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In Christ, you are never second-class

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 10 IN CHRIST, YOU ARE NEVER SECOND-CLASS For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the ...

TOPICS: belonging, citizenship, identity, inheritance, kingdom, purpose, ranking, rewards, Romans 10, sonship, value

God’s love makes you steadfast

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 52 GOD’S LOVE MAKES YOU STEADFAST “See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted ...

TOPICS: confidence, faith, growth, hope, Psalm 52, security, steadfastness, trust

God builds brokenness into praise

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 51 GOD BUILDS BROKENNESS INTO PRAISE For You will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; ...

TOPICS: brokenness, healing, hurt, pain, perspective, Psalm 51, redemption, repentance, restoration, suffering

Salvation is God’s free gift to you

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 9 SALVATION IS GOD’S FREE GIFT TO YOU What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not ...

TOPICS: choice, election, free will, grace, predestination, redemption, regeneration, Romans 9

This is God’s love for you in Christ

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 8 THIS IS GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU IN CHRIST When it comes to God’s Word, sometimes what we ...

TOPICS: encouragement, hardship, meditation, perspective, Romans 8, salvation, steadfastness, trials

Spirit-led service leads to joy

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 7 SPIRIT-LED SERVICE LEADS TO JOY But now we are released from the law, having died to that ...

TOPICS: calling, christian living, duty, freedom, grace, happiness, Holy Spirit, law, obedience, obligation, purpose, religion, Romans 7, salvation

Jesus is your living guarantee

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 6 JESUS IS YOUR LIVING GUARANTEE We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order ...

TOPICS: certainty, confidence, deliverance, life, power, promise, resurrection, Romans 6, salvation

You are part of a new humanity in Christ

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 5 YOU ARE PART OF A NEW HUMANITY IN CHRIST Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for ...

TOPICS: destiny, nature, new birth, new life, Romans 5, salvation, sin

God is your glorious deliverer

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 50 GOD IS YOUR GLORIOUS DELIVERER Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to ...

TOPICS: answers, deliverance, help, prayer, Psalm 50

God is your eternal security

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 49 GOD IS YOUR ETERNAL SECURITY Be not afraid when a man becomes rich, when the glory of ...

TOPICS: destiny, fairness, perspective, Psalm 49, salvation, truth

When you lift God up, He lifts you up, too

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 4 WHEN YOU LIFT GOD UP, HE LIFTS YOU UP, TOO He grew strong in his faith as ...

TOPICS: faith, glory, help, perspective, praise, prayer, Romans 4, strength

Grace will set you free

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 3 GRACE WILL SET YOU FREE For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ...

TOPICS: faith, forgiveness, freedom, innocence, regret, Romans 3, salvation, shame, sin

God wants to free your heart

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 2 GOD WANTS TO FREE YOUR HEART For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, ...

TOPICS: behavior, circumcision, clean hands, deliverance, family, freedom, grace, morality, obedience, pure heart, Romans 2, salvation

God gave you a greater calling

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Romans 1 GOD GAVE YOU A GREATER CALLING Paul, a bondservant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, ...

TOPICS: destiny, family, Gospel, mission, priorities, purpose, Romans 1, salvation, service, vocation, Work

Your life matters because of the Gospel

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 28 YOUR LIFE MATTERS BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL [Paul] lived there two whole years at his own expense, ...

TOPICS: Acts 28, destiny, meaning, purpose, redemption

God is faithful to deliver you

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 48 GOD IS FAITHFUL TO DELIVER YOU As we have heard, so have we seen in the city ...

TOPICS: deliverance, hope, Psalm 48, rescue

God is the greatest authority

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 47 GOD IS THE GREATEST AUTHORITY God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. (Psalm ...

TOPICS: culture, government, history, nations, perspective, Psalm 47, social justice, society

God made you a life preserver

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 27 GOD MADE YOU A LIFE PRESERVER “Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will ...

TOPICS: Acts 27, blessing, calling, deliverance, grace, mission, overflow, purpose

Jesus trusts you to be His witness

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 26 JESUS TRUSTS YOU TO BE HIS WITNESS “I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint ...

TOPICS: Acts 26, calling, evangelism, mission, perspective, power, testimony, witnessing

God gives you options to use

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 25 GOD GIVES YOU OPTIONS TO USE “If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for ...

TOPICS: Acts 25, choices, conflict, culture, economics, government, justice, law, society, strategy, wisdom

RADIO: The Catamaran – Heritage Hour 05/19/12

Do you ever feel like you’re just not going anywhere? Stability. It’s someone almost everyone wants, but what about when you’re stable, but don’t seem to be going anywhere? Join Pastor Phillip Gonzales for the conclusion of “The Cat, the Ketchup, & the Catamaran: unlocking the power of the Christian …

TOPICS: cat, catamaran, faith, Holy Spirit, ketchup, radio, The Cat the Ketchup & the Catamaran, the heritage hour

Religious People

Here they go again… In Luke 20:1-8, the religious leaders of Jesus’ day come to Him with questions, but not good honest, heartfelt questions. They come with questions designed to trick Jesus, to trap Him and take Him down. …

TOPICS: conflict, image, Jesus, Luke 20, opinion, religion, religious people, truth

Bonhoeffer and the Church of Today

Reading “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” by Eric Metaxas tunes my imagination to what might happen in my own lifetime. …

TOPICS: Bonhoeffer, books, courage, Germany, persecution, prayers, steadfastness

Space for Change

It’s one thing to make a scene and drive out a few money men for an afternoon. It’s quite another to be able to set up shop in their spot from then on and not have these business people come back to reclaim their livelihood… …

TOPICS: change, choices, Jesus, Luke 19, responsibility

TEACHING: The Catamaran

Stability. It’s someone almost everyone wants, but what about when you’re stable, but don’t seem to be going anywhere? …

TOPICS: cat, catamaran, gateway grace fellowship, Holy Spirit, ketchup, podcast, stability, The Cat the Ketchup & the Catamaran

The Wait of Hope

Do you ever find yourself waiting on something and it seems like there’s no end in sight? “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You…” -Psalm 39:7 How often our lives are filled with the dreary, droning wait of unmet hopes and desires… …

TOPICS: hope, patience, perseverance, Psalm 39, waiting

RADIO: The Ketchup – Heritage Hour 05/12/12

Do you ever feel powerless in your Christian life? Maybe you’re trying your best but seeing no results? You’re not alone! Everyone feels like a failure at one time or another, and sometimes what we need most is to go back to the beginning of it all… …

TOPICS: broadcast, cat, catamaran, forgiveness, heritage hour, ketchup, radio, sin, The Cat the Ketchup & the Catamaran

Water and Faith

Have you ever felt like your spiritual life was under water? For some, this is their sad reality. Drowning in the depths of despair and fear, pain and confusion, there is no clarity or strength in their belief. There is no substance to their faith, no hope in their heart… …

TOPICS: faith, faithfulness, outposts, spiritual life, water

TEACHING: The Ketchup

TOPICS: cat, catamaran, communion, forgiveness, gateway grace fellowship, hope, ketchup, podcast, sermon, teaching, The Cat the Ketchup & the Catamaran

Jesus’ Tears

Jesus doesn’t cry much, but when He does, what does it mean? “And when He drew near and saw [Jerusalem], He wept over it, saying, ‘Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.'” -Luke …

TOPICS: compassion, Jerusalem, Jesus, judgement, love, Luke 19, sorrow, tears, weeping