CityView Church

One of the most anguished cries in all of Scripture—and Jesus quoted it from the cross. This week we open Psalm 22 on three levels: as David's personal cry, as a prophetic picture of the crucifixion written a thousand years before it happened, and as a mirror for our own moments of feeling forsaken. Feeling abandoned by God doesn't mean He has left—it often means He is forming you. And if He got the cross right down to the last detail, He's got your future right too. Jesus cried "It is finished" so your story could begin. Are you living like it has?

It's easy to wonder if God is paying attention—to your specific life, your specific struggles, your specific story. Psalm 139 answers that question with overwhelming clarity. This week we look at four reasons we know God cares about the details: He knows you completely, He is always with you, He personally created you, and His thoughts toward you outnumber the grains of sand. You are not a number. You are not overlooked. And the God who knows every detail of your life is working in all of it—to correct, encourage, heal, and bring you home.

Has God given up? Abandoned His people? Lost control of the story? Romans 11 answers with a resounding no. This week we see three movements in God's unfinished work: His grace preserving a remnant when all seemed lost, His mercy expanding to include the nations, and His wisdom so vast and unsearchable that the only right response is worship. God hasn't dropped the thread. He never has. From him and through him and to him are all things—and that changes everything about how we trust Him with ours.

Someone told you about Jesus. And someone told them. This week in Romans 10, Paul traces the beautiful chain of how faith spreads—from God sending, to someone going, to someone hearing, to someone believing. We are that link in the chain for the people around us. Not everyone will receive it, but God never stops reaching—arms stretched out even to the disobedient, even to those who weren't looking for Him. So neither should we. Keep praying. Keep inviting. Keep loving. Keep sharing.

Salvation isn't complicated, but we have a way of making it feel that way. This week in Romans 10, Paul lays out three simple challenges that cut through the noise: pray for the people around you, understand that God's way is simpler than you think, and stop letting what you know in your head stay out of your heart. The message isn't far off. It's not hidden. It's on your lips and in your heart—everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Is God unjust? Did He make a mistake with you? Does He actually love you? This week we finish the questions Romans 9 forces us to wrestle with — and the answers are better than we might expect. You are not an accident. You are not forgotten. You are His workmanship, chosen to be His people. But Romans 9 ends with one final question that cuts deepest of all: are you trusting in Christ, or in yourself? Jesus is either the cornerstone you build your life on, or the stone you trip over. No one stays neutral.

When life is hard and things don't make sense, the questions surface fast—is God unjust? Did He make a mistake with me? Does He actually love me? This week we sit with some of the most challenging verses in Romans and work through three of the hardest questions we ask about God. The answer Paul keeps coming back to isn't a formula or a quick fix—it's the character of God Himself. He is not unjust. He is not arbitrary. He is rich in mercy, and His steadfast love never ceases.

You don't get into God's family by race. You don't get in by works. You never have. This week we step into Romans 9 and trace a thread that runs all the way from Genesis to the cross—God's plan of salvation has always operated by grace, not bloodline or effort. Paul writes with a broken heart for his own people, and out of that grief comes one of Scripture's clearest declarations: it's not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise. Whoever you are, wherever you're from—everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Session 4: The Christian life is not easy, but it’s worth it. And you are not meant to fight alone.

Session 3: The enemy is real, relentless, and dirty. But we do not fight for victory—we fight from victory.