Cities Church Exhortations

In this exhortation, Church Planter Will Stueve exhorts us from Psalm 119:74 and the wise words of a friend to say: hope in God’s Word, that others may see you and rejoice.

In this exhortation, Ryan Griffith reminds us that unity is not optional for the Christian life. Because of Jesus’s suffering, our unity is an undeniable and blood-bought fact. And we must live in a manner that makes that unity obvious, especially in our divided states of America.

In this exhortation, Pastor Max Kozak reflects on the type of man Psalm 1 describes and exhorts us to be faithful and patient, delighting in God’s Word daily.

In this exhortation, Jon Hoglund addresses the worthy people-oriented focus of the Great Commission. The heart of our mission is cultivating vibrant and growing relationships with real people in our home, neighborhood, and city.

In this exhortation, Kevin Kleiman asks: When you read the Bible, how often are you tempted to skip straight to applying that text to someone else?

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann exhorts us to continue rejoicing in the Lord and to do so more and more and more and more throughout all the days ahead.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann looks at the simple, true statement in Psalm 16:2 to encourage us to look at every good thing as a gift from our Father in Heaven.

In this exhortation, Will Stueve (Church Planting Resident) exhorts us from Romans 12:1 by asking: Where is God calling you to step out in faith in consecration to Him?

In this exhortation, Pastor Daniel Helstrom exhorts us with Jesus’s words in Matthew 9:37-38 to pray for more laborers to be sent out into the harvest so that we might make disciples of all nations.

In this exhortation, Pastor Jonathan Parnell encourages us from the book of James to count trials as joy.

In this exhortation, Ryan Griffith exhorts us to heed Paul’s exhortation to the Philippians when they were receiving opposition.

In this exhortation, Pastor David Mathis looks back at last Sunday’s sermon and Jesus’s prayer in John 17:5 and exhorts us to live our lives looking to the rewards God has promised to us.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann looks at the contrast between those who know God and those who do not know God that Paul proclaims in 1 Thessalonians 4 regarding our sanctification and our control over our bodies and sexual immorality.

In this special exhortation for Maundy Thursday, the night Jesus was betrayed, Pastor Jonathan Parnell asks: Are you afraid of being unimpressed by the love of God? The disciples had failures, and Peter in particular denied Jesus three times. What kind of love could love him now?

In this exhortation, Will Stueve looks to Romans 6 and gives an exhortation to both Christians who have yet to be baptized and to Christians who have been baptized and should now walk in accordance with their baptism.

In this exhortation, Kevin Kleiman warns against a modern day mantra of making this world your heaven with words from a CS Lewis wartime sermon and John’s vision of King Jesus in the book of Revelation.

In this exhortation, Jon Hoglund exhorts us to relate to God as our Father by asking: Do we relate to God transactionally? Or do we come to God in confidence that he both knows what is best for us, and that he cares for us?

In this exhortation, Pastor Jonathan Parnell reminds us of one reality of our lives in Jesus Christ and calls us to live in that reality.

In this exhortation, Will Stueve (Church Planter) exhorts us from Psalm 130. God’s forgiveness of us in Christ should absolutely astonish us.

In this exhortation, Pastor Daniel Helstrom asks how one can go from having a troubled heart to actually experiencing God’s peace and favor in a way that makes us say we are blessed. Psalm 32 shows us the way to always acknowledging the state of our hearts before our Heavenly Father.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann encourages us to remember God and all that he provides each day.

In this exhortation, Will Stueve (Church Planting Resident) exhorts us from 1 Peter about how we should think about Jesus’s return.

In this exhortation, Pastor Kenny Ortiz from Horizon City Church in Winter Garden, Florida returns to the Twin Cities for a visit and gives a word of encouragement to our church for the profound shaping he received during his years here.

In this exhortation, Pastor Mike Schumann reads the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer which teaches us what ought to be the center of our lives and really the reason our world exists.

In this exhortation, Tyler Morris reads the words of Jesus in Matthew 22:37-38. How do we live out this first and greatest commandment?