Church of the City New York

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

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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

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Continuing our summer sermon series on revival, visiting teacher Mark Sayers exhorts us to move beyond proficiency and competence to humility, hunger, and spiritual power. // 2019-06-23

"For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but of Power."

1 Corinthians 4:20

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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

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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

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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

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