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

Bible App, Spiritual Growth Path, Ted Beasley, Why We Do What We Do

Gateway North, Online, & Branson

3/6/ 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, and get together with your Life Group, running partner, &/or friends to discuss what you’ve learned!

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This Matters :: You Matter

Bible App, Kenny Green, Rick Shurtz, Spiritual Growth Path, This Matters, You Matter

Gateway South & Central

3/6 YOU MATTER

What’s most important to live a life with purpose and intentionality? Inspired by the book of Colossians, THIS MATTERS intends to help you realize that you matter way more than you think! Next Steps are designed to help you maximize the impact of the message You Matter this week. Work through the following questions, and get together with your Life Group, running partner, &/or friends to discuss what you’ve learned!

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Why We Do What We Do :: Why We Stay Stuck

Spiritual Growth Path, Ted Beasley, Why We Do What We Do, Why We Stay Stuck

Gateway North, Online, & Branson

2/28 WHY WE STAY STUCK

We’ve all been stuck at different points in our lives, and often it’s hard to get unstuck. Why is that? Why is it so hard when we’re unhappy with our circumstances, we’re still unable to change? This week we looked at the story of Zacchaeus from Luke 19 and how he gets unstuck.

Work through the following questions on your own, and get together with your Life Group, running partner, &/or friends to discuss what you’ve learned from Zacchaeus!

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This Matters :: Gray Matters

Bible App, Eric Bryant, Gray Matters, Kenny Green, Spiritual Growth Path, This Matters

Gateway South & Gateway Central

2/28 GRAY MATTERS

What’s most important to live a life with purpose and intentionality? Inspired by the book of Colossians, THIS MATTERS intends to help you realize that you matter way more than you think! Next Steps are designed to help you maximize the impact of the message GRAY MATTERS this week. Work through the following questions, and get together with your Life Group, running partner, &/or friends to discuss what you’ve learned!

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This Matters :: What’s the Matter?

Eric Bryant, Kenny Green, This Matters, What's the Matter?

Gateway South & Gateway Central

2/21 WHAT’S THE MATTER?

In our current series This Matters, we want to focus on what’s most important to live a life with purpose and intentionality. Inspired by the book of Colossians, this series is designed to help you realize that you matter way more than you think! Spiritual growth comes from applying God’s Word to our lives. The Next Steps are designed to help us maximize the impact of the message from the inspire service by discussing these questions with your roommates, your family over dinner, your running partners, or in a Life Group.

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Why We do What We Do :: Why We Isolate

John Burke, Vulnerability, Why We Do What We Do, Why We Isolate

Gateway North, Online & Branson

2/21 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 family around the dinner table and talk through your answers to live more connected.

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This Matters (Central & South)

Gateway South, This Matters

2/14 What Matters Most

At Gateway Austin in the last few months, we’ve accepted the challenge of a new life, simplified, and imagined heaven. In our next series at Gateway South, we want to focus on what’s most important to live a life with purpose and intentionality. Inspired by the book of Colossians, this series is designed to help you realize that you matter way more than you think!

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#2016ChallengeAccepted (Adventure)

2016ChallengeAccepted, adventure, Freedom, Go Teams, John Burke, Trust God

#AdventureGoals

God want us to a live life to the fullest, with fun, joy and adventure. He wants us to delight in Him first, but also to enjoy the adventure that He has for us. Unfortunately, the day-to-day responsibilities of life, and the challenges that come with them, are often off-ramps on the road to delight. And some of us fight against boredom, play it safe, and give in to cynicism, causing us to miss out on all that God has for us. This week we’re looking at goals that will help us get back on track to the adventure-filled life God has for us. Spend time with these questions, and then discuss them with your running partner, family over dinner or life group, and use them to help you create 2016 adventure goals.

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#2016ChallengeAccepted (Financial)

2016ChallengeAccepted, finances, Financial Generosity, Rick Shurtz

#FinancialGoals

Money is involved in everything, such as day-to-day living, going to the doctor, starting a company, and taking a vacation. Everything. So naturally we spend a lot of time thinking about money—what we can do with it and what can happen when we don’t have enough. Many of us spend a good amount of time worrying about money despite that fact the Bible says we’re to do otherwise. We’re meant to both enjoy our money and steward it wisely, with God as the foundation. Work through the following questions, and get together with your running partner, life group, friends, or family around the dinner table and talk through your answers.

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