Church of the City New York

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series through teaching on the Lord's Prayer - our "secret weapon" in the faith. Over time, Western Christianity has trivialized the Lord's Prayer, diminishing its true value and power in our lives. Now more than ever, we need to reclaim the power of the Lord's Prayer because it teaches us how to pray, orients our discipleship, frees us from the vanity and futility of self, and unleashes defiant hope.

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by taking a closer look at Luke 11 where Jesus exhorts us to ask, seek, and knock. Prayer has less to do with technique, and more to do with who is listening. When we pray, we must remember who we're talking to: God, who is readily available, accessible, and can be "interrupted" at any time.

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by taking a closer look at how Jesus calls us to pray in Luke 11. After He prays the Lord's prayer as a model, Jesus teaches that the posture we should pray from is one of shameless confidence for others and ourselves.

This Sunday, fueled by the urgent movement of God at Asbury University and elsewhere, Pastor Jon dug into the spiritual roots of revival as part of our extended series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted." Pointing to King Josiah's story from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles as an example, Pastor Jon emphasized our need to repent and draw near to God, tear out sin by the roots, recover the heart of worship and understanding of scripture, and restore redemptive spiritual practices to usher in revival.

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught from his reflections on his time at Asbury University last week. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Asbury is a clue that God is doing something, and He is asking us to pay attention. It's time to lean in with increased devotion, preparing our hearts, and strengthening the walls of our souls to carry the coming glory of revival. We must remember that as God is drawing near to us, He's inviting us to continue to draw near to Him.

In our final week of 'God Comes Where He's Wanted' Pastor Suzy emphasized the importance of understanding God's cry for our vital consecration and purity, as we desire and call upon our Holy God in our hearts, homes, church, and region. As King of the universe, we need to seek Him based on His terms, not our own, and we must consecrate our hearts and bodies to His holiness so that the cry of our heart, home, church, and region ushers in the revival we long for.

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our teaching series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted" by unpacking the cry for the region through Isaiah 64. He offered three invitations to help us move from complacency, to concern, to crying our for God to intervene and reveal Himself in our region based on the pattern evident in Scripture. We must discern the season we are in, and develop a desperation for God to come have His way in every area of the world around us.

This Sunday, guest Pastor Lee Cummings continued our teaching series, "God Comes Where He's Wanted" by teaching on the importance of building altars through our lives. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God allows His people to be living temples of the Holy Spirit, invites us to walk in holy confidence, and equips us to invade the darkness of our world with His glory.

Click here to listen to Heart on Fire by Emily Lindquist, a song inspired by what God is doing in our community at Church of the City New York.

Sunday was a historic day in the life of Church of the City as we installed the men and women of our first Elder Cohort as official Elders in our church. After a year long process, the Elders were commissioned at all four of our Sunday Services. We are so excited they have each joined this office of leadership, and look forward to the care, guidance, and wisdom they will provide as they shepherd our community.

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series "God Comes Where He's Wanted" with a teaching on cultivating the cry of our homes. Whether we are parents, married, or single, we can make the cry of our homes, "God I want you here," and be a part of raising up the next generation in faith. We are being called to embrace this heart of prayer, and take up responsibility for the transfer faith to the generation to come.

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