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There is something special that God does in our hearts as we spend time in His Word. By examining a New Testament telling of an Old Testament story, a beautiful truth is illuminated, and a practical application comes to directly into the light. No matter where you are in your faith story, you’ll find a simple step to take into a richer life of prayer, worship, and service unto Jesus.

What do you do when you feel like all hope is lost? How do you move forward in the middle of disappointment? In certain seasons, we can find ourselves in a state of confusion, chaos and frustration due to certain circumstances around us that may lead us to believe there is no hope. This is exactly where Jesus meets us and in this week’s message from John 11, we will see how much He cares enough to...

We've all experienced the tension of needing a break. A break from our day to day routines to the pressures of life in general. And in that tension comes a temptation to run. To run from commitment, conflict, truth, from wise counsel, wise decisions. In this week's message Pastor Gabe teaches from Isaiah 30 on God's invitation and alternative to running - resting in Him.

In the final week of our Pray First: Proverbs series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 31.

In week 4 of our Pray First: Proverbs series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 24 on how move forward, or "build a house," when we're feeling overwhelmed and in over our head.

In week 3 of our Pray First: Proverbs series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 17 on what should be the focus of our lives - the wisdom of God - and how to stay focussed in a world of distractions.

In week 2 of our Pray First: Proverbs series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 10 on the power of our words, and how the words we speak will accumulate in the story we tell with our lives.

In week 1 of our Pray First: Proverbs series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 3 on five friendly reminders given to us by Solomon... five reminders that are critical to all of us as we start a new year.

This past year threw us curveballs that none of us were prepared for, and the coming year will certainly have its own set of challenges. We'll likely face many variables, decisions, and uncertainties as we continue to navigate life. As we close out another year and prepare to start a new one, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 1 on the prayer that God loves to hear from us and the prayer that He lo...

Most of us hear the phrase "the gift that keeps on giving" at Christmas and we picture Uncle Eddy encouraging Clark after he opens his year long subscription to the Jelly of the Month Club. Isaiah wrote, "To us a child is born, to us a son is given..." In this year's Christmas message, Pastor Gabe teaches from Isaiah 9:6-7 that Jesus is the greatest gift humanity could be given, and because we can...

In this Christmas series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Isaiah 9 and Isaiah's well known prophecy, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given..." While we like immediate and instant results, in this week's message we're reminded that God is always working, and most time His work is unfolding in stages.

In this Christmas series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Isaiah 9 and Isaiah's well known prophecy, "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given..." In this week's message we take a look at how critical context is for understanding Isaiah 9, and the promise of Immanuel in Isaiah 7, "God with us."

In week 6 of our Ripple Effect series, Vernon Brewer shares on Romans 15:13 and the power of hope.

In Week 4 of our Ripple Effect, Pastor Josh Turner takes us through Luke 17:11-19, the story of Jesus healing the ten lepers.

The idea of a ripple effect is that one event leads to a continuing or spreading result. An ongoing impact. In week three of this series, Pastor Gabe continues his teaching on the ripple effect of joy. Where does it come from it? And what's the impact on the lives of others?

The idea of a ripple effect is that one event leads to a continuing or spreading result. An ongoing impact. In week two of this series, Pastor Gabe teaches on the ripple effect of joy. Where does it come from it? And what's the impact on the lives of others?

The idea of a Ripple Effect is that one event leads to a continuing or spreading result. An ongoing impact. In the first week of this series, Pastor Gabe teaches on how Jesus strategically positioned Himself in a specific location for launching His ministry, and how He perfectly positions each of us for our current location as well.

We've all made wise financial decisions and we've all made decisions we wish we could go back and un-decide. In this week's message, Pastor Gabe and Kari share what they would say to the 25 and 23-year old version of themselves regarding wisdom from the Word of God as it relates to personal finances, and things they would do the same way, as well as things they would do differently.

We've all heard the saying, offense wins games, but defense wins championships. In week three of our Legacy Series, Pastor Gabe teaches on Biblical financial wisdom from Proverbs and the key to building a Legacy isn't so much a high-powered financial offense but a solid defense.

In week three of our Legacy series, Pastor Lee Domingue, Legacy Pastor from Church of the Highlands, teaches on re-visioning, or learning to “see again,” to look at something from a fresh, focused perspective.

According to statistics, financial stress is at an all time high in our nation and is seeping into every area of life. In week one of our Legacy Series, Pastor Gabe teaches from Proverbs 3 on an invitation from God to invite him into our seasons of stress and difficulty and the promise of God to lead us into a place of peace and wholeness.

Control issues: we all have them. And our tendency is to want to control everyone and everything other than what the Bible actually commands us to control. In the final week of our One Day at a Time series Pastor Gabe wraps up a multi-week teaching on our real need for self-control.

Control issues: we all have them. And our tendency is to want to control everyone and everything other than what the Bible actually commands us to control. In this week's message, Pastor Gabe continues a multi-week teaching on our real need for self-control.

Control issues: we all have them. And our tendency is to want to control everyone and everything other than what the Bible actually commands us to control. In this week's message, Pastor Gabe begins a multi-week teaching on our real need for self-control.

In this week's message, as our churched returns to in person gatherings for our Charlottesville campus, and as we worship for the first time in our new facility, Pastor Gabe teaches a message on the power of a "Thank You."