Citylight South Church

If you're a Christian, then you can change. God is already working in you to cause you to grow more like Jesus. But if that's true, why do we so often seem stuck in the cycle of sin and discouragement? If you can relate, then you're not alone. Pretty much every person in Joseph's family spent a lifetime struggling with patterns of sin and dysfunction. But somehow God never gave up on them. Join us...

Imagine being in a jail cell and asked by not just one but three powerful people to interpret their dreams. Not super relatable I know. But when it was Joseph’s time to trust God and faithfully represent him to the powerful— he didn’t back down. Faithfulness to God’s calling may look a lot different for us than for a young man unjustly imprisoned in ancient Egypt. But some things are the same like...

We're back following the journey of Joseph from the pit to the palace. He is God's man for the hour, until one person threatens to undo everything. Will they get away with it?  Like Joseph, our lives are full of ups and downs. How do we trust God, much less glorify Him, when things take a turn for the worse? What do we do when we have to choose between obedience to Him and saving our own skin...

We're leaving Joseph behind--just for one week--to take a look at the story of an incredible woman who paves the way for the coming of Christ.  Tamar is more than a brave woman who overcomes the odds. She is hand-picked by God to be in the ancestral line of Jesus. She's a beacon of righteousness in a sea of predatory men. And her story has been preserved for our good.  -------- https://w...

This Sunday we dive back into our final series in the book of Genesis--the End of the Beginning. Over the next nine weeks we're following the story of our hero called Joseph from the bottom of a pit all the way to the palace.  What is it that made Joseph so special and successful? If you're thinking that God has something to do with it--you just might be on to something. You might even come a...

Be honest. How much time do you spend every day scrolling social media? My guess is if you’re average, it’s more than two hours. So then the question is— how is social media influencing you, and is it possible that God is calling to be an influencer on social media? - I know how it sounds. God isn’t calling anybody to be the Christian version of the Kardashians. He is calling us to plant and culti...

Prophecy. It's not a word we use every day. But when Jesus kept His promise to send the Holy Spirit to believers, men and women everywhere started to prophesy. They received bits of knowledge or wisdom straight from God and then delivered them to their intended audience. What's been your experience of prophecy? Have you ever received a word of prophecy from someone else? Or passed on a word of pro...

We worship the God of all encouragement, and we proclaim the Gospel as the ultimate encouragement. So then how do we grow in the art of encouraging people in a world where loneliness is so common? -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us continue to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ, click here:    &nbsp...

Repentance and renewal are really possible with God's help. We look at the tongue's ability to speak life or death.    -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us continue to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ, click here:     https://citylightsouth.org.au/give ▶ If you need prayer or want to...

What do you think is the hardest part of the body to control in order to bring maximum glory to God? The Bible has a clear answer. It’s the tiny muscle located just behind your teeth—your tongue. Today we dive into our new series into a dynamite passage in the book of James. We’ll explore all the ways we can do damage with our words and start down the path toward repentance and self control. -----...

We are back in Genesis to wrap up the story of Jacob. We'll look especially at the one thing that Jacob is still doing right now. Hint: it's the same thing we'll be doing along with him forever. And we'll unpack what our faith has to do with the next generation of worshippers.  -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us continue...

Hear Tyler share our gospel hope despite a very sad glimpse into the devastating consequences of "private" sin, lust, and misogyny from Genesis 34. We'll hear how the site of one of the most outrageous acts of sexual violence in the Bible becomes a site of redemption and hope for women and men alike. 1) All Sin, No Matter How “Private” Brings Painful Consequences 2) God’s People Must Have a Specia...

Genesis 32-33 -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us continue to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ, click here:     https://citylightsouth.org.au/give ▶ If you need prayer or want to share praise for God’s goodness, click here: https://citylightsouth.org.au/connect ▶ We’d love for you to join as w...

God blesses His people even when they make poor decisions.  -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us continue to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ, click here:     https://citylightsouth.org.au/give ▶ If you need prayer or want to share praise for God’s goodness, click here: https://citylightso...

What do we do with our unmet desires? What can we learn from Jacob, Leah & Rachel.  Carl, pastor of CityLight East shares from Genesis 29.  -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us continue to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ, click here:     https://citylightsouth.org.au/give ▶ If yo...

Tyson looks at a pretty messed up love story from Genesis 29.  -------- https://www.citylightsouth.org.au ▶ To support the ministry of CityLight South Church and help us   continue to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ, click  here:     https://citylightsouth.org.au/give ▶ If you need prayer or want to share praise for God’s goodness, click here...

If you've been around church much at all, you've probably heard someone pray for revival. Usually that means we want to see more people meet Jesus, become Christians, and then to be happy in Him more than anything else.  But how does revival happen in the a heart of a person who is either far from God or just a bit apathetic in their faith? What's the secret sauce? Jacob, whose story we're ju...

The heroes of Genesis don't always shine. Like us, they can be impulsive, selfish, and deceitful. And yet, God is faithful to lead His chosen people through their faltering faith in Him. Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob--these three, along with Esau, take centre stage this week. And by the end of it, you'll be amazed again by the sweetness of His grace for sinners.  -------- https://www.citylightsouth.o...

What is God like? It's a question simple enough for a child and deep enough for the most brilliant minds in the world. So how would you answer it? What is God really like? This week we'll look over the shoulder of Isaac, the son of Abraham to see what he came to know about God. Not from a theology lecture, but from lived experience. God wants every person He made to know Him-- so join us as we see...

The book of Genesis is not only the first book of the Bible, it lays the foundation of the story of our redemption. For the next ten weeks, we'll be looking at how God brings all his plans to life through the lives of some pretty messed up people.  This week we'll see what happens to the blessing of Abraham after he died. We'll see what exactly the blessing is, and how it's good news even for...

2,000 years ago on a quiet morning in Jerusalem, God the Holy Spirit came down and filled the room with the sound of the Gospel.  Men and women spoke the good news in dozens of languages. Every other voice was silent as God's word burst into the world through the mouths of ordinary people.  Every local church in Adelaide, in Australia, and in the world can trace its origin back to that f...

The last message in the "We Don't Talk About" series. We're talking about Christian freedom and how we navigate those areas of life where the Bible isn't specific and Christians sometimes disagree. Last week we heard the call to glorify God with our bodies. This week, the call gets even bigger --glorify God in absolutely everything, even the mundane things like eating and drinking. We don't talk a...

Are we really supposed to believe that sex is only to be enjoyed in marriage? What about people who aren't married or aren't attracted to people of the opposite sex? The culture around us has lots to say about sex, so we ought to check in with what God (the one who created sex and our bodies to start with) has to say.  What does the Bible say about sex?  -------- https://www.citylightsou...

Here in South Australia, we're just one week away from the second major Election Day this year. As Christians, how are we meant to vote? Does the Bible have anything to say, or is it just something best left unspoken?  We're halfway through our "We Don't Talk About..." series and this week may just be the most tricky topic to talk about yet. But if God built politics and government into the w...

Today Tyler continues our "We Don't Talk About..." series with a message on gender equality. What does the Bible have to say in light of our current cultural conversation? How should men and women relate and is gender even a necessary category at all? And how can our complementarian church be a place where women and men flourish together? "We Dont Talk About...." SIX WEEK SERIES: Are there certain...