Life Bridge Church

Bible. Jesus. People.

Cliche – Believe in Yourself

 

We accept concepts that are popular as truth

 

True or False~

We only use 10% of our brain

 

True or False~

You can catch a cold by getting cold

 

True or False~

Sugar makes kids hyperactive

 

True or False~

Left brain people are more logical, right brain are more creative

 

We accept concepts that are popular as truth

We quickly accept concepts that sound good

 

Not everything that sounds good is truth and not all truth sounds good

 

“Believe in yourself”

“Believe in yourself”

You can do it

You can do anything you put your mind too

You are stronger than you know

 

Proverbs 28:26

Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.

 

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

 

John 15:1-6

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes  so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

 

Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

 

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.

 

Humble yourself before God daily

 

I don’t understand, but I know what God’s Word says

 

I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I trust God
I don’t have the strength or the ability, but I have God’s Spirit inside me

Memorial Day at LBC – What’s holding you back?

 

Holding back

 

  • Give God the easy stuff
  • Give God almost everything

 

 

1 Kings 19:19-21

So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.  Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.”

 

“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

 

So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.

 

Luke 9:57-62

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

 

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

 

He said to another man, “Follow me.”

 

But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

 

Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

 

Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”

 

Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

 

What is holding you back?

 

Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts 1 John 5:21

 

Cliché

Cliché

We have a tendency to believe in concepts that are catchy or popular. We adopt these clichés without really investigating them. Not only do we believe these phrases, but we pass them on as if they are absolute truth. However, many of these common notions are in complete opposition with what God has told us is true. What if you have built your whole life around nothing more than a popular cliché that sounds good but is actually wrong?

In this series we discover whats true and expose what is merely cliché.

Join Us This Sunday

Service Times

10:00am & 11:45am

Life Bridge Church
24800 Eureka rd. Taylor, MI 

Plan a Visit

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We know that attending church for the first time can be intimidating. You are just curious and don’t want to stick out.

Here are a few questions we can answer for you right now:

1. Do I have to be a Christian to attend?

No. We are a church for people who don’t go to church. We have purposefully created a safe and open environment for you to get all your questions answered as well as allowing you the opportunity to discover what the Bible says and who Jesus is.

2. Do I need to be a member?

Many people have contacted us, prior to their first visit, to ask if they need to be a member to attend. Not at all, in fact, we don’t have membership. There is nothing you need to do to visit Life Bridge.

3. What should I wear?

We don’t have a dress code and there are no expectations. Well, maybe one….Please, don’t come naked. Most of the people on stage and in the audience dress very casually

4. What about my kids?

life-bridge-kidsWe have an incredible and secure children’s ministry for children Newborn – 5th grade called UPSTREET.  We promise, they are going to love it! If it is your first weekend with us, you may want to come 10 min early to get them all checked in before the service begins.  After your first visit, children’s check-in is a piece of cake.

5. What about my kids 6th grade and up?

We work hard at engaging everyone 12 to 85 years old during our weekend services. We figure if the students like it then the adults are going to love it! Also, on Wednesday evenings, we have an environment just for our teens. Check out our Encounter Student Ministries page for middle school and high school students.

6.How long are the services and what happens?

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All of our services are identical and last about an hour. We have a live band and an engaging teaching from the Bible.

7. Will I stick out?

No. We are a growing church and have many visitors each weekend. Again, we know it’s intimidating to be a newbie. We have designed each of our weekend experiences around visitors so that they might feel as comfortable as possible. We are just glad your coming!

Got more questions?

We hope you decide to attend. We think you will find we are a pretty welcoming bunch. Have more questions for us? Shoot us an email hello@thelifebridgechurch.com or give us a call 734-309-7870

 

Why on Earth am I here?

 

God knows exactly what on earth he is doing

 

Matthew 9:35-38

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

 

God clearly knows what still needs done

 

Matthew 9:35 -38

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

 

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

 

God knows the solution

 

Matthew 9:35 -38

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

 

What is a pastor?

  • Trained Biblically
  • Competent teacher
  • Influential leader

 

“The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.”  ― E.M. Bounds

 

“Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.”  – John Wesley

 

A kingdom man is the kind of man that when his feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, “Oh crap, he’s up!” – Tony Evans

 

2 Timothy 4:1-2

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word  be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

 

Jeremiah 1:9-10

“O Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!”  The Lord replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

 

Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

 

Bizarre week 4 – Family

 

Ephesians 5:21

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

 

Ephesians 5:22 -24

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

 

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

 

Ephesians 5:25 -33

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,  and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—  for we are members of his body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

 

Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

 

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.