CityChurch Podcast: Recent Episodes
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To be clean without becoming whole misses the mark God intended by a great chasm. Brian Higbee talks about how God intends to make us completely able to do all things He intends.
What takes place when a man is born again? What changes occur? What can be expected when one gives their life to Jesus? Brian Higbee talks about what occurs in the conversion of man.
Jesus judged justly because He judged by the will of the Father. Yet we avoid judging even though our Lord taught us to judge correctly as He did. Brian Higbee delves back into judging the crucial part it plays in the restoration of the kingdom. Check it out.
We have heard it over and over again, “Don’t Judge.” But did Jesus say that or someone else. Brian Higbee explores whether judging has a place in the kingdom of God. Check it out.
Brian Higbee talks about the road bumps that make far more difficult and the journey less productive. Remove the bumps and life gets better. What are the bumps? Listen in.
Brian Higbee talks about the road bumps that make far more difficult and the journey less productive. Remove the bumps and life gets better. What are the bumps? Listen in.
Jen Metzger talks about the strongholds that darkness erects in our lives, how to remove them, and how to be a stronghold for God.
Joel Thorton unpacks the severity of human trafficking and our part in the destruction of this heinous crime against humanity.
Childlike is a condition that is crucial to the body of Christ in this season. Jonathan, the son of Saul, was very different than his father. Brian Higbee talks about how Jonathan, rather than sit under a pomegranate tree, went out and got something started. That is childlike. Check it out.
Jesus told His disciples that they could not gain access to the kingdom of heaven unless they were in this most counterintuitive condition. Could we too be missing this most necessary part? Brian Higbee shares with CityChurch and all of those who have come for TheGathering 2023. Check it out.
Alan and Gail Hawkins are a force for the kingdom of God. From deep teaching to powerful ministry, these are a gift from which we here at CityChurch get to partake. If you did not get to be here, or even if you did, you will want to take a listen to Alan. He is a true teacher. Check it out.
And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it... These words invoke one of two thoughts. The first is that these gates are to protect us from a full on invasion of the demonic horde. Or the second is that these gates are a construct of darkness to prevent the sons and daughters of God from invading that which darkness occupies. Which is it? Check out this week's message by Brian Higbee called The Gates Of Hell.
It is not often that a young man is willing to step up. It is even less often when that same young man steps up well. CityChurch and the body of Christ is blessed to see the young people that are the next generation of leaders emerging. Kaleb Higbee definitely is willing and steps up well. Check out his message he calls...With Great Power.
Christians and non-Christians alike have wondered what pleases God. There are lots of ideas about that. Do this. Don’t do that. Go here. Do not go there. Love this. Don’t love that. But what does God have to say about what pleases Him? Brian Higbee takes a jaunt into the Word of God to see what God has to say in His Word about what pleases Him. Check it out.
What ultimately determines how we, the body of Christ, shall live? Historically the final authority has been the Bible. Yet the authenticity and authority of the holy scriptures have come under fire. Many question whether the scriptures are the Word of God? Brian Higbee explores this question in light of what Moses, David, Peter, and finally Jesus said about scripture.
Ryan Bastress comes bearing the Word of the Lord for CityChurch and for those who can receive. The Righteous Shall… is a Word exhorting the body of Christ to pursue righteousness as a condition as well as a call to action. It is there you find the reward of the Lord.
Ryan Bastress is recognized by CityChurch as a prophet of the Lord. And when he comes to this portion of his extended spiritual family he carries a prophet’s reward—the Word of God that is now. Today he released an impacting word. Your fruit is based on the seed cast in your life. And the seed cast in your life is determined by where you dwell.
Faith, Hope, and Love are crucial elements to the believers life. We talk about faith a lot. As we do love. But hope must be in place in the believers life to walk in the kingdom of God. Brian Higbee talks about what is it? How we get it? Why it is not present at times? Check it out.
To work and not see the fruit of your labor can be difficult and discouraging. Dr. Alan and Gail Hawkins have a very precise gift to the body of Christ of equipping and encouraging. In this message they add a heavy dose of hope to those whosoever will.
