Family Church Nyc Audio Podcast

The greatest killer of your destiny isn’t fear, its doubt. This is because the potential and talents you are born with, can easily carve out the paths before you; but if you doubt what is within yourself, you can suffocate your future before it even comes to pass. The skill of focus is something we have to train and workout like any other muscle of our body. It must be tested and stretched to gain a better focus for upcoming endeavors but the purpose must be given from an outside source. Our purpose must be from a higher standard to not stagger or limit us once we reach our goals. Since man is made in his Gods image we need the new to inspire us (2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory…” ) Glory to glory is the transforming “new” that Jesus pours into our life bringing us peace for today and hope for tomorrow. Jesus Christ is our perfect model of who we should strive to be and it is him that gives us purpo

There exists a world in which we reap only what we sow. We sow 12 years of schooling to reap a High School Degree. We sow 4 to 6 years in college to reap a Bachelors's or Masters. We sow our time in exchange for information and skills that will benefit and generate income for us and our families. We sow training in any area of our lives to one day reap the reward we desire. We spend a lifetime of training our mind and our physical bodies but forget to often train our 3rd person, our spirit. Life presents us with many challenges that automatically train our physical and our mind, but we must be intentional in training our spirit. 1 Corinthians 9:25 says, “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” If we were to combine our experiences in life to be trained alongside our spirit, we would be, Mr. & Mrs. Olympia.

Join us as we discuss the importance of discovering your potential with a word from Eric Maciel on Matthew 25. In this sermon, we take a closer look at the parable of the talents and how God has equipped each and everyone of us with precious gifts and talents we need to steward well. 

This is the second sermon of our Service That Inspires sermon series. God expects that you Desire your Gifts, Discover your Gifts, and Develop them! 

Diogo kicks off the sermon series titled “Service that Inspires” by reminding us that (1) we are known by God, (2) we are fearfully and wonderfully made, and (3) we are formed with a purpose. If we don’t have a firm sense of who we are, we will never be able to inspire others to become who they are.This is the 1st message in our sermon series “Service that Inspires.”

Christmas is a special season that reminds us of many truths of faith. Listen to this sermon with an open heart and mind and allow God to speak to you! 

Join us as we reflect on the importance of gratitude with a word from Eric Maciel on Luke 17. In this sermon, we explore the power of gratitude in the chaos, in the process, and in the blessing. Our desire is that God would fill your hearts with gratitude for all that he has already done and for all that he will continue to do. 

Are you like the sinful woman, or like Simon the pharisee? The call to follow Jesus requires a transformation of our mind, which is what repentance is. Diogo preaches on Luke 7:36-50 to remind us that Jesus always responds to a repentant heart, and that the depth of our repentance will determine the depth of our commitment to Him.

Elisha was just a young man plowing the field when Elijah called him to leave everything behind and follow him. Join us as we take a look at the call of Elisha in 1 Kings 19 with Eric Maciel and see how the call of God to follow him comes in the working and demands the surrender of everything that we have.

Cain and Abel is an iconic and tragic biblical story that can be very confusing to modern readers. Join us as Eric Maciel wraps up the Cultivating Community in Church sermon series with a word of caution on the obstacles to community. In this sermon we dig deeper into the ambiguity that we often struggle with when reading scripture while also learning valuable lessons from Genesis 4 about community.

This week, we take a break from our Cultivating Community in Church sermon series and Eric Maciel brings us a word on the power of perspective from 2 Kings 6.

In this word on Romans 14, Eric Maciel continues our Community series encouraging us to look past our differences and find common ground as followers of Jesus.

Diogo Izidoro continues our Community series, expanding on Paul's "church as a body" analogy and highlighting that each one of us has a distinct and essential role in cultivating community, and that role is only fulfilled when we are connected to the body. 

In this sermon, Pastor Lucas highlights the relationship between Jesus and his disciples as an example of the kind of depth in relationships we should seek to develop. We are indeed better when we are together!

In this final sermon of the discipleship series, Eric Maciel brings us a word from Matthew 20 on discipleship and greatness. Following Jesus means being willing to drink from his cup, and being willing to lay down our power and authority to serve others.

From the beginning, there was always just one. One Father, one Holy Spirit, one Jesus Christ. The original family was present before life existed in the Heavens and Earth, yet we see an obedient unity between the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. John 5:19 says “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.” Three in one, this is what is built into us as we are made in the image of God, one body, one mind, one spirit. A burning desire for community is infused within our souls, that is always yearning for more as our love grows stronger for God. This ambition for community propagates Jesus to command us to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20) to baptize them in the original family name, the Father, the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. To go and make disciples is so much more than a teacher and student relationship, it is the very nature of God to live in community and commands us to unit

In this sermon, Pastor Lucas answers the question “How does Jesus challenge his followers to move from private to public confession?”

Pastor Lucas preaches on suffering as an important aspect of discipleship using 1 Peter 4:12-13. How should we face suffering as believers?

Diogo Izidoro (“Dizzy”) kicks off our Discipleship sermon series by expanding on Mark 8:34-37 which shows that discipleship starts with a decision, and requires denying yourself, taking up your cross, and ultimately following Jesus. 

Eric Maciel brings us a Father's Day sermon on manhood out of Matthew 12.We all have our own ideas of what manhood is, but those ideas are often shaped by the culture we are raised in. Join us as we take a closer look at Biblical manhood and how ultimately only Jesus can help us become the men that God called us to be!