Gateway Fellowship

I made a case that our attachment style affects all our relationship, including our relationship to God. And we can change. And that Scriptural prayers model some very healthy convictions regarding attachment. We started with Psalm 5.Secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized...

Grounded in God in the midst of troubles...

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Thy wings, From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies, who surround me. (Psalm 17:8-9 NAS)

Our Father in heaven,Reveal who you are.Set the world right;Do what’s best—    as above, so below.Keep us alive with three square meals.Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.You’re in charge!You can do anything you want!You’re ablaze in beauty!Yes. Yes. Yes.Smile to Father, Son, and SpiritSmile to yourself.Smile to someone else.I’m home. I’ve arrived.There’s nowhere I need to go, and nothing I need to do.I’m home. I’ve arrived.I have nothing to earn, nothing to prove, and nothing to pay back.I have nothing to earn because you just love me.I have nothing to prove because you already approve of me.I have nothing to pay back because you cancelled all my debts.What remains? Enjoying You…enjoying me.I’m home. I’ve arrived.The veil is torn. There’s no distance or separation.I’m in You and You’re in me, here and now, and forever.Jesus made me one with the Father, so I’m home.You’re my home, so everywhere I am, I’m home.I’m home. I’ve arrived.I’m a blessing. You didn’t have me, and you didn’t like it, so you made me, and you made me exactly how you wanted me to be. I have the body, the voice, the personality, the sense of humor, the walk, and the laugh you wanted me to have. I make you happy just by being me.I’m a blessing.I’m a blessing and every day I’m a gift You give yourself to enjoy.I’m a blessing and every day I’m a gift you give me to enjoy.I’m a blessing and every day I’m a gift You give others to enjoy.I’m a blessing.I’m a blessed man.My future is bright.And my best days are ahead of me.You’re working it out.You’re working it out.You’re working it out.Everything we’ve done wrongEverything that’s gone wrongYou’re working it out, for our good, as we love you. (Rom 8:28)Satan meant it for harm,but You are turning it for our thrivingand the saving of many lives. (Gen 50:20)You’re working it out.With you as our Shepherd, Jesus,our hearts will be light, our steps will be easy.You’re making us steady, resilient, and serene.Everything is temporary, but You remain.Today I meet pain tenderly — without resistance.I don’t avoid, repress, or deny. I let it come, I greet it kindly, and I let it go.Today I meet pleasure gratefully — without grasping.I let it come, greet it joyfully, and I let it go.And when pain and pleasure have passed, I shall remain.Everything is temporary, but You remain and I shall remain.Sunlight is love.Air is love.Gravity is love.All plant life is love.All animal life is love.Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch — all love.Existence itself is love.All things are from, in, and for Him who is Love,and I am in Him who is Love.

Carl led in the Lord's Supper and taught about encouragement.

Occasionally at a Wednesday Whiteboard I give a brief biography and some highlights of people I've been reading...

Psalm 4:4 When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent. Selah

An exploration of the question to see how different worldviews answer this, including how the people of Gateway answered.

Psalm 115:2-32 Why do the nations say,    “Where is their God?”3 Our God is in heaven;    he does whatever pleases him.Psalm 116:68aYou are good, and what you do is good.

This talk takes the words of Jesus directed against the hypocrisy of the scribes and pharisees in Matthew 23 and turns them into healthy, positive goals for us to pursue.Yes, it's a 16 point sermon.

Three ways Christianity is utterly unique among world religions, plus a point about apples.

Stan encouraged us to speak life and to be there for each other with encouragement when needed.

This one's about Jesus becoming -- and remaining -- a full human, and some implications of that."And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." (Jn 1:14)

Jesus often told people that. "This happened because you believed." How do we grow in the faith Jesus walked in?

This talk is about our task as leaders to engage people in a way that invites them to excercise their own faith and collaborate with the Spirit, not just "minister to" them.It's based on the way Jesus engaged the two blind men who chased him down and demanded a meeting in Matthew 9:27ff.

We took time to pray over individuals today. Here's the audio of that if anyone's interested.

Jesus said it isn't the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. And he didn't come to call good folks, but broken people. This is why we've called the church a kind of hospital for souls...

Carl on Matthew 13.

"And Isaac redug the wells of his father Abraham..." (Genesis 26).

This talk is about the motive underneath all other human pursuits.Section 1: Data on HappinessSection 2: A few philosophers (and a mathematician)Section 3: A castrated medieval theologian on happinessConclusion: How Christianity is completely unique.