Relationships

Relationships are powerful things, good relationships can strengthen us and make us appear better then we really are. Bad relationships can destroy us, no matter how great we actually are.

2 Corinthians 6:14: "Do not be unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and lawlessness have in common? What fellowship has light with darkness."

Paul's writing can not be over stated, we are given the image of to oxen plowing a field. The oxen are yoked together, if they work together they can accomplish great shows of strength, however if one pulls and the other does not then less work is done then if there was only one oxen.

Our greatest relationship in our lives has to be between us and God. When we connect with God we are yoking our lives to the architect of our lives, no one is more for you, no one could be a better match.

We can help so many people as we share the experience of our relationship with God with our friends and family. We must be powerful influence on the world around us!

Connect your life to God, pray daily, read your bible, set time aside each day to talk to God. You will be amazed how easy it is.
Have a great week,
See you in Church!

Ps Steve

Merry Christmas from Christian City Church

We would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas!
This Christmas Eve we will have a beautiful Candle Lit Service.
The Service will begin at 6pm and will last about an hour.
We invite you to join us as we celebrate one of the most
exciting days of the year, the birth of our Savior!
See our website for more details & directions

This has been an exciting year for Christian City Church as we launched our first public service in February. We have grown and have many wonderful people who have come along side us to see the incredible Gospel message spread throughout our city and beyond.

We are looking forward to 2010 with enormous excitement!
Raleigh is an amazing city, great diversity and a common focus on a better way of life has drawn people from throughout the nation to settle here. This is a city full of talented and gifted people, we are called here to release those talents and gifts. To see people grow and come to understand how they are called to REACH OUT to the world around them.
We are just beginning to see all the incredible things God has planned for this city and its people.

Have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Ps. Stephen & Merri-Beth Alexander
and the rest of the Alexander family!

Thanksgiving Newsletter

		Hello Church: We wanted to send a huge prayer for an amazing Thanksgiving to you and your family. Of all the many things I am Thankful for, one of the things I am most thankful for is you. Without you Christian City Church, Raleigh would not be possible. Thank you all for your time and support of the incredible work that was begun in Raleigh, NC We look forward to seeing everyone in church this week, I am believing this week is going to be an amazing breakthrough week as we wrap-up the series on faith. We will be setting time aside during service to pray for people this week, if you know of anyone in need of healing this is going to be a fantastic opportunity to invite them to church. I hope this helps as we push into God and seek His will and purpose for His church and our lives.
		FOOD DRIVE
		Hey Guys one quick reminder for this coming Sunday be sure to bring your cans of non-perishable food for the Eastern Carolina food bank, we are connecting with Guitar Center to help those in need.
		FREE GIVE AWAY
		We are giving away an Ipod NANO Video to a visitor from the month of November. Bring your friends and make sure to register them as first time guests and you both can win a brand new Ipod Nano Video. We will be giving away our first Nano in December.
		FREE MUSIC If you have not yet logged onto www.C3Worship.com and check out the Free Music and videos, as well as New Original Music from C3 Worship Leaders around the world
		We look forward to seeing you this Sunday at 11am Have a great week, see you in church!
		Please pass this on to friends and family that may not be on our email list yet.
		Visit www.c3ral.com for more info about C3 Church and where we are headed

Wind of Change

Revelation 22

 2 On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month.

Our lives are full of seasons, some seasons are fruitful others are seasons of preparation, some seasons are dormant. Even the best seed in the most fertile soil will not grow or bare fruit in a winter season.

Winds increase between seasons signaling change is coming. The wind of heaven is a good thing, it causes a shaking in our lives. 

When the wind blows through the trees, two things fall off the tree, dead things and ripe fruit.

Dead things need to be pruned from our lives, they weigh us down and suck life from an otherwise healthy tree.

Ripe fruit needs to be released from our lives. Ripe fruit that hangs on a tree for to long becomes sour and spoiled, but when it is released in season it is sweet and blesses everyone who tastes it.

We are experiencing a season of shaking and releasing, in both the natural world and the spiritual kingdom.

This is an incredible time to see Gods hand in our lives and to trust that He is our provider. God has a plan and if we have faith we will see greater fruitfulness then we could ever have imagined.

Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven

Have an incredible week,

See you in church!

Ps. Steve

Fillings (the stuff in the middle)

I love cookies, they are just wonderful!  ( you can tell right away that this is a deep and spiritual blog.) Cookies and tea on a cool morning are such a comforting combination. Whoever thought of taking two cookies and putting a creamy filling between them was a genius. The filling in the middle makes the cookies even better!

The filling is the key. We run through life, and become very goal oriented. We plot our course and head  from one task to the next.   However,  we often miss the best opportunities to learn,  grow and gain a wealth of wisdom as we travel between our destination, thus the filling.

Jesus traveled from town to town, healing the sick, opening blind eyes, and restoring relationships of the broken hearted back to God. In His travels, he was never too distracted by the next destination to see the people right in front of Him. People are God's mission field, regardless of their location, whether they are around the block or around the world. God is in the people business.

Don't be so distracted by your drive to reach your destination that you lose your focus on God and the ability to see what is right in front of you.

John 4:4  Now He (Jesus) had to go through Samaria. 5So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

 7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" 8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

Jesus was tired. He  just had a long trip. He could have easily ignored this woman,( a Samaritan woman) but in speaking to her,  he saw the key to connecting with an entire village. Through this one encounter, this woman and her whole village are saved and believes in Christ.

Stay connected to God and you will see that life is more then getting from one place to the next, life is about the journey.

Have a great week,

See you in Church.

Ps. Steve