God flips the script on Abraham’s (and our) expectations of His character and subsequently the very nature of religion.
- Are you on a journey of faith like Abraham was?- Are you not clear on the details of his plan?- Are you being confronted with choices which go against conventional reason and logic?- Is God testing your faith as you seek to trust His will?- Are you trusting for God’s provision in the face of overwhelming odds?As God blessed Abraham and reiterated His promises, He wants to do the same for you.

Imagine CITC being a church so grounded and secure in God and the Gospel that when God puts before us the outcry from our city, our hearts break for both the oppressed and the oppressor - and our response is to rise up and cry out to Him on behalf of a people that don’t know how to cry out to God themselves. In God, such a church can change their city.

God gives us what we would ask for or He asks us to do what we would want to if we knew everything He knows.Know that God......sees me,...finds me,...goes with me,...which is why I can trust Him.

The promises of God are guaranteed (they become reality in God’s perfect time) when we respond to His faithfulness with faith.In Jesus, we're perfectly positioned to live by faith...- to live in His Presence- to live on His faithfulness- to be secure in my status in the Kingdom- to learn how to wait patiently for God's perfect timing

The ultimate goal of faith is not God’s promises fulfilled-although He does fulfill them-but intimacy and closeness with God Himself.Remember, Jesus is the ultimate promise!

Returning to the grace of God allows you to once again rest in the faithfulness of God and be reminded of the promises of God.

When God speaks He acts - His promises and actions are inseparable.

Everything that is in the world will come with at least a twinge of condemnation. Only faith in (believing) Jesus Christ gives the free gift of salvation.

Heb 11:5 // Gen 5:21-24The good news of the gospel - what should blow our mind - is not just that in Jesus I can walk with God but that God in Jesus, by the Holy Spirit comes down to walk with me.What does it look like for CITC to walk with God?1. We walk worthy of the call (PURPOSE): Eph 4:12. We walk in the ways of God (WISDOM): Ps 86:113. We walk thru adversity (COMFORT): Ps 23:4 4. We walk in newness of life (FREEDOM): Rom 6:45. We walk the land (SALVATION): Gen 13:17 // Jos 1:36. We see the lame arise and walk (POWER): Mt 11:4-5