Gateway Fellowship

For a long time the church has been known what they are against. In this message, we take a look at Jesus' method and discover maybe there there is a different way.

We're all busy. Our schedules are packed with career, family, friends, church, and other responsibilities. Sometimes our days are so full that we don't enjoy anything because we're trying to do everything. Our relationship with God and with others benefits when we create breathing room in our schedules. But where do we start?

Our lives are busy and fast-paced. The lack of margin increases our stress and shortens our tempers. It can distract us from the most important things in our lives . . . and our relationships suffer. It can even affect our relationship with God because there's a connection between our willingness to create margin and our faith.Life is better with breathing room.

Christmas is over. All the wrapping paper has been thrown away, we're eating leftovers for the foreseeable future, and we've already moved onto the next thing. But, is there a way to keep the message of Christmas in our hearts during the rest of the year? How do we make Christmas a lifestyle instead of just an event?

O come all ye faithful, joyful, and triumphant....We've all sang those words dozens of times but, what do we do when we know we haven't been faithful, we don't feel joyful, and we aren't triumphant? How does Jesus respond to people like that and who does Jesus call?

We've all sang Christmas songs since before we can remember. Often times, we've become so familiar with the songs that we don't stop to consider what they actually mean. In this message we'll discover some truth inside the song, "O Holy Night" that can inspire us to keep moving in our relationship with God.

Living a life of gratitude isn't going to happen on accident. This week, we discover two more habits that we can put in to place if we are going to choose thankfulness as a lifestyle.

It's easy to be thankful when everything is working out the way we want it but it's a lot harder to be thankful when life seems to be falling down around us. In this message we discover some habits of gratitude that will translate into an attitude of gratitude.

There comes a point in some of our lives when we look at members of our family and say, "I don't care anymore. There's too much hurt, too much pain, and too much history." The easy way is to write them off and go on with our life. But, as followers of Christ, He has called us to something much harder...but something much better. He invites us to not look look at our life and our relationships through the lens of our feelings and experiences but to look at everything through the lens of what He has done for us.

When it comes to family, the only thing we all have in common is conflict. Family conflict is like no other because when you win an argument in your family, you don't really win anything. The conflict is never fully resolved.What if there was a way to resolve family conflict by dealing with it at its source?

In his letter to the Ephesians, the apostle Paul drew from Jesus' use of power what is perhaps the most powerful relational teaching of all - an instruction that changes everything in family dynamics. It all comes down to asking a simple question:What can I do to help?

When the ideal is hard to attain, it's tempting to just lower the bar and redefine the ideal. This can be especially true when it comes to Jesus' teachings about family, which many of us have already fallen short of. In this message, Kyle explains why aiming for God's ideal is still worth it, even when our reality makes reaching it impossible.

When it comes to getting from where you are in life to where you want to be, this one thing can set you on the right course.

No matter where we find ourselves, we all have an area of life where we find ourselves stuck. That is to say, we wish we were somewhere else. Tired of being stuck and wishing for something different? Discover the one obstacle that keeps us from moving from where we are to where we want to be.

We've all made wishes about our lives and the lives of the people around us. But, have you ever stopped to consider what God wishes for your life?

Why didn't God do something? Sometimes, despite our most fervent prayers, God doesn't show up the way we want him to. The cancer isn't cured. The company fails. The foreclosure goes through. In this message, Kyle tells us what to look for when it feels like God forgot to show up.

We've all seen athletes point to heaven after touchdowns or home runs. And we've heard actors thank God during their acceptance speeches. We know God can be glorified in our moments of success. But what about moments of weakness? How do we keep going when our circumstances are crippling and God seems to be saying, "No"?

Is God's silence a sign of his absence? Or does it mean something else? In this message, Kyle recounts the story of a man Jesus said was the greatest who ever lived. And yet, even this man struggled with God's inattentiveness. The message Jesus sends him in the middle of his doubt contains a secret reassurance for us 2,000 years later.

No doubt about it. There's power in prayer. We often hope that power will affect our outcomes, but what if its greatest power is to change what happens inside of us? In part two of Pray, we examine a scene revealing Jesus' desperate need for the changing power of prayer.

Prayer is just talking to God...right? Maybe prayer is more than just us "talking"; more than convincing God to give us what we want. In this message, Kyle unpacks Jesus' life-changing answer to the request, "Lord, teach us to pray..."