City Life Philly

From movies to books to society, there are some unrealistic expectations for what relationships should look like. Pastor Brad shares with us the importance of singleness, marriage, and relationships and how powerful the standards that God has placed on all of these scenarios are.

Pastor Bill Leach shares with us the importance of all kinds of relationships, specifically friendships. God created us for communion with Him and one another. We need a few trusted people that have permission to tell us the truth about our hearts and blind spots that we might miss. We need someone to remind us of our deepest aspirations and to warn us when we are getting off track. One opportunity we have at City Life to put this into practice is through Life Groups. They provide an environment where we can be known, loved, and challenged.

City Life has a long-term vision to adopt an underdog generation into the City Life family and raise them to be emotionally and spiritually healthy leaders of families and churches. What is an underdog generation? Simply put, it’s the younger generation in our city that has enormous potential, yet the odds are stacked against them. It’s not statistics and trends on our minds though, it’s the faces of kids who run and play on the blocks where we live, are growing up in our city, in our church. These are kids and students with unlimited potential that may have significant challenges ahead of them.

We move toward reaching people, not only here in Philly, but all over the world. Sometimes it takes sacrifice but it also has great significance and impact. City Life will be supporting Paul and Crystal Burkhart by helping to fund a boat so they can access unreached, remote villages in Alaska. If you would like to learn more about how you can help with this project and others, head on over to our 2022 Kingdom Builders site: https://www.citylifephilly.com/kingdom-builders

Maybe you’re thinking, “I don’t have time for prayer." Well, prayer is definitely a lifestyle, and it’s a lifestyle worth having! We need God in every aspect of our life, and that means spending time with Him through prayer! So through this message, let’s learn some practical ways to pray and strengthen our relationship with God.

Stressed out? We get it. The holiday season is filled with joy but can also be filled with lots and lots of stress. From finding the right gifts to spending time with family - stress can feel impossible to escape. But there is peace this Christmas season. The entire Christmas story is filled with hope! It’s true that Jesus is the reason for the season, and with that comes peace, hope, and so much joy.

Are you feeling tired and hopeless? Maybe there is just a heaviness about life that you’re carrying around. We want to encourage you to cross the finish line of 2021 with a feeling of optimism and hope. When you want to lift your spirits higher, lift your eyes to God! Your focus matters and if you focus on Jesus by looking up, things will start to look up too!