Browns Bridge Church

It’s vital to erect guardrails around our hearts becuase an unguarded heart can overpower our most guarded behavior.

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When it comes to our finances, it’s easy to cross the line into the danger zone. That’s why it’s essential to establish guardrails against greed.

Guardrails keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off limit areas. We need personal guardrails so we don’t stray into areas of life that can harm us or the people we love. If there’s one area in which personal guardrails are most needed but also most resisted, it’s in our relationships.

Have you ever met someone that later you wish you’d never met? Is there a person you wish your husband, wife, son, or daughter had never met? Sometimes people are our greatest regrets because they influence us to ignore our guardrails and step into the danger zone.

Guardrails are designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas. They minimize damage by keeping us in the safety zone. But the highway isn’t the only place we need guardrails.

We all want to be known for something. But what do you do when you don't measure up . . . even to your own standards? You’ll never become who you want to be until you are willing to face up to who you actually are. And the only way to do that is to stop worrying about being known for something, and allow yourself to be known by a group of someones.

In a world with social media at our fingertips it’s so easy to hide behind the filters they provide; making our lives seem better than they really are. It’s also easy to fall into a trap where we constantly compare ourselves with what other people post online. The good news is there is a way out when we find ourselves stuck in comparison.

Technology in the 21st century has made it so easy for us to connect with each other digitally; which isn’t a bad thing. But have we allowed technology to rob of us of the importance of face to face relationships?  How do we guard against settling for relationships that are less than real and less than ideal?

We often think of faith and doubt as a simple decision between two different choices. Unfortunately, it is not as easy as saying "vanilla or chocolate?" Or "Democrat or republican?"  But what if there was a way to interact with doubt in a way that is helpful to our faith and our lives?

Ever heard of the reticular activating system?  You have one and it determines what you focus on and what you ignore.  In this talk we look at how Jesus highlighted the importance of paying attention to what's going on inside us, not just outside of us.  Turns out there is a lot of upside to paying attention to what's inside.