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There are times when life leaves us hanging by a very thin thread that could snap at any minute. In week three of our Christmas series, Pastor Gabe teaches that if you're barely hanging on you're the perfect candidate for Christmas.

What should be one of the most exciting times of the year for us in Christmas is often the most painful. The afflictions of life don't seem subside with the joy of the season, they only seem to grow more intense. In week two of our Christmas series Pastor Gabe continues to teach on the ache that is so persistent and why Paul encourages us that regardless of the affliction, "We do not lose heart."

Everyone of us knows well the internal ache that comes and goes in life, but can be especially intense and linger during the Christmas season. It's an ache that causes us to compare against years past. It's an ache for everything to be right. It's an ache that can leave us disoriented and even depressed. In week one of our Christmas series, Pastor Gabe teaches on a passage where Paul describes his own ache and then encourages us on how to give our ache the right direction.

Forgiveness is one of the greatest aspects of the gospel. It attracts us to the grace and mercy of God and it transforms our standing before God. And The Bible tells us to forgive others as He has forgiven us. But how many times do you forgive someone for the same thing before enough is enough? And then what does that look like when enough is enough? Watch as we examine how continued forgiveness moves us closer to the cross.

No one likes awkward moments and most of us avoid them at all costs. The hard sayings of Jesus were known to create awkward moments, and in week 3 of Say What? Pastor Gabe teaches on an awkward statement of Jesus to his mother that turns her world upside down. It's a hard saying that will do the same for us in a very beautiful way if we're willing embrace the awkward.

Jesus said something so strange that even His disciples said “This is a difficult statement.” In week two of “Say What?,” Pastor Dave discusses what it means to “eat the body” and “drink the blood” of the Son of Man.

Scripture is chock-full of encouragement and uplifting principles. But what about the hard sayings of Jesus: the things that are hard to understand or hard, and sometimes impossible, to obey without his power? For example, whether you hate to love them or love to hate them, Jesus actually commands us to hate (and love) our families if we want to be His disciples. In week 1 of the Say What series we’re talking all about hatred.

There’s an ache that exists inside all of us for what could be and should be. For our future, for our marriage, for our family, for our career, for our calling. It’s an ache to make our lives count for something eternal and many of us have dismissed it unsure of what to do with it or not willing to pay the price it requires. In week 3 of Mountains and Valleys Pastor Gabe teaches from the life of Jacob on the price of vision and the joy of running with it.

We all love the destinations in life, but seldom do we appreciate the process of arriving at them. In week 2 of this series, Pastor Gabe teaches from the life of Jacob on how the journey involves God dealing with our past to prepare us for his future work.

Most of us live life consumed with one of two directions. We’re either haunted by our past or anxious for the future. In week 1 of our series, Mountains and Valleys, Pastor Gabe teaches from the life of Jacob on what it means to fully live in the present and to get the most out of the gift of “today.”