Dr. Alan and Gail Hawkins are especially important as powerfully equipping people to the body of Christ. Their experience in founding and pastoring a wonderfully successful and impacting local church in Albuquerque, New Mexico has been a bedrock for Holy Spirits elevated ministry to seminaries, schools, universities, and local churches. Specifically, we have called on Alan and Gail to unpack revelation concerning an unheretofore menacing practice called deconstruction. Although the intent of those embracing this practice would consider deconstruction healthy, the outworking, motivation, and end result is closer to demolition. Alan and Gail talk about how we, as the local church and body of Christ, understand, navigate and minister to those caught in this practice.
Jesus was given power and authority. He then gave it to His disciples after commanding them to go into the world. Brian Higbee discusses that as disciples of Jesus, that same appropriation of power and authority is ours as He commands us to go into the world.
Where is the power and authority that was in the early church? Didn't Jesus say we would do greater than He? Where is the disconnect? Why is it that we do not consistenly see the greater miracles and influence? Brian Higbee takes a look deep into the heart of God to try and discover how we must transition to become who He needs us to be for this next season.
We cast seed. It is what we do. With the words we speak, the acts that we engage, it will produce a harvest. But what kind? If I take a careful look at the harvest I am now reaping, is it good? Brian Higbee talks about the seed you are casting on the field of your life. Check it out.
Although much in the Old Testament is a shadow, it gives us a pattern that helps us understand how we walk out pursuing the kingdom and His righteousness. Solomon and the Temple he and Israel builds is a pattern from which we can learn; a pattern of sacrifice, obedience, and rule. Check it out.
Too often we find ourselves out of alignment with what God intends for our lives. Yet, finding how to navigate back into alignment seems even more difficult. Brian Higbee talks about getting back into alignment and how it is far easier than you may think. Check it out.
The command of the Lord was to go outside the dung gate to relieve yourself of your own dung. That was a command not a suggestion. Why? Because God knew that even that part of life is crucial to get right. Otherwise sickness, disease, and affliction affects you and yours. What does this mean today? Ryan Bastress unpacks this crucial truth. Check it out.
God never intended to limit His relationship with us to a building. Yet we have built a religious industry around houses of worship...buildings. Buildings are not bad. But if they are the center of our walk with God we are in trouble. Brian Higbee talks about how David found that out when David tried to build God a house. Check it out.
Being born-again is so central to who we, as Christians, are. Yet how often do we explore? Brian Higbee offers some thoughts about what Jesus meant about being born of water and Spirit.
There is much evil (rebellion against God). But do not fear. All will respond to the rule of God. It is inevitable, absolute, impossible to deny. Does God allow a minute of rebellion? Yes. But only for purpose. The overarching rule of God is unequivocally attached to the kingdom of God, which is inseparable from the person of God. Brian Higbee talks about His will being done on earth as it is in heaven.
The last verse in the Old Testament echoes for hundreds of years...and then Jesus. What was that verse? He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons and the hearts of the sons to the fathers. Brian Higbee explains why God chose that verse to echo until Jesus came. Check it out.
The Old Testament is filled with sacrifice that attempts to make man right in God. Yet it is only partial, temporary, less than perfect. Jesus called us to imitate Him and be living sacrifices, Holy and acceptable to God. In other words, the sacrifice that we we live is whole, complete, and purely dedicated to Him. What happens when it is not? We get all kinds of glitches in kingdom living. Could that be why what God says our life should be is not always so? Brian Higbee encourages rather than blame God for His incompleteness, we should look within. Maybe there is a part of me not living as a sacrifice? Check it out.
This life in Christ seats us with our Lord at the hand of God. Sin nor death have any grip in this place. But what about when sin still grips? Does that mean I am not in Christ? Am I not a new creation? Brian Higbee talks about the tabernacle as a type of life in Christ and what happens when you leave flesh off the altar. Check it out.
Kevin Mancuso talks about how crucial removing any false identity is as well as receiving who we are, as a child of God, from our Father.
We hear a lot about the prodigal. But what about the older brother? We do not hear too much about him. Jackie Shopes gives her perspective of the older brother, but more importantly how that applies to us and to our family that wants to come home. Check it out.
What good is God rebuilding this ship we call our life if we never launch out of dry dock. It is God’s intent that we go far beyond the limitations of the safe harbor and discover this beauty and riches of faraway places in life and ministering the kingdom of God. So get ready as Brian Higbee talks about launching into the deep.
