Vigilance Against the Devil: Strength in Christ
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Jesus, we acknowledge this morning that every good thing comes from you. And out of a heart as a church to bring you glory, we just dedicate this gathering, our giving, our service, our service to you. We just dedicate this gathering, our giving, our service to you. Our singing, our receiving from the Bible. We give it all to you. And we just say, God, would you do with it what you want? Transform us personally. Transform us corporately. We just want to bring you glory." [00:00] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Now, in scripture, the devil is described as a vicious animal. At times, the devil is described as a snake or a serpent. He's described as a lion because, just like a shark, he also does not care how good you are. He does not care who you are. He does not care about your children. He seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. That is the mission statement of the devil, and so this morning, we're going to look at a text that mentions the devil, and we're going to get into it and see what this means for our life." [12:40] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Satan is stronger than you. He is craftier than you. But Jesus is stronger than Satan. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. So I don't, have to be strong enough i don't have to be rich enough i don't have to have my kids in the best school or else or whatever because i have jesus he has called you to his eternal glory where in christ in christ in christ if you don't remember anything else remember we have to surrender our lives to christ." [41:30] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "So I'm here to tell you, you can walk out of your door where that enemy prowls with confidence because you have jesus and he is the bigger better lion who's on your side and lives in you and so this week we talked about the enemy whose mission is to steal to kill and to destroy and next week pastor todd's going to talk about the work of our savior whose mission is to give life and give it abundantly." [42:30] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "We have to know our enemy. How many know that as I left my house the next couple days after that robbery attempt, I didn't walk out unaware or not watchful. I had my head on a swivel as I would walk to my Dodge Neon, right? Seeing if there's anyone around. Seeing if those same people were still around. Some of you may be asking, Tyler, did you call the cops? And I'll tell you, of course I didn't call the cops. I didn't call the cops. I didn't call the cops. I didn't call the cops. I didn't want them in my house. This was before Jesus. We have to know our enemy." [26:02] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We can't do nothing. We have to have a strategy against the work of the devil, a defeated opponent, but one who is still trying to disturb our life. And so Peter is urging these believers, and he's urging us this morning, to do three things. Be sober-minded, be watchful, and resist him. Let's talk about what it means to be sober-minded and why it matters. See, Peter, and I'm not talking about chemicals here. This can't just, this can't just pertain to drugs and alcohol. But if you think about it that way, what effect does drugs or alcohol have on a person's mind, right? They're unalert, and they're not seeing things for what they really are, right?" [27:36] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Prayer is resistance. Especially, I'll tell you this, especially for men, you whisper prayer meeting, you whisper spend time in prayer, they're in another county. You whisper prayer meeting in front of a lot of women, they're like, all of a sudden, you don't have enough seats, okay? I'm not trying to be hard on men, I'm just saying that's often time it is, because we don't think it's very practical, right? Or maybe no one ever taught us how to pray, but I'll tell you that prayer truly prepares us to face the attacks of the enemy. I heard someone say that prayer is preventative and prayer is proactive." [33:43] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Unity is resistance. Ephesians 4 says, don't let the sun go down on your anger so you don't give the enemy a foothold, right? Don't hold stuff against one another. Election year, enough said. Right? Don't hold stuff against someone that disagrees with you or someone you got an issue with because what are you doing? You're not resisting the enemy, you're accepting the enemy strategy in your life. Unity is resistance." [36:45] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "Community matters. Community-based discipleship is the answer. If you're new to Bridge Church, we have something called Pathway, which is not a class that you take, but a way of life that you live. And it's made of seven different practices that Jesus and his disciples practiced. And they're all meant to be experienced in community. They're all meant, and you can find all that at bcpathway.life, to build your life around discipleship, all in the sense of community." [38:07] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "Jesus, we acknowledge this morning that every good thing comes from you. And out of a heart as a church to bring you glory, we just dedicate this gathering, our giving, our service, our service to you. We just dedicate this gathering, our giving, our service to you. Our singing, our receiving from the Bible. We give it all to you. And we just say, God, would you do with it what you want? Transform us personally. Transform us corporately. We just want to bring you glory." [00:00] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "Now, in scripture, the devil is described as a vicious animal. At times, the devil is described as a snake or a serpent. He's described as a lion because, just like a shark, he also does not care how good you are. He does not care who you are. He does not care about your children. He seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. That is the mission statement of the devil, and so this morning, we're going to look at a text that mentions the devil, and we're going to get into it and see what this means for our life." [12:40] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Satan is stronger than you. He is craftier than you. But Jesus is stronger than Satan. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. So I don't, have to be strong enough i don't have to be rich enough i don't have to have my kids in the best school or else or whatever because i have jesus he has called you to his eternal glory where in christ in christ in christ if you don't remember anything else remember we have to surrender our lives to christ." [41:30] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "So I'm here to tell you, you can walk out of your door where that enemy prowls with confidence because you have jesus and he is the bigger better lion who's on your side and lives in you and so this week we talked about the enemy whose mission is to steal to kill and to destroy and next week pastor todd's going to talk about the work of our savior whose mission is to give life and give it abundantly." [42:30] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "We have to know our enemy. How many know that as I left my house the next couple days after that robbery attempt, I didn't walk out unaware or not watchful. I had my head on a swivel as I would walk to my Dodge Neon, right? Seeing if there's anyone around. Seeing if those same people were still around. Some of you may be asking, Tyler, did you call the cops? And I'll tell you, of course I didn't call the cops. I didn't call the cops. I didn't call the cops. I didn't call the cops. I didn't want them in my house. This was before Jesus. We have to know our enemy." [26:02] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We can't do nothing. We have to have a strategy against the work of the devil, a defeated opponent, but one who is still trying to disturb our life. And so Peter is urging these believers, and he's urging us this morning, to do three things. Be sober-minded, be watchful, and resist him. Let's talk about what it means to be sober-minded and why it matters. See, Peter, and I'm not talking about chemicals here. This can't just, this can't just pertain to drugs and alcohol. But if you think about it that way, what effect does drugs or alcohol have on a person's mind, right? They're unalert, and they're not seeing things for what they really are, right?" [27:36] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Prayer is resistance. Especially, I'll tell you this, especially for men, you whisper prayer meeting, you whisper spend time in prayer, they're in another county. You whisper prayer meeting in front of a lot of women, they're like, all of a sudden, you don't have enough seats, okay? I'm not trying to be hard on men, I'm just saying that's often time it is, because we don't think it's very practical, right? Or maybe no one ever taught us how to pray, but I'll tell you that prayer truly prepares us to face the attacks of the enemy. I heard someone say that prayer is preventative and prayer is proactive." [33:43] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Unity is resistance. Ephesians 4 says, don't let the sun go down on your anger so you don't give the enemy a foothold, right? Don't hold stuff against one another. Election year, enough said. Right? Don't hold stuff against someone that disagrees with you or someone you got an issue with because what are you doing? You're not resisting the enemy, you're accepting the enemy strategy in your life. Unity is resistance." [36:45] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "Community matters. Community-based discipleship is the answer. If you're new to Bridge Church, we have something called Pathway, which is not a class that you take, but a way of life that you live. And it's made of seven different practices that Jesus and his disciples practiced. And they're all meant to be experienced in community. They're all meant, and you can find all that at bcpathway.life, to build your life around discipleship, all in the sense of community." [38:07] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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