
The Bridge in Allegan
Sunday, September 20, 2020 - What Do We Value? Series #1 - Christ Before Christianity

Build Your Kingdom Here
Rend Collective
Come, set Your rule and reign
In our hearts again
Increase in us we pray
Unveil why we're made
Come, set our hearts ablaze with hope
Like wildfire in our very souls
Holy Spirit come invade us now
We are Your Church
We need Your power in us
We seek Your Kingdom first
We hunger and we thirst
Refuse to waste our lives
For You're our joy and prize
To see the captive hearts released
The hurt, the sick, the poor at peace
We lay down our lives for Heaven's cause
We are Your Church
We pray: revive this earth
Build Your Kingdom here
Let the darkness fear
Show Your mighty hand
Heal our streets and land
Unleash Your Kingdom's power
Win this nation back
Change the atmosphere
Build Your Kingdom here
We pray
Unleash Your Kingdom's power
Reaching the near and far
No force of hell can stop
Your beauty changing hearts
You made us for much more than this
Awake the Kingdom seed in us
Fill us with the strength and love of Christ
We are Your Church
We are the hope on earth
Build Your Kingdom here
Let the darkness fear
Show Your mighty hand
Heal our streets and land
Set Your Church on fire
Win this nation back
Change the atmosphere
Build Your Kingdom here
We pray
Build Your Kingdom here
Let the darkness fear
Show Your mighty hand
Heal our streets and land
Set Your Church on fire
Win this nation back
Change the atmosphere
Build Your Kingdom here
We pray
Do It Again
Elevation Worship
Walking around these walls
I thought by now they'd fall
But You have never failed me yet
Waiting for change to come
Knowing the battle's won
For You have never failed me yet
Your promise still stands
Great is Your faithfulness, faithfulness
I'm still in Your hands
This is my confidence, You've never failed me yet
I know the night won't last
Your Word will come to pass
My heart will sing Your praise again
Jesus, You're still enough
Keep me within Your love
My heart will sing Your praise again
Your promise still stands
Great is Your faithfulness, faithfulness
I'm still in Your hands
This is my confidence, You never failed
Your promise still stands
Great is Your faithfulness, faithfulness
I'm still in Your hands
This is my confidence, You never failed me yet
I've seen You move, You move the mountains
And I believe, I'll see You do it again
You made a way, where there was no way
And I believe, I'll see You do it again
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I'll see You do it again
Your promise still stands
Great is Your faithfulness, faithfulness
I'm still in Your hands
This is my confidence, You never failed
Your promise still stands
Great is Your faithfulness, faithfulness
I'm still in Your hands
This is my confidence, You never failed me yet
And You never failed me yet
I never will forget
You never failed me yet
I never will forget
Follow You
Leeland
You live among the least of these:
The weary and the weak.
And it would be a tragedy
For me to turn away.
All my needs You have supplied,
When I was dead You gave me life.
How could I not give it away so freely?
And I'll...
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken,
I'll follow You into the world.
I'll meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God,
I'll follow You into the world.
Use my hands, use my feet,
To make Your Kingdom come.
To the corners of the earth
Until Your work is done.
'Cause faith without works is dead,
And on the cross, Your blood was shed,
So how could we not give it away so freely?
And I'll...
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken,
I'll follow You into the world.
Oh, meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God,
I'll follow You into the world.
Yeah,
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken,
I'll follow You into the world.
Oh, I'll meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God,
I'll follow You into the world.
And I give all myself,
I give all myself,
And I give all myself to You.
Oh, and I give all myself, (I give myself)
Yes I give all myself, (Lord, I give myself)
And I give all myself to You. (I give it all to You)
(Lord I give it all to You)
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken, (All to your name)
I'll follow You into the world. (I'll follow You)
I'll meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God, (Poor and needy, God)
I'll follow You into the world.
I will follow...
I'll follow You into the homes of the broken,
I'll follow You into the world.
I'll meet the needs for the poor and the needy, God.
Sermon
What Do We Value? Series #1 - Christ Before Christianity
Our Misson
Love God deeply, love each other generously, and live our lives responsively to God’s call to make disciples.
VALUES OF THE BRIDGE
1. Christ before Christianity
Colossians 2:6-8
We are committed to following Jesus and His example that we see in the Bible and not an institution.
2. Loving, Gracious, and Accepting
Romans 15:5-7
We are committed to welcoming everyone - the unconvinced, the casual believer, and the fully committed with no prerequisites of church background or prior belief - to worship the living God.
3. Scripturally guided and Spirit led
Galatians 5:25 (NLT)
We are committed to surrendering in obedience to God’s word and God’s Holy Spirit and allowing Him to guide and shape our lives.
4. Unified and Reconciled
Ephesians 4:32
We are committed to the understanding that we are all imperfect people and we may not agree on everything but we will eagerly and generously offer others patience and grace with the expectation of receiving the same.
When conflict arises, as it inevitably will, we are committed to reconciling and restoring unity through following Jesus’ instruction in Matthew 18:15-17.
5. Personal Responsibility
Ephesians 7, 11-13
We are committed to a team approach to ministry, meaning that the pastor isn't expected to do it all. We believe that every follower of Jesus has been gifted by Him and has a Kingdom responsibility to use that gifting to serve.
6. Disciples who make disciples
Matthew 28:18-20
We are committed to intentionally imitating Jesus' character, competency, and His balanced life of UP/IN/OUT, providing a living example for others to follow. We will intentionally seek out others who will follow us in this process with the expectation that they will, in time, seek out followers of their own, teaching them to do the same.
7. Extended family on mission
Hebrews 10:23-25 (NLT)
We are committed to being in community with each other and sharing life together, mutually motivating and building one another up to serve those around us.
Colossians 2:6-8 NIV
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
Luke 13:10-17 NIV
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, He called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” 13 Then He put His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”
15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”
17 When He said this, all His opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things He was doing.
Mark 7:8-9 NIV
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
9 And He continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
Luke 11:46 NIV
46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.
Discussion Questions
1. Can you remember a time when you were hurt by or put off by the “Traditions of men” in a church setting?
2. What are some ways you can think of to test yourself to see if you have blind spots in your worldview, following the world system instead of the Kingdom?
Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
Hillsong United
You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand
And I will call upon Your Name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail
And fear surrounds me
You've never failed
And You won't start now
So I will call upon Your Name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
And You are mine
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Saviour
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Saviour
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Saviour
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Saviour
Oh, Jesus, you're my God!
I will call upon Your Name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours and You are mine