This is a core belief of Christianity - Jesus died for our sins. But why? Why did He have to die? What did His death accomplish for us? In this teaching, we tackle those hard questions. We read in the Bible how it explains and reveals the purpose for His death on the cross. The common thread that we can plainly see if His amazing love for each one …

When we read the Bible it can be easy to get lost or misunderstand the text if we don't read it as part of a unified story that leads us to Jesus. In this teaching, we learn of how God's amazing inspiration led many authors over hundreds of years to write this unified story. The Scriptures are powerful and life changing! When read the Bible in this…

Jesus has been crucified and His body is no longer in the tomb. As two of the disciples leave Jerusalem, on the road to Emmaus, they are discouraged and heartbroken. They do not see how the death of Jesus has brought life. They can't make sense out of the events that have occurred. They feel lost, discouraged and confused. How often do we feel this…

When we read the account of Palm Sunday, we see a clear picture of the crowds being overjoyed at the arrival of, Jesus. However, their excitement is based in their expectation of what Jesus will do. When the crowd discovers that His plans are different than theirs, many walk away. Are we the same? Do we try to fit God in our plans? Do we attempt to…

One of the great challenges of prayer is learning how to respond when God says "no" to something we have prayed for. Do we respond by running away? Getting angry? Praying less? Or do we lean into God and his strength and comfort in those times. As we do that, we will find that even when God says "no," he still makes a way.…

Whether its dealing with unanswered prayer, unmet expectations, or unfulfilled promises, there are times when following Jesus requires us to live in tension. Guest speaker Becky Olmstead shares Biblical perspective on living in this tension. How we can hold onto God's grace and find His hand at work in those times.…

It can be tempting to think of prayer as just an exercise in obedience that helps us grow, but really does nothing to impact how God moves and works in the world. The Scripture seems to teach something very different though. What would happen if we started praying like we actually believed God wanted to respond to our prayers?…

As we look forward to Easter, CityLight is committing to 40 days of prayer together as a church family. Scripture encourages us to be "devoted" to prayer. What does being "devoted" to prayer mean? God gives each one of us an invitation to discover what consistent and persistent prayer can look like in our lives. Join us as we lean into prayer and t…

When we live in the awareness of our needs as well as our limitations, we are then free to connect with and receive from God. Psalm 23 guides us to seek God in our limitations. We can then grab onto the fullness of His rest and love for each of us. We cannot fully embrace the sufficiency of God’s grace Paul talks about in 2 Corinthians 12, if we do…

Sometimes it's easier to cognitively understand the truths about God's love for us. How He views us versus what we truly know and apply in our hearts and minds. You may "know" how much God loves you. But does your heart feel and know that love? Or is it all cerebral? Do we know that He is for us? Or do we think He is trying to make our lives as har…

The Bible is filled with verses concerning the power our words hold. They have the power to bring pain. Words we have the potential to remember for a lifetime. However, they also have the power to bring life. Words that can be stored up in our hearts. What if we became more intentional with our words? What if we looked for opportunities to build ot…

If you missed our guest speaker, Mark Tindall now is your chance to hear his teaching! Mark challenges each of us to invite Jesus into our daily lives to speak to us. Whether we are driving to school, work or the grocery store are we asking Jesus to be with us? Have we taken a pause to remember He is waiting for us to invite Him into all we do each…

As we continue our series on how to be God's miracles in someone's life, we look at the Old Testament friendship of Jonathan and David. Through the lens of this friendship, what we find is a beautiful picture of Jesus' friendship extended to each of us. We see Jesus committing to us, sacrificing for us, and loving us. And as Jesus befriends us, we …

Jesus teaches that He is the true light of the world—the light that all of us need in the darkness we are facing. Surprisingly, He also teaches that we are the light of the world! He commissions us to take His light to a broken and hurting world! One of the easiest ways for us to do this, is by serving others. The power of serving others is that no…

Today, Christine talks about how Christ was sent to earth to give us His love and what that means for our lives.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Hannah talks about experiencing joy in the journey of the spirit.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Brad talks about how joy is not a feeling. Joy comes from the Lord.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

When Scripture encourages us to rejoice "always", we begin to wonder how is that even possible? The key is that we rejoice "in the Lord". God is always with us, always for us and always helping us. Because He is always present in those ways to each of us, we can find joy even in the most difficult times. We are never left to suffer alone. God is al…

Today, Michela talks about the difference between happiness and joy.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Tyler talks about the importance of finding joy in life, no matter our circumstances.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Chris explains how the Christmas story teaches us about joy.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Kevin focuses on the difference between the feelings of peace that are often determined by our circumstances and the objective state of peace that we achieve through Jesus.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Dave shares the story behind the Hymn "It Is Well With My Soul" and how we shouldn't let our circumstances determine our attitude.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Gregg talks about how to find our peace in Jesus.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

It's relatively easy to have peace when our circumstances and relationships are peaceful. But what happens when we are experiencing conflict in those areas? Is there a peace that we can embrace and rely on during times of conflict? As we study John 14-16, we will see three key ways that Jesus encourages us to increase our peace in Him. Together we …

Today, Becca kicks off the Advent week of peace and gives us insight on what the Bible says about peace and how to experience it.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Jay gets us ready for Sunday's service on Peace.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Most people, even those who don't follow Jesus, acknowledge our need for hope. However, without God, what is hope? Is it possible to have true hope without Jesus? This Christmas season, let's remember the source of true hope: the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Because of His great love for us, we can have true hope in this life. No matter w…

