New City Church at The Mill

Take some time to read these words from our New City Family of Churches! Reach out if you are apart of a struggling church; we would love to stand beside you on this Mission! Don’t think you have to go on this journey alone! "There are reasons churches are dying. Most often it isn’t because the people not coming are bad people seeking the wrong things. Very often it is because our churches aren’t really offering the things that matter most by being the people God has called us to be.

Whenever I read Eph. 5:15-17, I’m reminded of a former pastor and friend of mine. Years ago, he led a Bible study on Ephesians, and he challenged us to memorize this passage: So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (NASB) Conveying both caution and counsel, these three verses paint simple portraits of the wise an...d the foolish man. A foolish man is careless in the way he lives and doesn’t seek the will of God. But the wise man makes the most of his life by understanding the Lord’s will. Sometimes we complicate plain and simple by making it unnecessarily hard, don’t we? Recently the Holy Spirit convicted me of how me-centric my prayer life has become when it should be centered on God. How can I tell when I’m focusing on myself instead of Christ? When I’m worried about temporal things at the expense of the eternal. For instance, if you (like me) have ever wrestled with knowing the will of God, then you might be centering on yourself rather than actual concern about God’s will. What would make me think that? Because, over and over, God reveals His will in the Bible. A few examples of many: Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thes. 5:18 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Matt. 6:33a For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life John 6:40 ...you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matt. 22:37b, 39b God became man that we might know Him as a man. In just 33 years, Jesus made the most of his time on earth, and in His life, death, and resurrection, along with Scripture and the Holy Spirit’s leading, we can discover everything we need to know about God’s will, both now and forever. See more

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ! assuming that you have heard about him and were taught... in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Eph. 4:17-24 Paul has reminded the Ephesian church of the multitude of spiritual blessings they have received through their union with Christ (Eph. 1:3). He reminded them that they had been guilty of following the course of this sinful age, and that they were following Satan (the prince of the power of the air). But God. God in Christ intervened on their behalf with a love and grace that was beyond all comprehension. Because of Christ’s victory over Satan, sin, and death through His life, death, and resurrection, they have been raised from death to life. By grace and through faith they are alive! What now? Paul reminds them to no longer live as the Gentiles. What does this mean? Gentiles here is shorthand for those outside the church who don’t know God. The Gentiles in the church are new creations, who know God and are known by God. Now, they are called to walk as new creations. Because they have been made new in Christ, they are called to live lives of love for God and others. They are called to pursue righteousness and purity in communion with Him. This is how they learned Christ. Have we learned the Christ the same way? See more

Week 8 Amos 7:1-17

Join us this morning as we continue in our series through Amos!! Come grab coffee at 10 and worship starts at 10:30! You are no longer required to wear a mask, but remember to be respectful to those around you! Love your neighbor well! For parking, we have a parking lot BEHIND the building. You just need to turn onto E Walton St. and there is a sign for where to turn.