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Kenny Green

Mind Blown :: Destiny

Bible App, Destiny, Eric Bryant, John Burke, Kenny Green, Mind Blown, Spiritual Growth Path

Sunday, August 21st

For what am I destined? Does God have a plan for my life? If so, am I on the right track, or did I screw it up with bad choices? Though if God knows the future and has a plan laid out for me, then what difference do my choices make anyway? If God knows, does that mean all is predestined even evil acts? But if I can choose good or evil, how can God be in control and give me confidence my future is secure?

Is your mind blown yet? This week we’re looking at the challenging question: Do we really have free will or is everything predetermined? Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Relational Landmines :: Unforgiveness

Bible App, Eric Bryant, John Burke, Kenny Green, Relational Landmines, Spiritual Growth Path, Unforgiveness

Sunday, August 14th

Forgiveness is central to the message of Jesus. It’s a simple concept to understand, but it’s quite possibly the most difficult thing to live out consistently in our lives. Without it, there is no way to experience the abundant life and relationships that God wants for all of us so how do we navigate through our unforgiveness?

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Managing Your Moods :: Peace in Uncertainty

Bible App, Emoji, Eric Bryant, Kenny Green, Managing Your Moods, Melissa Fisher, Peace in Uncertainty, Philippians, Spiritual Growth Path

Sunday, July 3rd – Peace in Uncertainty

Ah, the good old days, when life was simpler, more fun and less stressful. Turning on the nightly news or browsing your Twitter feed may increase your anxiety levels, leave you feeling nostalgic for another time or another place. God wants us to live in peace, but not the fleeting peace we often find in life. How is that possible? Let’s continue our journey through Philippians to find peace in uncertainty!

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Managing Your Moods :: Confidence in What Matters

Bible App, Confidence in What Matters, Emoji, Eric Bryant, Kenny Green, Managing Your Moods, Philippians, Spiritual Growth Path, Ted Beasley

Sunday, June 26th – Confidence in What Matters

As we get older, many of us look at our goals that have gone unaccomplished and careers that might have gotten off track and wonder if we’ve truly lived a meaningful life. Should we measure success in terms of accomplishment or something else? These questions and regrets can rob us of joy. But in Philippians 3, Paul describes where real meaning comes from.

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Managing Your Moods :: Proud of Humility

Bible App, Emoji, John Burke, Kenny Green, Managing Your Moods, Philippians, Proud of Humility, Robb Overholt, Spiritual Growth Path

Sunday, June 19th – Proud of Humility

The world tells us to be proud of our success, our power, our wealth and our prestige just to name a few. Yet the irony is while we take pride in those things, we often find our lives still wanting and the important relationships around us adversely impacted. Our feelings about ourselves can actually undermine who we want to be. So of what should we feel proud? Let’s continue to journey through Philippians to find out!

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Love Where You Live :: A Love Greater Than Offenses

A Love Greater Than Offenses, Kenny Green, Love Where You Live, Neighbors, Robb Overholt, Spiritual Growth Path

5/15 – at Gateway South & Central
6/5 – at Gateway North, Branson & Online

We were created for community with others, but building and maintaining strong, healthy relationships can be really hard work, especially when other people are involved! And what happens when those people say or do things that offend us or when we offend them? How are we able to still love them?

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Love Where You Live :: A Love Greater Than Ethnicity

A Love Greater Than Ethnicity, Eric Bryant, Kenny Green, Love Where You Live, Neighbors, Spiritual Growth Path, Tasha Morrison

5/15 – at Gateway North, Branson & Online
5/22 – at Gateway South & Central

In our broken world, we are raised with prejudices that result in biases. Our views of others may be the result of our family of origin or where we grew up. The true message of the Bible, however, is all people are made in God’s image and should be treated with the dignity that status affords them. So how might we learn to love each other the way He loves all of us?

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Why We Do What We Do :: Why We Struggle with Purpose

Kenny Green, Spiritual Growth Path, Why We Do What We Do, Why We Struggle with Purpose

Gateway Central

4/24 – Why We Struggle with Purpose

If you’ve spent any time around Gateway, you know that two key aspects of our Spiritual Growth Path are to “Love God” and to “Love People.” One of the ways that we express both is through acts of service. Service helps us find purpose but serving others requires that we sacrifice something of our own. So fear often holds us back — fear of loss, fear of the unknown or fear of failure.

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group, or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Why We Do What We Do :: Why We Isolate

Kenny Green, Spiritual Growth Path, Why We Do What We Do, Why We Isolate

Gateway Central

4/10 – WHY WE ISOLATE

Living in this fallen world, none of us escapes being wounded by the brokenness of the people around us. We’ve experienced judgement, physical or emotional abandonment, harsh words, passivity, and many other hurts, just as others have experienced some or all of those from us. As a result, our tendency often is to hide our hurts and doubts, pretend everything is ok, and avoid deep connection. But when we do, we miss out on the support, encouragement, love, accountability, and joy God wants us to experience in community.

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group, or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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Why We Do What We Do :: Why We Judge

Eric Bryant, Grace, Kenny Green, Why We Do What We Do, Why We Judge

Gateway South & Central

4/3 – WHY WE JUDGE

We all do it. We make snap judgements. Researchers say we do it in less than a tenth of a second. What if in a culture rife with cheap tolerance offered from a place of pride we learned to offer transforming grace from a place of humility? Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your running partner, Life Group, or friends and family around the dinner table to talk through what you’re learning!

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