New City Fellowship Sermons

Unto Us: Mighty God

Christmastime provides a needed distraction and escape from the busyness, trials and even the darkness of our world. Butif Christmastime is only an escape, are we missing what it is really about? Gather with us as we start our Advent season, and Pastor John open Isaiah 9 to explore light shining in darkness.

#advent #christmastime #isaiah9 #hope

How do you see it? | Samson (Judges 13-16)

How do you see it? We often think Samson's story is about his strength, but behind that is a mindset that says "I see it how I see it. I want what I see. I will live my truth." 

Explore the story with us!

#samson #liveyourtruth

 

Check out the series in Judges:

https://www.newcityhh.com/blog/judges-fall-22

You Don’t Get Me (gods on the side): Judges 10-11

Have you ever felt like someone didn't get you? As the people of Israel descend further and further into chaos, we see that they really don't get God. And neither does the judge Jephthah that is chosen to lead them. 

#judges #idols

God in the Story (Judges #6)

Have you ever seen the movie Dumb and Dumber?

There's this great line where Jim Carrey's character asks a woman, "What are our chances?"

She says, "Not good." He responds, "Like one in a hundred."

She grimaces, "More like one in a million."

He smiles and says, "So you're telling me there's a chance."

Carrey's character flips the script on the story.

In Judges chapter 8, Gideon flips the script on God's story and makes it all about him. Do we ever do the same?

God-Confidence (Judges #5)

How would you live if you had confidence you wouldn’t fail?

 

We are all looking for self-confidence, a feeling that "I can do this!" But what happens when we can't?

 

Today we look at pt 1 of the story of Gideon, a man marked by fear and doubt.

 

#confidence #gideon #commitment

 

God Fights the Battle (Judges #4)

Life is always a battle. That's not all it is. But the battle is always there.

 

Do you resonate with this? As Christians, we have enemies of the world, the flesh and the devil. So no wonder life is always a battle.

 

But the good news is that God is in the battle, and he will win. As we open up Judges 4 today we'll see how God delivers Israel through Deborah and Barak, and how he delivers the battle to them, because God fights the battle.

 

Unlikely Deliverer (Judges #3)

We all need deliverance, but God loves to use the unlikely to deliver. Watch as Pastor John unpacks Judges 3 with Othniel and Ehud. 

 

#judges #deliver #weakness 

Worship Wrecks (Judges #2)

Worship can wreck us. Worship is a religious word, but everybody worships something. As we open up Judges chapter 2, we see that Israel had a worship wreck. Why did they wreck? In this sermon, you'll learn why worshiping anything but God can lead to major life catastrophe, but how God's grace is the path home.

 

 

#worship #wreck #blackbox #judges2

Half-Hearted: They’re Just Not That Into You (Judges #1)

Ever seen the movie, "He's Just Not That Into You" ? 

Being whole-hearted in a relationship with a half-hearted person is tough. It is clarifying to admit, "That person is just not into me."

Half-heartedness plagues us all, both towards us and in us. As we start a new series in Judges, we'll see that the people of God were half-hearted towards God and his commands. They thought they were in with God, but they weren't just that into Him.

What lessons does that have for us today?

#hesjustnotthatintoyou #judges #half-hearted #obedience #judges1

Hope for the Life of the World

You just got to believe?...in what? Jay Kim says that we often think of hope as "wishing for adults". But hope is very different than wishing and even optimism. So what is it?As we conclude our series "For the Life of the World", Pastor John opens up Romans 8 and 1 Peter 1 to explore how the Christian faith offers resources for hope.

#hope  #optimism #manifesting #blindfaith #death #fear #negativethoughts #jaykim #wish #iwish #wishing #allthingsnew