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RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (GODLY DESIRES WK 4) 2 Corinthians 5:1-9 (NLT) For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. 3 For we will put o...

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (TEMPTATION Week 3) Sunday, October 8th 2023 John 8:31-32 (NIV) To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV) No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted bey...

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE (Week 1) Sunday, September 24th 2023 Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of...

KEEP THE CHANGE Sunday, September 17th 2023 HOPE ALONE WON’T CHANGE YOUR LIFE, HABITS WILL. Daniel 6:5 (NIV) "Finally the men said, we'll never find any basis for charges against this man, Daniel, unless it has something to do with the law of his God."  Daniel 6:10 (NIV) Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows op...

Message by Candace Payne, Guest Speaker at the Bridge on September 10th, 2023

UNITED THROUGH CHRIST (Sacred Wk 3) Sunday, September 3rd 2023 Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who h...

KOINONIA Sunday, August 27th 2023 Acts 2:42-47  KOINONIA: SHARING IN THE LIVES OF OTHER BELIEVERS Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. John 17:20-23 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also...

IT IS WRITTEN 2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.  1 Corinthians 3:16  Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed...

There Is A Gap Between What God Has Said About Me And What I Actually See In Me Matthew 16:13-19 Correction Protection Connection John 8:12 Matthew 5:14-16 1 Peter 1:14 There Is A Gap The Cross Bridges The Gap 2 peter 1:3-4

YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE Sunday, August 6th 2023 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 The priests could not enter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above t...

Psalm 19: 1-6 1. God’s world declares God’s glory. Romans 1:20  Matthew 6 26  Psalm 19:7-11 God’s word declared God’s glory.  “He is wisest who reads both the world-book, and the Word-book as two volumes of the same work, and feels concerning them, "My Father wrote them both."- Charles Spurgeon,   Psalm 19:12-14 God’s people declare God’s glory. We must live in such a way that when peopl...

HEALING: SIMPLE YET COMPLICATED (PART 1) Sunday, July 16th 2023 Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5 (NLT) Yet it was our wea...

THE PRICE IS RIGHT! THE PRICE IS RIGHT WK 3 Sunday, July 9th 2023 Acts 20:35 (NIV)… remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’  1 Thessalonians 3:7-9 (NIV) Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. 8 For now we really live since you are standing firm in the Lord. 9 H...

DO YOU SEE THE VALUE? THE PRICE IS RIGHT WK 2 Sunday, July 2nd 2023 Leviticus 27:30 (NIV) ‘A tithe of everything from the land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. Malachi 3:10a(NIV) Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Genesis 14:18-20 (NIV) 18 Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread a...

Matt 6:19-21 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matt 23:23-24 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you h...

“AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME”  Father’s Day 2023 Sunday, June 18th 2023 Romans 8:14-16 (NIV) For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit ...

WERE THERE NOT 10? Sunday, June 11th 2023 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NLT) Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. Luke 17:11-19 (NIV) Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice,...

NOW AND LATER (WK 2) Sunday, June 4th 2023 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NLT) Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Matthew 14:22-33 (NIV) 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boa...

NOW AND LATER (Week 1) Sunday, May 28th 2023 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NLT) Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then (LATER) we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Matthew 11:2-6 (NIV) When John, who was in prison, heard about the de...

May 21, 2023 Sunday Morning Service The Bridge – Maryville John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.   Questions 1. Who Are You?  2. What Are You?  3. Where Are You?  4. What Do You Really Want? Own It! Scriptures John 10:10 John 16:33 Phil 1:6 Phil 4:11-13 Phil 3:8 Matt. 16:26 Lu...

THE UNSEEN MOTHER’S DAY May 14th 2023 Deuteronomy 6:7-9 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. GOD IS NOT PART OF YOUR LIFE, HE IS YOUR LIFE. 1 Samuel 17:34-37 But...

DON’T BE A CONSTIPATED CHRISTIAN Sunday, May 7th 2023 Matthew 18:23-35 We judge ourselves based on our intentions; we judge others based on their actions. Luke 6:36-37 Be merciful as your father is merciful. 37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.  2 Samuel 24:14 Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his...

FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION Sunday, April 30th 2023 Psalm 78:5-7 (TLB) For he gave his laws to Israel and commanded our fathers to teach them to their children, 6 so that they in turn could teach their children too. Thus his laws pass down from generation to generation. 7 In this way each generation has been able to obey his laws and to set its hope anew on God and not forget his glorious miracl...

BC/AC Sunday, April 23rd 2023 Romans 3:23 All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Psalms 51:5 Surely I have been a sinner from birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Ephesians 2:1-10 (NKJV) And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spi...

HIS GLORY, YOUR STORY (Week 3) SUNDAY, APRIL 9th 2023 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (NIV) For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.  1 Corin...