Rise City Church Sermon Podcast

Treasure Principle | Overflow

Our King Got Up | Easter 2026

All across the world, millions are gathering to celebrate one reality: Jesus didn’t stay in the grave—He got up. And when He walked out of that tomb, He didn’t just change history… He changed your story. Because the gospel doesn’t start with your failure—it starts with a God who made you in love and came after you when you were far from Him.

Paul gives us a compelling framework for the Gospel in Ephesians 2: Love, Death, Raised, Grace. Out of love, Jesus stepped into our death, carried our sin, and then walked out of the grave in victory. And now, because He lives, you can live. This is grace—fully given, freely received. And today, the invitation is simple: step into the life He’s already secured for you. Because the grave is empty— and that means new life is possible.

Jesus Picked It Up | Good Friday 2026

What if the darkest parts of your story aren’t random—but already accounted for?

Between the Last Supper and the cross, Jesus walks through betrayal, anxiety, abuse, rejection, and injustice—and none of it is accidental. Every step, every encounter, is a preview of what He is about to carry. Because what He faces along the way reveals what He’s going to pay for. Your sin, yes—but also your sorrow. Your wounds. Your anxiety. Your story is already in the pages, and Jesus is already moving toward it.

On Good Friday, we don’t just remember what Jesus did—we recognize what He picked up. The cross is where He takes on everything we’ve done and everything that’s been done to us. And still, He says, “It is finished.” This is an invitation to bring your whole story into His—to lay it down, to let Him carry it, and to see with fresh eyes that the darkness is not the end. Because even here, there’s a glimmer of hope… Sunday is coming.

Who Is Your One? | Nate Pursley

Crowds can make it easy to assume the work is already being done. Someone else will invite. Someone else will reach out. Someone else will carry the burden. But in Mark 2, four friends refuse to leave their hurting friend outside the house where Jesus is teaching. When they cannot get through the door, they go through the roof. Their faith does not stop at good intentions—it moves, lifts, tears, and makes a way.

This week, as we set the table for Easter, we are reminded that people are still searching for light in a dark world, and Jesus is still the One who changes everything. Join us as we discover our responsibility and privilege in bringing people to Him—because when someone gets to the feet of Jesus, forgiveness, healing, and new life are never far behind.

The Path to Financial Peace | Overflow

What if the reason you feel stuck financially isn’t because you don’t make enough—but because no one ever taught you how to think about money? There's a tension most people live with: income goes up, but so does stress.  We’ve been sold the lie that a higher standard of living leads to a better life, yet many are discovering the opposite—more income, more pressure, more anxiety.  If money is a magnifier, then it’s not fixing anything—it’s revealing everything. And until that changes, nothing changes.

But what if there’s a different way to live? God's word sermon lays out a clear framework for financial peace—not through getting more, but through creating margin.  With practical wisdom on giving, investing, debt, and long-term thinking, you’ll see how small, faithful decisions today can reshape your future for decades to come. Because this isn’t just about money—it’s about freedom, legacy, and learning to steward what God has entrusted to you in a way that leads to His Glory and our joy.

Overflow of Generosity | Overflow

There is a quiet battle happening in every heart. Jesus described it clearly: no one can serve two masters. Something will always sit on the throne of our lives—our security, our savings, our comfort, or our King. The question every disciple must answer is simple but searching: who truly reigns in our hearts?

Jesus teaches that our lives are not built around ownership but stewardship—faithfully managing what belongs to God. When we recognize that everything we have is from Him and for Him, generosity becomes more than a financial decision; it becomes a declaration of trust. Join us as we discover how honoring God with what He has entrusted to us moves us from holding tightly to living open-handed—and into the life of overflow God desires for His people.

God Fills What You Bring | Overflow

Many of us live with a quiet fear: What if I don’t have enough? Enough money. Enough strength. Enough time. Enough faith. In 2 Kings 4, a desperate widow feels that same fear when creditors come to take her sons as payment for a debt she cannot pay. But what she sees as “nothing but a small jar of oil” becomes the starting point of God’s miraculous provision.

God often works through what feels small, ordinary, and insufficient—because His power is revealed through surrendered lives. The God we serve is not a God of scarcity but a God of overflow. Join us as we explore how God fills what we place in His hands—and how even the smallest offering can become the beginning of something extraordinary.

We Boast in Jesus | 12 Years of Rise

Twelve years in, it would be easy to start believing our own press. We’re growing. We’re hungry. We’re bringing friends. There’s momentum, influence, reach. But Paul confronts that instinct in 1 Corinthians: “Not many of you were wise… influential… of noble birth.” God chose the foolish. God chose the weak. God chose the lowly—so that no one may boast before Him.The reason anything is happening in this church is not because we are great—it’s because God is good. Not because we hustle—it’s because He moves first.

This city does not need our abilities and strategies—it needs a crucified and risen Savior lifted high. So we resolve to know nothing except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. We are a people formed by grace, fueled by the Spirit, and sent for the glory of the King. We boast in the Lord—and together we shine His name over our city. We boast in Jesus.

The Power of Forgiveness | Alex Lessler

We all know what’s wrong with the world. Or at least we think we do. It’s the system. The culture. The other side. But Scripture turns the mirror toward us. The fracture in our relationships doesn’t begin “out there” — it begins in the old self, the part of us that protects pride, feeds resentment, and quietly keeps score. Until Jesus deals with the corruption in our own hearts, healing stays out of reach. The cross doesn’t just diagnose evil; it defeats it. And forgiveness is how resurrection power starts repairing what sin has broken.

In Colossians 3:5–14, Paul calls us to put off the old self and put on the new — to clothe ourselves with compassion, humility, patience, and above all, love. “Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Because we are already chosen and dearly loved, we can release the wound and refuse to let it define our future. Christ’s forgiveness is stronger than our offense. And when we forgive, healing becomes possible — in our hearts, in our homes, and in our church.

A Life of Faithfulness | The Discipleship Pathway

We live in a world that celebrates visibility, scale, and success—yet Jesus tells a story in Matthew 25 that reframes what actually matters. The Master doesn’t commend influence or outcomes; He says, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Each servant receives a different entrustment, but the call is the same: steward what you’ve been given. Faithfulness means resisting comparison, surrendering entitlement at the cross, and trusting that what God places in your hands today is neither random nor small.

Faithfulness also unfolds over time. There are seasons of waiting that shape our trust, moments when doubt whispers and fear urges us to play it safe. But the gospel anchors us: the same Christ who entrusted you with your assignment has proven His character at the cross. So we refuse to bury what He’s given. We offer it back—our time, gifts, influence, resources—and trust Him to multiply it for His purposes. And in the end, the reward is not status but relationship: sharing in the joy of the Master, right here and ultimately forever.