GFchurch Update

Join us for the 6th Annual Egg Smash on Saturday, April 23, 2001 from 10am to 2pm at Royse City Park. There will be free bounce house, cotton candy, snow cones, hot dogs, french fries, a huge egg hunt at 12noon and a few free gifts. Come out and enjoy this community event.

There are a lot of new things happening in the life of our church Gateway Fellowship. We are in the middle of our sermon series called The Psalms of Ascent. If you have not been able to attend services, you can catch up right here at GatewayTV.

This past Sunday we looked at Psalm 132:

Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,
all the hardships he endured,
2 how he swore to the Lord
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us worship at his footstool!”

8 Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let your saints shout for joy.
10 For the sake of your servant David,
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

11 The Lord swore to David a sure oath
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body [1]
I will set on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant
and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
shall sit on your throne.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his dwelling place:
14 “This is my resting place forever;
here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless her provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation,
and her saints will shout for joy.
17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
18 His enemies I will clothe with shame,
but on him his crown will shine.”

We also looked at Luke 19: 28-44 and discussed the triumphal entry into Jerusalem:

And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” 32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?” 34 And they said, “The Lord has need of it.” 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36 And as he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. 37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” 39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, 42 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. 43 For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side 44 and tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

Our Connect groups are meeting on a weekly basis and we are studying the scriptures together, praying for one another, and doing life together. It is truly an exciting time in the life of our church. If you are not involved in a Connect Group, I urge you to prayerfully consider joining one and investing in the life of the Body of Christ.



Here are a few ways to stay connected with our church::
Gateway Fellowship Facebook
Gateway Fellowship Twitter

Here are a few things coming up in the life of our church::
...6th Annual Egg Smash, Saturday, April 23rd
...Easter, Sunday April 24th



ConnectGroup Schedule::
WedNite @ 7pm @ The Brown's
ThursNite @ 7pm @ The Snow's




I love our church
I love our people
I love our team
I love what He is doing in us
I love what He is doing to us
I love what He is doing through us

GFchurch Update

Join us for the 6th Annual Egg Smash on Saturday, April 23, 2001 from 10am to 2pm at Royse City Park. There will be free bounce house, cotton candy, snow cones, hot dogs, french fries, a huge egg hunt at 12noon and a few free gifts. Come out and enjoy this community event.

There are a lot of new things happening in the life of our church Gateway Fellowship. We are in the middle of our sermon series called The Psalms of Ascent. If you have not been able to attend services, you can catch up right here at GatewayTV.

Our Connect groups are meeting on a weekly basis and we are studying the scriptures together, praying for one another, and doing life together. It is truly an exciting time in the life of our church. If you are not involved in a Connect Group, I urge you to prayerfully consider joining one and investing in the life of the Body of Christ.

This past week, as we continued The Psalms of Ascent, as Zach Snow walked us through Psalm 130

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.



Here are a few ways to stay connected with our church::
Gateway Fellowship Facebook
Gateway Fellowship Twitter

Here are a few things coming up in the life of our church::
...Men's Breakfast, Saturday, April 16th @ 8am
...6th Annual Egg Smash, Saturday, April 23rd
...Easter, Sunday April 24th



ConnectGroup Schedule::
ThursNite @ 7pm @ The Snow's
WedNite @ 7pm @ The Brown's



I love our church
I love our people
I love our team
I love what He is doing in us
I love what He is doing to us
I love what He is doing through us

April 10, 2011@ Grace

April 10, 2011
Grace Community Church
Corsicana, Texas
Steve Hayes/ Senior Pastor

SWAP.. Trading In Our Dreams for God's Dream

We are called to something greater than this.. We are created and designed to swap our dreams for His

As believers we don't just work for the bottom-line, instead we are called and compelled to work as worship
.... Worship is a lifestyle
.... It all belongs to Him and is for Him
.... We can not categorize our lives, we must worship at all times and in all places-everything you do is an act of worship

Scripture tells us- We are all priests and our body is the temple of the living God- so worship

3 Things To Remember About Work::

1. God can use your work to benefit the world
.... What you do meets people's needs
.... Romans 12:1

2. You can actively serve God where you work
.... Ephesians 5:5-6
.... Also- remember the life of Daniel in the OT "how did he serve?"..... Daniel 6:20

3. All of us are ministers
.... We are all servants and slaves of Christ called to be ministers of the Gospel of Christ
.... It all counts, every moment of life is a chance to learn how to live in the kingdom of God
.... You preach with your life (Lifestyle Evangelism)
... Jeremiah 29:5-7

See Your Workplace As A Sacred Place

Trent Brown
Lead Pastor, Gateway Fellowship

Spiritual Life, Greenville Christian School

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"but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."~ John 20:31

GFchurch Update

There are a lot of new things happening in the life of our church Gateway Fellowship. We finished the series, The Marks of a Disciple and have begun a new one called The Psalms of Ascent. If you have not been able to attend services, you can catch up right here at GatewayTV.

Our Connect groups are meeting on a weekly basis and we are studying the scriptures together, praying for one another, and doing life together. It is truly an exciting time in the life of our church. If you are not involved in a Connect Group, I urge you to prayerfully consider joining one and investing in the life of the Body of Christ.

This past week, as we began The Psalms of Ascent, we looked at Psalm 120

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.
1 I took my troubles to the Lord;
I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
2 Rescue me, O Lord, from liars
and from all deceitful people.
3 O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you?
How will he increase your punishment?
4 You will be pierced with sharp arrows
and burned with glowing coals.

