City Beautiful Church : Audio

" Leaning into God’s grace means we accept seasons in life, we stop trying to control everything, and we trust God to redeem time itself." - Ryan Adams

"There are moments when we are confronted with how temporary everything really is. We invite unnecessary suffering when we try to define ourselves by the vapor of life." - Ryan Adams

"I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you." - Ryan Adams

"God does not fulfill our arrogant and gnostic desire for understanding but he promises to fulfills our need for presence." - John David Harris

"Lamentations is not just a personal cry of repentance. It’s a cry for a people who have veered off the rails because they felt entitled to God’s favor, or simply left Him behind when they hit a wall." - Ryan Adams

"Repenting our sin, releases us a bit from the tight grip we have on the lie that we hold our own worth in what we do, our own success in how we act, and our own redemption in our successes. Each time we realize a small part of that is a lie, we look to God instead of our own self." - Jenna Wimmer

"To Lament is to be totally honest, fully human, and deeply faithful. " - Shavier Martinez

"The Christian journey is one in which we learn to integrate joy and suffering." - Ryan Adams

"Life is hard, but we’ve got Jesus and one another to strengthen us as we press on." - Ryan Adams

"Faith is trust in Who God is and active participation in His story, especially when the going gets tough." - Ryan Adams

"People with the gift of Mercy put the bleeding heart of Jesus on display, and remind us why we do what we do in the Kingdom." - Ryan Adams

"The gift of hospitality celebrates in others the fundamental worthiness of being human; people with the gift of giving show us that everything we have belongs to God and can be used for His Kingdom." -Ryan Adams

"The gift of hospitality celebrates in others the fundamental worthiness of being human; people with the gift of giving show us that everything we have belongs to God and can be used for His Kingdom." - Ryan Adams

"The spiritual gifts are meant to help God bring the world back to its “original goodness”. Healing, Miracles, and Deliverance engage the work to be done beyond the physical realm." - Ryan Adams

"The gift of exhortation helps us all to grow in health through encouragement and empowerment." - Ryan Adams

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. - Ephesians. 4:11-16

"Wisdom, discernment, and knowledge are the navigational gifts intended to keep us grounded to what God is doing in the moment." Kaye-Alese Green

"Intercessors intuitively understand the needs of those around them and address those needs in service and prayer." - Ryan Adams

"Pastors remind us our faith is not an ideology to be held, but a story to be lived." - Ryan Adams

"Teachers immerse us in God’s Story so that we can interpret our lives in light of His truth and love." - Ryan Adams