by Matthew Prather | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog
What to do when you worry too much? I don’t know about you but Amy and I like to end a day relaxing on the couch watching TV, and depending on the day do it while eating our favorite bowl of Blue Bell Ice Cream. I mean some days just call for Ice Cream. Am I right?...
by Matthew Prather | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
FOR the City Devotional Day 4 READ Luke 5:27-32 REFLECT In these scriptures we see how the religious leaders didn’t want to be associated with tax collectors. While the Pharisees would avoid the tax collectors and stay in their comfort zone, Jesus went into Levi’s...
by Matthew Prather | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
FOR The City Devotional Day 3 READ Luke 10-:38-42 REFLECT Have you ever had someone over for dinner, and felt exhausted afterwards? The business of cleaning the house and preparing the meal, coupled with the stress of entertaining can take so much of our focus, that...
by Matthew Prather | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
FOR The City Devotion Day 2 READ 1 Corinthians 12:27 REFLECT You probably grew up thinking of the church as something you go to. Like it’s an institution or organization. Like it’s something you either belong to or don’t. Well, think again. You don’t GO to church. You...
by Matthew Prather | Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
FOR The City Devotion Day 1 READ Luke 10:25-37, 1 John 1:8-9 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?” Luke 10:29 REFLECT I’m so excited for The Bridge Church as we begin this journey of pursuing what it means to be FOR The...
by Matthew Prather | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog, Devotionals
What Keeps You Up At Night? What keeps you up at night? As a kid there where many different fears that kept us up at night. Those strange noises we herd, that scary movie that we watched, our active imagination, just to name a few. Many if not most of the fears I had...
by Matthew Prather | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
What keeps you up at night? What is your worst fear? Each of us has one. At some time or another, each of us must come to grips with the particular fear that tortures our sleep, that one event or circumstance that seems to have the power to rob our lives of all joy,...
by Matthew Prather | May 8, 2017 | Blog, Devotionals
The worst pain I have ever had in my life is relational pain. There is a lot of pain and hurt that we all experience in life but there is something about relational pain. It just stings deeply. I can go back 5, 10, 15 years back in my life and think of things that...
