Bridge Church Virginia Beach

September 1, 2024 SERIES: NUDGE SERMON: The Jesus Way SCRIPTURE: Matthew 9:36-38 'When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”' INTRODUCTION: Evangelism is...

Aug 25, 2024 Keep Moving Forward  After the death of Moses the Lord’s servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant. He said, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them. 3 I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given y...

August 18, 2024 Series: Hot Topics Sermon: Jesus and the Transgender Movement Scripture: John 1:14 & Ephesians 4:14-16 'The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. ' John 1:14 'Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by...

August 11, 2024 Series: Hot Topics Sermon: In the Image of God: Race and Racism Scripture: Genesis 2:7 & Acts 17:24-27 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. ' -Genesis 2:7 '“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built...

August 4, 2024 Series: Hot Topics Sermon: Can a Christian Drink Alcohol? Scripture: Proverbs 23:33-35 'Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things. You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging. “They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt! They beat me, but I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”' INTROD...

July 28, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: The Essence of Love Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12 & 1 John 5:1-5 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through h...

July 21, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: Cultivating Discernment in the Age of Deception... Scripture: 1 John 4:1-6 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from Go...

July 14, 2024 Series: 1 John  Sermon: Actions Speak Louder Than Words Scripture: 1 John 3:10 “This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Introduction: You look just like your father. Our Father… “See what great lov...

July 7, 2024 Series: 1st John Sermon: The Advocate, Antichrist, and Overcomer!  Scripture: 1 John 2:13-14 NIV “I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.” ‭‭ Introduction: Christ followers have ov...

June 30, 2024 Series: 1 John Sermon: Let there be Light in a Dark World Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10 NIV “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with o...

Jun 23, 2024 The Necessity of Joy “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 ESV Joy is a by-product of … “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭51‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he ma...

June 16, 2024 Series: Mighty Men Sermon: The Process of Faith Scripture: Judges 7:7 “The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.”” ‭‭Judges‬ ‭7‬:‭7‬ ‭NIV‬‬ Introduction: “Give me ten men who fear nothing but sin and love nothing but God, and I shall change the world." - D.L. Moody The Process...

June 9, 2024 Series: Mighty Men Sermon: Faith>Fear Scripture: Judges 6:14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you? “And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and...

June 2, 2024 Series: Mighty Men Sermon: Fighting the Good Fight Scripture: Judges 6:11-12 & 1 Timothy 6:12 “The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”” ‭...

May 26, 2024 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:10-12​ And...

May 19,2024 Series: Encountering Jesus Sermon: Encountering the Power of Jesus Scripture: John 14:15-20; Acts 1:8 15  “If you love me, keep my commands.16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will...

May 12, 2024 Series: Encountering Jesus Sermon: Flipping a House Scripture: John 12:1-8 ”Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on...

May 5, 2024 Series: Encountering Jesus Sermon: It’s Never Too Late! ”Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey...

April 28, 2024 The Priority of Worship “Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “W...

April 21, 2024 Series: This is the life Sermon: Overcoming Anxiety Scripture: Proverbs 12:25 AMP ”Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.“ ‭ INTRODUCTION: If you are weighed down, it’s time to look up!  Rejoice when you don’t feel like it… Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice. Phil. 4:4 NIV Rejoice Always. 1 Thess. 5:16 Pray when yo...

April 14, 2024 Series: This is the Life Sermon: Understanding Mental Health Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-5a ”Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” Elijah was afraid...

April 7, 2024 Series: This is the life Sermon: How to Process Pain Scripture: John 11:32-34 NIV ”When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?”...

March 31,2024 Series: This is the Life Sermon: How to Experience Resurrection Life ”Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he heard this...

March 29, 2024  Sermon: The Magnetic Force of the Cross Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-21; TPT    “To preach the message of the cross seems like sheer nonsense to those who are on their way to destruction, but to us who are being saved, it is the mighty power of God released within us. For it is written: I will dismantle the wisdom of the wise and I will invalidate the intelligence of the scholars....

March 24, 2024 Series: Jesus the Bridge Sermon: Giving an Invitation ”Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They came out of the town and made their way toward him.“ ‭‭John‬ ‭4‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s...