Eddie and Deborah Robertson have been qualified by heaven to minister the purpose of God to this region, this time, and to this people. Their qualification is not based on titles or positions or even letters after their names. Their qualifications come by the testing of the furnace of life that burns the chaff and purifies the gold. Check it out.
Why do so many people who call themselves Christian do so little for the Lord and His kingdom? Many even embrace as valid what God calls evil. And yet in the midst of that, God is raising up an army of believers with a fear of the Lord that is provoking them to bring heaven to earth. Brian Higbee talks about that and a bunch more. Check it out.
Moses led the people to the Jordan but did not lead them to cross it. Joshua did that. Joshua is the Hebrew name for Jesus. John the Baptist led the people to the Jordan, but Jesus offered them something more
When we hear the promises of God, we usually catch the Whoooohoooo kind of stuff. You know, the stuff that gets you excited in anticipation of what God intends. But His promises usually communicates the battle ahead as well. We tend to not like and ignoring that part. But that was the promise of God for Israel; a land flowing with milk and honey and giants in the land. Giants are just as important as the honey. Brian Higbee talks about how giants can be sweeter than honey. Check it out.
Pastor Bobby Richard talks about the cruciality of breakthrough for generational significance.
The harming effect of pain goes beyond the moment in which it was inflicted. It carries along with you multiplying as long as you retain it. So what do you do about pain and the events that inflicted? Pastor Bobby Richard from Lafayette, Louisiana teaches how to release the pain you have been carrying in the pocket of your soul.
LaMonte Amos shares some nuggets of truth from the Word concerning being a true man/woman of God.
Kings think about war very differently than those who soldier. To lead an army into battle is very different than just being part of the battle. David led, as a king. He, being in the battle, made a difference. So did he not being in the battle. It made a difference on the battlefield and it made a difference in his life. When he chose, for whatever reason, to be off of the battlefield when it was the time to be on the battlefield David became something that God never intended: an adulterer, a deceiver, and a murderer. Is it possible we are off the battlefield when we should be on it? Could we avoid so many calamities in life if we just get on the battlefield? Brian Higbee talks about the War of Kings. Check it out.
From early in the morning, the Lord began to speak that He was about to minister something never before ministered to CityChurch. And He did.
When God is bringing about a transformation you have a choice, embrace it or eat the ashes of what God did yesterday. Charlie Coker talks about the transformation we are calling Reboot and the opportunity for the body of Christ to become far more than what she is now, and much closer to what God intends.
Charlie Coker unpacks a revelation of being kings and priests and the family of God. We have caught the priest thing, and have even caught the family thing. But, for us to rule and reign we have to learn how to function as kings under The King.
Jesus is considered at the pinnacle of the religious icons on the earth. Yet He gave not place to those items or traditions. He was concerned about one thing, the only thing that really matters; His Father’s love. Brian Higbee talks about those moments we sometimes only think about during easter that love, embodied in Jesus, confronted the deepest religion on the earth. And love won. Check it out.
God forms a people, then gives him a place. In the beginning God formed man, then gives him the earth. That place up to the cross was Jerusalem. What is the significance of Jerusalem? Brian Higbee gives insight as to the prophetic significance in the first, second, and final entering of Jerusalem for the people of God. Check it out.
One of the great joys that we, as the body of Christ, get to be are hosts of the Presence of God. Yes, Christ in us is the hope of glory. But when there is a significant manifestation of the King and His Kingdom around us, that is completely another thing. Rusty and Belinda share on Saturday evening and Sunday Morning their experience and release a heart to CityChurch and to you, to host His presence.
One of the great joys that we, as the body of Christ, get to be are hosts of the Presence of God. Yes, Christ in us is the hope of glory. But when there is a significant manifestation of the King and His Kingdom around us, that is completely another thing. Rusty and Belinda share on Saturday evening and Sunday Morning their experience and release a heart to CityChurch and to you, to host His presence.
Jesus said that His Father has given Him all authority in Heaven (The Eternal Realm) and Earth (The Realm bound by time). When God said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Did He really mean that. Brian Higbee thinks so and explains the extent that Jesus went to to never leave the people of God. Check out this encouraging teaching.
To operate on the highest level within the kingdom of God, one must embrace the spiritual family. The Father, tasked the Son to make a way for all the other children of God to come home and function from His house. But what stops us? What hinders us? What needs to shift? Brian Higbee takes on the cruciality of the father/son paradigm. Check it out.
