CityRise Church

08/18/2026

Grief can feel isolating, but you don’t have to walk through it alone.

GriefShare is a caring, Christ-centered community for those grieving the death of a loved one. Through biblical encouragement, practical guidance, and support from others who understand the journey of grief, GriefShare offers a place to process loss and find hope along the way.

Our fall session begins September 1 at CityRise Church | West U Baptist (6218 Auden, Room 210).

Learn more and register at cityrise.org/griefshare. $25, but scholarships are available.

CityRise Church in Houston and Missouri City, TX, offers dynamic worship services, engaging classes, and vibrant community for all ages, including English and Spanish services.

08/18/2026

You were never meant to just sit around.

08/17/2026

We've never been saved just to sit. We've been saved to do God's good works that He's prepared in advance.

08/13/2026

The one thing that can actually wash away your shame.

08/12/2026

If you missed the most recent sermon or just want to go deeper, check out this blog post based on the teachings from Pastor Roger's sermon on Aug. 9.

The marriage supper of the Lamb is the wedding celebration described in Revelation 19, where Jesus the groom is joined to His church, the bride. If that language feels foreign, it is because almost none of us have been to a wedding like the one John's first readers had in mind. Understand how weddin...

08/12/2026

EVERYTHING THAT MADE LIFE HARD GETS REVERSED

The Book of Revelation is a pretty violent story. There's a lot going on. Then chapter seven pauses for an interlude, and it's the most tender passage in the whole book.

God Himself spreads His tabernacle over them. He shelters them with His presence, and that presence becomes the permanent shelter. It's the picture of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Revelation 21:3 echoes it: "The tabernacle of God is with man." So the wandering is over. The wilderness is behind us. God Himself is the dwelling place now.

Heaven is active. We're blessing God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, together, without ceasing.

Isaiah 49:10 sits underneath all of it, quoted almost directly in verses 16 and 17: "They shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them. For He who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them."

Those words were written to the children of Israel coming back from Babylon. John applies them to the ultimate exodus, the final homecoming of the redeemed from every nation.

Notice the comforts come listed in the negative: no hunger, no thirst, and no scorching heat. Every one of them reverses something that made earthly life difficult, so the ache goes, and the God who led them there stays.

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08/11/2026

Why You Feel Divided From People Who Aren't Like You.

08/10/2026

We have a Good Shepherd who even now today comes and comforts us, who walks with us and speaks to our lives.

08/06/2026

Are you praying for the people in your life by name?

08/05/2026

If you missed the most recent sermon or just want to go deeper, check out this blog post based on the teachings from Pastor Roger's sermon on Aug. 2.

Who will be in heaven? According to Revelation 7:9, a crowd so large that no one can count it, gathered from every nation and from all tribes and peoples and languages,