BeLoved City Church

How do you see? This Sunday Pastor Chris unpacked a portion of Jesus's declaration of the Kingdom. Did you know that how you see and view God, the world, and the people around you has a big part to play in your faith journey? How we see directly impacts what we do. Listen in to see how your spiritual eyesight is.

This past Sunday Pastor Chris brought a word that reminds us that God is seeking True Worshippers. God isn't seeking public speakers, entertaining stages, charismatic leaders, the best looking people, or those with the most Instagram followers. There are three things you need to be a true worshipper of God: awe, abandon, and intimacy. God is seeking true worshippers and you were made for this! Listen in to see how you can be a "True Worshipper."

Throughout this series, Pastor Chris has been teaching us to replace "almost truths" preached by culture with the truth. The whole truth, and nothing but the truth taught by Jesus.

Along the way, he has helped us see that the problem with "almost truths" is they they almost work. And the almost truth we are talking about today is no exception. In fact, it's an almost truth that is intended to solve a very real problem, and it almost works.

Remember the "almost truth" from Sunday? "Nobody expects you to be perfect. Because, ultimately, nobody is perfect. We're all just human and everybody makes mistakes..."

Except, there was one person, and He doesn't just expect us to be perfect, He commands it. This can seem impossible, until we realize that perfection is not a prize to achieve - it's a promise to receive.

It can be really easy to view happiness as the end goal for our everyday lives or... something that God takes away from us. It can feel like happiness and holiness are in opposition with each other, but they are not. Pastor Chris unpacks a message to help you to live the life that God has called you to, and you will find happiness in ways you don't often expect.

"You are enough!" We see this phrase around us everywhere. But between work, kids, bills, and relationships, you're stretched thin. And you "enough" is more like "barely getting by." What if the chase to be enough is only 'almost true?' Pastor Chris pushes back on culture with a message that may change your perspective in such a way that actually helps in your time of being stretched and feeling like you are not enough.

In this episode Pastor Chris unpacks the hot topic of self-love and walks us through the contrasting direction from Jesus as found in Scripture. In a world that says "treat yourself" and "you do you," putting yourself first seems natural. But what if prioritizing yourself sometimes does more harm than good? Could the practice of self-love be only almost true? We can conform to culture, or we can be free. Listen in to see how you can truly live in freedom.

Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you how to live your life. A lot of times it's well-intentioned and almost true but misses the mark in ways that can hurt us. How do we know which truths will actually lead to a life that is filled with purpose and meaning? Pastor Chris kicks off this brand new teaching series with some keys to finding freedom by getting to know the truth from God. Listen in to see how your life can be impacted.

Pastor Chris wraps up the "I AM" series with the 7th self-revealing statement Jesus spoke to help us understand who He is and how we can relate to Him. This Sunday we unpacked the statement where Jesus reveals Himself as the "True Vine." There are many vines that we can connect ourselves to in our attempts to receive the essence of life. Jesus says "I AM the True Vine," meaning there are many false vines that may promise to offer life and meaning, but often leaving us feeling empty, dried, and withered up. Listen in and see how you can connect to the TRUE source of life today.

Jesus reveals himself in one of his famous "I AM" statements as the Way to the Father, THE Truth and logic, and the Lifestyle of Heaven. Pastor Chris takes us a little deeper in this statement and helps to reveal that Jesus in this passage was not just pointing to His death. He gave them words to not only transform how they thought about His death, but to transform how they thought about their own death. Listen in to this message to see how your thoughts around death and dying may be impacted.

Sanctification is a big word! Yet, Kevin brings a message to help you unpack what it means and how you can be part of becoming more like Jesus in your character, your dreams, ethics, your values. Learning from the illustration of vehicle maintenance, we too can check the oil, change the filters, and rotate the tires to make sure our soul is performing optimally.