Psalm 23 is personal, passionate, powerful because its authentic, and real. It highlights our vulnerability, our need for protection from a shepherd. Someone who will watch out for us, who will lead us in paths of righteousness.

Psalm 17 is a prayer of David seeking God's protection and justice, asserting his innocence and asking to be delivered from wicked enemies. He trusts in God's love and looks forward to being satisfied by beholding God's face in righteousness.

There are moments when God feels genuinely absent from us--even though He is sovereign over our suffering, and chooses to vindicate his people. Because God is sovereign, we can trust Him to work our suffering for good—even when He hasn’t done i...

When was the last time you found yourself in awe of God?)

If you’re honest, you often wonder: “Does God even see me? Does He hear me? Is He really there in this dark hour?” That's exactly where Psalm 4 meets us. In the dark hours.

David's time drew near. He passes on the throne to his son Solomon...You don't have a choice in leaving a legacy. Everyone leaves one either good or bad.

David, had time on his hands, but on his mind he was filled with pride. Somehow he believed he was above consequences. 

David is on the run, stripped of every comfort — no palace, no royal favour, a lot of insecurity. At this point he’s anointed but not enthroned, chosen yet chased. He flees to the cave of Adullam, alone, desperate, and broken.

David is on the run, stripped of every comfort — no palace, no royal favour, a lot of insecurity. At this point he’s anointed but not enthroned, chosen yet chased. He flees to the cave of Adullam, alone, desperate, and broken.

So for those who feel confined, passed over, trapped in a menial place. Be encouraged by David’s example. When God wants to prepare us for bigger things, He teaches to first be faithful in the little things

Are you carrying someone’s burden today? Or are you only watching from a distance? Paul calls us not to isolation, but intervention in love.

In Pastor Phil's final sermon at The Gathering, he explains both the reality and necessity of the Holy Spirit's power in the Christian life. In order to grow in godliness we must learn to walk by the Spirit.

 Now, as we head into chapters 5 and 6, things get very practical. We’re still learning grace and truth—but now we’ll see how that shows up in our actual lives. Paul starts talking about what it looks like to walk in the Spirit, how we dea...

God alone can take credit for our worthiness before Him--because every time He makes someone part of His family, He performs a miracle, like conceiving a child in the womb of a barren woman. Every time He makes someone a part of His family, the...

As we move into chapter 4 and beyond, we’ll see that this freedom doesn’t lead to sin—it leads to righteousness. Not a righteousness we boast about, but one that flows from the Holy Spirit who now lives in us. “If we live by the Spirit, let us ...

We live in a world of extremes. More often than not, we feel pressured into placing our identity in one end of an extreme or the other. The Apostle Paul puts the Law against the Promise to prove to the Galatians, and to us, that our identity sh...

Distortions to the gospel were drawing the Galatians away from the truth of God's grace.  Paul wrote to remind believers that we never move on from the gospel.  We are saved by grace through faith and, we live each day by grace throug...

The Apostle Paul, with holy urgency, writes to the Galatians as a father pleading with his children (Galatians 4:19). He is bold, even direct at times, because eternity is on the line. He reminds them—and us—that salvation is by grace alone, th...

Christ had paid it all—completely, permanently. But instead of resting in His finished work, the Galatians - the church in Galatia (modern-day Turkey) - were being led to believe they needed to add something to their salvation. 

Making disciples is not some distant unachievable goal. It’s about being before doing, being Gospel focused, incorporating Jesus into the conversations and relationships we already have. We’re not waiting for the perfect moment – it starts now,...

It is a historical fact that Jesus was crucified.  But did he really rise again?  Everything hinges on if that is true or false.  Pastor Phil lists 4 reasons to believe the resurrection of Jesus really happened.

 Jesus knew the cost. He knew the agony of the scourging, the shame of the mocking, the suffocating pain of the nails. He knew the wrath of God would be poured out upon Him, that He would cry out in the darkness, “My God, My God, why have ...

They had tried discrediting Jesus before the crowds. They had even tried accusing Him of breaking the law. They made up a reason. They fabricated charges. They staged a trial. 

Failure is an unavoidable part of life.  Peter experienced incredible failure when he denied Jesus three times.  Pastor Phil explains that because our King is gracious and merciful, our failures don't have to define us.

Two days before his crucifixion, Jesus promised he would return to sit in judgment over the nations. He will judge righteously, familiar with suffering and sovereign over the world. Because the King is coming in judgment, we must serve Him now....