God wants to help you belong to his family. No matter how distant you may be from church or faith, God is ready to welcome you in. And for those who already are a part of God's family, let's be welcoming to those who are lonely and unsure about Church. Let's give them a place where they feel belonging.

No matter what your life looks like or what mistakes you've made in your past, God loves you and will continue to always love you. It's a promise that seems impossible at times, but something you can always trust.

It's easy to become lost and stray from God without even realizing it. God wants nothing more than for us to come back to him no matter where we are when we realize we've become lost. To be found, we need to actively move towards Jesus and follow his priorities and practices.

Joshua and Caleb faced all the terrors that laid within the promised land despite everyone else wanting to turn back. They were bold and courageous because they knew that their future was ahead of them as promised by God. If we want to build a hopeful future, we are also called to be bold and put our trust in God. 

Love is a sacrifice. It's a commitment to others with no conditions attached. Let's put others first and be committed to showing love no matter what. Let's be active in loving and blessing others!

Abram was someone who prioritized honoring God with his first and his best. He recognized that what he owned and his victories were not his but were on loan from God. We need to do the same with our first and best to honor him. 

God's plans for us can be daunting when we don't know how his plans will work out or what steps we'll be following to fulfill this plan. Trust is so important in our relationship with God and it's something we need to work on our whole life to continue to strengthen our faith.

We have exciting news about the future of Bridgeway and celebrate our wins from this year. Like Abraham, we are listening for God's voice and following his direction even though some of our future seems uncertain. 

Alison gave us a challenging message on seeing other's as people made in God's image. Most of us know that the Bible tells us that everyone is made in His image, but we are people who make judgements based off of how someone looks or acts, so it's not always easy. We can't play favorites when we've never met someone that Jesus doesn't love.

Our world has normalized lust, but lust is simply a lie making us think we can be fulfilled by the wrong things. Joel encourages us this week to interrogate our lust and to replace lust by creating something beautiful.