Gateway Christian Fellowship Weekly Podcast

Pastor Rick McKinnis unpacks the bold prayer of Jabez from 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, showing how a man whose name meant “pain” trusted God to rewrite his story and turn his curse into a blessing.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Pastor Lance explores how healthy relationships are built on enduring trust, quick forgiveness, and flexible boundaries, all rooted in the character of Christ.

In this message, guest speaker Rob Morris reminds us of the God who sees all people and challenges us to do the same and that God’s love can heal lives. 

On Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Lance explores the universal human experience of ache and longing, tracing their origins to our broken relationship with God and to how the resurrection of Jesus answers both. Through four practical steps: admit, believe, repent, and follow, listeners are invited to be saved from spiritual death into new life and the great renewal God is bringing to all things.

From the first garden to Golgotha, the cross is not a patch, it's a cure. Join us as we trace the story of how Jesus steps into the curse humanity brought on itself and reverses it, restoring what was lost and inviting us to the life He died to make possible.

Our family history and peer group taught us how to win arguments, defend our positions, and prepare our responses, but rarely how to genuinely connect with another person’s experience. In Week 12 of Becoming, we explore the ancient practice of listening as an act of love and uncover what loving, honest communication truly looks like.

Have you let disappointment quietly become your normal? In this message from Acts 3, Len Ballenger explores how faith fosters expectation, and how expectation has the courage to see a gate where others see a wall, reach out and touch what needs to change, and welcome the transformation only God can bring.

Most of us know our relationships matter more than almost anything else in our lives, but what we often don't know is what to do when they're under strain. In this message, we explore two diagnostic questions every person in a relationship is quietly asking: Are we connected? and Are we loving each other?

What if the health of our relationships is something we can actually grow into? In week 10 of Becoming, we explore why our most important relationships keep hitting the same walls, and how the grace of God transforms us from the inside out, into people who can connect, repair, and love well.

In our Becoming: Growing in Godliness in Every Season message, we conclude our focus on character by discovering that true transformation begins with belovedness, is shaped through formation, and results in lasting fruitfulness. Spiritual maturity is not instant behavior change, but a lifelong journey of becoming who God already declares us to be.

Part of our ongoing series Becoming, this message Growing in Godliness in Every Season, lays the foundation for transformation by starting where every spiritual journey must begin: belovedness. Before we grow, strive, or step into purpose, we learn to live anchored in the Father’s love, because who we are in Him shapes everything we are becoming.

As we continue our Becoming series, we walk through Romans 4 to uncover the foundation beneath Paul’s “Therefore” in Romans 5:1 - how Abraham’s faith secures our justification and anchors us in grace. When we know we are standing in grace, we can rejoice even in suffering, trusting that perseverance forms character and character produces unshakable hope.

In this message, Pastor Lance shares a word about God inviting our church to relate to Him not only as Father, but also as King, calling us into reverence, repentance, and trust. We are reminded that letting go of what weighs us down leads us into greater freedom, joy, and life with Jesus.

In this message, we explore how God fortifies our identity through the process of breaking, reminding us that His declarations are true and secure in Christ.

Ministry in the Spirit begins not with striving, but with beholding—turning unveiled hearts toward the Father in Christ. As we learn to behold the Lord in silence, prayer, and thanksgiving, the Spirit uses the Word to help us become who He says we are, a people no longer motivated by earning.

Continuing in the series, BECOMING, Pastor Lance helps recognize the importance of our God-given identity and three common enemies that resist who God says we are.

Following Peter’s call to make every effort, this second message in the series explores the last three gifts in 2 Peter 1:3-5 that the Father invites us to actively cultivate as we grow in Christ. 

Following Peter’s call to make every effort, this first message in the series explores the first two gifts in 2 Peter 1:1-2 that the Father invites us to actively cultivate as we grow in Christ. 

On Christmas Eve, we are reminded that the deepest wounds we carry cannot be healed from afar. Therefore, God came close to us. “The Needed Nearness of God” proclaims the hope of Emmanuel - God with us. 

In this end-of-the-year message, join us for a guided prayer to release your burdens and cares to Jesus, inspired by Matthew 11:28-30. Surrender what weighs you down, receive His rest, and rejoice in God’s faithfulness.