Bridge Building

The Bridge

Part 2 – Bridge Building

6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6

Great Commission – Matthew 28:18-20… Make disciples by going, baptizing and teaching!

Great Commandment – Matthew 22:37-38… Love God and love others!

God to us in Jesus Christ.

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23

2 But your iniquities have separated

    you from your God;

your sins have hidden his face from you,

    so that he will not hear. Isaiah 59:2

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. Romans 6:4

God wants us to build bridges with !

Seven “One Anothers”….

• Love one another (John 13:34; 15;12; Rom 13:8)
• Serve one another (Gal 5:13)
• Be devoted to one another (Rom 12:10)
• Regard one another as more important than yourself (Phil 2:3)
• Be at peace with one another (Mk 9:50)
• Be kind, tender-hearted and forgiving to one another (Eph 4:32)
• Gently, patiently, tolerate one another (Eph 4:2)

God didn’t create us to live in ; we are created to be in !…

How will we pay for The Bridge?

Through the Bridge Campaign Commitments…

What does the Bible teach about giving?

Giving is not about…

• The church for money.
• The preacher .
• The chance for you to pay your .

Giving is about…

• the Lord.
• the Lord.
• Stretching your .

How should I give?

• Give

10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. Malachi 3:10

• Give and !

6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

• Give !

17 I will sacrifice a thank offering to you

    and call on the name of the Lord. Psalm 116:17

• Give !

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Mark 12:41-44