Meta Church NYC

If everything Jesus said about Himself is true – that He's the Son of God, Messiah, and King – then He is absolutely worthy of being followed. 

In this final message from our DEVOTED series, Pastor Ricky Ortiz shares examples from the life of Paul to guide us toward being fully committed to God at every stage of life and in every season of life, and poses the question: Do you want it?

"More" is not always better. We live in a culture that values obtaining and getting more in every area of life, even if (or when) it doesn't make sense. This belief often permeates our relationships and ends up sabotaging our most intimate relationships.

Do you ever wonder if it's possible to feel, or be, close to God? Or what it would take to have true intimacy with God? So many people live their lives knowing about God, hanging around people who follow God, and even choose to give their lives to God yet they never experience real intimacy with God. 

This teaching was recorded as part of Meta Church's Vision Night on February 19th, 2023. In this talk, Pastor Ricky Ortiz shares how you are probably just 2 or 3 decisions away from being on track to fulfilling God's vision for your life and he outlines 5 steps you can take to begin fulfilling the vision God has for you.

We want more than just knowledge of God and we crave more than just His awareness. Most of us are seeking something that goes beyond Sunday services and worship...What we long for is INTIMACY with God.

We all know the best stories are stories of transformation. It's the stories where a person changes from one thing to another. And in this message, Pastor Ricky Ortiz shares 5 questions that lead to transformation. 

What would your life look like if you lived with legendary faith? We read of the heroes of the faith such as Abraham, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, and others and often think that type of faith is impossible for us to have. But what if it wasn't?

As Christians, we're taught that our lives should revolve around God. That God should be the center of our orbit. He is supposed to be at the center of who we are, what we do, and why we do it. This is what it means to "worship" God. And in this week's message, Pastor Ricky Ortiz shares three things every Christian ought to know about true worship.

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Within each of us is a desire to connect with the Divine and reach out to a Power higher and bigger than ourselves. That's because God has created us with default settings and one of those default settings is the desire to pray.  Sadly, many of us have turned this setting off or we've allowed it to get crowded out by fear, worry, busyness, or pride.