CityLight Vineyard Church

God's Word is given to us as a source of comfort, strength, and peace. However, if we don't read it, and digest it, how can it help us? The more we get into it, the more we find how indispensable it is for our lives. Learn about the power of God's Word in our teaching on the next Spiritual Discipline!

Depending on your upbringing you may or may not even know about the Sabbath day. Many Christians, in fact, don't believe it is "for today." In this teaching we offer a perspective from Scripture to contemplate that invites Christians into a Sabbath rest that is, indeed, for you today!

Throughout our day, how often do we take advantage of the powerful connection of prayer that God offers us? It's so easy to forget that God is one word, one thought, one prayer away from us at all times. He promises that He is with us, but do we know that? Are we aware? Are we connecting with Him?

As we begin our series on the Spiritual Disciplines, we start at maybe the most important of them all: creating space and time in your schedule to be alone with God and cultivate a relationship with Him. 

We can intentionally use our words to build others up, purposely choosing to interact in a way that will benefit them. And because the Holy Spirit lives in us, our words can be "living water" offered through blessing, comforting, encouraging, and praying. 

Have you ever said something you regretted, and then wondered, "where did that come from?" Jesus makes it really clear. Painfully clear in fact. Those words are overflowing from what your heart is full of. This week we explore how to allow God into our hearts, so we can be transformed by His grace. 

It is easy to believe that our words are harmless, but Scripture paints a very different picture. Our words have the power to either build others up, or to actually make them sick - to harm their souls, hurt relationships, and break hearts. What kind of words are we speaking? 

Before we learn to say anything that matters, we need to learn how to listen to what other people are saying that matters! Are you a good listener? Or do you just listen so you can talk?

The biblical ethic of money teaches the powerful principle of stewardship. Learn how all that we have is actually God’s, and we are called to care for it and use it wisely!

Jesus teaches that it is “more blessed” to give than to receive. Why? What does he mean? In this teaching we explore the many ways we find this to be true in the biblical worldview.

As we wrap up our series on Daniel, we talk about the price and Daniel and his friends were willing to pay so they didn't compromise their faith. When we apply that story to our lives, what price are we willing to pay for our faith in Jesus?

It can be tricky living in a culture whose values and norms are often in such direct contradiction to those of Jesus. How, as Christians, are we to respond? We can become angry, bitter, and even hurt, or we can move in the opposite direction towards healing and redemption. 

In this passage we see something we don’t see anywhere else - Jesus being unable to perform miracles because of the lack of faith of those around Him. Today we ask the question: “Would we see more of God in our lives, if we expected to see more of Him?”

As we look at the first chapter of Daniel we discover how intensely they were pressured to be indoctrinated into their new culture. As exiles, how did they hold onto their identity, their moral code, and their God? And what lessons can we pull from them for us today?

Jesus calls us His witnesses.  What does that mean for your life today? How can you live a life that is a testimony, that testifies, to the truth about Jesus?

In this text we see the power of a simple invitation: several times we see followers of Jesus inviting other people to "come and see" the amazing work of Jesus. Today, we can do the same. A simple invitation could change someone's life forever.

People need to see the Good News, not just hear about it. How can we, as the church, show people our faith in a way that is attractive and draws them closer to Jesus?

Do you ever feel like you are running on empty in life? God has provided three circles of sufficiency that when we lean into them we find the strength and replenishment we all need.

Exercising the habit of generosity changes your heart and causes you to be more thankful for everything!

What happens when we die? How does our sin affect our eternal destination? Jesus tells us that He not only knows the answer, but that He IS the answer. He said, “I am the resurrection.” What does this mean for our lives?

Jesus teaches us that we can do nothing without Him. And he calls us to live a life of significance that produces fruit - fruit that will last! As we learn to follow him more fully, what fruit are we leaving behind?

Jesus describes Himself as the only Way to relationship with God. The subtext is that God actually wants a relationship with us! That is incredible news! However, it can be easy to settle for something less than the loving, full hearted relationship He offers us. How can we grow to living with Him moment by moment?

Guest preacher Mark Tindal challenges us to remember that part of following Jesus is praying for and expecting the miraculous!

For many of us it is easier to think of God as an our leader or our Savior, but it can be hard to let him care for our hearts. This week we look at what it means when Jesus says that He is our Good Shepherd.

We live in a world that is full of darkness. A world that often distorts and confuses good for evil, light for darkness. How have we, because we live in this world, been affected by the darkness? Have we gotten used to it and forgotten what it means to live in the light?