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Church of the City New York

God Comes Where He's Wanted | The Altar of the Heart

Church of the City New York

COTC NYC

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8837 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This Sunday, Pastor Sam Gibson kicked off our January series, God Comes Where He's Wanted, with a teaching on the central importance of the altar of the heart. Scripture and revival history remind us that God moves where He is deeply desired, and that hunger for His presence is the true catalyst for renewal. While we cannot control when or how God moves, we are invited to cultivate hearts that welcome Him. Though our hearts are often damaged by this world and can become dull or divided, as we yield to God's healing and return to daily dependence on the Gospel and God's Word, we make room for the Holy Spirit to renew us and allow God's life to flow through us once again.

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0:00.0

Goody folks, John Tyson here. I hope you're doing well. Hey, I wanted to take a moment just to

0:05.5

address those of you who listen to our podcast. Thank you so much this past year for walking

0:13.2

alongside us as a church and for listening in on what God is doing. It really has been an incredible

0:20.6

year for us as a church. I really don't think we've

0:25.4

ever had a year like this. I've been here for over 20 years and what God's doing right now is

0:31.5

really remarkable. We are seeing a spiritual openness in New York that everybody I know in New York across the city says they've

0:40.4

never witnessed since they've lived here. This is incredible. The amount of prayer that's

0:45.5

happening here, friendships, relationships, it's just wild. And so for those of you who are

0:50.8

listening in and you've been praying for us and cheering us on as a church,

0:55.1

I do want to take a moment just to say thank you.

0:57.6

We feel it.

0:58.7

We're so encouraged by not just your listening in, but the support that you give us.

1:05.5

We are really, really grateful.

1:07.6

I also wanted to give you a chance if what's happening in our church is something really meaningful for you,

1:13.3

for you to partner with us.

1:16.0

You know, at the end of the year we do a Living the Liturgy campaign.

1:19.8

And in some sense, it's just our attempt to ask God what does he have for the future and to rally around that,

1:25.8

both with prayer and resources to live into the future we think

1:29.9

God's got for us. This next season is really definitive because as a church right now, you're

1:39.4

probably aware of this. We do have a ton of God-given momentum right now, and we do not want to just keep that for

1:47.3

ourselves. I remember in the early days of being here thinking, if God ever really blesses us,

1:52.6

I want to be one of those churches that turns outward and seeks to serve the city, not just serve

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