Guest Pastor Simon McIntyre shares at our C3 NYC staff meeting for staff and leaders on praying through the psalms and how the psalms connect to our our every day life. There is a psalm for every human emotion and these words were intended for us to read aloud and sing aloud to God. As we build a consistency life of prayer to God, our lives will be more honest and more filled up with God's word and heart for us rather than just led by our human emotions and circumstances.
Jesus does not wait for you to get out of your despair to bring you joy, He meets you in your despair and injects joy. Pastor Ryan Schlachter shares in our ENCOUNTERS series of how Jesus meets us in our despair and restores our joy. The joy that Christ brings is not one from the world, not one that can be taken away, it’s forever and we have access always.
We all have those moments of life that we wish we could get back; moments where we wish we could have a delete button. These moments can lead us to shame—not just feeling guilty for what we’ve done, but feeling guilty for who we are. As a result, we may withdraw, but no amount of hiding from our shame will make it disappear. The only way to overcome shame is for Jesus to meet us in it, restore us in it, and replace our shame with purpose. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares on how Jesus meets us in our shame and restores us.
Thomas’ nickname was “Twin”, which fits because, in a way, he is a twin to all of humanity; we can all relate to him in having seasons where it’s hard to believe. But just because we have doubts doesn’t mean we are disqualified from all the things He wants to do in our lives. Even in our doubting, He wants to encounter us, and He’ll present the scars for us to recognize Him by. Pastor Filmore Bouldes kicks off our new series: ENCOUNTERS sharing on how Jesus meets us in our doubt.
When Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were going out to visit the tomb, they had very little expectation, very little hope. But we can get our hopes up this Easter. Because we can trust in Jesus, for He keeps His word, having risen just as He said He would. And because He is risen, not just alive then but alive now, we get to interact with and be influenced by Him in the here and now. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares this Easter at C3 NYC of the difference the resurrection makes in our lives.
The Israelites were set free, but they were unclear how they would get through the Red Sea and then God parted the waters . Every human will have a Red Sea moment. An opportunity for an Exodus, a way of getting out. We are in chains apart from Christ. We are all trying to get out of slavery, bondage, shame, guilt, fear, our past. No matter how much we swim on our own we can’t get out. On Good Friday God parted the waters for us. Jesus became our Exodus, our way out. Hear Pastor Josh's Good Friday message about the way Jesus made for us.