BridgePointe Sermons

Does God really care who you sleep with? You might know that He does but not understand why. God doesn't give guidelines and guardrails for sex to control you or to keep you from having fun. God's commands always protect what He values the people He loves. This part of Deuteronomy teaches us to trust and obey God, even in this most personal part of life. Primary Text:Deut. 22:13-30 (see also, 22:5...

How easily do you recognize that God has given you better than you deserve? How often do you stop to give Him thanks? God taught His people to remember their sin, not to shame them but to humble them so that they would appreciate the life that He gave them. As we experience the goodness of life with Jesus, we must remember it's all because of His grace. Primary Text: Deut. 9:1-29

Who deserves the credit for what you have? Your talent, opportunities, income, and possessions? If it is you, then you can do with it whatever you want. But God intends for His people to recognize all they have as a gift from His hand. If it is from God, and ultimately still belongs to Him, we should manage what God's given us in way that honors Him. Primary Text:Deut. 8:1-20 (see also, 14:22-29 a...

How do you feel about the generation after you? Do they confuse you? Annoy you? Threaten you? God told His people long ago to make it their highest priority to pass on their faith and knowledge of God to the next generation. How would our lives be different if the measure of our success was the faith of the next generation? Primary Text:Deut. 6:1-25 (with 31:9-13)

Can I really trust God with my life? That's what obedience is all about. God gave His people commands to teach them how to live, to show them how life works best. But we will only obey His commands if we trust who He is. Deuteronomy begins with a reminder of God's goodness and mercy that give us the confidence to trust and obey. Deut. 4-5 (with ch. 1-3 as background for historical context/ see als...

When we love someone enough, we will desire for them things that we cannot give them on our own. This leads us to intercede for them, to ask God to give them what is beyond our own capacity. For this reason, Christians are instructed throughout the New Testament to pray for one another. This trains our hearts to love them like God does and it is the way we can be a part of them receiving from God...

There have always been social, political, economic, and racial lines that could have divided the chruch. From the beginning, Christians were given a powerful charge to accept one another. This went far beyond tolerating each other. It meant identifying together as one people, a new people, and treating each other accordingly. Many years later, it is just as important that we choose to accept, rece...

We all know what it's like to need encouragement. Because the life of faith is a long and difficult journey, there are few things we need more than encouragement along the way. God provides this through other believers. In love for one another, we choose to encourage when things are good and bear one another's burdens when things are hard. By doing so, we help each other keep going toward the goal...

Unity among His disciples mattered so much to Jesus that it was the last thing He prayed for. As important as unity is, it does not happen on its own. Harmony is a beautiful thing that requires cooperation, each person playing their part to make a beautiful sound. Likewise, if we are to live in harmony, each of us has to do our part to honor each other, resolve conflict well, and be willing to for...

When we seek to love each other like Jesus has loved us, we will find in ourselves a desire to do whatever it takes to benefit each other. We will consider others' needs above our own. And we will be willing to give of ourselves if that is helpful to others in the church family. This becomes the motivation to "serve one another." Our collective willingness to serve is important because the church...

Love is not just an emotion. It is a decision that is expressed in action. Jesus showed His love for us in what He did for us. Jesus calls His people to love each other like He loved us. In this series introduction, we will explore what it really means to "love one another" and why that is so important for us as we move toward the exciting future God has for us. Primary text: 1 John 4:7-21 (John 1...

Bitterness is poison to our soul. It is a haunting desire for people to get what you think they deserves. Sometimes, it is directed toward individuals who have hurt us and other times it triggered by the widespread injustices of the world. Psalm 73 guides us to grieve the offense while not being consumed by it. By turning our attention to God, we can find comfort and healing in His justice, love,...

How close are you willing to have God be to you? How familiar do you want him with your thoughts and ways? In Psalm 139 David digs into the comfort and discomfort of God's omniscience and intimate knowledge of us. Primary text: Psalm 139 (see also, Psalm 8, 13) Speaker: Jared Cowgur

What do you do when you know you have sinned? The decision to run toward God or away from Him will determine how long that sin has power over you. Psalm 51 provides a path back to God through confession, assurance, and hope. Sin doesn’t have to be the end for you. With the right posture of prayer, it can be the beginning of a new experience of the depth of God’s mercy and love. Primary text: Psalm...

We face trouble of many parts of our life—family, work, school, finances, health, and everything else. We can try to deal with it on our own but that never goes well. Or, we can turn to God for help. He is always present and always ready to share the burden with us. Psalm 46 invites us to slow down, bring our troubles to God, and find rest and strength in His mighty presence. Primary text: Psalm 4...

There is a spiritual vulnerability that can accompany the good times in life. In these moments, we can lose sight of our dependence on God and slowly drift toward independence from Him. Gratitude is the response that keeps us coming back to God when life is at its best by reminding us that every good thing is a gift from the Father’s hand. Psalm 103 gives us words to express gratitude for all of G...

There are times when life brings us to our knees. At its worst, it can keep us up at night, leave us alone in our tears, and blind us to any possibility of a better day. It can even feel like God is silent, even absent, when we need Him most. Where do we turn in these moments? Psalm 77 teaches us to look back on God’s past faithfulness to find confidence and hope that He is still with us, still wo...

Countless things can cause us to feel like there are times when God is not as close as He once was. How do we recover the sense of closeness and joy that our hearts long for? The truth is that God does not play hide and seek. Instead, this timeless principle proves true: God comes where He is wanted. Psalm 13 gives us the words to express our longing for the presence of our God that will satisfy l...

Most of us have a vision for the kind of person we want to become. But deep down, we know that we are not that person most days. How would things change if we turned to God in prayer when confronted with our own failures and limitations? Psalms 127-128 provide wisdom and prayer for men who know they need God's help to become the good man they want to be in their work, in their family, in their mar...

As an introduction to Psalms and the series, Psalm 1 gives a vision for a life that is deeply rooted, nourished by God’s Word, bearing fruit in every season. The rest of this series will be aimed at helping people to develop that kind of relationship with God.

We are not meant to walk alone. As fellow sojourners, we journey together in faith, encouraging one another and pointing each other toward Christ. This message calls the church to unity, perseverance, and shared purpose.

Following Jesus requires resilience. This message encourages believers to remain steadfast through trials, rooted in truth, strengthened by community, and sustained by trust in God’s faithfulness.

As fearless sufferers, Peter reminds us that suffering for doing good is not pointless. Jesus Himself walked this path. He suffered, and then He was exalted. This pattern shapes our expectations. Faithfulness may lead to hardship, but it also leads to glory. God sees, God remembers, and God rewards. Nothing done for Him is wasted.

Mission isn’t just something we send people to—it’s something we live daily. This message reminds us that our homes, workplaces, and communities are our mission fields, calling us to intentional, Spirit-led presence where God has placed us.