The Gate Community Church Podcast

To sow to the Spirit is to release yourself from the pressure of achieving outcomes. Releasing yourself from the pressure of getting answers or trying to change your heart yourself. In the midst of hard emotions you can sow to the Spirit by sowing scripture into your emotions. It's not about you, it's just a life surrendered to the Spirit. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

The heart of a martyr is simply one who wants Jesus in every part of their life and wants to reflect His beauty. In this sermon, Steve Fry will unpack thoughts about the tribulation as it pertains to believers and living a life of true prayer and worship. 

Before the first seal is broken and the end-time clock is set in motion, followers of Jesus will be found in every tribe, nation and tongue. When Christ is about to break the first seal, a sound of worship will come forth in the earth unparalleled in human history! Don't let the spirit of the age suffocate your faith! Worldwide worship is a sign that Christ is about to open the scroll! A sermon by...

Unity is the intimacy of knowing and being known for exactly who we are in order to simply delight in each other and value what we can become together. We develop love by entering the way The Spirit binds us together. Unity is love expressed in fellowship: Being in the scriptures together, practicing hospitality toward each other,  praying together, having a common mission. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

This Psalm is a recalibrating reminder of what the God-honoring life looks life, and is a call to do violence against the moral ills that would try to influence our lives. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

A deep dive into Psalm 51, and one of the lowest moments in the life of King David. Sermon by Trent Meng.

How do we manage everything and have anything left over for our families, friends, job? If any biblical character was acquainted with being overwhelmed, it's David. In fact, a great many of David's Psalms are his prayers dealing with how overwhelmed he is and reminding himself of God's goodness, wisdom, and power. God knows him inside and out, He surrounds him and has His hand on David. This is Da...

Because we have lost sight of the truth that our identity in Christ means our identity as members of His Body, we haven't had the sufficient desire for unity. If we rightly understand our faith, we will come into unity. Excellence should be based in our mutual desire to help each other thrive and flourish and our gifts. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

When the book of Hebrews talks about Christ making intercession for us, it is not just about Christ praying for us. It is about Christ extending the power of his blood to us. One of the reasons we stand NOT condemned, is so that we can know the piercing love of conviction of sin without becoming anxious that we have lost the favor of God. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Christine Sexton shares her testimony of walking through fear, anxiety, and mental torment. In a season where the enemy felt so big, God was at work in the details. Psalm 66 is full of hope - reminding us of how God refines us and brings us out into the place of abundance. 

Jesus says, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Jesus' promise stands that he has overcome the world, but in the meantime, we live in difficult, sometimes very painful times of suffering. Amy Phillips takes us through 6 steps to hold onto when we are "in the midst" of difficulties. 

A side by side reading of psalms 22 and 23 yields both startling incongruence and astounding celebrations. Herein the Shepherd's heart for his sheep, in the great variety of circumstances they might experience, is made sweetly and powerfully known. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

There are great joys in conflicts because it is how we discover God as our Rock, our Refuge and our Shield! If we want to be found faithful we need to be ready for pressures that would tempt us to be faithless. If we want to know the power of God our Rock and the great relief of God our Refuge, then we need to embrace the only ways we can ever know these blessings of God: the times of warfare. A s...

Keys are important. Without the right key we can end up locked our or behind the wrong door. Revelation 7:17 provides a key to understanding the tone and tenor of the book as a whole, an understanding that takes into the Lamb of God's shepherding heart. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

Looking at some of the end times language of Revelation, Ryan Hall takes us through practices that we can incorporate in our spiritual formation that will result in lives prepared for the coming of Jesus. 

Intimacy with God is ultimately loving one another. Love is the ultimate proof that we have been in God's presence. To lose our 'first love' simply means to withdraw our love from Jesus by not loving each other. Love is not something that we generate; nor a love we emulate ; but rather a love we enter. A sermon by Steve Fry.

Join us as we continue our Revelation series, Victory: The End is Near, and explore what God is saying to his church today through this incredible book. Sermon by Trent Meng. 

Ever wondered what your purpose is? Your purpose is to be the image of God on this earth! You get to live your best life when you are your unique self, the way God created you to be, reflecting the image of Jesus in you. Reflecting Christ is the way we experience His resurrection life right now! Join as we hear this special Easter message from Steve Fry. 

We all intellectually assent that "church" means "the people." But the way we as a Christian culture talk about church and the way we behave with and towards church often undermines the true power of what church could and should be. Join us as we hear from guest speaker Garrett Waltz as he walks us through Revelation and the 7 letters to the churches with their admonishments and corrections and wh...

Worshiping God together shapes us into trust, shapes us into love, shapes us into obedience. If we truly enter into worship we are opening ourselves to God's magnificence. Submitting to God's authority through worship is a priceless delight. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

The Book of Revelation has often been misunderstood, but John's words have the power to encourage us in the midst of impossible circumstances. Sermon by Trent Meng.

The Book of Revelation tells us where we're going so we can be full of faith. Christ is already victorious and has chosen to reveal Himself through the churches [lampstands] and He will empower us to persevere. Perseverance is the realization that nothing can separate you from the love of God. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Following Jesus means you are sure to sail into some storms that test your trust. In this message, Adam Narciso shares practical steps to build a stronghold of trust - a place of confidence in God's goodness and perfect leadership as you pass through rough waters. 

Dependence is more than relying on God, it is abandoning our mind and emotions to Him. Surrendering our inability to trust rather than trying to trust.  Dependence on God is resigning from ourselves. Holy Spirit will answer our prayers in the way and timing that makes us most like Jesus. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Jesus' final public statement in the Gospel of John portends both the painful challenge and the great blessing of trusting in the God we cannot see. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.