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We pray first. Before anything and everything we pray first. Everything is better and anything is possible when we pray first. In this year's Pray First series Pastor Gabe teaches on prayer and the spiritual disciplines, or the practices that serve as a bridge between our beliefs and our our becoming. In week one of our series Pastor Gabe teaches on prayer and fasting, two practices that we find in God's Word that encourage us to invite God into our decision making.

In Luke 5 Jesus forgives the sins of a paralyzed man, and then heals him, and verse 25 says that "amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, 'We have seen extraordinary things today'.” In this New Year's Day message, Pastor Gabe calls us to return to a heart posture of living in awe of what God has done, what He is doing, and His presence.

In this Christmas with The Point message, Pastor Gabe teaches from the Christmas narrative found in John 1, a passage that often gets overlooked at Christmas. Any area of tension in our lives, whether its unforgiveness, resentment, anger, or maybe a strained relationship or marriage, is the perfect opportunity for the Light of the Gospel to invade the darkness. This is the good news of Christmas.

Pastor James Hobson visits us from Hill City Church in Lynchburg, VA, on our fourth Sunday of Advent. Because of Jesus, we can have peace with ourselves, peace with God, and peace with humanity. This is only possible because Jesus went to war for our peace; the kind of peace that surpasses all understanding.

It's amazing the clarity, relief, and even joy that we can experience when we have the right context. It's true of every area of life, and especially true of our fears. In week 3 of our Advent series Pastor Gabe teaches from Luke 2 on the fear of the angels, and how the good news delivered to the angels brought context to their fear, and brings context to our fears as well.

What do you do when life takes the unexpected turn or doesn't work out the way you pictured? It's easy to give in to the discouragement. In week 2 of our Advent series Pastor Gabe teaches on the power of faith in King Jesus in the face of discouragement.

In week 1 of our Advent series, Pastor Tim teaches on the meaning of the first advent candle, the message of hope for God’s people. Hope starts with remembering what God has said and confidently expecting a certain future ahead.

In the final week of our series on James, Caleb teaches from James 5:13-20 and reinforces the spiritual discipline of turning to God first in every situation.

It's easy to lose heart when you feel that your current season of struggle is the way that it's always going to be. In week nine of our series on James, Pastor Gabe teaches from the opening verses of James 5 where we're reminded that life is very short window of time in light of eternity, God sees and knows our struggles, and that there are one of two judgments that await all of us.

It's very easy to get ahead of God in our planning and then expect Him to bless it after the fact. Is our mindset, “God, here’s what I’m going to do, now you bless it?” Or are we humbly seeking God for vision, wisdom, direction, and what’s most honoring to Him? In this week's message in our James series, Pastor Gabe teaches from the second half of James 4 on what it looks like to invite God into our planning.