Gateway Community Church Sermons Gateway Community Church

Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mark 11:23-24 )

As we close out the ALL IN series, we recognize that God has set His people apart for His glory, and He has directed us to follow Him—to deny ourselves, to take up our cross and to follow Him day by day.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” (Colossians 3:23-24 NIV)

Work. Rest. Repeat. This pattern is remarkably common in our time. God established it in Creation, when He rested on the seventh day after creating all things. Our knowledge of this biblical pattern for God's image-bearers to work and rest paves the way for us to answer a very important question: How can Christians today practice Sabbath?

Jesus' memorable words about laying up treasures in heaven presents us with choices about how to view our lives and possessions—to be oriented to the here and now (earthly), or to eternity (heavenly). A kingdom vision sets us on a right footing, toward the heart of the right Master.

A common myth in our time is the idea that work is a "necessary evil" to endure and try to escape from. However, the creation narrative in Genesis 1 points us in a different direction. How should our thinking change about the work we do? What is God's design for us, His people, in relation to work and our lives of service to Him?