Why do you, when you trust God, do you find yourself in a dark place? Could it be that there is purpose, rescue, salvation in that place? Could it be that God trusts you to go to that dark place? Brian Higbee talks about how to think with God when you are in a dark place. He talks about how you can have victory in that dark place. Check it out.
We are in a season of God taking our foundation, removing those stones that do not belong, place stones that do, and rework the ones that need reworked. From now until theGathering at the end of June, there will be five different teams of ministers. Alan and Gail Hawkins were the first to come. They are part of our greater kingdom family and bring a depth and connection on a teaching and apostolic level. This message, “The Power of Blessing,” is crucial to who we are and where we are going. Check it out.
Sometimes the preparation takes more work than actually receiving what God intends. We rarely receive what God intends without preparation. And to the extent we carefully, diligently prepare is often the extent we receive. So is it possible that we have not received well, because we have not prepared well? Brian Higbee talks about preparing to receive what God intends. Check it out.
Jesus said that many are called but few are chosen. What does that mean? Does God have favorites? Or is there a key to walking out this call on our lives in the way God intends? Brian Higbee talks about being called and being chosen as part of the foundation of rebooting. Check it out.
Possibly one of the greatest factors of becoming who God called you to be is understanding who you are and whose you are. Brian Higbee explores you being a whole lot more than you know.
One of the very subtle, but very dark truths is that darkness has tamed many who call themselves Christian? What does it mean to be tamed? Like a lion under the control of a lion tamer, the lion is not free, does not roam the jungle, does not impose the lions influence but is rather bound up, caged, eats only what it is given, and lives just to survive rather than conquer. You and I are created by God to conquer. We are empowered to restore His kingdom rule rather than being ruled. What does this look like? How do we change it? Brian Higbee talks how we have been tamed and how we are being restored to join our Elder Brother, the Lion of the tribe of Judah in His quest to see the kingdom of God rule the earth.
The last two years have been a time that the church has been mostly shut down. Why? Is this intentional? Brian Higbee talks about what is happening now, after the shut down…the reboot. What is it? What are the important parts the Lord is making important?
Sometimes in the busyness of life our priorities can get all shuffled about. It may take a significant wake up call to get those priorities back in the correct alignment. Brian Higbee gives that wake up call. Unless we make the gospel the centerpiece it becomes something far less and we become something far less. Check it out.
What does God think about the last two years? Why does it seem like we have been shut down during that time? Is that intentional or has darkness become so powerful that our society is driven by the evil that is present in the land? Brian Higbee takes a step back and shares how he believes the Lord sees the last two years and the magnificent season that it ahead. Check it out.
We sometimes confuse relationship with purpose. Without question, our relationship is family. Our purpose? To restore what it is we lost—the kingdom. Jesus, our Elder Brother, was the first born among men to pierce that veil of separation keeping that kingdom from this. What does that look like? Will darkness merely roll over or will there be push back? Is this a time to rest or fight? Brian Higbee speaks from what his is seeing and what we will see. Check it out.
Jesus said that many are called but few are chosen? Does God play favorites? Are there some who he picks and ignore others? Or is He really a loving Father and none of that is true? If it is not true then we might have to dig a little bit to find out what our Elder Brother meant. Check it out.
Has Jesus kingdom come like He prayed? What is the evidence? Are we able to be who He created and designed us to be? Why have we not seen the full blessing of heaven come? Brian Higbee navigates us through these questions and a bit more. Check it out.
Christmas is one of the most fantastic seasons. But the importance of Christmas can be lost in all the pagentry. Even the warmth of the "Christmas Story" of the baby Jesus being born in a manger can misdirect how crucial Jesus birth was to the earth. To put it in perspective, Brian Higbee talks about the birth in context of creation, the crucifixion, resurrection, and the end of time. Check it out.
How do you know you are on the right path that God has for you? If you are on the wrong path, how do you get on His path? Jackie Shopes gets real and talks from her own life on how she had to get on the right path and the blessing of God that followed. Check it out.
You ever feel like you have run out of gas. No energy left to do what you need to do? I think we have all been there. Stressed out, burned out, just simply run out? Is that what God intends? Brian Higbee talks about what fuels us and how to keep from getting out of fuel. Check it out.
