New City Fellowship Sermons

Resurrected Bodies: You, But Not You

Will we have the same friends? Will we still be a man or woman? Will we be married? 

When we talk about the resurrection of our bodies, it is hard to imagine what it will be like. Pastor John opens up Jesus and Paul’s teaching to explore how your resurrected body will be you, but it won’t be the same you.

#resurrection #bodies #1Corinthians15 #resurrected #humanbody #humanity #death

Sexed Bodies: Jesus & Gender

Did Jesus say anything about homosexuality or gender? Many think not. As we continue our series, Pastor John opens up Matthew 19 to explore “Sexed Bodies: Jesus and Gender”

 

#sexuality #human #jesus #genderidentity #gay #ssa #matthew 19

Our Body & Our Identity

Bodies…fit, aging, attractive.

Bodies…black, white, brown.

Bodies…male, female.

What do our bodies say about who we are?

To answer that, we have to ask a deeper question: What does God say about our bodies and our identity?

Pastor John explores this question in our second sermon in our Following Jesus with our Bodies series.

#authenticself #sexuality #temple

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Our bodies give us messages like pain, pleasure and arousal. We get messages about our bodies from advertisements, our doctors or what people say.

But what does God have to say about our bodies. In the first of four sermons, Pastor John explores what it means to be fearfully and wonderfully made. 

#bodies #fearfullyandwonderfullymade #imageofgod

Til Now, the Lord Has Helped Us | 1 Samuel 7

The last few years have been challenging, but the Lord has helped us. Pastor Macklann Basse, church planter and movement leader in Togo, West Africa, opens up 1 Samuel 7 to encourage us. 

#WestAfrica #AfricaMissionwithNations #LomeTogo

#addiction #africa #missions #togo #1samuel7

Following Jesus When You Feeling Like Giving Up

What do you do when you want to give up? When you want to quit following Jesus? When you're stuck between a rock and a hard place and there doesn't seem a way out?

 

Cody opens up Psalms 142 when David is stuck in a cave to explore what he did when he wanted to give up.

 

#trials #psalm142 #david

Focus 2022: Healing to Wholeness

The effects of sin have left us traumatized, broken people living in a broken world. But God is a God of healing and restoration. As we grow in our relationship with him, he meets us in our brokenness and heals us with his love. Today Pastor John opens up Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3 to explore "Healing to Wholeness".

#healing #gospel #trauma

Focus 2022: Blending to Belong

Did you know that nearly 50% of adults in the United States experience loneliness weekly? That means you're not alone in feeling alone. But it also means we need some answers to this challenge many of us are facing.

In this message, Pastor John explores different Scriptures for our second Focus 2022 Theme: Blending to Belong.

#lonely #loneliness #belong

Focus 2022: Praying the Word

Do our prayers do anything? If we're honest, we wonder that. As the Spirit of God lives in us, we are drawn to pray. But we struggle with it, right?

 

Today we look at our first area of focus for this year: "praying the Word". Rather than mustering up the strength to pray, we're going to look to Jesus. He invites us into prayer, inspires our prayers, and even prays for us.

 

#prayer #focus #2022

Looking Back on 2021

This year we'll be focusing on three areas for our church. But before we dig deep in those areas, we'll remember God's faithfulness for what He did in 2021.

Pastor John opens Ephesians 1 to talk about God's power working in us and our focus areas for 2021: Bible reading and outreach.

#2022goals #godisgood #biblereading