New City Church

New City Church
  • 4.9 (49)
  • Religion & Spirituality
  • Updated Biweekly

We invite people to love God, find freedom, discover purpose and make a difference. We are called to share a message of new life in Jesus, and to mobilize God's people to be living examples of hope, family, prayer, action, generosity, creativity and celebration.

  1. Sep 13

    Trust Issues | Keep It Real | Pastor Steve Andres

    Is anything too difficult for the Lord? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our KEEP IT REAL series with a message about hope and trust in an age of false realities. Genesis 18:13-14 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too difficult for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” Our world finds itself hurtling toward a crisis of REALITY, where we find ourselves confronted with more and more reasons to lose trust. 1) Cynical is easy. Hopeful is hard. Hope makes us vulnerable. Cynicism and reactive negativity are a holiday from the rugged, demanding way of hope.  Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord;   be strong, and let your heart take courage;   wait for the Lord! It takes courage to hope and to trust, because it is a vulnerable position to be in. 2) Real trust is difficult, especially after disappointment. It had been more than 10 years since Abraham and Sarah had first heard God’s promise of a child. Sarah’s disappointment is transparent in her reaction. Faith is not pretending you don’t have pain. Faith is hope greater than your pain. 3) You can’t trust in theory, only in practice. REAL trust requires risk. Sarah laughed off the promise that God made in order to protect herself against more disappointment.  Are you protecting or are you expecting? In the end, our hope will translate to action. Your behavior will always align with your expectations. Our hope is built on God’s victory over death through the resurrection of Jesus. If God has loved us in this way, we can ask ourselves the question again: Genesis 18:14  Is anything too wonderful for the LORD?

    Trust Issues | Keep It Real | Pastor Steve Andres

  2. Sep 6

    When Freedom Costs You Freedom | Keep It Real | Pastor Steve Andres

    Is your freedom costing you your freedom? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres started a new series called KEEP IT REAL! John 8:31-32 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” AI is promising everything from advice to companionship, relationship guidance to virtual resurrection. In a world that is increasingly artificial, Jesus’ words keep us grounded in a truth that is real, a truth that makes us free. 1) False freedoms can fool us. Jesus’ audience thought they were free, but Jesus made it clear they were actually serving sin. SIN is an artificial freedom. It has the look and feel of freedom at first, but it is a counterfeit that won’t last. The more we deny God and follow our selfish desires, the less free we actually become. 2) Real freedom begins with freedom FROM sin. Knowing what Jesus taught is not enough. We have to cling to it. Have you settled for AGREEMENT with Jesus instead of ABIDING with Jesus? Jesus came not just to pay the PENALTY for our sin, but to break the POWER of sin in our lives. When we hold to the truth that Jesus lived and taught, we find freedom. 3) Real freedom is freedom FOR love. Real freedom in the Biblical sense is not just freedom FROM sin, but freedom FOR love. We are free to live out our design and purpose as God intended. Galatians 5:13-14 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” All of our capacities and abilities come alive in love. Artificial freedoms can’t set you free. Only the Son can free you from sin, and free you for love!

    When Freedom Costs You Freedom | Keep It Real | Pastor Steve Andres

  3. Aug 30

    How to Finish Strong | Moses: Live No Lies | Pastor Steve Andres

    Do you have your eye on the finish line? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres concluded our MOSES series with a message about How To Finish Strong. Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone. How we finish matters. It’s never too soon to think about how you want to finish. And it’s never too late, either! What does Moses show us about how to finish? 1) Finish with settled accounts. Practice living your life without overdue apologies, or overdue forgiveness. No matter how he is misunderstood, mistreated or criticized, we don’t see Moses retaliate or hold a grudge. The word for this is MEEKNESS. Meekness is not weakness. It is gentleness in strength. Practice keeping short accounts with others. When Moses arrived at the finish line, he had settled his accounts and his heart was at peace. 2) Finish with fight still in you. Every time Moses made a spiritual commitment, he experienced pushback. In spite of all that opposition, he never let his passion to serve the Lord wane.  3) Finish with a song of praise, not a sigh of disappointment.  In spite of all the reasons Moses had to be disappointed, he finished with a song of praise (Deuteronomy 32), not complaint. His focus was on God’s faithfulness, not on his own disappointments. 4) Finish by launching the next generation. Moses has prepared Joshua and delivered God’s word for the next generation of leaders. Don’t forget that God is playing the long game. When we are thinking LIFETIMES, God is thinking LEGACY.  “The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” Nelson Henderson  God has called us to prepare a blessing for the next generation. There are people, families, and communities who are waiting to hear the Gospel, and God has entrusted us with declaring and living out that Good News!

