Bridgeway Church

The blame game is a dangerous one to play. It can hurt those around you and make you someone who people won't trust. Assuming responsibility instead can build trust in your relationships.

The honor game is more than just trying to be nice to those around you. It's working to show your appreciation, complimenting others, and sharing with them. Jesus showed us this kind of love. It's our turn to do the same.

Taking a sabbath helps us reset and relax. Niko talks in this week's message about how you can take a sabbath or take some of the practices of sabbath and work them into your life. It's not always easy, but we'll be better for it in the end.

Our lives are full of advertisements telling us what to buy and convincing us that having more will make us happy. Jesus talked a lot about how possessions and wealth aren't everything the world makes them out to be. Let's work together on shifting our mindset from one of greed to one of sharing and living more simply.

Slowing down. It's something many of us might say we want to do, but our actions show otherwise. In Jesus's love, we can find rest, but many of us walk swiftly in the other direction. It's time we slow down.

We may think that we aren't important enough or perfect enough to have a purpose, but God has a purpose for everyone. People looked down on the shepherds, but they were the first to get to spread the word of Jesus's arrival. God's plans transcend the world's expectations, and He has a great plan for you.

God comes to us where we are. We don't have to fix up our life or hide in shame – God comes to us with forgiveness and love. That's something we can have joy in as we navigate this crazy holiday season.

God cries too. God came to the world, fully human, as a baby boy. He felt pain, he felt hunger, he felt anger. Jesus was fully human and He truly gets us.

The Holy Spirit leads us to give to those around us as an act of love. Being generous is not "the norm". We have to intentionally give into that push from the Holy Spirit. Following the Holy Spirit's nudges can make us look more and more like people of Jesus – and that's a beautiful thing.

Everyday Supernatural | Week 3 | Freedom

The Holy Spirit is a guide. It reminds us of our place and purpose. Being led by the Spirit reminds us that we have a powerful role to represent God to the world. We just need to be open to following those nudges.

The Holy Spirit can be confusing and tends to be the part of the trinity that is pushed aside. We're working in this series to gain a better understanding of the Holy Spirit and see how it works in our everyday lives.

As much as we hope that God's voice is loud and clear, it isn't always like that. Sometimes his voice is quiet and gets buried under all the other noise in our lives. Cutting out that extra noise can make hearing God so much more clear.

Reading the Bible is so important, but it's even more important to engage with the scriptures and live our life like Jesus – loving and serving others. This is one of the incredible ways we hear God's voice and don't even realize it.

Hearing God is something most people think is not possible or we think we're not trying hard enough to hear him. But in reality, we hear God in many different ways that aren't a loud, booming voice from heaven – we're just listening in the wrong place.

For I know the plans I have for you – it's such an uplifting verse, but the context behind it isn't as uplifting as you'd hope. Joel takes a look at the context and how we can still get a powerful, yet different, message from this verse.

Examine Yourself before communion – this verse often causes fear and makes us feel like we have to repent and be "holy" in order to take communion. The actual meaning of this verse is so much more meaningful! Join us for another week of dissecting these misunderstood verses.

Do not judge – we often take this verse as a way to tell others not to judge us. But Christians are often seen as some of the most judgemental people. We should be working on not being judgemental and instead loving everyone despite differences and disagreements.

Where two or more are gathered – it's a popular verse used for small gatherings of Christians, but that verse has more to it than what we're used to hearing. Jesus is talking about His powerful presence when we engage in restoring and building relationships. We can learn so much when looking at the context of these popular verses!

There are hundreds and hundreds of verses taken out of context in the Bible and given a new meaning than was originally intended. In this series, we're looking at the most common verses that are misunderstood. We're excited to learn a lot and look at the bible through a new lense in this series.

Loving others is so much more important than any rules or traditions. Pastor Matt Dilley brings us this powerful message about sin and changing how we engage with others and God.

Doubting is natural, but many Christians feel like it's wrong to doubt your faith and God. You're not less of a Christian because of your doubts. Many religious leaders have confessed to having doubts. It's how we handle those doubts that really matters.

We're called to live open-handed. If you move towards generosity to those in need, it will change your heart and view on the world. Generosity is more than just giving money because you feel obligated to. It's rooted in love and a desire to help those around us.

Being counter cultural looks like serving others. Jesus didn't see himself as better or more important than others. He served those around him and we're called to do the same.

Being counter cultural means loving our enemies. Loving those that look different and think different. Being counter cultural should make others question why we are the way we are. Being counter cultural is part of being a Christian.