Reunion Church NYC

Russel preaches on Jesus' relationship with the scriptures and showed how scripture can become a sort of operating system in our lives that helps us pray.

Russel speaks to a major hurdle in our prayer life: Unanswered Prayer. 7 Possibilities:

1. You Never Asked

2. Distorted Motives/Not Right with God

3. God Has. You Just Don't Like the Answer

4. God's Waiting For You to Move Your Feet

5. God Honors Free Will

6. Evil in the World

7. I don't know

Pastor Brandon speaks to praying when we don't know what to say. How is it that the Holy Spirit intercedes for us and helps us pray in our weakness?

Russel walks us through the gift of prayer as confession, which is a process that includes knowing our real selves, confessing our sins, and finding healing in forgiveness from God and within community.

Russel teaches from Matthew 7, where Jesus encourages us to ask God our desires in boldness.

Russel teaches from Luke 22, where Jesus withdraws to pray at the Mount of Olives. He describes the significance of a personal prayer life that seeks to be still with God and pours out the desires of our heart.

Continuing our Teach Us To Pray series, Katie teaches from Psalm 103 and David's process in prayer.

In the first week of a new series on prayer, Russel teaches from Matthew 6, where Jesus provides the Lord's Prayer. Building from this text, Russel describes basic principles for those seeking to learn how to pray.

Through the story of the widow's offering, Russel points to Jesus' response in the passage as a way to understand that true generosity comes from love. Russel walks through the difference between a mindset of scarcity and a mindset of abundance, and provides a simple template for becoming generous.

Brandon preaches on the topic of sacrificial giving, illuminated by Paul's exhortation to the church of Corinth. Brandon describes the sustaining nature of generosity motivated by joy instead of fear, and provides a set of principles that guide a life of sacrificial giving.