God's Road Signs, Pt. 3 "Slow"
Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is...
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City Church Contributor
- May 20, 2020
- 3 min
God's Road Signs, Pt. 2 "Stop"
Exodus 20:8-11 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is...
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City Church Contributor
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
God’s Road Signs – Pt. 1
8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to...
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City Church Contributor
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Undoing the Stereotype
Colossians 1:9-12 9 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be...
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City Church Contributor
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Only God
Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works...
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City Church Contributor
- May 13, 2020
- 2 min
Feeling Stuck in the Valley?
A pandemic. A hurricane. The threat of murder hornets. A wildfire. Family crisis. Just thinking about this can be exhausting and...
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City Church Contributor
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Trust in the Lord
“Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalms 55:22 All of us have...
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City Church Contributor
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
How Are You?
How are you? This is the question we usually ask right after we say hello to someone we know. Generally, this question is met with a...
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City Church Contributor
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
Are we paying attention
I can be a forgetful person. It is true; ask anyone close to me. I look for my keys, wallet, or phone at least once a day. I forget where...
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City Church Contributor
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
Changing Our Mind
What have you changed your mind on recently? Odd question I know. This past week I was able to attend the Orange Conference from the...
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City Church Contributor
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Love Like Jesus
It’s May. I’ll say that again, it’s May. So much is happening this month, in particularly this week. Yesterday was Star Wars day and I...
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City Church Contributor
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Miracle of Multiplication in Sowing of Reaping
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Folly of Reaping without Sowing
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
The Folly of Reaping without Sowing
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Folly of Sowing without Reaping – Pt. 2
Galatian 6:7-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Undeniable Law of Reaping & Sowing – Pt. 1
Galatians 6:6-10 7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.8 For the one who sows to his...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Bearing With One Another in Love
Ephesians 4:2 Hardship has a way of making us hard. Difficult times can make us difficult. Life’s irritations often make us irritable. If...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Be Last
In the summer of 2013, a year before I was brought on staff as children’s pastor, I was an intern at our church, specifically with the...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 7
Mark 4:8, 20 When Trinity and I lived in New Orleans during our seminary years, we served a little country church about an hour north of...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 6
Mark 4:7 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 18 Still others, like seed...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 5
Mark 4:5-6 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 17, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 4
The Whisper of Another Voice Mark 4:3-4; 15 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 3
Mark 4:1-9 “Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 15, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Conversation – Pt. 2
“Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Sacred Conversation
In the last 18 months, we have endured 2 seasons of major disruption to our lives. I find it interesting how in both of these...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 13, 2020
- 1 min
Fearlessness is Faithfulness
If any of you know me, you know I am a worrier. I might mask it well for others, but fear is something I have always fought with. If you...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 11, 2020
- 1 min
GRACE: God’s Riches At Christ Expense is Sufficient In the Midst of a Pandemic
"The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He showers...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
What if?
Many times, as we look back on a tragic situation, we tend to say, “Can you imagine if that had never happened?!” or “Think of how life...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 9, 2020
- 3 min
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel vision. It’s the type of vision that takes away our ability to see. I believe that’s the definition of irony. See, when we have...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
Peace
“Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all.” 2 Thessalonians 3:16...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Trusting in God’s Love
"From everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him." Psalm 103:17 Most of us are pretty good at worrying,...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 5
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 4
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 3
“He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3 The last 18 months have reminded all of us how tricky and...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
God as He Longs for You to See Him – Part 2
“He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul;” Psalm 23:2-3 Everyone needs rest. Our...
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City Church Contributor
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
God as He Longs for You to See Him
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Psalm 23 Almost every home cooked meal I enjoyed in childhood had at least one portion...
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City Church Contributor
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Dealing with Disappointment
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 Postponed. Cancelled. We...
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City Church Contributor
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Worst Saturday Ever
“50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, 51 who...
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City Church Contributor
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
Nothing to Fear…?
From a popular 90’s phrase, “No Fear!” to a Bible fav, “Fear Not!”, there are plenty of voices telling us fear is a bad thing. And yet...
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City Church Contributor
- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
Praying Beyond Ourselves
1 Timothy 1:1-2 2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings...
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City Church Contributor
- Mar 25, 2020
- 2 min
Deciding What’s Essential
Acts 27 18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19 On the third...
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City Church Contributor
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Will You Wither?
Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the...
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