Church of the City New York

What we think about the future affects the way we live in the present. This week, we continue our 1 Peter sermon series, Citizens, with a word from teacher Tyler Prieb, about how we can live with hope in a culture of despair. // 2019-07-14 "Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming." 1 Peter 1: 13 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC

We are walking through a study of 1 Peter this summer, learning from the early church how they loved as a counter culture for the common good in their day. Pastor Suzy launches this series, Citizens, with a word from 1 Peter 1:1-12 about the Living Hope we have in Jesus, a hope we can experience even in the midst of suffering. "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God's elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." 1 Peter 1: 1-3 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC

Concluding our summer sermon series on revival, visiting teacher and native New Yorker Dimetra Barrios delivers a powerful word from Matthew 10 about the power of simple prayers from disciples who believe God will do what He promised to do—through them. // 2019-06-30 "As you go, proclaim this message, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'" Matthew 10:7 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC

Guest speaker Mark Sayers discusses transitioning from proficiency to spiritual power in the context of revival. Topics include challenges of post-Christianity, disciples becoming leaders, significance of humility, embracing spiritual power, and finding freedom in Jesus' compassion.

Continuing our summer sermon series on revival, visiting teacher Stephanie London explains how revival begins in the heart with a word from 1 Peter. // 2019-06-16 "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy..." 1 Peter 1:3-8 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC

Teaching pastor, Suzy Silk, continues our summer sermon series on revival with a word from Matthew 13 on how revival takes root with small beginnings. // 2019-06-16 "He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.' He told them still another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty poundsa]">[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.'" Matthew 13:31-33 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC

On Pentecost Sunday, visiting pastor Adam Durso continues our summer sermon series on Revival with a word from Ezekiel's vision of the River from the Temple. // 2019-06-09 "As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. He asked me, 'Son of man, do you see this?'" Ezekiel 47:3-6 Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC

Visiting pastor Cory Russell launches our summer sermon series on Revival with a word about prayer and the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. // 2019-06-02 "Most of us want the perfect Christian life without the invasion of the third preson of the Trinity. You cannot love Jesus or become more like Jesus without the Holy Spirit." –Cory Russell Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC

In this bonus episode, pastor Banning Liebscher, from Jesus Culture, gifts our church with two talks on the nature and purpose of true Community to mature us. We've included both his talks in this podcast. // 2019-05-05 "We don't even know it, but we approach church in different ways, and many times, we do not approach it as a family. It is the family structure that is built to mature people. The natural flow of family is sons and daughters who have matured until they become parents." Banning Liebscher Church of the City New York http://churchofthecity.nyc | @COTCNYC

In this episode, pastor Suzy Silk concludes our sermon series on Kingdom Values by examining the Power of God, the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live out the other values. // 2019-05-26 "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God." 2 Timothy 1: 6-8 Church of the City New York https://church.nyc | @COTCNYC