Cities Church Exhortations Cities Church

In this exhortation, Pastor Kevin Kleiman reflects upon the nature of sheep – they are defenseless and often go astray. God repeatedly compares our human nature to that of the helpless sheep, but he sent Jesus to be the good shepherd. Let’s relish in our reality as God’s blood-bought sheep.

In this exhortation, Deacon Clint Manley exhorts us to pay attention to our happy Father’s world. The glory of the Maker is shown around us in all of creation. So let’s enter into the joy of our Creator by listening to the birdsong, watching the wind dance through the tress, and smelling the peonies.

In this exhortation, on Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Mike Schumann reminds us of the significance of this church calendar day. We read about the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, when the Holy Spirit arrived and the church grew from about 120 people to about 3,000. Let's ask God for more Holy Spirit power, without which we can do nothing.

In this exhortation, Dan Helstrom references Psalm 46:10 to exhorts us – especially the mothers – to stop and listen to God. As we consistently practice this “stopping and listening,” more and more we’ll be able to do it even in the midst of chaos — as God’s peace and rest become more real than the noise around us.

In this exhortation, Pastor Jonathan Parnell reads from the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith which clarifies that there is no such thing as any creature “giving” God glory. When we talk about giving God the glory let’s remember that the Bible teaches we do not add to God’s glory, but instead God manifests his own glory in, by, unto, and upon us.

In this sermon, Marshall Segal exhorts husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, women to seek out Ephesians 5 men, single men to aspire to be an Ephesians 5 man, and the wives to honor and celebrate these men that pursue her, lead her, cherish her, die for her.