Bridge Church Idaho

What are you awake to? In Mark 14 Jesus enters Gethsemane knowing exactly why He is there. He is troubled and overwhelmed but still surrendered to the Father. Meanwhile His disciples keep falling asleep in one of the most significant moments of their lives. Pastor Dave looks at what it means to stay awake to the purposes of God. Sometimes that means acting when our feelings tell us to stop. Someti...

Following Jesus should eventually become visible in the way we actually live. Colossians 3 calls believers to set their minds on things above, put to death what belongs to the old life, and intentionally put on the character of Christ. Pastor Dave looks at transformation as a present reality. It shapes our worship, our thinking, our relationships, our homes and the way we handle everyday responsib...

What does it actually mean to overcome? Some battles disappear when we come to Christ. Others become part of the process God uses to shape us. Pastor Dave looks at 1 John 5 and the call to live as an overcomer. That means recognizing what is holding us back, releasing it into God’s hands, continuing to walk by faith, and honestly asking whether our lives are becoming more like Jesus. The battle is...

Jesus is enough. Colossians 2 warns us how easily faith can become buried beneath rules, preferences, spiritual pride, and ideas that sound convincing but pull our attention away from Christ. Pastor Dave looks at what it means to stay rooted in truth without losing grace. In Christ we have been made alive, forgiven, set free, and given a new life to actually walk in. The goal is not to look more r...

It is possible to believe the right things and still keep returning to the same strongholds. In 1 Samuel 7, Israel had lived through years of spiritual defeat. Samuel calls them to turn back to God with their whole hearts, remove what does not belong, dedicate what remains to Him, and confess their complete dependence on God. Pastor Dave looks at what it means to stop treating defeat as normal and...

Jesus is sufficient. Colossians 1 begins with that foundation and then shows us just how big a statement that really is. Christ created all things. He sustains all things. He is the head of the Church and through His blood we have been reconciled to God. But salvation is not the finish line. Pastor Dave looks at the call to keep growing in Christ. Prayer, worship, generosity, endurance, sacrifice...

Jacob spent much of his life fighting for control. Near the end, we find a different man. He is blessing the next generation. He is worshiping. He can look back at a hard and complicated life and still call God the Shepherd who carried him through it all. Guest speaker Dave Shanor shares how meeting the Shepherd-King changed Jacob’s life and gave him hope even in the face of death. Jesus has alrea...

In Matthew 14 the disciples face a need that is far beyond what they can meet on their own. Their solution is to send the crowd away. Jesus gives them a different assignment: “You give them something to eat.” Pastor Chris challenges us to notice the people and opportunities God keeps placing in front of us. Jesus does not ask us for what we do not have. He asks us to bring what we have and trust H...

Jacob spends much of his life chasing the blessing he believes will finally give him worth, security and identity. He steals Esau’s blessing, pursues Rachel and fights to control the circumstances around him. Yet each new “if only” leaves him searching for something more. Guest speaker Dave Shanor follows Jacob to Genesis 32 where his struggle becomes a literal wrestling match with God. Jacob begi...

Galatians 6 closes Paul’s letter by showing what spiritual maturity should look like among God’s people. Believers are called to restore those who are struggling with gentleness. We bear one another’s burdens while also learning to carry our own responsibilities. Pastor Dave looks at forgiveness, accountability and the way our own wounds can become opportunities to help others. Paul also calls bel...

In 1 Samuel 16 Samuel is sent to anoint David as the next king of Israel. David does not fit the expectations Samuel brings with him, but God’s choice is based on something deeper than appearance or human qualification. Pastor Dave teaches about surrendering the identity and plans we have created for ourselves. Walking in God’s purpose requires consecration, a renewed mind, sensitivity to His lead...

Galatians 5 brings Paul’s argument about Law and grace into everyday Christian life. Christ has set us free, but that freedom is not meant to become another opportunity for the flesh. It is freedom to love, serve, and respond to God in faith. Paul contrasts the works of the flesh with life led by the Spirit. Pastor Dave challenges believers to strengthen the things that draw them toward Christ, re...

