Conversations with God—Gateway’s prayer journal—is designed to help you develop and deepen your time with God. We’ve developed this journal to be a resource for your use as you spend time with God.
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Devotionals
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” James 4:8
Drawing Closer is designed to help you develop a closer relationship with God. Each day’s devotion begins with a passage of Scripture followed by an inspiring message with a thought-provoking challenge that will draw you closer to the heart of God. At the conclusion of each devotion, is a journaling section where you can write what the Holy Spirit is saying to you as well as your thoughts and prayers.
Enclosed in the back of the book are four audio CDs with each day’s Scripture and devotion as well as daily worship song and prayer. Additionally, Scripture cards are included to help you memorize verses pertaining to each section. Memorizing these verses will help you strengthen your walk with God as you store His Word in your heart and mind.
Whether a new believer or a mature Christian, if you’re longing to grow emotionally, relationally and spiritually, the Drawing Closer book and audio CDs will help you spend forty days focused on drawing closer to God.
Devotionals
FiRST is designed to provide you with the encouragement and biblical steps you need to learn how to put God first in every single area of your life. Each of the 30 days begins with a passage of Scripture followed by an inspiring and practical devotional thought. At the conclusion of each day is a journaling section where you can write down what the Holy Spirit is saying to you as well as your thoughts and prayers.
Enclosed in the back of the book are six audio CDs with each day’s devotional thought as well as a daily worship song and directed time of prayer. Additionally, there are ten Scripture memory cards with verses that will help you strengthen your walk with God as you store His Word in your heart and mind.
If you're longing to live an extraordinary life, the FiRST book and audio CDs will help you spend 30 days focused on putting God first in every area of your life.
As another tool for your ongoing daily prayer and devotional time with God, we have compiled the worship songs from this devotional onto one CD. We pray these worship songs will refresh and bless you as you spend time in His presence.
Books
From the writer of the beloved worship songs Alabaster Jar &, The More I Seek You, comes the book at the heart of this message, How to Worship a King, by Pastor Zach Neese. Zach Neese is the Pastor of Worship Development at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, and oversees worship development, discipleship, training and equipping classes. Written in an effort to help define and understand true worship for every believer, this book captures the intimate relationship between a worshipper and God, and reveals truth and teachings of worship communicated in the pages of the Bible. In How to Worship a King, Zach unveils the power and beauty of true worship beyond any known song or melody, and carefully builds understanding and compelling evidence into the intended purpose of worship as a powerful weapon designed by God for the advancement and building of His Kingdom, here on earth.
Embark on this amazing journey of understanding, and be changed by the revelation gained as you allow your mind to see what only your heart has had the capacity to understand: that the power of worship has been deliberately given to change your relationship with God and to effect the way you live your life as a true worshipper and high priest.
"How To Worship A King" will release in February of 2012
Devotionals
If you’ve spent any time praying in your life, you’ve probably ended your prayers with the phrase, “In Jesus’ name.” Most of us say this out of habit without really thinking about what that means or why we close our prayers that way. The most common reason we end prayers in Jesus’ name is because He told us to pray in His authority (John 14:12–14). But ending prayers with the name of Jesus is also appropriate for another reason—since He is our ultimate example of what real prayer looks like, it’s only fitting that a prayer that stems from His example should end in His name.
Over the next 28 days, we’re going on a journey together into prayer. We’ll explore its many dynamics: what the Bible says about it, why we so desperately need it, how we can use it, how it brings us closer to the Father and many other principles. Each day begins with a passage of scripture, followed by an inspiring devotional thought and ends with practical tips and a prayer to help you activate the devotional’s subject in your own prayer life.
As you go through this devotional, our prayer is that you’ll grow to understand that prayer is one of the most crucial elements to walking in an intimate relationship with our heavenly Father. We have a great adventure ahead of us, and we pray you’ll become closer to God than you ever thought possible as you discover how to live a powerful life of prayer.
—In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Books
Letters from a Dad to a Graduate is a compilation of letters Pastor Tom Lane wrote to his son before he graduated from high school. These personal letters address a variety of practical topics that are relevant to graduates such as the value of friends, choosing a spouse, dealing with the uncertainties of life, learning how to submit, controlling your anger, developing a relationship with God and many more.
This unique, beautifully-packaged book is the perfect gift for any graduate!
Devotionals
After He was filled with the Holy Spirit at the Jordan River, Jesus spent 40 days in the desert being tempted by Satan. Then, He started to teach throughout all of Galilee and news about Him began to spread. The book of Luke tells us that when Jesus finally returned to His hometown of Nazareth, He went to the local synagogue; and in front of all of His family, friends and neighbors, He began to read these words from the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord” (Luke 4:18–19).
He then shut the book and sat down. As everyone in the synagogue watched Him, Jesus announced, “While you heard those words just now, they were coming true!” Luke later makes it clear that Jesus passed this same ministry on to His disciples (Luke 9:1–2) and ultimately to the entire Church (Acts 1:1–2, 8).
As followers of Christ, our mission is the same as His—to see people saved, healed, set free, discipled, equipped and empowered to serve God and His kingdom. Jesus has called us to take the message of His good news to our families, friends, neighbors, co-workers, strangers, enemies … everyone. What you read over the 21 days of this devotional are the stories of ordinary people. They lived in the real world and faced the same kinds of issues and obstacles that each of us face. But each of them heard God, believed Him and obeyed His call to step out in faith and go.
Will you do the same? Will you step out in faith and go? Let’s say “yes” to God’s call.
Devotionals
Deep in the heart of every person is a dream to do something great. To invest in this generation. To inspire a change. To impact your world. One Life at a time.
God is calling you to live an extraordinary life. The time to do that is not next year, next month or even next week. The time is now. Don’t limit yourself. Make a difference. You only have One Life.
Devotionals
When you made the decision to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ, you automatically became a soldier in His army. You are now an active participant in the battle between the forces of God and the forces of Satan. As a soldier engaged in this conflict, it is vital to understand that God has placed the most powerful defensive and offensive weapons of spiritual warfare in the universe at your disposal. We created The Battle: 21 Rules of Engagement book and audio CDs in order to provide you with the practical encouragement and biblical steps you need to deploy these powerful weapons and experience victory on the battlefields of life.
Through this 21-day devotional, you’ll discover how to stay in close communication with your heavenly Commander and obey His orders as well as how to be armed and ready for battle. Each day begins with a passage of Scripture followed by an inspiring devotional thought. At the conclusion of each day is a journaling section where you can write down what the Holy Spirit is saying to you as well as your thoughts and prayers.
Enclosed in the back of the book are four audio CDs with each day’s Scripture and devotional thought as well as a daily worship song and prayer. Additionally, there are nine Scripture memory cards with verses that will help you prepare for battle and strengthen your walk with God as you store His Word in your heart and mind.
It’s time to answer the call. Choose this day to embrace God’s invitation, and let the battle begin!