It was on the day of Pentecost that Holy Spirit was poured out and all were touched by those tongues of fire and spoke in tongues. Where tongues just for that moment? Tish Tucholski encourages that a specific part of those tongues of fire is praying in the spirit. What is it for? Is it necessary? How does it occur? These questions and more are answered as Tish shares her thoughts on Praying In The Spirit.
People do not know what to do. America is our nation. But you and I are citizens of a kingdom. What does that look like? How do we function? Dr. Alan Hawkins talks about the cruciality of living for the kingdom of God and what that may look like ahead. Check out this breath of fresh air from a true teacher to the body of Christ.
Brian Lukacsko has been a part of the CityChurch extended family for many years. His passion for sharing the word has taken him on an interesting journey with the Lord. This message is one that he shares from his life experience as the Lord has invited Brian to abide with Him even through difficult times. Check it out.
This may be the most tumultuous and chaotic time for those who call Jesus their Lord. The level of insanity has peaked beyond anything witness by this generation. Are we to sit back and allow darkness to have its sway? Or does God have a planned response and intention. Brian Higbee talks this week about what the spirit of the age is and what we do about its influence on the earth. Check it out.
What if your connection with God leaks? Why would it? Does that ever happen? What do you do if you find your heart connection with God leaking? Brian Higbee takes on these questions and more as he talks about Heart Connection. Check it out.
Jen Metzger teaches about the thought life and the crucial attentiveness that we must place on our thought life. Check it out.
Are you a safe place? What does that even mean? How do we become a safe place. Brian Higbee talks about being a safe place. Check it out.
Darkness has a field day in the playground of your mind when you allow the what if's to remain. But what do you do? How do you resolve the what if's? Brian Higbee talks about the what if's and how to resolve them.
There are two kinds of people who call themselves Christian. The first, has no appetite for giants. They look at giants to be feared and kept away from. The second salivates when they see giants…like David, they run to them. What is the difference? What makes what one fears become what one has an appetite? Check out Brian Higbee’s thoughts on giants becoming bread.
You are not alone if you struggle in your thought life. Everyone does. If we win that war within, we win the war that wages around us. But how do we win. Kaleb Higbee is seventeen years old, but has been serving Jesus since he was a very small boy. Kaleb, at 17, not only has understanding, but experience in this unseen battle. Check it out as he shares the keys he has discovered in winning the war over the thought life.
What do you do to keep your heart right as the blessing of the Lord overtakes you and causes you to rise? How do you stay humble? …close to God? What do you do to keep from taking ownership of what God is doing? What did Jesus do? Brian Higbee takes a look at a moment in Jesus life when we see him doing just that. Check it out.
What keeps us from the amazing inheritance of the Lord? What could darkness possibly do to us so that we can work so hard at serving the Lord yet not see the fruit of our labor? Brian Higbee goes a little deeper in the series he calls "Hooked." Check it out.
Have you ever been cruising along in the sweet spot of life and before you know it, you are jerked into a tailspin that wrecks your day, week, or month? What causes that? Could it be that darkness has a hook in you with a line tied to it so you can be jerked free of what God intended? Brian Higbee talks about how God is so interested in removing the hooks from us and that when we get our line jerked, it is the moment, we can get free. Check it out.
Why do you choose what you choose? What influences your decisions? Do you know? Famed football coach Lou Holtz shares some fun and intriguing thoughts that we are going to explore. Come on and check it out.
In the book of Revelation, the bride is joined to the Bridegroom, Jesus. But she is not quite there yet. But she is being prepared. Kaleb Higbee, during the Gathering had a vision that depicts the current condition of the bride and what the Lord, the Great Physician, is doing to prepare her for her Bridegroom. Just a word of caution, the vision is a bit graphic but crucial.
The Gathering always makes for the most refreshing Sunday after. Why? Because of what happens during that week. Listen in as Brian Higbee encourages others to share about what happened during this week and recent stories about what God has done.
The tabernacle and the temple were pointing at something that was coming. What was it? Is it here? Can we access it? Brian Higbee talks about the cloud and the glory through the lease that Jesus revealed. Check it out.
