Rest Assured
Our God taking destruction and disaster, creating restoration and reconciliation time and time again in both what we read in the Bible and within our own lives....
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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.” ...
March 9, 2017 by Michael Leslie | Category: Gospel | Tags: forgiveness, trust, love, Mercy, Christ, Help, Reliance, Restoration, Salvation
Our God taking destruction and disaster, creating restoration and reconciliation time and time again in both what we read in the Bible and within our own lives....
Keep ReadingMarch 3, 2017 by Pr. David Breidenbach | Category: Gospel | Tags: forgiveness, Mercy, the gospel, Lent, The Cross
We forget what it is that brought us to the foot of the cross, in the first place - our sin and helplessness to do anything about it ourselves. The veil of distraction and ignorance so easily envelops us and soon we become desensitized and disengaged from the incredible and profound message of a God who loves us like no other!...
Keep ReadingFebruary 23, 2017 by Emily Leslie | Category: Gospel | Tags: Renewed, Restoration, fear, trust, dependence, gospel
We want to be the hero, taking away our need for a savior. But that’s not the way God designed us, and that’s not how he promises to bring restoration....
Keep ReadingFebruary 17, 2017 by Justin Edgar | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, glory, Brokenness, Needy, Beautiful
I love the rooster, because it reminds me of my need of Jesus, my call in the world, the glory of grace and the wonder of the Gospel. ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 27, 2017 by Kaytee Cobb | Category: Gospel | Tags: love, neighbor, grace, humility, Brotherly love, enemy, Facebook
We have already been called by this Savior. We have been granted new life in Christ. Yet, here we sit, in a broken world. ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 26, 2017 by D. Gettemy | Category: Gospel | Tags: love, Mercy, God, humility, Brotherly love, love your neighbor, love your enemy
As we are recipients of God’s love, we all have the vocation of being conduits of God’s love toward others. ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 21, 2017 by Justin Edgar | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, glory, Mourning, Church, theology, Singing, Songs, Hymns, Spiritual, Praise, Comfort, Music
A theology that cannot be sung is not worth having......
Keep ReadingJanuary 13, 2017 by Josh Spare | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, justice, faith, hope, Mercy, Pain, Religion, Suffering
We, as Christians, have the privilege of engaging with our Creator, demanding a response for evil that seems contrary to His very character, and throwing ourselves into the eternal love that began between the Trinity and has been mercifully extended to us....
Keep ReadingJanuary 5, 2017 by Biersgreen | Category: Gospel | Tags: justice, faith, ministry, service, mission, Mercy, Accountability, Love the city, Perseverance
In this real world where we live, God calls us to have faith, both in doing the works he puts in front of us and in trusting him for the results (visible or otherwise) that they may or may not achieve....
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. ...
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