City Beautiful Church : Audio

we are called to carry one another.

What is stirring the waters of my soul in the present moment?

From the Throne Flows a River of Renewal

“At Christmas we celebrate the arrival of an unreasonable God who saves the world in unreasonable ways.” - Ryan and Shavier

Advent reminds us that God’s Kingdom of Love is always reshaping the wilderness of the world."

Advent prepares us for the joy of receiving Jesus as the splendor of God.

Advent gives us a vision of the radical peace possible when God brings us all together through his messiah, Jesus.

Advent reminds us that we must learn the art of sacred waiting if we are to lay claim to the promises that God has made to us.

CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY

How has King Jesus taken a hold of my story in 2021 and drawn me into himself?

Like Thomas, we care hard and we crash hard, which can lead to hardened hearts. But even in disappointment, Jesus invites us close.

We, like these great cloud of witnesses have great examples to follow, but TODAY God is creating something NEW in the life of His Son so we can ALL reach the wedding banquet together

We, like Nicodemus, are so certain of what we have learned with our heads that it becomes difficult to discern what God is doing with our hearts.

We, like Mary, must learn to stop disqualifying ourselves from intimacy with Jesus because of our past or our 'otherness.

We like Judas, often feel shame when we value what we want from Jesus more than Jesus himself.

Saul moves from being curse-shaped, preying and plundering people in the spirit of self-righteousness to Paul being cross-shaped, practicing a faithful presence that embodies peace in the midst of long-suffering. How can we move from assuming a curse-shaped world-view to living in a Cross-shaped reality?

Sometimes our fear of not being in right-standing with God becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. We must pivot from a posture of “What must I do?” to “Where is God right now?"

Faith is a constant cycle of orientation, disorientation, and reorientation.

Our allegiance to King Jesus is a journey we embark upon together.

spending time reflecting on what the Lord has spoken over us in this season.