BridgePoint Church Podcast

It can be easy to think we have to earn God’s grace or add things to our faith in Jesus in order to be fully covered. Looking at Paul’s words in Galatians 3, Pastor Travis reminds us that Jesus is the extended warranty of God’s grace that fully covers us from the burden of perfection, trying to do more, or add more to God’s grace.

Questions for Reflection:
• In what ways are you living under the ‘Extended Warranty’ that Jesus offers? Where do you struggle remembering that you are covered?
• What do you lean on or where do you turn when you feel like you have to earn God’s grace? How might it help change thins if you begin looking to the cross in those moments?

Is there any aspect of your life that has not found freedom in Jesus? In today's message, Tyler unpacks chapter 2 of Galatians. In it, Paul, the writer of the book of Galatians, is addressing some issues of people that were saying they were free in Jesus, but they were not truly living in freedom. When we try to control parts of our lives, it ultimately undermines the freedom Jesus bought for us. Our lack of freedom can work against us internally and in how we treat others. This message is the opportunity to find freedom in Jesus' grace for you.

Questions for Reflection:
• What are the messages you often tell yourself that reveal judgment more than freedom?
• What are the ways we end up making it hard on others to follow Jesus through rules and legalism instead of helping them find freedom through grace?

Tyler kicks off our study in Galatians in chapter 1 of the book. Paul jumps straight into the chapter referencing that his letter is a God-thing, not a preference thing. The church of Paul's day was wrestling with whether Jesus' death and resurrection were enough to rescue the human heart. In today's message, Tyler challenges us to ask if Jesus' death and resurrection are real. As Paul recounts in the first chapter, the grace of Jesus in the act of His death and resurrection is, indeed, the hope to change the human heart. What if this message from Paul's letter became a real reminder that Grace is in the here and now for you, too.

In the wake of Hurricane Ian lots of people are asking, where is God when life gets crazy? Often times the weight and perspective of our circumstances can cause a crushing heaviness in our soul. In this message, Tyler unpacks that Jesus desire was to satisfy our souls so completely that in the good times and bad times we discover that it is worth growing to know Him as enough for our souls. Like Peter suggested, "where else would we go?"

What if God wanted to use you? For some of us, our natural response is feel like we're too broken or disqualified to be used by God. On the other hand, some of us are open to that and simply want to know what to do and when to do it. In this message, Tyler will help us see that Jesus had different ideas for what it looks like for His followers to truly become His people. In a familiar parable, Tyler unpacks the difference between our nature that attempts to justify what we do before God, and the freedom to allow what we do to flow from who (and whose) we really are. Are you being neighborly?

Questions for Reflection:
• Do you believe God wants to use you? Why or why not?
• Do you tend to "perform" for God? Or do you tend to serve simply because you've been served by God? How can you tell the difference?

Church is more than showing up to the same place, at the same time, on the same day, with the same people. A key piece of the puzzle is meaningful connections and a commitment to go through life together. This was a commitment for the early church and a rhythm for us to incorporate in the church today.

Questions for Reflection:
• What keeps you from connecting in the life of the church and going through life with other Christians?
• What step will you take to discover where it is you might connect?

Imagine what our neighborhoods would look like if we lived in Holy Spirit power, like Jesus suggested in his final statement before Heaven. Often times, it seems followers of Jesus paralyze themselves because they feel responsible for everything related to the moving of God. Hopefully this message is freeing because it reminds us that God isn't calling us to everything, but He is calling us to something. And the beauty of that "something" is that it is best experienced when we live better together.

Questions for Reflection:
• Who are the people in your circles that you can commit to planting seeds or building bridges with to help them get closer to God?
• How often do you find yourself with a great moment to plant a seed or build a bridge, and how often do you capitalize on that?

It’s one thing to know Gods Word, it’s another to let it change and transform our lives. I’m today's message, Pastor Travis looks at the story of Jeremiah to highlight the importance of responding when God speaks into our lives.

What if God wants us to become something that we are not yet? Actually there's a promise that God has begun a good work in us and will carry it out to completion. But are we listening to when God speaks? Jesus actually says it is a reflection of our love for Him when we work to listen to when He speaks. We should wonder then, how is God's Word initiating change in my life? If it's not, are we listening to Him?

Questions for Reflection
• Do you believe God wants you to become something that you are not yet? Why or why not?
• Are you really listening to Him? If so is anything holding you back from doing what He says? What steps can you take to overcome that?

When reading the Bible do you struggle to see how it is relevant to your life? In today's message Travis unpacks the truth that the relevance of God’s Word becomes clear through Jesus Christ. God is speaking, the question is are we willing to listen and how will we choose to respond?

Questions for Reflection?
• When reading the Bible do you struggle to see how it is relevant to your life?
• The Bible is a way we are connected to God and a way for Him to communicate to us. How can you make time to listen for Him as you read His Word?