River City Church Teaching Podcast

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Welcome to the River City Church teaching podcast. River City Church is located in Lacey, WA and online at www.rivercitypnw.com | @rivercitypeople

  1. 5d ago

    Limited Edition Part 5: Unlimited Faith

    Faith isn't just knowing God can. It's choosing to move when He says, "Come." This week's message explores what happens when faith moves from believing to living it out. It's learning to trust God with our future, our fears, and the weight we've been carrying. The question isn't whether God is faithful. It's whether we'll trust Him enough to take the next step.

  2. Jul 6

    Limited Edition Part 4: Permission to Have Fun!

    Throughout this Limited Edition series, we've been challenged to create margin in our lives—to own less, hurry less, and trust God more. But once we've made that margin, what are we meant to do with it? This week, we're reminded that God didn't simply create us to work, produce, and solve problems. He created us for joy, laughter, friendship, and delight in His presence. Somewhere along the way, many of us began treating fun as something we earn after everything else is finished, when perhaps it was part of God's design all along. Because maybe the purpose of creating margin isn't just to have more space in our calendars. Maybe it's to spend that margin on the life God intended for us from the very beginning—walking closely with Him, loving others well, and discovering that true joy is found not just in the gifts He gives, but in the Giver Himself.

  3. Jun 29

    Limited Edition Part 3: Living with Financial Margin

    We all have gauges in our lives that tell us when something needs attention. Sometimes we notice them right away. Other times we ignore them until something breaks down. Contentment can be one of those gauges. Our world constantly tells us that peace is always one purchase, one promotion, or one paycheck away. Yet somehow, "enough" always seems just out of reach. In this week's Limited Edition, we explore how our relationship with money can reveal much more than our spending habits. It can uncover what we treasure, where we find our security, and whether we've learned the secret of contentment in every season.

  4. Jun 21

    Limited Edition Part 2: The Rhythm of Work & Rest

    In Limited Edition: The Rhythm of Work & Rest, we explore the tension many of us live with every day: the pull between faith and fear, trust and striving, work and rest. Our culture tells us to hustle harder, stay busy, and keep pushing. But what if the answer isn't working more or working less? What if it's learning to move at the pace of Jesus? This message invites us to consider a different way of living—one that trusts God enough to set healthy boundaries, make room for rest, and believe that our worth is found in more than what we produce. Because maybe the question isn't whether you're working hard enough. Maybe it's whether you're carrying a burden God never asked you to carry.

  5. Jun 15

    Limited Edition Part 1: Life in the Margins

    What if the life you're working so hard to maintain is leaving little room for what matters most? In Limited Edition: Life in the Margins, we explore the tension between the life we're chasing and the life God may be calling us to. Because it's possible to fill our days with good things and still miss what matters most. In a world that celebrates busyness, accumulation, and constant striving, this message invites us to slow down, create space, and ask a simple question: What is God asking me to hold onto—and what is He asking me to let go of? Because the best things in life rarely happen when every moment is occupied. They happen in the margins. And what if creating those margins isn't about having less—but finally having room for what God wants to grow?

  6. Jun 8

    Living in the Last Days Part 4: 3 Moves to Make in the Last Days

    In this week's Living in the Last Days, we explore how the reality of Christ's return is meant to shape the choices we make every day. Because the greatest acts of faith are often found in the ordinary moments when God asks us to trust Him, follow Him, and obey Him. Because following Jesus isn't simply about believing the right things. It's about learning to trust God's way over our own—even when our desires, fears, or instincts pull us in another direction. The truth is, we all have parts of our lives we'd rather keep control of. But faithfulness isn't built through grand gestures. It's formed through simple acts of obedience, repeated day after day, until our hearts learn to trust God more than our fears, desires, or distractions. The challenge isn't simply to believe Jesus is coming back. It's to live like His voice matters today.

  7. Jun 1

    Living in the Last Days Part 3: 4 Ways to Live for Jesus in the Last Days

    What does faithfulness look like in a world constantly pulling us away from God? In Part 3 of Living in the Last Days, we wrestle with a difficult reality Scripture warns about: in the last days, many people will slowly drift from truth, grow spiritually cold, and live more for comfort, approval, and self-preservation than for Christ. So how do we stay grounded when culture pressures us to stay silent about our faith, when speaking about Jesus feels uncomfortable, and when the values of the world seem to grow further and further from the heart of God? This message explores what it means to live with spiritual urgency and remain faithful to Jesus—even when conviction, truth, and obedience come with a cost. Because maybe the greatest danger in the last days isn’t openly rejecting God. Maybe it’s slowly drifting spiritually asleep without even realizing it.

  8. May 25

    Living in the Last Days Part 2: Am I Ready?

    What if the point of the last days isn’t fear—but readiness? In Part 2 of Living in the Last Days, we look at one of the most talked-about promises in Scripture: the return of Jesus. But instead of calling believers into panic, distraction, or endless speculation, this message asks a far more personal question: If Christ returned today, what would He find in us? Would He find hearts still holding onto bitterness? Lives consumed by comfort and distraction? Faith that has grown passive and silent? Or would He find people living awake to eternity—serving faithfully, loving deeply, and carrying the hope of the Gospel to those who need it most? It’s so easy to drift through life spiritually asleep, assuming there will always be more time to forgive, more time to surrender, more time to live fully for God. But the reality of eternity changes the urgency of right now. Because the goal isn’t to obsess over signs. It’s to become the kind of people who are ready to meet Jesus face to face.

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