It was God's intention for Jesus to step into everything that the Father prepared for the Son. To do this, Jesus had to closely follow the instructions of the Father, which included being baptized. But what really occurred? Was Jesus being baptized by John just a symbol or much more? Brian Higbee explores what Jesus baptism, and our baptism really means. Check it out.
The bride of Christ—who is the body of Jesus aka The Church—has gotten knocked down a couple times in the recent past. There are those who are identified with the bride that have had some sudden attacks of stupidity and allowed the bride to get bruised and knocked down. But because Jesus is her strength, she gets back up. This time, her getting back up is revealing a stronger bride, one with greater purity, ability, and function. How is this happening? How are you part? What does this mean for you? Check out Jen Metzger's lastest message called, "The Bride is Standing Up."
The goodness of God is beyond our wildest imagination. But there is a price, one that Jesus already paid for—obedience. In Deuteronomy the Lord said it this way: carefully, diligently obey. This is a season for believers to take off their diapers and put on their big boy pants and step into the goodness of God. It is the only way we win. Brian Higbee shares this and quite a bit more. Check it out.
Janis Higbee takes us from crying to laughing to pondering to knowing that God says a whole lot more about who we are in this amazing message of hope, identity, and laughter. Check it out.
What did Jesus mean when He said, "The effective prayers of a righteous man..."? What makes our prayer effective? What keeps us from being pwoerful in prayer. Jesus taught us about prayer. Do we bother to find out what He meant? Brian Higbee explores this with the amazing people of CityChurch and with you.
Does it ever feel like your prayers are hitting a wall? Does it seem like you are missing something in prayer? Do you think it might be important to see how Jesus taught His disciples. Since you are one of those disciples, do you think you should pray like He taught? Brian Higbee Talks about when you pray and breaks down what Jesus taught His disciples and you. Check it out.
The earth is filled with opinions. Many of those opinions are vastly different than the Lords. Hence the problem. It is very easy to point at others who hold an opinion that opposes God. Yet, how much of our lives lack God’s opinion? Brian Higbee takes a look at solving the problems of the earth. Check this provoking message out.
Do the small things we do really change anything? Moses lived a life full of miracles and accomplishments, but even Moses had to start somewhere. Is it possible that our seemingly small beginnings can launch permanent transformation here on earth. Jessica Stuart brings this message of the small things forming the large things. Check it out.
It began when John the Baptist said, “Behold.” It continued through Jesus ministry. And continues through us today. The kingdom of God is being restored to the earth without apology and without hindrance. Darkness can only yield. What does it look like? Check out this message by Brian Higbee.
Our life in Christ can be compared to running a race. It is not just about getting on the track...there is so much more available to us. Brian Higbee brings this analogy in celebration of Palm Sunday. Check it out.
There truth is far more than the correct analysis of a series of facts or observations. It is that. But is far more. Brian Higbee talks about truth, its essence, source, and how to obtain truth.
Faith results in you seeing far beyond what you could otherwise see. Faithfulness results in you going far above and beyond what you thought you could do. That is the kingdom of God at work. Brian Higbee talks about Jacob’s son Joseph, his journey of faithfulness, and how he discovered the kingdom of God along the way.
Speaking to those who are faithful, you may be doing better than you may think. The blessing of God is directly attached to the rule of God. Refuse the rule and you refuse the blessing. But for those who walk under God’s rule, His blessing has been stacking up for you in high piles. And now it is time for the blessing to be seen. Why? How? When? Catch this message by Brian Higbee.
Without expectation, there is no faith. We must walk by faith to see the things that we are expecting. God intends for us to walk in His kingdom. But walking in His kingdom means believing for what we cannot yet see. LaMonte Amos brings this word of encouragement and instruction.
Increasing in the kingdom of God is about consistent pursuit and continually engaging in what God intends. Too many sit back and watch others do the kingdom stuff, while hiding behind their comfort and complacency. Brian Higbee talks about how God intends for you to upgrade your paygrade in the kingdom.
Faith is essential for pleasing God. But love is essential to have faith. The son or daughter of God cannot be who God created them to be without agape love. Love is not what we do. It is at the core of who we are. Check out as Brian Higbee downloads some truth from heaven.
It is at the core of who you are. It is the one thing required to please God. It is the very substance of what you hope for. Faith is... Brian Higbee talks about the critical nature of faith in the believer's life. Check it out.
