Gulfview Church

Gulfview Church Gulfview Methodist is an on-fire church with a heart for the Lord, His Word, our community and missions. Our members and visitors come from all over.

We welcome snowbirds and vacationers who come to Panama City Beach to join us for worship and events! Worship Times
Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Adult Sunday Classes 9:00 a.m.

Baptism is far more than getting wet or checking off another thing on our obedience to-do list. What saves us is God's g...
06/04/2026

Baptism is far more than getting wet or checking off another thing on our obedience to-do list. What saves us is God's grace working through our faith that Jesus died, was buried, and was raised on the third day for us (1 Corinthians 15:1-5). God gave us the incredible grace (Romans 6:1,14,15) of being able to share in Jesus' saving work through faith and experience it in baptism (Galatians 3:26-27). We die to the old way of life and bury it in the past. Those past — now dead — deeds no longer hold us. Our death to the past with Jesus is what matters most. Raised to a new life, our life is now joined to Christ, and his future becomes our own future (Colossians 3:1-4). The life we now live is to glorify God, and our destination is to live with him forever. That means the Gospel is not just something preached; it is something we experience by grace because of our faith in what Jesus has done for us!
My Prayer...
Thank you, Father, for raising me from death to your new life for me in Jesus. Thank you for your grace in sending Jesus. Thank you for making Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection something I not only believe but have experienced. May my life reflect your powerful grace given to me in the saving events of Christ's Passion. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

The real question behind this promise is very simple: How do I define success for my plans? The answer is very simple as...
06/03/2026

The real question behind this promise is very simple: How do I define success for my plans? The answer is very simple as well: bringing glory to God for his grace (Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14). Committing our works and plans to God means surrendering them to God's will (James 4:15), trusting that Jesus will be glorified in them (Colossians 3:17), and recognizing that it is not in our power to properly guide our steps (Proverbs 16:9). God longs to bless us and empower us — not for our selfish ambition (James 3:16, 4:3), but for our eternal good and God's glory (Romans 8:28-29). Like Jesus, when we commit our plans and works to the Lord, we are saying, "Not my will, Father, but yours be done!" When we do that and seek his glory, we will find true success!
My Prayer...
Father, I want your will to shape all of my plans. I want your glory to be my goal and the result of my plans. I have things that I want to do. However, if these plans are not for your glory, if these plans are not a blessing to my family or those over whom I have influence, then please defeat me in those plans and please guide me into other areas of blessing. I want you to be glorified in what I do. I want to go where your grace leads. I commit my ways, my plans, and my works to you and your glory, and trust that you will bring the proper success. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

This is another way of saying, "Love your neighbor as yourself," or "Love your brother and sister in Christ as yourself....
06/02/2026

This is another way of saying, "Love your neighbor as yourself," or "Love your brother and sister in Christ as yourself." Jesus came to bear our burdens and carry away the stain and pain of our sin. (Read Isaiah 53 for a powerful description of God's Suffering Servant, a passage quoted in the New Testament in reference to Jesus.) He now asks us to live redemptively, in practical ways, toward those around us. More than just praying or asking what we can do to help, we are called to serve, minister, and assist others who are burdened. Let's carry each other's burdens and in this way live into the character and compassion of our Savior Jesus Christ.
My Prayer...
Holy and merciful God, please give me eyes to see, a heart willing to serve, and hands ready to help the people in my path that need a burden lifted. I pray this in Jesus' name, to honor him. Amen.

The $100 deposit to secure your attendance for the Take Every Thought Captive Women's Retreat is due by June 28 in the c...
06/01/2026

The $100 deposit to secure your attendance for the Take Every Thought Captive Women's Retreat is due by June 28 in the church office. All ladies are welcome! Invite your mom, daughter, friends, neighbors, co-workers!

