River City Church Teaching Podcast
Welcome to the River City Church teaching podcast. River City Church is located in Lacey, WA and online at www.rivercitypnw.com | @rivercitypeople
Episodes
130 episodes
Limited Edition Part 5: Unlimited Faith
Faith isn't just knowing God can. It's choosing to move when He says, "Come." This week's message explores what happens when faith moves from believing to living it out. It's learning to trust God with our future, our fears, and the weight we'v...
Limited Edition Part 4: Permission to Have Fun!
Throughout this Limited Edition series, we've been challenged to create margin in our lives—to own less, hurry less, and trust God more. But once we've made that margin, what are we meant to do with it?This week, we're reminded ...
Limited Edition Part 3: Living with Financial Margin
We all have gauges in our lives that tell us when something needs attention. Sometimes we notice them right away. Other times we ignore them until something breaks down.Contentment can be one of those gauges. Our world constantly tells u...
Limited Edition Part 2: The Rhythm of Work & Rest
In Limited Edition: The Rhythm of Work & Rest, we explore the tension many of us live with every day: the pull between faith and fear, trust and striving, work and rest.Our culture tells us to hustle harder, stay busy, and k...
Limited Edition Part 1: Life in the Margins
What if the life you're working so hard to maintain is leaving little room for what matters most?In Limited Edition: Life in the Margins, we explore the tension between the life we're chasing and the life God may be calli...
Living in the Last Days Part 4: 3 Moves to Make in the Last Days
In this week's Living in the Last Days, we explore how the reality of Christ's return is meant to shape the choices we make every day. Because the greatest acts of faith are often found in the ordinary moments when God asks us to trust...
Living in the Last Days Part 3: 4 Ways to Live for Jesus in the Last Days
What does faithfulness look like in a world constantly pulling us away from God?In Part 3 of Living in the Last Days, we wrestle with a difficult reality Scripture warns about: in the last days, many people will slowly drift fro...
Living in the Last Days Part 2: Am I Ready?
What if the point of the last days isn’t fear—but readiness?In Part 2 of Living in the Last Days, we look at one of the most talked-about promises in Scripture: the return of Jesus. But instead of calling believers into panic, d...
Living in the Last Days Part 1: Am I Ready?
What does it actually mean to live in the last days?For some people, that question creates fear, confusion, or endless speculation about signs and timelines. But what if the point of Scripture isn’t to make us obsessed with predicting th...
Cherished: Mother's Day 2026
What happens when a woman is loved the way Jesus intended?This Mother’s Day message looks at the lives of women who encountered Jesus and walked away changed. Some were exhausted from carrying the weight of everyone around them. Some car...
You Asked For It Part 4: What Am I Thinking?
What if the battle you’re facing isn’t just around you—but inside your mind?There are a lot of misconceptions about God. Sometimes they come from unhealthy religious experiences—things we were told by parents, teachers, or even people in...
You Asked For It Part 3: What's the Right Choice?
What if the biggest problem in your life isn’t lack of time—but misplaced priorities?In this week’s You Asked For It, we step into a question that can help make life less complicated: How do I know what actually matters most...
You Asked For It Part 2: Wrestling with Forgiveness
What do you do when the hurt runs deep—and forgiveness feels impossible? In this week’s You Asked For It, we step into the tension of Wrestling with Forgiveness and the honest questions so many of us carry. Scripture warns tha...
You Asked For It Part 1: Anxious for Nothing
What if your anxiety isn’t just happening to you—but something you’ve unknowingly been feeding? In this first episode of theYou Asked For It series, we tackle the most requested question: How do we actually manage anxiety when...
Fresh Start: Easter 2026
Have you ever felt like you were just the sum total of your mistakes? It’s easy to feel defined by your history or stuck in a "do-it-yourself" cycle that never seems to move forward. But there is a Fresh Start with your name on it—a resu...
Battle Ready Part 7: Intercessory Prayer
What if the battle isn’t just around you—but depends on you? Throughout Battle Ready, we’ve explored the armor God gives us to stand firm against the enemy. But once you’re suited up, it’s time to step into the fight. In the final mess...
Battle Ready Part 6: The Helmet of Salvation & The Sword of the Spirit
What if the fiercest battle you face isn’t around you—but within you? In this week’s Battle Ready, we explore the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit, and how they work together to help you stand firm. The enemy often attac...
Battle Ready Part 5: The Shield of Faith
What happens when the battle intensifies and the pressure cranks up? In this week’s episode of the Battle Ready series, we focus on the Shield of Faith—the kind of trust that holds firm when life’s trials test what we believe. F...
Battle Ready Part 4: The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
What if the peace God gives isn’t just meant to calm you—but to send you? In this week’s Battle Ready, we continue unpacking the Armor of God by focusing on the Shoes of the Gospel of Peace. The good news of Jesus doesn’t just r...
Battle Ready Part 3: The Armor of Righteousness
What if the armor you’ve been trying to wear was never meant to be self-made? In this week’s Battle Ready, we continue unpacking the Armor of God by focusing on the Armor of Righteousness—and what it truly means to be made right. In a ...
Battle Ready Part 2: Stand Firm
What if the enemy’s greatest weapon isn’t force—but deception? In this episode of Battle Ready, we pull back the curtain on the spiritual battle happening beneath the surface of everyday life. Scripture reminds us to stay alert, to rec...
Battle Ready Part 1: Exposing the Real Enemy
In Part One of our new series, Battle Ready, we pull back the curtain on spiritual warfare, a very real conflict that most people don’t even realize they’re fighting. Drawing from 1 Peter 5 and Ephesians 6, this message confronts the r...
Keystone Habits Part 6: Living a Life Led by the Holy Spirit
In this week’s talk, we take a look at what it truly means to live a life led by the Holy Spirit—viewing this member of the Trinity not as a concept to understand, but as a Person we can know and walk with daily. As we look at the lives of Mose...
Keystone Habits Part 5: The Crucial Habit of Worship
This week, we take a simple look at what it means to worship with your whole heart, soul, and mind. Worship isn’t a segment of the service or a warm-up before the message. It’s not about being entertained. It’s about intentionally expressing pa...