Pastor Jelani Lewis shows us how every one of us is like the blind man named Bartimaeus and how we can learn from his example as we step into God's goodness for us in the new year. Follow along with notes on the YouVersion app: http://bible.com/events/49188701 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 06:49 - Bartimaeus hears 12:39 - Bartimaeus prays 21:31 - Bartimaeus obeys 29:29 - Bartimaeus names CONNECT WITH US: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://gway.ch/YTSUB Talk with Us: Text 'ONLINE' to 71010 Request Prayer: https://gway.ch/YTPrayer Join our Online Community: https://gway.ch/YTONLFB FOLLOW US: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gatewaypeople/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GatewayPeople Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gatewaypeople TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gatewaypeople MORE CHANNELS: Gateway Worship: https://gway.ch/YTGWWorship Gateway Students: https://gway.ch/YTGWS ABOUT GATEWAY CHURCH: Gateway Church is a Bible-based, evangelistic, Spirit-empowered church . Today we meet as one church in many locations with more than 100,000 people attending each weekend. At Gateway, we’re all about people. We’re all about people because God is all about people. One of the ways we express our love for Him is through our love for people, and we do this by helping people who come to Gateway grow in their relationship with the Lord.