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1 Corinthians 13:7-8

This week we continue our summer series on how God's love protects us, and how he steps in to save us from ourselves. What does it look like to step in and protect others with love? God stepped in and sent us his Son. How can we step in to other people's lives and show them how God protects them?

1 Corinthians 13;7-8

We continue on in our series on love, looking at what it means to trust in God. What does it look like for you to believe that God wants only your ultimate good and that He's fighting for you in both the valley and the mountain top?

1 Corinthians 13:7-8

Pastor Sean starts off our new summer teaching series on the way of Love. In it he talks about the way love hopes. And not just a common, human hope. Instead, we're given a divine, living hope by the Spirit of God. This is a hope that defeats death, that confronts heartache, and that stands victorious in the name of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 5:19-23

What on earth is the "fruit of the Spirit", and why does it matter? We live in a world that, without the Spirit of God at work in people's lives, is full of depravity, selfishness, and violence. The Lord wants to do a different thing in His people. He wants to cultivate new behaviors in those that choose to follow Him and He wants to empower that transformation through His Holy Spirit.

What are you doing with what God has given you? That is the crux of the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25. Pastor Bill Dogterom continues his series, titled "Be Ready" as he challenges us to respond to the invitation of Jesus to be active participants in the Kingdom of God.

Genesis 41:29-44, Genesis 41:53-57, Genesis 42:1-5

"God is our Provider." It's easy to say, but hard to believe. Add the pressures of economic downturn, high cost of living, and social pressures to impress to this disconnect between our heads and our hearts and the results can be devastating. We might put our hope in finances. We might draw our identity from our careers or incomes or our roles as breadwinners in the family. Or inversely, we might draw identity as the "have nots", regardless of our position globally. All of this turns our attention away from a loving Father who not only cares for us, but desires to teach us to abound in wealth and in scarcity. He wants to teach us to- and aid us in overcoming scarcity for the good.

Genesis 39:1-20

The world is full of injustice. People wrongfully accused and convicted, people skipped over or shown preferential treatment, and people denied access to necessities because of their faith or the color of their skin. In this part of For The Good, Pastor Ryan talks about how we respond in the face of injustice committed against us. Do we seek to get others back for what they've done to us? Or do we turn the other cheek? To we treat our enemies in kind? Or do we treat them with kindness?

Psalms 145:8-21

Pastor Mike has been an integral, influential, and infectious leader in the community of The Bridge since The Bridge and Mission Hills Community Church merged. He's been impactful at the property the church resides for even longer, not only as a pastor, but as a teacher, counselor, and mentor. Before addressing the content of this teaching we say thank you Pastor Mike. Happy "refirement"!

We look at the larger of body of Psalm 145 and examine how the psalmists points us to the greatness of God. Not only His greatness, but His glory, goodness, generosity, and His grace. As verse 8 points out, we worship a God who is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.