5 How I suffer in far-off Meshech.
It pains me to live in distant Kedar.
6 I am tired of living
among people who hate peace.
7 I search for peace;
but when I speak of peace, they want war!

We discussed the fact that we are called in to a pilgrimage with the Lord. We are not just a group of nomadic people journeying from one place to the next, not really having a destination. We, as believers in Jesus Christ, have a destination. We have a home.
We looked at how this psalm or song, which was repeated by the Jewish pilgrims as they made their ascent to the temple, applies to our lives today as believers. We talked about crying our in our distress, about being surrounded by a culture that hates the things of God but yet learning to be in the world but not of it. We learned to love the things that He loves and hate the things that He hates. We looked at the fact that we have to remember the grace He has bestowed on us, in order to help us temper our judgments on those around us. We must seek peace even in a culture that may desire the opposite.


Here are a few ways to stay connected with our church::
Gateway Fellowship Facebook
Gateway Fellowship Twitter

Here are a few things coming up in the life of our church::
...Men's Breakfast, Saturday, April 16th @ 8am
...6th Annual Egg Smash, Saturday, April 23rd
...Easter, Sunday April 24th



ConnectGroup Schedule::
ThursNite @ 7pm @ The Snow's
WedNite @ 7pm @ The Brown's



I love our church
I love our people
I love our team
I love what He is doing in us
I love what He is doing to us
I love what He is doing through us

Killers of a Godly Culture

Killers of a Godly Culture
Bruce Nielson
GCS LifeChange Week

1. Clones of the world
.... Romans 12:2
.... We must be transformed by the renewing of our minds, not conformed to the world
.... 1 Corinthians 2:12
.... We have not received a spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God

2. Individualism
.... Romans 12:3-5
.... You are not better than those around you
.... We are one body
.... We are a community of faith
.... We are called to "do life together"

3. Relationship
.... 1 Peter 5: 1-5
.... Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another

4. Attitude
.... Philippians 2: 1-13
.... Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus
.... Servant attitude

5. Pride
.... Proverbs 11:2
..... Humility brings worship
.... Obadiah 1:3
.... Pride will deceive you

6. Bystander Syndrome
.... No discipline
.... We can not be afraid to hold one another accountable

7. Apathy
.... Rev 3: 14-17
.... You are neither hot or cold
.... You do not care
.... Causes you to have bystander syndrome
.... Matthew 7: 24-27
.... Build on the Rock, the foundation
.... Put the words you have heard into practice, do not be foolish and build upon the sand

8. Dusty Bible
.... Psalm 119: 105-106
.... 2 Timothy 3: 16-17
.... Scripture is used to teach, correct, and rebuke
.... Allow the scripture to marinate your lives

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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5 Steps To A Culture Makeover

5 Steps To A Culture Makeover
Bruce Nielson
GCS LifeChange Week
Daniel 1

1. Recognizing the need for a change in the culture
.... It must be a God centered culture
.... It must be Gospel centered

2. Knowing right from wrong
.... Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly w/ God
.... Live your life in such a way that is worthy of the Gospel of Christ
.... Daniel decided not to defile himself
.... We must be thoroughly equipped for every good work

3. Do what is right
.... Are we willing to choose righteousness
.... Are we wanting to be popular rather than respected? There is a difference!
.... Do we have a lust for laziness? If so, it leads to a life that has no discipline and stunts growth and maturity in our faith
.... Not only do we have to know what is right, we must do what is right

4. Bring others along
.... Mentor leadership in others
.... How are we living our lives? Are we pushing people towards The Gospel

5. Maintain the culture
.... Create and foster biblical community
.... Working together as the Body of Christ
.... Understanding unity in the body with diverse gifts

Trent Brown, Lead Pastor
Gateway Fellowship

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Reflections From Sunday

There are a lot of new things happening in the life of our church Gateway Fellowship. We finished our Authentic Church series a couple weeks ago and we are now three weeks into our new series, The Marks of a Disciple. If you have not been able to attend services, you can catch up right here at GatewayTV. Our Connect groups are meeting on a weekly basis and we are studying the scriptures together, praying for one another, and doing life together. It is truly an exciting time on the life of our church. If you are not involved in a Connect Group, I urge you to prayerfully consider joining one and investing in the life of the Body of Christ.

This past week, we looked at the third mark of a disciple, which is growth or discipleship. Remember you can watch last weeks service at GatewayTV, the link is above.

Here are the scriptures we studied this past weekend found in Romans 12. We looked extensively at verses 9-21.
This week when we study the 4th Mark of a Disciple, we will cover verses 3-8 and look at 1 Corinthians 12

Romans 12::
A Living Sacrifice

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Gifts of Grace

3For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Marks of the True Christian

9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it[i] to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord." 20To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head." 21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.



Here are a few ways to stay connected with our church::
Gateway Fellowship Facebook
Gateway Fellowship Twitter

Here are a few things coming up in the life of our church::
...Men's Breakfast, Saturday, March 19th @ 8am
...GF Ladies, Jammies & Java, Saturday, March 26 at 8am
...Sunday Nite Live, March 27th @ 6:30pm



ConnectGroup Schedule::
TuesNite @ 7pm @ The Snow's
WedNite @ 7pm @ The Brown's



I love our church
I love our people
I love our team
I love what He is doing in us
I love what He is doing to us
I love what He is doing through us