A faithful presence of love in the absences of our city.
February 24, 2022
"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.” ...
August 3, 2017 by Joanna Hinks | Tags: gospel, love, home, Church, Change, Devotion, Bridegroom, Desire, Bride, Song of Solomon, El Hogar, Uncomfortable, albuquerque, Church blog
If I truly understand that God loves me, not just in some generic sense but intensely and personally, it changes everything. Love like that isn’t something that can be met with indifference, any more than I could respond to a marriage proposal with a shrug....
Keep ReadingJuly 13, 2017 by | Tags: prayer, Devotion, Albuquerque Church, Sermon Blog, Church blog, Practice, Habit, Liturgy, Spiritual Practices, Prayer Life, Sermon Response, Daniel
Looking at Daniel's prayer in chapter 9 makes me realize how much I long to make prayer into a liturgy in my life. ...
Keep ReadingJune 30, 2017 | Category: Gospel | Tags: Training, gospel, albuquerque, Church, Truth, Devotion, Perseverance, Godliness, Encouragement, Practice, Habit
Developing a regular practice of exercise is beneficial, but establishing godly practices builds spiritual muscles with benefits that extend way beyond the physical body. We get a glimpse of these benefits in Daniel chapter 6....
Keep ReadingDecember 23, 2016 by Bronwyn Siebert | Category: Gospel | Tags: Sin, grace, love, justice, judgement, forgiveness, Covenant, Devotion, Unconditional
The book of Hosea mirrors God's relationship with Israel. Lest we forget as we shake our heads at Israel's foolishness that this book reveals our personal relationship with the Lord. ...
Keep ReadingNovember 3, 2016 by Gary Villa | Category: Gospel | Tags: faith, God's Word, Intentionality, Devotional, Scripture, Attention, Devotion, Wonder, Listening
Faithfully reading the Bible means that we don't wait for the text to amaze us. We have to sit with it, attend to it....
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