  4. Aug 23

    When Fear Gets the Final Word | Moses | Pastor Devin Gough

    Is fear making you forget about God? This weekend Pastor Devin Gough continued our MOSES series with a message about what happens when fear gets the final word. Numbers 13:31-32 “But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. The people of Israel still saw themselves as unable to possess what God had promised. They had left Egypt behind, but they hadn’t left the mentality that kept them small. Why? 1) Fear will make you see yourself smaller than God sees you. Faith does not require you to lie about what you see. Fear calculates the size of the obstacle without considering how big God is. Fear makes assumptions then treats those assumptions as though they were facts. Don’t let imaginary conversations cancel a real promise. Psalm 34:3 Come magnify the Lord with me, Let us exalt his name together. Whenever you magnify something, something else always gets pushed outside of your field of vision. You can either magnify your problem, and God seems small, or you can magnify God, and your problems seem small. 2) Faithful leaders fight for people who are fighting their future. Fear has a way of editing your memory. Sometimes the people you are trying to lead into their future will fight you because their past feels safer. Sometimes the biggest obstacle is not what’s in front of us, it’s what’s inside of us. Numbers 14:2 “All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness!” When the people rebelled against Moses, he fell on his face and he prayed for them. Moses wasn’t interested in defending his own name, he was interested in protecting God’s name.  Immature leaders protect their own name, but mature leaders protect God’s name. There is a greater leader than Moses who would come to set people free. Jesus would also be misunderstood and rejected. When he was betrayed and mocked, when he was crucified, he didn’t say, “Father, get them!” He said, “Father, forgive them!” Because of his faithfulness and love, we can live in God’s promises today!

  5. Aug 16

    The Priority of God's Presence | Moses | Pastor Steve Andres

    Is the presence of God a priority for you? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our MOSES series with a message about valuing God’s presence. Exodus 33:15-16 Then Moses said to the Lord, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” God’s presence is the theme that runs from beginning to the end of the Bible. The word for God’s presence (panim) can also be translated as God’s face. This face to face relationship with God is exactly what we were made for! 1) The presence of God is our IDENTITY. Moses correctly sees that even if God gives them the land he promised, and gives them victory in battle, it will not be the same as if God goes with his people. The distinguishing mark of God’s people is not who we profess to be, nor our proximity to the things of God, but the abiding presence of God.  2) The presence of God is our SECURITY. God didn’t give the children of Israel a map to the promised land. He gave them his presence to guide them. Our one responsibility is to stay close to God's presence. He moves, we move. He stays, we stay. Psalm 73:25-26 Whom have I in heaven but you?   And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail,   but God is the strength of my heart   and my portion forever. The presence of God shifts our perspective from envy and grasping to peace and contentment. With God as our portion, our hearts are satisfied. 3) The presence of God is our DESTINY. The whole Bible is one long story of exile and return. From the garden to the garden city. From the presence of God to the renewed presence of God. Our destiny is to enjoy the presence of the Lord forever. There is only one way to gain access to the presence of the Lord. Jesus paid the price for our passage home. He was alienated from his Father so we could be brought near again!

  6. Aug 9

    The Cost of Character | Moses | Pastor Steve Andres

    Are you dealing with your character or just getting more discreet? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our MOSES series with a message about the cost of character. Numbers 20:11-12 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank. But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.” Moses’ life serves as an encouragement and warning to all of us. His successes and failures can teach us about how we can faithfully live out God’s purposes for our lives. What does this story teach us? 1) Your CHARACTER counts. If we look at the story of Moses’ life, we can see anger is a persistent and unresolved issue. Character flaws will remain in our lives when we choose to hide them instead of addressing them.  There is no healing in hiding. Moses' crazy, rock-striking anger comes because he values his own leadership and the people’s respect more than obedience to God. He reacts in a way that diminishes God in front of the people, and God declares a judgment over Moses that he will not personally enter the promised land.  2) Your CALLING is not your healing. The scariest part of the story is that even though Moses was wrong to strike the rock, God still caused the water to flow. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that your gifting and calling is the same as God’s approval. Gifting can provide validation, but it won’t produce transformation. 3) CHRIST is the pattern for our lives. Anger can reveal so much about what we love. God’s plan and purpose is to grow us up to love what He loves, in the way the He loves.  It’s easier to act like a Christian than to react like a Christian. Pastor Mark Batterson God does not call you to greatness; He calls you to Christlikeness. He calls you to the humility and meekness and love and righteousness of Jesus. And He has promised to help you! Philippians 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

