TheBridgeWynne Podcast

Continuing with the series, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done and the study of the book of Daniel, Pastor Dustin Clegg points out things from the text that God uses to "weigh" us.
(1) What we do with what we know (Daniel 5:22).
(2) Motives of the heart (Daniel 5:22, Proverbs 16:2 and 21:2).
(3) Pride (Daniel 5:23).
(4) Reverence for the purposes of God (Daniel 5:23).
(5) Idolatry (Daniel 5:23). And
(6) Our awe of the person of God (Daniel 5:23).

Today we move along in the study of the book of Daniel and the series, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done, and as we look at chapter 4, Pastor Dustin Clegg presents 4 observations and applications from the text.

(1) All leaders are sovereignly established and sovereignly removed by the hand of The One True God.
          Application: Vote how Jesus tells you, leave your ballot in the box, then go serve Jesus.

(2) Acknowledgement and praise for The One True God does not equal submission to Him.
          Application: Be sure we aren't only giving lip service to Jesus but bowing our hearts in complete surrender to Him.

(3) When sharing Kingdom concepts with others, courage and compassion should exist equally in us.
          Application: Look in the mirror twice as much as we look out the window.

(4) Ironically pride makes us foolish and humility makes us wise.
          Application: Identify pride rising up as soon as possible and deal quickly and harshly with it.

We continue with our study of the book of Daniel and the series, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done, and we look at chapter 3 verses 1-30. Pastor Dustin Clegg has 3 observations from the text:
1) Believers will have pressure to conform into images that are not of God.
2) Pride is revealed when someone goes after our image. Humility is revealed when we do not feel the need to defend our image.
3) The image we should care about is that of the Biblical Jesus.

Main Point -
The world has no need to know who we are, but they are bleeding to know the One who bled for them.

Today Dr. Larry Pillow with We Can Ministries spoke and had several recipients of the ministry speak. 
With a painful past as a son of an alcoholic and the father of a son who died of an overdose, Dr. Larry Pillow, a retirement-aged minister, was energized by finding and fulfilling his God-given purpose: helping those struggling with addiction. 

After founding The Renewal Ranch, a successful transformation ministry in Conway, AR. Dr. Pillow assisted in establishing several other Christ-centered recovery ministries in both Arkansas and Ohio. As the calls for help increased it quickly became apparent that those called by God to start Christ-centered recovery centers could benefit from the experience of those who have already done it. And so, WeCan was born. 

Dr. Pillow and WeCan continue to answer God's calling to love one another as Christ has loved us.

Dr. Pillow was instrumental in assisting The Bridge Church to start The Harbor, a Men's Recovery Ministry.

https://www.wecanmin.org

Continuing with Part 4 in the series, Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done, and our study of the book of Daniel, today we look at Daniel 2:31-45 and Pastor Dustin Clegg has 3 observations from the text:
(1) We can be confident in that what Jesus tells us is true.
(2) Every world government is or will be undermined by the Kingdom of Jesus.
(3) When Jesus uses us to accomplish His purposes, there can be a crisis of pride.

How do we apply this?
(1) Identify all high things in your life and allow Jesus to crush them.
(2) Be gentle in the presence of brokenness and bold in the presence of power.

Today we continue with our study and look at Daniel 2:1-30 and Pastor Dustin Clegg has 3 observations:
(1) Jesus will absolutely put His people in impossible situations to refine us, remind us of who we are, and reveal to the world who He is.
(2) Prayer, rest and worship are essential at all times, especially to those in the midst of suffering.
(3) The lives of the followers of Jesus should be an absolute life giving blessing to their enemies.
Question.
How much suffering or pressure are we willing to embrace so that others who do not deserve the Gospel can see the truth of it?

Today we pick with in Daniel 1:8-21 in part 2 of the series, Your Kingdom Come Your Will Be Done. Pastor Dustin Clegg shares three observations from the text:
(1) Holiness and humility are tandem results of a Spirit filled life (vs 8-16).
(2) Jesus always rewards gritty faithfulness (vs 17-20).
(3) Our normal lives or our risky obedience will have ripple effects on people we know and others who may not be alive yet (vs 21).

We are starting a new series from the book of Daniel titled Your Kingdom Come Your Will Be Done and today we look at Daniel 1:1-8. Pastor Dustin Clegg shares three observations from the text:
1. The goodness of Jesus will send His people into difficult circumstances for the mercy and grace of godless men and women.
2. The sons and daughters of Jesus must prepare themselves for demonic warfare in the midst of a godless culture.
3. Even though we have to live in the culture, we do not have to allow the culture into us.
How do we apply all of this?
1. Be aware of the mercy extended to a godless world in the midst of our suffering.
2. Let the word get into you.

Each year around this time we come together and have a Family Gathering to reflect on what God has done in and through the Bridge Church during the last year. We look over the budget and give a few reports, but more importantly we celebrate those who have been baptized. Today we had the honor of baptizing three new believers and these baptisms make up the podcast today.
Thanks for being a part of The Bridge Church this year.

Today is the 9th and last part of the CommUNITY series and as we look at Luke 20, Pastor Dustin Clegg and 2 observations from the text:
1) We must remember where we have come from and the grace we have been shown, as well has the grace shown to others in the family.
2) The table of Jesus is not for the worthy. It is for the hungry and the thirsty.

What are the main takeaways?
1) Let grace guide the guest list to the table of Jesus.
2) Empty ourselves of whatever is keeping us full.