From Dirt to Gardens: The Faith to Sow Seeds
Hazen Stevens Hazen Stevens

From Dirt to Gardens: The Faith to Sow Seeds

In this blog, Hazen explores how a simple image of dirt and seeds reveals a powerful spiritual truth: transformation starts with faith to sow. Whether you're deeply rooted in faith or just beginning to wonder, your life carries seeds—stories, prayers, acts of love—that God can use to grow something beautiful. Even the hardest hearts can become gardens. One seed, one step of faith, can change everything. Will you sow today?

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The Power of Holy Conversation
Hannah Stevens Hannah Stevens

The Power of Holy Conversation

Your words are shaping someone’s reality—whether you realize it or not. The way you speak to your spouse, kids, coworkers, or friends is forming something deep in their hearts. In The Power of Holy Conversation, Hannah Stevens explores how everyday conversations carry spiritual weight and eternal impact. Discover how to speak life, reflect Jesus, and invite the presence of God into your daily dialogue.

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The DNA of Discipleship: Four Dimensions of Extraordinary Love
Dennis Rouse Dennis Rouse

The DNA of Discipleship: Four Dimensions of Extraordinary Love

This past Sunday, Pastor Dennis Rouse delivered more than a message—he gave us a prophetic charge rooted in decades of discipleship. He reminded us: we’re not called to just attend church, but to become disciples who love the least, the lost, cross-culturally, and even our enemies. This is the heart of our mission at GateCity.

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Left Behind or Stepping Up? The Importance of Understanding Biblical End Times
Hazen Stevens Hazen Stevens

Left Behind or Stepping Up? The Importance of Understanding Biblical End Times

Have you been taught to fear being "left behind" or being raptured? Well maybe we've been fearing the wrong thing. Jesus warned the end times will come like a snare—not with Hollywood drama, but with real deception and crisis. This isn’t about escaping trouble; it’s about being spiritually prepared to endure it. The question isn’t if you’ll be raptured—it’s if you’ll be ready when the testing comes.

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FROM KNOWING TO DOING: THE BLESSING OF THE DOER
Hazen Stevens Hazen Stevens

FROM KNOWING TO DOING: THE BLESSING OF THE DOER

True faith moves us beyond knowing God’s Word to doing it. In this blog, we explore how obedience brings blessing—not just for us, but for others. It’s not about perfection, but positioning our hearts to respond. Step into the joy of living what you believe.

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The Power of Presence: Finding Strength in Stillness
Hannah Stevens Hannah Stevens

The Power of Presence: Finding Strength in Stillness

In a chaotic world, true strength isn’t found in doing more but in being still. Psalm 16:8 reminds us to set God continually before us, anchoring ourselves in His presence for clarity, confidence, and courage. Through simple practices like morning prayers and midday pauses, we can stay grounded in God, becoming unshakable no matter life’s storms.

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What is the Church?
Hazen Stevens Hazen Stevens

What is the Church?

Scandals. Abuses. Moral failures. For many, the modern Church feels less like a sanctuary and more like a source of pain or confusion. In this season of reckoning, a deeper question emerges: What even is the Church? Is it just a crumbling institution, or is there something sacred still worth holding onto? Drawing from the voices of early Church fathers, modern theologians, and Scripture itself, this blog explores what the Church was always meant to be—and how we can rebuild trust in it by returning to its true foundation: Jesus Christ.

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Transformed at the Table: Washed, Fed, and Blessed
Hazen Stevens Hazen Stevens

Transformed at the Table: Washed, Fed, and Blessed

In this blog, let’s step into the Upper Room—the night before everything changed. In this sacred moment, Jesus washed feet, shared bread and wine, and prayed blessings that still reach us today. This blog invites you to come close, to remember, and to be transformed. Bring your weary heart and hungry soul. There’s a place for you at the Table.

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Kairos Moment
Hazen Stevens Hazen Stevens

Kairos Moment

A Kairos moment is a God-ordained time of transformation, acceleration, and opportunity. Unlike Chronos time, which follows a linear path, Kairos moments require discernment and bold action—like the disciples who dropped everything to follow Jesus or Bartimaeus, who refused to let his moment pass. Will you recognize and seize your Kairos moment, or will fear hold you back? Now is the time to step forward in faith and embrace what God has for you.

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