  7. Aug 2

    The Counterfeit god | Moses | Pastor Joaquin Pardo

    Why do counterfeits capture our hearts? This weekend, Pastor Joaquin continued our MOSES series with a message about counterfeit gods, why we build them, and how God calls us back to Himself. Exodus 32:4 And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”  Israel’s greatest problem didn’t begin with a golden calf; it began long before that. Before they ever built an idol, they drifted from God’s presence. In the waiting, their hearts were exposed, and they took the very evidence of God’s faithfulness and turned it into a substitute for God Himself. 1) Reject God’s presence, and you’ll replace it with something else. James 2:19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! God desires more than our belief; He desires our relationship. Before Israel ever built a golden calf, they first chose distance over God’s invitation to draw near. When we stop pursuing God’s presence, our hearts don’t stay empty; they begin searching for substitutes.  2) Waiting reveals what you worship. Exodus 32:1  “When the people saw that Moses delayed…” Waiting reveals us. It exposes what is really in our hearts. The people of God grew impatient, which opened the door for their idolatry. Every idol begins as an attempt to solve a problem we think God hasn’t solved fast enough. God isn't late; He's right on time. The question is whether we'll trust him enough to wait. 3) We all worship something. Exodus 32:4 “And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf…” The very gold God had provided as evidence of His faithfulness became the material they used to build a substitute. God’s gifts were never meant to replace His presence; they were meant to point us back to Him. Every gift He places in our hands has an assignment: to build His Kingdom, not our own. 4) Return to the God you replaced. Romans 1:25 “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie…” The answer to idolatry isn’t simply tearing down the idol, because apart from Christ we’ll just build another one. Our hearts were created to worship, and if Jesus isn’t on the throne, something else will be. The good news of the gospel is that when we replaced God, He didn’t replace us. Through Jesus, He faithfully pursued us and still invites us to return to the One who alone can satisfy our hearts. Counterfeits lose their power when you’ve spent time with the real thing. This week, don’t settle for a substitute. Draw near to the God who is still inviting you into relationship with Him!

  8. Jul 26

    Where Justice Meets Mercy | Moses | Pastor Steve Andres

    Where do justice and mercy meet? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our MOSES series with a message about the Law of God. Exodus 20:1-3 Then God gave the people all these instructions: I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. You must not have any other god but me. This is the moment when God gives Israel the law, and yet the people are terrified. If the Law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul (Psalm 19:7), why do we hide from it? 1) You can’t understand the law of God without knowing the person of God. The first words from God are not about what Israel must do, but about who God is and what he has already done for them. To truly understand God’s law, we have to first understand God’s heart. 2) God’s laws are rooted in his unchanging nature. Before sin was ever called sin by the Law, it was still sin and it was still deadly. God’s laws are descriptions of reality. He draws lines around sin because he knows that it leads to death! 3) The Law is meant to point us to Christ. The Law is not able to save. It is designed to clarify our deep need for saving. Galatians 3:24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. When we feel conviction or guilt because of the law, it is the pain that is designed to get our attention and cause us to address the problem. 4) The Holy Spirit is the presence of God to his people today. When Israel sees God’s presence at Mt. Sinai, they are terrified because they realize that God’s presence will not keep company with sin. And yet the miracle of the New Testament is the gift of God’s presence to every believer. How? 5) Jesus came to fulfill the law. When Jesus preached his Sermon On the Mount, he clarified the heart of God’s Law. In doing so, he made it perfectly clear how high God’s standard truly is. Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. There are two ways to fulfill a law: obey it perfectly, or pay the penalty for breaking it. Jesus did both! He lived a sinless life that met God’s standard, and then he paid the penalty for all of us lawbreakers who deserved punishment. The cross is the place where God’s justice and mercy met, and the reason we can now live with daily access to the presence and promises of God!

See All (408)

4.9
out of 5
49 Ratings

About

We invite people to love God, find freedom, discover purpose and make a difference. We are called to share a message of new life in Jesus, and to mobilize God's people to be living examples of hope, family, prayer, action, generosity, creativity and celebration.

Information

  • Creator
    New City Church
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    408
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 New City Church
  • Show Website
    New City Church

You Might Also Like