Cities Church Exhortations

In this exhortation, Pastor Marshall Segal reflects on a recent conversation with college ministry leaders from around the country. There seems to be a misunderstanding of what’s really real life. Let’s not look to and live for the things that are passing, but for the precious things that last forever.

In this exhortation, Kevin Kleiman exhorts us with a simple illustration of a dot and a line and from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount to set our sights on eternity, especially when it comes to money. Are you living for the dot or the line?

In this exhortation, Pete Gregory shares a lesson on gratitude from the ten lepers in Luke 17. When the joys, sorrows, and callings of this life compete for our devotion we must remember to give thanks to God.

In this exhortation, Deacon Peter Christenson encourages us to remember the hope we have for the day to come when Christ will return, and Luke 12 says to be ready.

In this exhortation, Pastor Daniel Helstrom shares a story of running away from a sense of danger to highlight what we run to when we feel afraid.

In this exhortation, Church Planter Will Stueve exhorts us from Ecclesiastes 11:9 that because of the fleeting nature of our lives, we ought to enjoy God’s good gifts!

In this exhortation, Pastor Max Kozak recounts Jesus’ campfire conversation with Peter in John 21 where Jesus lays out Peter’s mission and gives a sobering glimpse of what it might cost. Despite the cost, Jesus wants Peter to just follow him.

In this exhortation, Jon Hoglund exhorts us to turn to God’s sovereignty in the fight for faith when facing trails of various kinds because he cares for us in every situation. Have the difficulties you’ve encountered helped you grow in endurance, character, and hope?

In this exhortation, Ryan Griffith gives an analogy for the Christian life about looking to the horizon rather than being sucked into only what’s right in front of us. We must not lose sight of who we are and whose we are.

In this exhortation, Pete Gregory exhorts us to bring together the dual disciplines of prayer and bible reading in a way that we would have genuine fellowship with God and avoid an impersonal or shallow view of scripture.

In this exhortation, Deacon Peter Christenson exhorts us with a memory of his grandfather’s singing and Luke 6:45 to saturate our hearts in God’s praise.

In this sermon, Ryan Griffith expounds upon Psalm 104 which is a poem with vivid, worship-evoking imagery that retells the important story of Genesis 1-3. It calls us to bless the Lord and fuels the consummation of that praise.

In this exhortation, Pastor Daniel Helstrom exhorts us to love one another by rejecting two basic forms of relating to others.

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.