Gateway Fellowship

Psalm 91  Those who live in the shelter of the Most High     will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2  This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;     he is my God, and I trust him. 3  For he will rescue you from every trap     and protect you from deadly disease. 4  He will cover you with his feathers.     He will shelter you with his wings.     His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

Carl has been meditating on this for a while now.

God, according to Deuteronomy 4:24, is "a devouring fire," yet he invites us to draw near. Let's explore this theme!

When we don't press in to know the Lord, we starve inside. We need to get in touch with our hunger and thirst for God... "I have food to eat that you don't know about...My food is to do the will of Him who sent me." (John 4:32, 34)

The theme is growth and building our lives on Jesus so that when the storms of life come, we are rooted and grounded in Christ.

This chat was really about surrender and relationship with Jesus. Jeremiah 2:13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." Colossians 2:3 "Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." Acts 4:13 "When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus."

This Wednesday Whiteboard is about a voice crying in the wilderness: John the Baptist. But it's also about us. It's about how we are likewise called to come away and find ourselves in God. "And now, by God's grace, I shall become myself." (Kierkegaard)

Vague and generic isn't very powerful. But when we start to get specific and deal with the nitty gritty, that's when we make headway. Why? Because God is in the details!

Which says to seek God's kingdom first...

A short thought on Genesis 41:52, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering."

This very story-driven autobiographical chat is about the reality of God being better than I dared hope. It's based on Psalm 37:4 which invites us to delight in the Lord and he will give us our heart's desires.

It's hard to swim upstream.

And also, a main priority for 2024...

This chat is from Isaiah 9 and 40.

Specifically screen addictions.

I don't think we'll fall in love with God unless we relate to Him through the lens of grace.

We call in God in times of trouble, but we need to remember to give Him his praise in good times too.

Danielle shared and the group practiced praying for each other in fresh ways.

How do we share the gospel with people?

This is a chat from the first half of Ephesians 4 about what God is up to in the church. Where we're headed, and how we will get there.