Experience Church San Francisco

It's easy to drift away from God in troubling times. Three anchors can help us to stay confident in him: the anchor of the past, the presence and the future.

David asked God for one thing - that he might dwell in his house forever. What is the one thing in your relationship with God that you have to focus on? And what can we learn about that from Jesus and Paul?

In conclusion of the "Devoted" series, pastors and leaders of Christian City Church San Francisco are talking about what devotion means to them personally and how they stay focused in their relationship with God.

Devotion is a call to live the "set apart" life. Without it, we keep living in frustration and powerlessness - we are having an Ishmael experience instead of an Isaac experience.

Christianity isn't about behavior modification. A person can be made to conform their behavior to anything by outside forces - but behavior modification doesn't make you love God. It's a heart conversion.

We have an integrity problem based on a misconception: that we can add Christ to our lives but not subtract sin. We need to get away from false to true repentance: God doesn't just want us to be sorry, we need to have faith for our future.

How do we react to times of famine? Do we see God differently? Do we act differently? Do we compromise or settle? We need to put famine-breaking faith and prayer into action.

Control and manipulation are relationship issues that are clearly against God's personality. He never tries to control us but gives us free choice. Therefore, we must break unhealthy and ungodly soul ties that keep our emotions, behaviors and thinking controlled.

In conclusion of the "Relationship Matters" series, the pastors of Christian City Church San Francisco are answering relationship questions from the audience.

We all think we're right most of the time - even when it's often not about issues of right or wrong. Instead of being offended by those issues, we should embrace them as a prime opportunities to test our capabilities of forgiveness.

The strongest relationships are forged through crisis, pressure, hardships and challenges- as we share life circumstances, as we meet felt needs and as we stand with one another.

A very practical message of how to acknowledge, invite and use the leading of the Holy Spirit to deal with strongholds, imaginations and the devil's attacks in and on our relationships.

The world is full of people who can't love or appreciate others because they don't love or appreciate themselves. We need a revelation of the incredible value we possess in God's eyes to be able to love and value or neighbors.

Taking a look at three types of relationships that you can't afford to manage from a distance: your friendships with other people, your spheres of influence and your relationship with God.

We are designed for a relationship with God and one another. If we just focus on ourselves, we're missing opportunities and people that God is bringing into our life in order to bless us.

Potentially, there is an incredible amount of our future residing in other people. Including a person into your world or being included by them can change your future forever.

Every life tells a story. Our trials and triumphs, attitudes and actions communicate to those around us. How we live can draw people to God, demonstrate his character, and prove his faithfulness. What is your life saying?

Guest speaker Jeff Crabtree: Regardless of who, what and where we are - just because something doesn't exist yet should not intimidate us into not seeing it come into reality.

Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin (Potters House Christian Fellowship, Jacksonville, FL) speaks a powerful message on how God can transform whole neighborhoods and cities.

Father Dimitri Sala (Catholic Apostolic Ministry) and Pastor Ed Silvoso (Harvest Evangelism) speak a powerful message on unity.