> “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.” Gen 8:22 (NKJV) > “He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30 (NKJV) > “You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. [Read]
If you have been a follower of Jesus very long, there is one thing you have probably learned, or will learn soon- that faith is not faith until it is tested. The Bible says the testing of our faith produces something in us. [Read]
> Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. 3 You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. 4 So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. [Read]
> Honor … your mother, that your days may be long upon the land Ex 20:12 (NKJV) > Do not forsake the law of your mother; Prov 1:8 (NKJV) > Treat older women as mothers, 1 Tim 5:1-2 (NIV) This week our spiritual mother, Edie Iverson, was promoted to heaven. [Read]
> Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. 1 Peter 2:17 (NKJV) November 4th 2008 was an historic day for America and one we will not soon forget. We congratulate President-elect Obama and his historic achievement and rise to power. [Read]
Within days we will face one of America’s most important elections. There is much at stake in this current generation. And in the midst of this national decision making process, our nation’s economy has suffered a near catastrophic backlash because of greed. [Read]
This past week was a challenging week for me and many members of our church. While I have been preaching the message of healing from the pulpit over the past few weeks, the devil is still at work attempting to steal, kill and destroy. [Read]
We are declaring 2008 at The City Church in Seattle to be the _Year of New Beginnings_. * New Grace * New Wisdom * New Blessings * New Peace * New Provision * New Territory * New Strategies * New Vision * New Revelation * New Anointing * New Levels * New Manifestations * New Harvest * New Church * New Influence * New Beginnings! [Read]
This article is dedicated to a friend who recently went home to be with the Lord after a lengthy fight of faith with cancer. Pastor Steve Valentine and his lovely wife Kay were to be speakers at our church this week—appropriately at this time of honoring couples (they were in demand every year at this time!). [Read]
I met Dr. Bill Bright in the spring of 2002. I knew him personally, for just a little more than a year, before he went to his reward in the summer of 2003. He radically inspired me to believe for a great worldwide harvest of souls in our generation. [Read]
This weblog is authored by Pastor Wendell Smith, Senior Pastor of The City Church, a multi-site church in Seattle, WA USA. Pastor Wendell has been pastoring for over 40 years and has authored many books, including “Great Faith, Making God Big”. He serves on the boards of Church Growth International with David Yonggi Cho, and Minister’s Fellowship International with Pastor Dick Iverson. In 2007, Pastor Wendell received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Northwest University.