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Pastor Richard O'Ffill is an author, international revivalist and seminar speaker. He has served in Southern Asia, and Latin America, as well as North America. Pastor O'Ffill believes that a Holy God, through the Holy Spirit, is developing a holy people for the soon return of Jesus Christ. For his fundamental beliefs click here.

Because one of the Holy Spirit's thrusts in the last days is to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers, the direction of his ministry has become basic. Burning within him is a desire to see families restored by God's grace. This will be accomplished as God's people learn and exercise the fruit of the Spirit on a daily basis in their homes. As a husband, father and grandfather, Pastor O'Ffill knows from experience that the Christian life must be lived at home.  Because the church is an extension of the home, revival must start in the home before the church experiences it.

Pastor O'Ffill is currently taking speaking appointments for 2010.

You may watch some of Pastor O'Ffill's sermons online or purchase entire sermon video series which are produced by Hope Media Ministry . Three series are available: Transforming Prayer, Christ Our Blessed Hope and Personal Devotions.

Audio sermons by the pastor are distributed nationally and internationally by American Christian Ministries. To see a complete list of sermons and sermon albums click here. You may place your order or obtain a free catalog of sermons and sacred music by calling 1-800-233-4450.

A weekly radio program is hosted by Pastor O'Ffill. Listen each Wednesday at 10:00 am EDT to CrossRoads over 3ABN radio. Affiliate stations or the Internet. He appears on Thinking About Home on 3ABN television.

Something to Consider: A person who has bitterness and resentment in his heart for what someone did to him in the past will continue to live in the past. The only way we can be free to live our lives in the present is to ask God to give us the gift of repentance.

From the Featured Sermon - Familiarity Breeds Contempt

"The point is that life cannot have meaning when everything is the same. When a hundred-dollar bill is seen as being on a par with a penny, the money is worthless. So in the same way, when the things of God are the same as the things of man. When the private things are public and the things that are to be public are now seen as being private, then we are breaking the third commandment and the principles that it stands for."

"Speaking of the private things being made public and the public things being made private, I heard a minister point out that sex, which was meant to be private, is now public, and religion, which is to be corporate, is now seen as being private. Surely we live in an upside-down age."

"I am convicted that, unless we discover who God is and what is expected of us when we come into His presence, it will corrupt not only our relationship with Him, but also every other relationship that we have in the family and in society. We have generally lost respect for one another because we first lost respect for God. A person who has a right concept of respect and reverence for God will respect and reverence the other relationships in their lives."

"The Fruit of the Spirit (It's What You are that Counts). This is one of Pastor O'Ffill which can be purchased at Adventist Book Centers everywhere. A true Christian is one whose heart is not only swept clean but is filled in a wonderful and mysterious way with the Holy Spirit. If and when we are able to comprehend this truth, the effect on our personal lives, our families, and, subsequently, on the life of the church will be imediate. The themes in this book include living the Christian life, finding forgiveness, dealing with sin, rejecting antichrist(s), living in love, understanding the role of the Ten Commandments in the Christian life, and having confidence in our salvation through Jesus Christ.