Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast. Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

Hey everyone. Welcome to Church at home, Church wherever you are today. We're so glad that you're joining us.

And I hope you're staying safe. I hope you're staying warm. This is my first experience with a Texas winter storm. And it's interesting, everyone.

But so glad that you're with us today. Hey, I want to let you know that next Sunday, we're

beginning a brand new series on a topic that everybody needs. There is no one in your life,

I promise you, that doesn't need what we're going to be talking about over the next four weeks,

and that's all about relationships. Brand new series called It's Complicated, because how many of

you know that relationships can be complicated and challenging and interesting to navigate,

and they can be a source of life and joy and community and so many wonderful things,

and we're going to be talking about it all. And so I want you to

be inviting someone. This is a wonderful series to invite someone in your life that maybe is

close to you and is far from God or maybe they know the Lord, but they've just kind of stepped out

of church for a little while. This is a great time to invite someone to be back in the house.

The whole month of February, it's going to be an

incredible time. I'm really looking forward to this series. Excited to wrap up built different.

We've been in this series. We've been talking about the power of prayer, the habit of prayer,

the power of the Word of God. Last week we talked about capturing our thoughts, bringing them

in obedience to Christ today. I want to talk to you about three keys

to a fruitful life and how God wants you to bear fruit, but it may not come in the way that you

think. I want to revisit the verse that we've been working from this theme verse the entire series.

First Timothy chapter 4, verse 7 says this, do not waste time arguing over godless ideas or old wife's tales. Instead,

here's the word, train yourself to be godly. In other words, there's going to take some work,

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