So much is being said about rights, choice, justice, gender, preference, identity. How does God respond to all that? We get a glimpse in Romans 9. The clay says, "You have no right to form me." Brian Higbee takes a look at the response from God's perspective. Check it out.
Jesus was told that His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him. He responded with, "Who are My mother and brothers?" Then He pointed to His disciples and said, "Behold my mother and brothers." His family was defined themselves by their obedience to the Father. Brian Higbee explores how we work out spiritual family.
Jesus told us to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, then everything...everything...all things...will be added. So why is there still need? Why is everything else not added? Is it that He did not add it or that we have yet to learn how to receive what He gives? Could it be that we do not seek the kingdom? Or could it be we do not trust what we find? Brian Higbee explores this and a bit more. Check it out.
How is it possible that Cain, only one generation removed from perfection, would be capable of murdering his own brother and banishment from the presence of God? Brian Higbee talks about how God warned Cain that his countenance had fallen and was about to fall away from God.
The Garden...what is it? Why do we not see it in the following 1186 chapters of the bible? Or do we. Brian Higbee talks about the garden, its significance throughout the Word and to you. Check it out.
The faithful have to go through difficult times. To say that 2020 was a difficult year is an understatement. So what is God saying to the faithful? Listen in as Brian Higbee shares what he personally has heard from the Lord for the faithful. Check it out.
In the midst of these interesting times, it is pretty clear that darkness is digging pits, laying traps, setting snares, and casting nets for the disciples of Jesus. So what do you, as a disciple, do? Brian Higbee talks about how God anticipated all this and His plan for you to follow. Check it out.
Made in His image and likeness, we are to be like Jesus in every way. He became the Lamb of God to separate us from the rebellion within us. But for what? What are we to do once separated from sin? Brian Higbee releases an intriguing revelation of what God intends for you and I. Check it out.
Some of the most fantasitic moments in the Word of God is found in the birth of Christ; specifically the angelic visitations. But what are angels? What do they do? What is their purpose? Brian Higbee talks about angels in their context in the birth of Jesus and their function and purpose now.
Jesus sacrificed His life. We are called to be living sacrifices. Both are required to be placed on the altar. Both are transformed by the fire of God. Like the boys in the fiery furnace, like Moses bush, we are called to enter the fire but not be consumed. Brian Higbee outlines a message that directs those who desire what God is up to for the bride of Christ.
Life in Christ is like a roller coaster. To get started the first hill is long and not very exciting. Yes, you are rising, but it is slow and jumping out is critically dangerous and at best you will have to start all over if even you survive. But if you hold on to the top… Brian Higbee shares this exciting message of hope and destiny. Get ready!
Why did Solomon, the wisest man on the earth, tell us that we need to guard our steps? Could it be that where we put our feet or even how we put our feet is more crucial than we may believe. Jesus washed the disciples feet. Why? What was He saying? Check this out as Brian Higbee explores guarding your steps.
Without question, the kingdom of God is generational. It is the desire of God that the ceilings of the fathers become the floor for the sons. But what hinders that? The wells that the fathers have dug have been capped. How do the sons access those wells? Brian Higbee talks about how to uncap the wells of our fathers. Check it out.
How can we navigate through difficult times and come out better than ever? Lori Echard shares of her life in listening to Holy Spirit. Check it out.
Uncertain times are definitely among us. But this is the greatest season to hope. Why? Randy Boyd of Prepare Internationa—a supernatural school raising up leaders of leaders in over 25 nations—talks about how it is that you can have the greatest season of hope in the most uncertain of times. Check it out.
These are uncertain times in which we live. How do you navigate? How do you think about the struggles in these times? Hurricanes, wildfires, a highly polarized presidential campaign, protests, riots…how do you navigate? What do you think about those who seem to be making matters worse? Brian Higbee dives into a series called Navigating Uncertain Times. Check it out.
Just like in nature, the church has times and seasons. It is important to understand the season for so many reasons. For us, at CityChurch, we are entering the season of the river. What is that? The river that flows from the throne of God is crucial to believer. Yet so many do not know how to access and remain in this life giving river. Brian Higbee talks about the significance of seasons and the season we are entering. Check it out.