Grace doesn't mean that we are sloppy with our sins. We have died to sin when we surrendered our lives to the Lordship o...
06/01/2026

Grace doesn't mean that we are sloppy with our sins. We have died to sin when we surrendered our lives to the Lordship of Christ. We don't want sin, or its power, to have control over us. We don't want to take lightly the awful cost Jesus paid to cover our sin. The apostle Paul uses the strongest language possible ("By no means!" is way too tame a translation: "God forbid!" "Unthinkable!" "Abomination!" would all be much more accurate.) As those saved by grace, we realize that sin is more than breaking a divine command. Sin is making light of Jesus' love for us by choosing our sin over his sacrifice. Ouch! That is a startling revelation. Sin is rebelling against the Father who paid such a high price to adopt us into his family. Sin is breaking our Father's heart because we are choosing our sin over our love for him. Finally, sin is choosing our own will rather than God's will; a choice that leads us down a path of self-destruction.
My Prayer...
Father, thank you for your incomparably generous grace lavished upon me through Jesus' death on the Cross and the salvation I have received through him. Please make my own sin abhorrent to me. Please give me a passion for holiness and a deeper appreciation of what it cost you to make me holy. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Jake and Melissa Folger and daughter Mimi joined Gulfview Church in worship this morning. Welcome to the family!
05/31/2026

Jake and Melissa Folger and daughter Mimi joined Gulfview Church in worship this morning. Welcome to the family!

What is your strength? Is it your youth? ...your conditioning? ...your wisdom? ...your friends? ...your experience? ...y...
05/31/2026

What is your strength? Is it your youth? ...your conditioning? ...your wisdom? ...your friends? ...your experience? ...your intellect? None of us can depend on our human ability. Health, wisdom, and wealth are all vulnerable to the fragility of life and circumstance. Only the Lord can ensure that we can survive the unthinkable, thrive in the mundane, and soar in good times. Let's call upon, let's wait upon, let's depend upon the Lord and trust him to supply what we need to live for his glory!
My Prayer...
O Lord, thank you for sustaining me through the hard times in my life. Thank you for helping me soar, doing things for you that I never dreamed I could accomplish in the best of times. Father, thank you for blessing me during the everyday comings and goings of life. I depend upon you for help and strength. For every good thing in my life, I praise you and thank you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Christianity, following in the way of Christ Jesus, is all about dying to ourselves. Some see this as hideous, onerous, ...
05/30/2026

Christianity, following in the way of Christ Jesus, is all about dying to ourselves. Some see this as hideous, onerous, and weak.

"Why give up your desires, wants, and longings for something someone else mandates? That sounds like slavery!"

However, they fail to realize that surrendering our wills to Christ is like a bird surrendering to air currents or a fish to the water. The Holy Spirit is God's "Breath of Life" within us. When we surrender to the Lord, he gives us the power to be what we were made to be — enabled to be useful in ways that are eternal, empowered to have life not limited by mortal boundaries, and blessed by communion with the Creator as our Father. What is lost in this surrender to Christ living in us? Only our selfishness, self-interest, self-will, and self-damage are caused by our own stubbornness and rebellion.
My Prayer...
Holy Father, thank you for your work in my life through Jesus. As you remake me to be more like your Son and my Savior, I trust you will use me in ways far grander than I can imagine.
Please take my heart and cleanse it thoroughly. Please take my life and use it mightily for your glory.
Please expand my thoughts and help me dream more majestically about things that matter to you. May all of this be empowered by your Son's life in me, and may all I do, dream, and desire be for your glory. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.

It is one thing for us to talk about being filled with the Spirit, but it is quite another to live under the Spirit's co...
05/29/2026

It is one thing for us to talk about being filled with the Spirit, but it is quite another to live under the Spirit's control and direction in our lives. Paul reminds us in this passage that we must do more than talk about the Spirit; we must walk with the Spirit. The Holy Spirit must guide our decisions, determine our morality, and control our speech. His fruit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23) — must be the evidence, this holy fruit, of the Spirit's presence. As the Spirit leads our "dance through life," we must walk in step with the Spirit!
My Prayer...
Holy God, thank you for your gift of your Spirit, who is alive in me. May your Spirit guide my thoughts and mold me to be like Jesus in thoughts, words, and deeds. I pray that my life shows the evidence of the Spirit's holy leadership. In Jesus' name, I seek to honor the Spirit's presence by bearing the Spirit's fruit. Amen.

Address

245 Wisteria Lane
Panama City Beach, FL
32413

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 3:30am
Tuesday 8am - 3:30am
Wednesday 8am - 3:30am
Thursday 8am - 3:30am
Sunday 9am - 11am

Telephone

+18502342889

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