Experience Church

David asked God for one thing - that he might dwell in his house forever. What is the one thing in your relationship with God that you have to focus on? And what can we learn about that from Jesus and Paul?

Christianity isn't about behavior modification. A person can be made to conform their behavior to anything by outside forces - but behavior modification doesn't make you love God. It's a heart conversion.

We have an integrity problem based on a misconception: that we can add Christ to our lives but not subtract sin. We need to get away from false to true repentance: God doesn't just want us to be sorry, we need to have faith for our future.

How do we react to times of famine? Do we see God differently? Do we act differently? Do we compromise or settle? We need to put famine-breaking faith and prayer into action.

In conclusion of the "Relationship Matters" series, the pastors of Christian City Church San Francisco are answering relationship questions from the audience.

Control and manipulation are relationship issues that are clearly against God's personality. He never tries to control us but gives us free choice. Therefore, we must break unhealthy and ungodly soul ties that keep our emotions, behaviors and thinking controlled.

We all think we're right most of the time - even when it's often not about issues of right or wrong. Instead of being offended by those issues, we should embrace them as a prime opportunities to test our capabilities of forgiveness.

A very practical message of how to acknowledge, invite and use the leading of the Holy Spirit to deal with strongholds, imaginations and the devil's attacks in and on our relationships.

The strongest relationships are forged through crisis, pressure, hardships and challenges- as we share life circumstances, as we meet felt needs and as we stand with one another.

Taking a look at three types of relationships that you can't afford to manage from a distance: your friendships with other people, your spheres of influence and your relationship with God.

The world is full of people who can't love or appreciate others because they don't love or appreciate themselves. We need a revelation of the incredible value we possess in God's eyes to be able to love and value or neighbors.

If you never worked out what your mission in life is, there it is: to allow your life to speak, to shine, to glow in the dark and to meet people's needs.

God puts people into his family - and when we find out where God wants to position us, it will help us to find God's purpose for our lives.

Our will is a God given power - but we must decide to take action and use it for him and his kingdom. Then our lives, empowered by the Holy Spirit, can and will make a difference.

Contentment is not a matter of settling down or an excuse to not press in for more in life - it's a matter of being settled on the inside, trusting that God is at work in the midst of any circumstances.

Your weaknesses and limitations are not an accident. God purposefully allows them in our life so he can demonstrate his power through us.

What do people think when they see a church building or a cross? How did our reputation become so bad? And how can we change things and help people to get a fresh revelation of God's love?

Take action right in the middle of your crisis: allow this challenge to increase your capacity - not make you shrink back, take a break, pull back! Enlarge now - that's the work of faith.

No matter what shake-up is happening in your world, you can counter it with the song of faith.

If we see God as a friend, we set the parameters of the relationship as conditional. But our greatest relationship needs all require unconditional love, forgiveness and acceptance. How do you connect with God? As a friend or as your father?

The determination of your purpose - the thing "I must" do - doesn't come by scheming, planning or deciding - it comes by revelation. You don't work it out in a classroom and you don't choose it as a starry eyed kid or at a career vocation class. You find it on your journey out in the field like an explorer.

Jesus grew in wisdom and favor with God and men because he was obedient to his earthly parents and to His heavenly Father - let's seek for a commitment to grow in wisdom this year as we experience more supernatural activity around and working in and through our lives.

Many times, the Bible compares us Christians with trees - and like them, it's important that we are grounded and that we are getting the right spiritual nutrients.

Great marriages are a powerful influence and inspiration to the people we live alongside of in our communities - and a powerful influence to the children that come from that marriage.

When I step out to do something new, how can I know if it's God or if my own thoughts are directing me? Can I have a certainty on the inside?