Today, John talks about what hope looks like and how we can give hope to other people.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

On day 3 of our Advent series, Jared talks, and sings, about how all of our hope is in Jesus.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

Today, Monica talks about having hope even in the darkest of times. Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Isaiah 61:3 To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORDBởi CityLight Vineyard

Beka kicks off our Advent series and talks to us about what hope means to her.Bởi CityLight Vineyard

This week we welcome, Dr. Rob Palkovitz as he shares from his new book, “A Place Prepared”. Rob encourages us to live our lives from a place of abundant love and acceptance in God. He challenges us to live our lives in step with the Spirit and not in our own strength. Rob calls this living from an “orphan spirit”. Instead, we can learn to live from…

At the core of our faith is the discipline of prayer. Paul encourages us to “stand firm” in our faith, and one of the main ways we can do that is by cultivating a life of prayer. Everyone can pray, but it can be easy to get discouraged. In what ways can you increase your prayer life today?Bởi CityLight Vineyard

We are all being influenced by the people and culture around us. The question is, are we being influenced on purpose or on accident? Are we choosing who and what has influence on us? Or are we inadvertently following people who do not line up with the teachings of Jesus? Are we helping others get closer to Jesus? Or are we wasting our influence? In…

Why do we go to church? Why do we attend small groups? Why do we serve? Why should we be generous? Are we just checking boxes? Have we gotten into the routine of doing all these things so much that we’ve forgotten what’s driving us? This week we look at a powerful passage where Paul tells us simply what it’s all about: knowing Jesus. Together, let'…

What things in your life do you wish would change for the better? We all have things we wish could change. The danger in wishing things would change is we can get stuck in doing just that: wishing. Is there more we can do? In our current Philippians series, we learn that if we choose to put the work in, empowered by God's help, we will see lasting …

A common thread throughout the Bible is to humble ourselves. When we do it leads to life transformation! This is such an important theme that Jesus himself demonstrated it with His life, death, and resurrection. Part of our growth in becoming more like Jesus is to choose to humble ourselves, make our lives about other people, and serve those around…

Let's face it if we don't read the Bible we are not going to know how to use it in our lives! We dive into other areas of life with tenacity and a drive to get ahead. Yet, when it comes to the Bible we let the greatest tool we have SIT. We need to make time for the Word in our lives. To use it as God intended. His desire for us to see the power of …

We are all works in progress. At times this can be frustrating as we long to be "finished" products. But God is not in a hurry. He is faithfully working in and through each of us. Join us as we begin our study of the book of Philippians. In the study of this book we will see that not only is God not done with us yet, He is more than able to do the …

In our effort to follow Jesus, are we relying on our strength and ability, or are we living from a place of grace? The scripture is full of amazing promises about the grace of God and how His grace enables us to live a life pleasing to Him. Do you see God as a God of grace, kindness, love, and forgiveness? Or do you often feel like you are trying (…

As we begin our series entitled "Pump the Brakes" we are looking at Biblical advice we can apply to our lives to avoid the major pitfalls of life. First in our series is understanding the danger of secretive behavior. Anytime we are hiding sinful behavior, even if it seems small, we are laying a foundation for worse behavior and bigger consequences…

As we look back at our lives we can see that on the way to some of our biggest regrets, we made some stupid decisions. The book of Proverbs details the need for wisdom to avoid the pitfalls of life. In this teaching we'll talk about the dangerous power of sin. We will learn through His Word, how wisdom teaches us to build our lives so that sin cann…

When life gets busy, we tend to let our busyness crowd out the important things in our lives. Instead of cutting back on our commitments, we cut back on things we need in our life like prayer, church, and family. We can find Biblical advice on how to better manage our lives in His Word. However, each of us must be willing to then apply His Word to …

Is the only reason we worship because God tells us to? Or is there more to worship than just obeying Him? As we study the Bible, we learn that God has designed worship to be good for us too! As we worship Him, we come into His presence and we are changed. Do you need to encounter God today? Listen, as Christian teaches us how worship can be the enc…

As we begin our series on worship, let's start at the beginning: God is worthy of our worship! In this teaching, Christian takes us through Psalm 148. This Psalm calls all people to worship God because He is abundantly worthy. The Psalm paints a picture of both the grandeur of God and the closeness of God in our lives. This passage invites us each …

What happens to our faith when we feel like God has let us down? It is a very real feeling that at times, can be overwhelming. Can we lay a Biblical foundation BEFORE those times come? When we implement the foundation first, that can help us get through the questions and disappointment. If we choose to lay that foundation then when the storms come …

It's easy for us to get pulled in one of two directions: either demonizing culture or becoming indoctrinated by it. Jesus shows us a different way. One full of grace and truth. How can we learn from, Jesus and respond in a Biblical way to culture?Bởi Christian Dunn

When you say that you are "a Christian," what does that mean to you? How does being a Christian change how you act? How you live your life? How you treat others? Moreover, as God impacts your life, how do you relate to Him? How does your life reflect the character and love of God that He has shown you?…

Have you ever had an experience when you felt like maybe God was speaking to you, but you weren't sure? Maybe you felt a nudge from the Holy Spirit, but then you second guessed it? You told yourself it was probably just you, just your own thoughts. In this teaching, Christian will cover practical ideas based in Scripture so that we can learn to dis…