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Hope 253
September 24, 2016 / Last updated : September 24, 2016 Mike Riches The Church

Hope 253

Recently, in the greater Puget Sound numerous local churches gathered together to conduct an outreach event to the people of Pierce County called Hope 253. My church, Harborview Fellowship was able to participate and help as the good news of Jesus Christ was spread to people of all ages at this event. It was a […]

Hillside Mike Riches
July 1, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Ministry

Seven Lessons I Have Learned in Ministry

Know God and His Priorities As a church leader you need to understand God’s priorities that will enable you and the people you lead to get from place of status quo to God’s objectives and/or outcomes. While God is immutable, life in Christ is about change and transformation. You need to have a clear understanding […]

Faith
June 27, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Ministry

Spiritual Transactions

Without contractual transactions legitimate business does not happen. Likewise without spiritual transactions legitimate spiritual life does not happen. There are many who live spiritually impotent lives and many are deceived due to the fact that they don’t understand and employ spiritual transactions in their lives. I’ll explain. Imagine a young couple talking about marriage. They […]

Mike Riches Lost Original Design
June 21, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Living Free

Original Design is Lost, But There is Hope

Who of us have not seen awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping vistas? Some so pristine and majestic that they seemed to not be a part of our broken and cursed world. Imagine living in a world with perfect environmental systems in harmonious relationship with people and people with animals. Now imagine living in a joy-filled, intimate, and unobstructed […]

Original Design
June 13, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Living Free

The First Step to Recovering God’s Original Design

We have heard it said that without the first step there is no journey. Recovering God’s original design for our lives also requires that the first step be the right step. That first right step begins when we recognize our sin, and our spiritual poverty to rescue ourselves from sin and its power. The first […]

Original Design
June 9, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Living Free

God’s Original Design and You

I’ve heard it said that if people had a full revelation of who God designed them to be they would have no desire to be anyone else. The Bible speaks to two dimensions of original design. One is a general design that God intends for all who are in Jesus Christ (which we will speak to […]

Young Adult Mike Riches
May 22, 2016 / Last updated : June 10, 2016 Mike Riches Personal Walk

Three Lessons for Young People Following Jesus for the Long Haul

I have watched rooms, auditoriums, even stadiums filled with young people passionately declaring devotion to Jesus. It is interesting though to notice how few elderly people are on fire for Jesus…like Caleb in the Old Testament. I am old enough to have watched too many people’s passion and fire for Jesus be dampened and even […]

Church
May 15, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Ministry

Ministering in Other Churches

The Body of Christ is so diverse and rich. My favorite part of ministering in other churches is learning from and experiencing God through other believers in other settings, cultures, and denominations than mine. I am challenged by the humble, steady, and methodical passion for God that our Swiss brothers and sisters have. They are […]

Mike Riches
May 6, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches The Church

The Original Design of God’s Creation

Qing Dynasty vases, though small, are worth hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars. Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge had a few on display. That is until an individual in a clumsy moment, tripped, crashed into them, and they were shattered to smithereens. Imagine what you would have felt had they belonged to you. […]

Sozo
May 1, 2016 / Last updated : June 29, 2016 Mike Riches Living Free

What is Sozo?

Last year some friends recently recognized my birthday with a bottle of wine. This gift was not as much for the liquid in the bottle as the label on the bottle — SOZO; including a definition. In Luke 19:10. Jesus declared He came to save what was lost. The English word “save” translates the Greek word sozo which […]

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Hope 253

Hope 253

September 24, 2016
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Mike Riches Lost Original Design

Original Design is Lost, But There is Hope

June 21, 2016
Original Design

The First Step to Recovering God’s Original Design

June 13, 2016
Original Design

God’s Original Design and You

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Three Lessons for Young People Following Jesus for the Long Haul

May 22, 2016
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The Original Design of God’s Creation

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What is Sozo?

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