Bridgewater Vestal’s Podcast

Rules of Engagement: What to do when you blow it.

Rule #3: Humbly asking for forgiveness is the most powerful relational remedy in conflict. Remember: There is a big difference between an apology and asking for forgiveness.

Scripture Passage: Matthew 7:3-5

Speaker: Brett Bixby

Rules of Engagement: Re-thinking your reactions

Series: The happiest and greatest moments of your life happen through relationships.  The worst and hardest moments of your life happen through... relationships!  Join us as we discover the "rules" to build better, lasting relationships. 

Sermon: Rule #1: Your goal in conflict cannot be to win the conflict or avoid the conflict.  Your goal must be to please God.  Remember: Sinful people tend to respond sinfully when sinned against.

Scripture Passage: Romans 12:18

Speaker: Ethan Morrison

Easter: Graves into Gardens

Sermon: Although the world lives with the end in mind, with Jesus our story is not a story of ends.  Regardless of what you have done in the past, Jesus wants to turn your grave into a garden.  Jesus isn't finished with you.  He's just getting started.

Scripture Passage: John 21

Speaker: Ethan Morrison

Marked: Marked by Service

Sermon: We have been marked by Jesus to leave a mark!  One of the last acts of Jesus' earthly ministry was to serve his disciples and to challenge them to leave a mark of service.

Scripture Passage: John 13:1-5

Speaker: Ethan Morrison

Marked By Love

Marked By Forgiveness

Marked: Marked for a Mission

Series: What's the thing that defines you?  When people think of you what is the thing they first associate with you?  What if when someone thought of you they quickly thought of Jesus?  What if you lived in such a way that it was obvious you have been marked by the power, forgiveness, love and mind of Christ?  In this series, we will discover what it looks like to bear the marks of Jesus.

Sermon: If you are a follower of Jesus, you have been marked for a mission.  Jesus has set you apart and called you but you may have to learn to take care of the donkeys before you see your name in lights.

Scripture Passage: Ephesians 4:1

Speaker: Ethan Morrison

Breakthrough: Know Your Enemy

Too often we miss who our battle is truly against in this world. We miss our “Breakthrough” because we are fighting the wrong things and/or the wrong people. You and I have an enemy and the sole purpose of his existence is to chew God’s people up and spit them out. If we desire to proclaim victory in this world, if we want to thrive and not just survive, then we need to identify our true enemy and build a battle plan to stand against him.

 

Speaker: Adam Morrill

Breakthrough: No Evil

Sermon: We have a choice before us when we experience the brokenness of this world in our lives first-hand.  We can choose to be just like the broken or we can choose to be who we are in Jesus.  Suffering in this world leads us to one of two responses; sinning or serving; which will you choose?

Scripture Passage: 1 Peter 3:9-15

Speaker: Ethan Morrison

Breakthrough: Chosen People for a Chosen Time

Sermon: Everything God does is by design and done for His purposes, but too often we live completely opposite of that truth; especially in the middle of suffering and pain.  We come to believe that everything just happens around us and to us without thinking of a divine purpose.  What if there was a plan.  What if God has revealed His plan and we just missed it.  Once we see with clarity that God does everything on purpose for a purpose, we are able to understand that we have been chosen right here, right now, for such a time as this.  Each and everyone of us has a purpose and it is far greater that ourselves!

Scripture Passage: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Speaker: Ethan Morrison