Character

The Peter Pan Principle, Vol. 1

Did you know that Peter Pan is alive and well today? In our society today we are seeing a sort of phenomenon take place with the male population: the growing trend that men just don’t want to grow up. Most people love the fantasy of never ever...

Physical Courage vs. Intellectual Courage

What do we do when the attacks on our lives are not just physical, but also mental? What is it that sustains us beyond our natural limits? With real-life examples through exciting stories, Ralph Messer dissects the difference between physical courage and...

What Does Your Heart Say about You? Confronting Narcissistic Behavior

Narcissism. It thrives in an individualistic society. There are certain behaviors and character traits that we should recognize and confront, but tend not to see in ourselves. Unless these traits are pointed out, oftentimes, we attribute them to...

The Love of Money

Join Ralph Messer as he goes head-to-head against a topic that is as old as time! What does it mean to have a love for money? Could influential rumors have given us the incorrect interpretation of this subject all along? What are its side effects? Listen...

When You're on the Verge

It's difficult being in the nebulous place of not quite arriving where you're going, yet not quite being where you were. You feel as though you are stuck between the steps of transitioning to another level of life, and feel all of the discomfort and...

I Quit.

"I Quit!" This phrase is one that we have all heard or said at one time or another. However, the real question is: Will we quit trying to have things our way and instead open up our hand to God's blessing and provision? In this series, delve into a...

Your Moral Warehouse

What is the difference between the permissive will of God, and the prohibitive will of God? When staying isolated in the permissive mindset, one will have little or no moral consciousness or guidelines. Yet, on the other hand, if one begins to adopt...

The Golden Connection

Did you know that you cannot succeed alone? Relationships are unavoidable and are the very avenues for establishing Golden Connections. No matter how obscure, casual, or insignificant an encounter may seem, it can actually lead to greater...

Do It Scared! The Forces Holding You Back

Brutal honesty hurts, so let's take off the band-aid quickly, shall we? We all get scared at one point or another in life. There's always that one fear that grips us deep down and we wish we could get rid of.What is your greatest fear and how...

Pursuing Purpose

Have you ever wondered about God’s plan for your life specifically? Pursuing Purpose will help you walk in your destiny, take hold of your future, and understand the Creator’s direction for your life! Even that which has been...

Rebuilding from Ground Zero

Give Your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge Your people… 1 Kings (Melachim Aleph) 3:9   This single prayer of King Solomon defines not only the heart of the King, but also his insightful approach to leadership within his...

It's You or Me, God? Transcending Your Ego

Too often we become the center of our own universe. Self-seeking, self-focused, self-made, and selfish; our attitude towards others, and even God, becomes egocentric.   Theocentricity puts God back on the throne of your life. He is the One who...

Don't Trade Your Mountain

Your mountain is the destiny God has planned for your life. Don’t trade it away through foolish words or actions. We end up trading the good for the bad when we covet what someone else has, act prideful, or despise the very blessing He has in store...

Roots and the Origins of Seed

We need to grasp the roots and origins of effective trading. How? It all starts with seed. Investing into the future of our lives through what we do with today's actions (seeds) is making sure we are planting good seeds to grow for tomorrow. It may sound...

Strength Undone

Join Ralph Messer in the combat zone of attributes, and identify the real war raging within us: the battle between our strength and our weakness. Although weakness can consume our lives, we are able to counteract it by knowing how to use the proper...

What Are You Trading? Are You Trading on God's Trading Floor?

Whether we realize it or not, we are always trading time. The question is: What are we trading it for? Does it really matter? The principles of God are a safeguard for us, but what is the result when we choose to trade time in the name or influence of:...

Change Threatens Fear

Fear is the absence of mentorship, yet in order to change, mentors are exactly what we need. What is it that causes us to change and how do we know that change is coming? In this series, the topic of fear now becomes subject to its old enemy... change...

Giant Slayer

Feeling ordinary, small, and powerless to defeat the giants in your life? Just as David, a simple shepherd, slew the giant Goliath, so too can you triumph over the “Goliath” threatening your life or your family, whether it is debt, illness,...

Habit Records: A Changed Habit Is a Changed Lifestyle

At the beginning of the formation of any habit, the brain invests "brain fuel" to create that habit. The creation process for this habit is like building a house: hard and tedious work goes into constructing the house, but once the house is built, the...

Words Create Worlds

In this gear-grinding teaching, words are not just words; they develop into something more. Like the structure of atoms, words make up the character of who someone becomes. Words are CHARACTER. Words create CULTURE. If this is true, then carelessness...