ANTHEM CHURCH - Chicago, IL

In Jesus the unknowable God, the One we cannot fully grasp intellectually, can be intimately known. Somehow God “makes sense” relationally in Jesus.

God has chosen us to partner with Him. Prayer is the key to see personal and corporate promises come to pass. The Lord is encouraging us to press in during this season individually and corporately in prayer.

Mike Hanchett joins us to impart equipping towards a faith that is strengthened for God to move-- right where we are today.

What a joy it is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ! This Easter we heard from members of CITC's family how Jesus has changed their loves forever...Testimony Sunday!

On Good Friday, we celebrate the fullness and completeness of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross-- for our sins, because of His great love.

Being a prophetic people is a Biblical, wonderful, mysterious thing. But that doesn't mean it needs to be an inaccessible mystery. God's voice, spoken by His people, destroys the lie of His distance and shines a light on His nearness.

God flips the script on Abraham’s (and our) expectations of His character and subsequently the very nature of religion. - Are you on a journey of faith like Abraham was?- Are you not clear on the details of his plan?- Are you being confronted with choices which go against conventional reason and logic?- Is God testing your faith as you seek to trust His will?- Are you trusting for God’s provision...

Imagine CITC being a church so grounded and secure in God and the Gospel that when God puts before us the outcry from our city, our hearts break for both the oppressed and the oppressor - and our response is to rise up and cry out to Him on behalf of a people that don’t know how to cry out to God themselves. In God, such a church can change their city.

God gives us what we would ask for or He asks us to do what we would want to if we knew everything He knows. Know that God......sees me,...finds me,...goes with me,...which is why I can trust Him.

The promises of God are guaranteed (they become reality in God’s perfect time) when we respond to His faithfulness with faith. In Jesus, we're perfectly positioned to live by faith...- to live in His Presence- to live on His faithfulness- to be secure in my status in the Kingdom- to learn how to wait patiently for God's perfect timing

The ultimate goal of faith is not God’s promises fulfilled-although He does fulfill them-but intimacy and closeness with God Himself. Remember, Jesus is the ultimate promise!

Returning to the grace of God allows you to once again rest in the faithfulness of God and be reminded of the promises of God.

When God speaks He acts - His promises and actions are inseparable.

Everything that is in the world will come with at least a twinge of condemnation. Only faith in (believing) Jesus Christ gives the free gift of salvation.

Heb 11:5 // Gen 5:21-24The good news of the gospel - what should blow our mind - is not just that in Jesus I can walk with God but that God in Jesus, by the Holy Spirit comes down to walk with me. What does it look like for CITC to walk with God?1. We walk worthy of the call (PURPOSE): Eph 4:12. We walk in the ways of God (WISDOM): Ps 86:113. We walk thru adversity (COMFORT): Ps 23:4 4. We walk in...

Settling God’s absolute and forever acceptance of us is the firm foundation to live by faith.

"By faith" is our response to the promises of God; it’s how we live as we wait for God to show His faithfulness. While we wait...1. ...we WORSHIP (SEE)2. ...we remain in the WORD (HEAR)3. ...we WALK in step with the Spirit (OBEY)

Heaven came when Jesus was born on earth. With His birth, God's unstoppable work of redemption began and His peace inhabited the earth. God has done the work and His peace is ours in Jesus. In His goodness, He now invites us to join in letting heaven come more in our lives and on earth as it is in heaven.

We step into more of our inheritance, by letting go of idols in our lives-- freedom from a "spirit of mammon" in order to embrace the call of God.

Testimony Sunday is one of our favorite Sunday Celebrations! We celebrate it each year on the weekend of Thanksgiving. On Sunday we had a number of people share stories of how God is working in and through their lives. Listen, and be encouraged by our great God!

God's original design, His intent for man is one of relationship and partnership. In Christ, intimacy is restored and we have access to natural and spiritual riches that we're called to steward and draw upon for Gods glory and pleasure. He has called us to live with Him in a garden called "Eden" and to build a city called "Eternity".

We invited Terry and Sandy Kreuger, from Redemption City Church in Westminster, CO, to come and minister at Church in the City. Terry preaches here on the supremacy of Jesus as Lord-- and the fullness of the Gospel for EVERYONE.

Gathering with God's people in God's presence to declare praises to God's Son is what heaven coming to earth looks like. It's what church should look like, too. Be AWARE of God’s presence – show me Lord. Be EXPECTANT for God to move – help me Lord. Be AVAILABLE for God to use you – here I am Lord.

Remember ALL that He’s done for you yesterday in order to walk into ALL He has for you today.