The disciples were exhausted before the storm even began. Yet Mark 6 tells us that Jesus was the one who sent them across the lake. Pastor Dave teaches how God can use difficult seasons to bring us beyond our own strength and reveal more of who He is. Jesus sees the struggle. He intercedes for His people and meets them in the storm. What begins with fear can ultimately become a deeper knowledge of...

Galatians 4 begins with Paul’s contrast between a slave and a son. Through Christ believers have been adopted into God’s family and can cry out to Him as Father. Paul then warns the Galatians not to return to what they were freed from or let human effort take the place of God’s promise. The chapter also challenges us to offer grace while Christ is still forming people. Our preferences are not the...

In Exodus 4 God asks Moses what he is holding in his hand. His staff represented the familiar life he had built in the wilderness. God called him to lay it down before taking it back up for a new purpose. This message looks at surrender, identity and the call to move beyond what we can accomplish in our own strength. What defines us must come under the authority of Jesus as we learn to trust Him a...

Galatians 3 contrasts living by faith with trying to establish righteousness through our own works. Paul looks back to Abraham and the promise of God before explaining the purpose of the Law and the curse Christ took upon Himself. The promise finds its fulfillment in Jesus. Rather than looking back to what cannot save us, we are called to trust Christ and continue following where He leads. Recorde...

Purity Part 3 turns to 1 John 2 and three areas of examination: the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes and the pride of life. Pastor Dave then moves into practical principles for confronting impurity and walking in the freedom Christ provides. Sin has been defeated. The Christian life is not a surrender to impurity but a growing life of obedience, accountability and devotion to God's pu...

Galatians 2 follows Paul as he confirms his calling with the apostles and later confronts Peter over public hypocrisy. The chapter then turns to justification by faith and the work of Christ within the believer. The law reveals our need for salvation but cannot save or transform us. Grace brings us to Jesus. His Spirit continues shaping the inner life so that our desires begin to align with the wi...

Continuing the Purity series Pastor Dave teaches from 1 Timothy 4 and the call to train ourselves in godliness. Spiritual maturity is not produced by good intentions alone. God shapes His people as they pursue Him through His Word, prayer, obedience, and daily surrender. Purity is not simply avoiding sin. It is becoming more like Jesus through the transforming work of the Holy Spirit. Recorded at...

Galatians begins with Paul defending the gospel and the call of Jesus on his life. The church in Galatia had started turning from grace toward a distorted gospel, and Paul calls them back to the truth that comes from Christ. Grace is not something we add to or improve. The gospel must stay rooted in what Jesus has revealed because only the true gospel has the power to save. Recorded at The Bridge...

Purity Part 1 begins with James 1 and the call to lay aside moral filth, receive God’s Word with humility, and keep from being polluted by the world. Pastor Dave walks through how impurity affects relationships, worship, and effectiveness for Christ while pointing back to God’s purpose of shaping His people into the likeness of Jesus. Recorded at The Bridge Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho. For more i...

2 Peter closes with a reminder that God’s Word can be trusted and the return of Jesus should shape how we live. Peter warns about scoffers, points to the patience of God, and calls believers to lives marked by holiness, humility, grace, and knowledge. Recorded at The Bridge Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho. For more information visit bridgechurchidaho.com.

Psalm 101 gives a roadmap for a life that honors God. David points us toward worship, integrity, wise relationships, spiritual focus, and a willingness to let God remove anything that keeps us from walking in His purpose. Recorded at The Bridge Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho. For more information visit bridgechurchidaho.com.

2 Peter 2 gives one of the New Testament’s clearest warnings about false teachers. Peter warns the church to recognize teaching that distorts Jesus, pulls believers toward the world, exploits people with false words, and leads others away from the truth. God has given His Word to protect His people, and Peter reminds believers to stay rooted in truth, alert to deception, and faithful to Jesus. Rec...

In John 21, Jesus restores Peter after failure and calls him back into purpose with one simple question: “Do you love me?” The passage moves from restoration to obedience, spiritual growth, and the deeply personal call to follow Jesus without comparing our path to someone else’s. This message was recorded at The Bridge Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho. For more information visit bridgechurchidaho.com.