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God will reveal your righteousness

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 24 GOD WILL REVEAL YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS “So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both ...

TOPICS: accusation, Acts 24, conscience, faithfulness, integrity, legacy, truth

God can use anyone for His purpose

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 23 GOD CAN USE ANYONE FOR HIS PURPOSE And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that ...

TOPICS: Acts 23, calling, destiny, grace, purpose

God wants to give you a legacy

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 45 GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU A LEGACY In place of your fathers shall be your sons; you ...

TOPICS: generations, inheritance, investment, Psalm 45

God has given you a story to share

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 22 GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A STORY TO SHARE And [Ananias] said [to Paul], “The God of our ...

TOPICS: Acts 22, calling, empowerment, evangelism, God’s will, mission, purpose, salvation, testimony, witnessing

Jesus is your steadfast resolve

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 21 JESUS IS YOUR STEADFAST RESOLVE When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not ...

TOPICS: Acts 21, confidence, focus, resolution, resolve, steadfastness, strength

When God is your priority, He gives you His ability

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 20 WHEN GOD IS YOUR PRIORITY, HE GIVES YOU HIS ABILITY I do not account my life of ...

TOPICS: Acts 20, calling, destiny, empowerment, ministry, power, purpose, strength

Jesus has true power just for you

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 19 JESUS HAS TRUE POWER JUST FOR YOU Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke ...

TOPICS: Acts 19, authority, demons, help, prayer, spiritual warfare, strength, temptation

God has prepared a harvest for you

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 18 GOD HAS PREPARED A HARVEST FOR YOU And the Lord said to Paul one night in a ...

TOPICS: Acts 18, evangelism, ministry, witnessing

God delights to deliver you

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 44 GOD DELIGHTS TO DELIVER YOU For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor ...

TOPICS: deliverance, faithfulness, protection, Psalm 44, rescue, salvation, trust

God is your refuge in times of trouble

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 43 GOD IS YOUR REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE In the wake of an historic Supreme Court decision ...

TOPICS: culture, fear, persecution, prayer, Psalm 43, trial, uncertainty, worry

Don’t let politics derail your perspective

An Encouraging Word DON’T LET POLITICS DERAIL YOUR PERSPECTIVE Today my friend texted me in despair. “I’ve given up on everything political,” he said. “If ...

TOPICS: equality, gay marriage, government, homosexuality, justice, politics, society, Supreme Court

God placed you for a purpose

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 17 GOD PLACED YOU FOR A PURPOSE [God] made from one man every nation of mankind to live ...

TOPICS: Acts 17, calling, chance, destiny, fate, mission, vocation

God chose you to be a deliverer

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 16 GOD CHOSE YOU TO BE A DELIVERER About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns ...

TOPICS: Acts 16, deliverance, evangelism, freedom, mission, purpose, redemption, rescue, witnessing

God’s grace removes your burden

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 15 GOD’S GRACE REMOVES YOUR BURDEN “…And [God] made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their ...

TOPICS: Acts 15, freedom, holiness, liberation, repentance, salvation

The Holy Spirit is your boldness

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 14 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS YOUR BOLDNESS But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the ...

TOPICS: Acts 14, confidence, courage, evangelism, mission, opposition, power, struggle, witnessing

Jesus is your ultimate inheritance

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 13 JESUS IS YOUR ULTIMATE INHERITANCE And we bring you the good news that what God promised to ...

TOPICS: Acts 13, family, fulfillment, grace, inheritance, legacy, promises, salvation

God is your hope for tomorrow

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 42 GOD IS YOUR HOPE FOR TOMORROW As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long ...

TOPICS: communion, dryness, feelings, intimacy, prayer, Psalm 42, stagnation

Jesus triumphed so you can, too

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 41 JESUS TRIUMPHED SO YOU CAN, TOO Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my ...

TOPICS: acceptance, betrayal, forgiveness, Psalm 41, struggle, trial, victory

Jesus has a rescue just for you

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 12 JESUS HAS A RESCUE JUST FOR YOU About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on ...

TOPICS: Acts 12, deliverance, perspective, salvation, trouble

You are uncommonly valuable in Christ

God’s Hope for Your Heart from Acts 11 YOU ARE UNCOMMONLY VALUABLE IN CHRIST But the voice answered a second time from heaven, “What God ...

TOPICS: Acts 11, cleanness, holiness, redemption, relationship, self-esteem, self-image, value, worth

TEACHING: The Cat

Do you ever feel like something is “holding you back” in your walk with Christ? Maybe you’ve wanted to experience more of God’s power in your life but just can’t seem to figure out how. And what in the world does this have to do with cats, ketchup or catamarans? …

TOPICS: cat, catamaran, gateway grace fellowship, ketchup, podcast, sermons, teaching, The Cat the Ketchup & the Catamaran

To Hear Him

When Jesus speaks, what is He like? “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Him.” -Luke 15:1 How striking that the down-and-outs and outcasts of society were coming to Jesus not just because of the miracles (like many), but to “hear Him”. Something in His …

TOPICS: evangelism, grace, love, Luke 15, sinners, speaking, tax collectors, truth

RADIO: The Cat – Heritage Hour 05/03/12

Have you ever been in a season where you’re trying to connect with God and live the Christian life, but when you do the things you always have, it seems like you’re frustrated at every turn? I have, and I’ve discovered that in those seasons, there are three roadblocks that …

TOPICS: broadcast, christian life, power, radio, The Cat the Ketchup & the Catamaran, the heritage hour

Never Cursed

Ever have one of those moments when your prayer time turns out weird? A few nights ago when I was in prayer, a verse reference came to me that I didn’t recognize. Out of nowhere, what came to my mind was “Numbers 22:13”. Then, shortly after that, it was revised …

TOPICS: cross, curse, curses, Galatians, Numbers

The Structure and the Source

Sometimes Jesus can be such a downer. In Mark 13:1-2, the disciples comment on the glory and beauty of the temple, and rather than join them in admiring the structure and stones, He replies, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another …

TOPICS: focus, idolatry, Jerusalem, Jesus, Mark 13, pain, perspective, sovereignty, suffering, temple, worship

Unity and Peace – a prayer

Some cry “discovery” and “deliverance” while others cry “danger” and “division. Help us, Lord, to not fall prey to fear or arrogance, neither to feel that we have it all together, nor to forget that You do. Help us, Lord, to “maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond …

TOPICS: deliverance, division, Ephesians 4, peace, prayer, unity

Delight and Desire

What are your deepest desires? Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be still …

TOPICS: contentment, delight, desire, Psalm 37

Love/Worship Songs

Think with me for a moment… Love songs tell of the glory of the loved and the response of the lover. They highlight the value of the person being loved and the commitment and actions of the one who’s offering their love in return. In a way, then, “worship songs” …

TOPICS: love, music, worship

Many Afflictions

If God is “for me”, why should I have afflictions at all, much less ‘many’ of them? “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out them all.” -Psalm 34:19 Yesterday’s post was a reminder that for all of those who are “in Christ”, God is …

TOPICS: affliction, hope, Psalm 34, righteousness

The Eyes of the Lord (2)

Ever wonder if God is on your side? “The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and His ears toward their cry.” -Psalm 34:15 (ESV) The GREAT news of the Gospel is that in Christ, our righteousness depends not on our performance but His, not on our worthiness but …

TOPICS: deliverance, Psalm 34, righteousness