Well, good-day folks. Pastor John Tyson here. Hope you're doing well.

Wanted to take a moment just to say thank you to everybody who listens along to this podcast

around the city and around the world. We really had a remarkable year in the history of our church

this year. We've seen more people come to Christ than ever. And God is drawing near to our church. And I just wanted to just say thanks

for being a part of our listening and online community. And to remind all of you that we are doing an

offering this year called Living the Liturgy. Every week in our church, we say a liturgy asking God

to form our hearts out of mammon, greed and overconsumption

into being people who live by faith, give generously and trust the Lord with our finances.

And I just wanted to invite those of you who are part of our online community to consider giving to that.

We are getting ready for another really amazing year here in New York and we are so grateful for

the encouragement, prayers and support that we hear from so many who listen into this.

So I would ask you just to consider praying and asking the Lord if he would have you be one

of our partners who help the mission of God continue through New York City.

We wish everybody who listened would come and move to New York and join us, but we realize

that's not everybody's call and it's not possible. But you can join us in prayer and support

and enable what happens here in the city to be a part of your ministry legacy

and your spiritual fruit. So you can go to church.m.m.c slash give if you'd like to be a part of that.

And thanks so much for everything you do to listen along, pray for us, support us and encourage us.

Okay, let's go back to the podcast. Hey, welcome to the

Church of the City, New York podcast. Our vision is to see the fame and deeds of God renewed and

known in our time. Before we get to the sermon today, I wanted to extend a special invitation to you.

This September, we are hosting the Altars gathering. We've seen so much

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