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.” ...
November 1, 2018 by | Tags: faithfulness, fear, Promise, Anxiety, assurance
"Our baseline faith is weak, wavering, broken, and often desperate, but God is tenacious in His assurance. He will reveal Himself in the everyday mundane, or the forty years of wandering in the desert, or enslavement in Egypt."...
Keep ReadingMay 2, 2018 by Emily Leslie | Tags: kingdom, glory, hope, grace, Grief, Truth, Sermon Reflection, Promise, Revelation, Bookends, Trial, Tribulation, Patience, Endurance, albuquerque, Church, Reflection, Albuquerque Church, Sermon, Church blog
Even in this chapter, of this overwhelming book, we see how all of scripture is brought together to accomplish the same plan that has been laid out in the Bible all along. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 23, 2018 | Tags: hope, God, promises, Church, Help, Come, Salvation, Promise, Intercede, Letters, albuquerque, doubt, blog, Albuquerque Church, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Healing, Revelation, Bookends
As broken as this earthly existence can be, there are eternal promises that break through and transcend the brokenness....
Keep ReadingJanuary 4, 2018 by | Tags: albuquerque, faithfulness, faithful, hope, blog, Jesus, God, Church, Covenant, fear, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Promise, Savior, Creation, Genesis, Flood, Rescue, Rescuer, Noah, Rainbow
The rainbow is not a promise that life will get better after experiencing a storm. The rainbow is the promise that God will send a rescue, that God will be our refuge....
Keep ReadingJuly 19, 2017 by Emily Leslie | Tags: resurrection, hope, Pain, God, Help, redemption, Perseverance, Suffering, Comfort, How Long, Trials, Prevailing, Promise, Peace, Church blog, ABQ Church
In Daniel’s vision, the journey for God’s people is long and painful, and begs the question; will God’s people finish? Will his purposes prevail? How long must we endure before we feel the relief of redemption?...
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