do what only you can do.  I cannot continue to rise as a leader if all I do is add "things" to my to do list. One of the greatest things I can do as a leader is constantly…

Acts 6:2 (NLT)

Dabble in sin and you will soon dance with it

In Gen 13:12 Lot had pitched his tents NEAR Sodom. According to Gen 13:13 the men of Sodom were sinning greatly against the LORD. So Lot pitched his tent near a city of wickedness. Now, in Gen 14 after…

Genesis 13:12 (NLT), Genesis 14:12 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 6:18 (NLT), James 4:7 (NLT)

God is for us

Our God is greater, our God is stronger! God is for us, not against us. And with God on our side nothing shall prevail against us.

Romans 8:31 (NLT)

while we were sinners

I LOVE THIS chapter in Romans because Paul clearly lays out the gospel message: It's not about us or anything we do; it's all about what Jesus did for us on the cross. We can't earn God's favor, we can't…

Romans 5:8 (NLT)

Noah obeyed

Noah acted on faith and trust. God gave him specific instructions on what to do before the flood, but no information on what to do during or after the flood. God was asking Noah to live by faith. God…

Genesis 6:22 (NLT), Genesis 7:5 (NLT)

giving

You can give God your leftovers or give him the best of what you have. The widow gave all she had, and Jesus uses her as an example of what it means to give from the heart.

Mark 12:43 (NLT), Mark 12:44 (NLT)

How far will you go to bring people to Jesus?

These friends were crazy! They dug a hole in someone else's roof just to get their friend in front of Jesus! WOW, I love that kid of persistence. It makes me ask myself if I would go that far to bring…

Mark 2:2 (NLT), Mark 2:3 (NLT), Mark 2:4 (NLT)

you are a masterpiece

When I read this verse it brings chills every time! How incredible is it that out of all that God created, we as humans are the only ones created in the very image of God!! In a nutshell here are my…

Genesis 1:27 (NLT)

My study in Philippians

These are the verses that spoke to me as I studied the book of Philippians the last two months. May they be an encouragement to you. Phil 1:6 - it is God who begins a good work in us. Phil 1:21 - to…

Philippians 1:6 (NLT), Philippians 1:21 (NLT), Philippians 1:27 (NLT), Philippians 2:3 (NLT), Philippians 2:4 (NLT), Philippians 2:13 (NLT), Philippians 2:14 (NLT), Philippians 3:8 (NLT), Philippians 3:13 (NLT), Philippians 4:6 (NLT), Philippians 4:7 (NLT), Philippians 4:8 (NLT), Philippians 4:13 (NLT), Philippians 4:19 (NLT)

multiply leadership

Leaders multiply. Leaders realize they can't "do" everything. Leaders raise up others to do the work of the ministry. You can't add more hours to your day but you can add more people to your team.

Acts 6:2 (NLT), Acts 6:3 (NLT), Acts 6:4 (NLT)

Power of God is unstoppable

I love this passage because we see how even those who did not believe in Jesus could not deny what was happening. Lives were changed. People with all kinds of diseases and illnesses were healed and made…

Acts 5:38 (NLT), Acts 5:39 (NLT)

never stop proclaiming good news

The fear of God is better than the fear of man. Like Peter and John we need to be ready to do whatever it takes to tell others the good news of Jesus. Even in the face of persecution they were not deterred.

Acts 4:20 (NLT)