Capital City Church International (3Ci)

In times of catastrophe and crisis, we often have incredible opportunities to love our neighbours. Through Jonah we can learn how to challenge our dangerous defaults and allow our faith to be of significant public use. Allowing the peace of God to flow through us as we love our neighbours in these challenging times.

This Easter Sunday as we celebrate the breaking of the ultimate lockdown of death, we ask for courage to come into your hearts and homes at this time. And as Jonah emerged from his lockdown with an 8 word sermon that changed Nineveh we are trusting for our own 8 word sermons to change our lives, our loves, our cities and societies.

Whether it's the world's history, your own history, or biblical history, it needs to be explained to us, if we are to understand it. In Luke 24 Jesus explains His story, and in so doing explains all of history, including yours, showing how we are the prized possession of the creator of this universe. Showing how we have been forgiven, how we have been cleansed and how we have been ransomed.

While our city, our nation and the world are questioning everything in the midst of our current crisis, let them find the covenant of God through our lips, our lives and our hearts. As we learn to connect our current crisis, to the covenant of God and allow Christ to reign in our lives.

Acts 27 - the merchant, the military, the majority and the man of God There are many stories and all sorts of advice going around the internet at this time, but at this time be careful who you listen to. Are you listening to the merchants, the military, the majority or the man of God? The Merchant         - Concerned with profit The Military         - Concerned with power The Majority         - Concerned with popularity The Man of God     - Concerned for people 4 simples pieces of advice from Paul’s example: Listen to me (Use this time to look at some of Paul's writings, Romans, Ephesians, Galatians) Take courage (Courage comes from a man who is in a deep relationship with God.) Stay close (Stay close to the promises, the people of God, the church God has put you in) Break bread (Start new habits in your home by honouring Christ for everything that he's done) There are many stories and all sorts of advice going around the internet at this time, but at this time be careful who you listen to. Are you listening to the merchants, the military, the majority or the man of God? The Merchant         - Concerned with profit The Military         - Concerned with power The Majority         - Concerned with popularity The Man of God     - Concerned for people 4 simples pieces of advice from Paul’s example: Listen to me (Use this time to look at some of Paul's writings, Romans, Ephesians, Galatians) Take courage (Courage comes from a man who is in a deep relationship with God.) Stay close (Stay close to the promises, the people of God, the church God has put you in) Break bread (Start new habits in your home by honouring Christ for everything that he's done)

The groan - The Spirit takes our groans and offers them perfectly to the Father. The goal - To become like Jesus. The grace - The chain cannot be broken - Foreknown, predestined, called, justified, glorified. The guarantee - God will use all His power and all His generosity to make sure you are right. There's a groan in your heart which is difficult to express. God will take it and offer it to the Father. There’s a goal that God is busy with, turning you into the image of His Son. He will use everything, even bad things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. The grace chain will never be broken. They'll never ever be broken. We are foreknown, we are predestined, we are called, we are justified, we will be glorified. God is busy with that process. The guarantee is that he will use all his power, all his generosity, all his pardon, all his mercy, to make sure that you are right.