Imagine your car if it runs out of oil. Everything locks up. But if the oil reservoir remains full, everything works and friction never builds and damages. Jen Metzger talks about grace and the practical side of grace. Check it out.
Does God have a supply problem? An awareness problem? We may not admit that, but we live that way. What does God intend, with regard to His riches? Brian Higbee takes a look at the first and last chapters of the Bible to determine God’s intention and how He wants us to live with regard to His provision. Just a hint…it is far, far beyond the way most believers live now.
There is a shift taking place in the body of Christ. Jesus is shifting his bride into a new pasture field of greater power and authority. But the demand placed on each believer making the shift is one of following Jesus through the very narrow ravine between the two fields. That ravine strips from the believer that which does not belong, that which is not part of the kingdom. Brian Higbee speaks prophetically and practically about this shift and what the Lord intends. Check it out.
Jesus set the example then Peter issued it as a commandment to all who would follow Jesus. Repent and be baptized. What is baptism? Why is it necessary? What occurs within you when you are baptized? Brian Higbee talks about what God intends in the life of a disciple of Jesus when he or she is water baptized. Check it out.
Jesus positioned Himself before the throne of God as a Son of God. From that throne flows a river of living water. What would it be like if we did the same. What would it be like if, instead of just pointing at the dryness of the earth with a tsk, tsk, we actually had the river of God flowing through us to such an extent that everything around us is splashed, soaking wet, by the overflow. Brian Higbee talks about how this can be you.
All across the earth there are those who are pressing in to the Spirit of God and engaging where God called them. While others are being lulled into a season of sitting back and abandoning the place and people God said. Sam Echard had a dream and three visions that depicted the coming days. Check it out.
Why did demons cower in fear and grovel at the feet of Jesus? What did Jesus walk in that many do not? Jesus said that we would do greater than He. How do we get there? What is missing? Brian Higbee suggests, in this revealing message, that the laid down life is the gateway to the powerful life lived from heaven to earth. Check it out.
So often, when we feel pain, we believe it is something to relieve instead of press through. But, as any runner will tell you, if you press through the pain, you grow. The same is true in relationships. Jessica Stuart talks about how love presses through the pain of toxic relationship into the leading of Holy Spirit. It is there we find victory.
Do you have a hard time believing what God says about Himself? Do you have a hard time belieivng what God says about you? Are you walking in the powerful signs and wonders that God's Word says you can? Are you winning the multitudes like God says you will? Do you have peace and confidence that God is much more in charge than the circumstances around you? If you answered no to any of these questions, you may want to ask the next question. Why? Brian Higbee takes the time to explain how darkness is causing a toxin within believers that prevents them from all that God has for you.
What you will not weep for, you will mock. Mocking is at an all time high. From the highest levels of government, and in every platform and positiion, mocking has become the substitute for honorable disagreement. The most dangerous effect of mocking is that it has permeated those who consider themselves sons and daughters of God. What is that danger? What we mock we cannot love. The progression of mocking is violence, then death. See the problem? Check this out.
Jesus said, "I AM the vine. You are the branches.” Think about that. The Great I AM is the vine. What does that mean? What does it mean to abide in Him. What does it mean for Him to abide in you? Brian Higbee talks about this and a bit more. Check it out.
The bride of Christ—the church—is about to operate on the highest level of supernatural function. To do this, she must undergo the greatest transformation she has experienced thus far. How will that take place? How does it affect you, individually? Brian Higbee shares tranformative revelation from on high. From this past Sunday Morning Experience at CityChurch, listen to this message called Blue Squiggles.
The Lord will have the bride of Christ experience three baptisms in this coming season. Each one will become a revival that ignites the kingdom life of that baptism within the body corporately and those who seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. What are these baptisms? How will they come? What will they do? Brian Higbee talks about the coming baptism of fire and its effect on the church—the body of Christ.
Three baptisms are coming: fire, love, and power. The Lord wanted The Word to be elevated in priority in the lives of those who would take part in the coming baptisms. Brian Higbee interrupts the message he planned to release a message Holy Spirit planned. Do not miss this prophetic message.
The Lord said that He would bring the earth into three baptisms: fire, love, and power. Each is dependent on the other. Love launches from fire but needs the fire of God to remain pure. Equally, power is required to protect and serve love. This week Brian Higbee talks about these coming baptisms and how we are to navigate through the second one - love.