City Church Podcast

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! We need spiritual understanding when God wants to expand our capacity. In the Bible, perception is often linked to wisdom, discernment, and spiritual understanding, which involves seeing beyond physical appearances to grasp what we cannot see in the spirit. Recognize that our human perception can be flawed and limited. However, our spiritual percep...

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! We need spiritual understanding when God wants to expand our capacity. Our spiritual perception comes from God indwelling Himself in our spirit. God speaks to us through the spirit man inside us. He searches us to see and know the intents of our hearts.  Our spiritual perception goes beyond what we can understand in our natural human understanding....

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! We need understanding when God wants to expand our capacity. How do you perceive this? Our perception affects our capacity.  In the Bible, perception is often linked to wisdom, discernment, and spiritual understanding, which involves seeing beyond physical appearances to grasp what we cannot see in the spirit. Recognize that our human perception ca...

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life!  Continue to have hope for new things in our lives and do not fear your capacity being stretched. We need understanding when God wants to expand our capacity. Do you see capacity as God does? How do you perceive? Our perception affects our capacity.

 Prayer is a  solemn  request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.  Take practical steps to bold prayers → Get to know Who you are praying to. You are praying to a God Who is eternal, unchangeable and gives us the privilege of knowing Him personally. You are praying to a God Who created us in His image with the ability to feel, reason, and make decisions. You are praying to a God Who...

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life!  Continue to have hope for new things in our lives.  Do not fear your capacity being stretched. We need understanding when God wants to expand our capacity. We need to know how to maintain and make it bear more fruit.  Renew your mind and think bigger! Expand your vision to prepare for greater capacity. Ask God to broaden your horizon and help you...

 Prayer is a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.  In your prayer, properly place your focus on the Lord.   Approach the Lord with boldness!  Recall how Jesus boldly wielded the Word; see how both Peter and John and Paul and Silas boldly used the Word. They modeled what they had seen Jesus do.  Then, as He directs you, respond boldly by putting your words to work! Use...

 Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life!  Continue to have hope for new things in our lives.  Do not fear your capacity being stretched.  Regarding capacity, you want to temper any distractions that take you out of God’s presence. Dedicate specific time to the Lord to center your mind and heart on His Will. Be spiritually attentive. Focus wholeheartedly on the Word – it will help you sta...

 God’s Word is active –  a living, active force, impacting and shaping the lives of true believers.  Prayer is a  solemn  request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.  In your prayer, properly place your focus on the Lord. Be blessed by the examples when the Lord exhibited boldness in the Word – cleansing the temple, challenging the hypocrisy of religious leaders, and having compassi...

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! Do not fear your capacity being stretched. Create the proper environment for your capacity to expand. If we want to receive from God the new things He desires for us, it is important to become more Christ-like, grow in holiness and reflect Jesus’s character. To transform recognize the gift of God’s grace and the Holy Spirit and actively participate...

God’s Word is active –  a living, active force, impacting and shaping the lives of true believers.  Prayer is a  solemn  request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.  In your prayer, properly place your focus on the Lord.   Approach the Lord with boldness fully expecting a manifestation of God’s power and provision for you!

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! Do not fear your capacity being stretched.  Harness your focus to cultivate a mindset centered on Christ.  Intentionally align your thoughts with principles in the Word, prioritize your spiritual growth [pray and read/study the Word], and strive to reflect what He reveals to you to others.  Don't allow laziness to creep in.  God provides what we ne...

God’s Word is active –  a living, active force, impacting and shaping the lives of true believers.  Prayer is a  solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God.  In your prayer, properly place your focus on the Lord. Know God by being in intimate relationship with Him. Give the Lord praise!  Maintain your focus on the Lord who is leading you – do not succumb to distractions.  App...

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! Get ready to bear something new. Do not fear your capacity being stretched. YOU are Faithful and Fearless!  Focus can be helpful for receiving and/or expanding capacity, and for our spiritual or personal development.  Prioritize God's Kingdom, guard your heart and mind, and engage with God's word to align with what God wants to do in and through yo...

Get ready for God to do a new thing in your life! What is your capacity to receive it? After your spiritual transformation and becoming more like Christ, remember align yourself with God to stretch and grow in your capacity. Listen for God’s voice and respond by following His leading. This delights the Lord!  All growth brings weight. Don’t buckle under it, but instead rely upon the Lord for fresh...

"I’m about to do something brand-new" is indicative of God's promise of renewal and transformation.  Believers begin a new life when they are born again by the Spirit. Spiritual transformation builds believers’ faith. Embrace becoming a new creation and enjoy a new life in Christ. Although we have new life in Jesus, believers wrestle with theold nature and old self. We must actively seek to put on...

"I’m about to do something brand-new" is indicative of God's promise of renewal and transformation.  In order to continue moving well in this new life in Christ, thank Him not just for His present help in our lives, BUT also for His sacrifice on Calvary and gift of eternal life with Him. This new life is a gift of God's grace, made possible by Christ's sacrifice and resurrection. Also, in order to...

 God’s Word is active –  a living, active force, impacting and shaping the lives of true believers.  Prayer is a  solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God. A confident and effective prayer life includes assurance of God's attentiveness and willingness to hear us, trust in God's faithfulness and promises, and exhibiting humility and alignment with God's will.  When we unders...