Wartime Realities
I may feel exhausted or discouraged or wounded by events in my life, but do I recognize the underlying battle? ...
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February 24, 2022 by Justin Edgar
"We fail to remember that God is as the Psalmist describes: an abundant fountain, a river of delights, a full house, a radiant light. The Psalmist knows God never operates out of scarcity. Where we must begin with Deeper is recognizing the ever flowing depths of the fountain of God. He is living water, because it is always abundant and always flowing. Scarcity mindset keeps us from going deeper, because we are afraid the safety net either isn’t there or doesn’t go deep enough. We won’t risk, because we can’t. We can’t possibly risk such things. There might not be anything left. There might not be any left for me. We are all like Goldilocks lamenting lost porridge, broken chairs, and occupied beds. But God always has room and always makes room. He is an overflowing fountain."...
February 17, 2022 by Emily Spare
Abiding through the fall at City Pres meant holding on for dear life to your life preserver ring hoping the other side of the rope is attached to the rescue boat, continually clinging, continually waiting. But abiding in the new year at City Pres is what I think we’re being called into: “Deeper.” ...
June 7, 2018 by Joanna Hinks | Category: Sermon Reflection | Tags: gospel, albuquerque, glory, sacrifice, victory, blog, Jesus, God, Story, Church, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Peace, Savior, Journey, Purpose, War, Revelation, Bookends, Patience, Endurance, Wartime, Christian Life, Struggle, Hardship, Satan
I may feel exhausted or discouraged or wounded by events in my life, but do I recognize the underlying battle? ...
Keep ReadingMay 17, 2018 by Carly Haynes | Category: Sermon Reflection | Tags: prayer, holy spirit, blog, Jesus, grace, God, promises, Church, Sermon Reflection, Sermon, Church blog, Communion, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, People, Intercession, Aroma, Sweet, Pleasing, albuquerque, Albuquerque Church
“How long this world will suffer, how long I will suffer… Do you hear my cries? Do you know the brokenness?”...
Keep ReadingMarch 15, 2018 by Carly Haynes | Category: Sermon Reflection | Tags: albuquerque, holy, blog, God, Church, God's glory, Renewed, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Reflection, Church blog, Revelation, Bookends, Transform, Make New, New Heart, New Name, New Identity, Set Apart
Much like the city of Pergamum, I followed the only way I had known, and in doing so I had no compass for my life......
Keep ReadingMarch 7, 2018 by Bronwyn Siebert | Category: Sermon Reflection
Even in the midst of our hardships in this life we can feel the Lord drawing us near to himself. ...
Keep ReadingFebruary 28, 2018 by Philip Noell | Category: Sermon Reflection
When does anyone have time to take 5 minutes to read a chapter a day, much less think about it and pray about it? Yet the purpose of this isn’t to add one more thing to a to-do list....
Keep ReadingFebruary 15, 2018 by Josh Spare | Category: Sermon Reflection
Our common sense, our most natural desire, as we face the icy challenges that life throws at us is to “white-knuckle” it; to strive to control and over-power difficulty by making our name great, or by demonstrating our own righteousness, or by building up our own little kingdom. And yet, the paradox is that it is precisely by relinquishing control to God, by forgoing o...
Keep ReadingJanuary 25, 2018 by Carly Haynes | Category: Sermon Reflection
I am a parent now of my nearly two year old daughter, and it has been challenging as of late to guide her and help her navigate new things. It is surprising sometimes when I have to set limits and boundaries for her, and she tests them and pushes them. Who would know that you could make a toddler so mad by asking her to eat her breakfast....
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