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Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Your mind is an amazing creation of god.. It stores billions of pieces of information. It can record 800 memories per second … for 75 years without wearing out. No computer, not even a Mac, will ever match that capacity and you will only us a fraction of the capacity of your brain. 7 For as he thinks…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

Joke : Boudreaux told Thibidoux, My uncle made him a new kind of car. He took the engine from a Ford… the transmission from a Chevy… and the tires from a Cadolac… and the exhaust system from Buick… Really? What did he get? 15 to 20 for Grand Theft Auto COVID and now the Russian invasion of the Ukraine…

Under New Management Message 2 Set Your Mind Romans 8:5-8 Me: The Power of Positive Thinking It was the first thing I thought of as read today’s passage This book was written in 1952 It’s still available on Amazon for 8.99 Think a positive thought to drown out a negative thought. Repeat “If God be for…

Times and Seasons 1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; 3 A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, And a time to…

Sunday, we talked about choosing what you will stand on… culture, yourself or God. Most everyone stood up and said they wanted to stand on something more stable. We learned that our beliefs determine our actions and our character. So it’s vital that we learn to build our lives on values that last. Today…

I. Motive of the Heart A. God Knows It 11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord , How much more the hearts of men! B. God Weighs It 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the Lord weighs the motives. 2 Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts. 3 The…

Joke: Boudreaux told Thibidoux, My uncle made him a new kind of car. He took the engine from a Ford… the transmission from a Chevy… and the tires from a Cadolac… and the exhaust system from Buick… Really? What did he get? 15 to 20 for Grand Theft Auto The Corona Virus has taken over the news all over…

INTRO We all have hurts, habits and hang ups. Nobody just sails through life. We all have problems. We all have hurts. You have some hidden wounds. You have some emotional scars that nobody else sees but they're there and they hurt. I have also learned that one of the major causes of those hurts is rejection.…

Where is your Sword? 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: In a Spiritual Battle ++Choose the right Fight ++Choose the right Equipment…

Tonight I want to begin a series, I am calling, Foundations: Developing a Christian / Biblical Worldview. We are going to talk about some of the most important aspects of everyone’s life. WV is at the center of who you are… it’s the glasses that you and I look through to see the world. There are 4 basic…

We know that there are a lot of people hurting in our world today, and when you are hurting, you simple truth, not simplistic truth. It’s not enough to say Jesus is the answer… how is He the answer. We need to show it. One of the things that we want at River Church is to help you make changes in your…

Principles Of The Kingdom 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Confession of Faith I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am…

The gospel reading this evening assures us that Jesus lives! “Believe I live,” Jesus promises, “you will live also” ( John 14:19 ) — not just in a physical, earthly way, but in a higher, heavenly way. Yet, we live amid trial and tribulations in this place, so it begs the question, “HOW?” Well, first…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Psalm 14:1-7 The majority of Americans have a wrong view of human nature. A survey by Barna and the Cultural Research Center (CRC) of AZ Christian University in 2020 indicated that most Americans (7 of 10) believe mankind is “basically good” – and this percentage was the same even among those who identified…

Sunday October 16, 2022 Last week, in the 2nd service when we ended, we were looking at the context of Hebrews 13:6 6 So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear . What can man do to me?” You see, not fearing comes in a context of responding to the greater ministry that God has for…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

We are going to hear for the year. Last week’s challenge: Ask at least one person in your life this week “What are favorite things of 2021?” Ask Holy Spirit to tell you a word to shape your life around this next year? God told us we are His Key in 2021 You are My Key The word for ALife this year is KEY.…

Stress is a stealth killer. Stress sneaks up on a person and causes the heart rate to go up and the arteries to constrict, which in turn increases the blood pressure. Increased blood pressure leads to heart attacks or strokes. Stress will increase your cholesterol which can lead to the hardening of the…

Hypocritical love is one of the most disgusting things we will ever see. To fake love or pretend it is real when it isn't, flies in the face of true Christianity. This message explores what love looks like in everyday life.