Bridgewater Hallstead’s Podcast

What do we do when we face obstacles in life? In this message, Pastor Matt from Bridgewater Hallstead shares the three most critical steps we need to take to experience God's blessing.

Series: Find freedom from your stress, anxiety and depression.

Sermon: Stress is a part of all our lives and can push us to the breaking point.  What are the causes of stress and what is the pathway out of stress and into peace?

Scripture Passage: Luke 10:38-42

Speaker: David Wyman

Sermon: While we're on the heels of a great Christmas season we want to take some time to reflect on the significance of Christmas and what it means for the rest of our year.  Christmas reveals to us that the presence of God is most often felt with people of God.  We can so clearly know Immanuel has come for us, when His people show us His love.

Scripture Passage: Romans 5:5; John 13:34-35; John 1:14

Speaker: Matt Pousseur and Josh Jones

Sermon: Thousands of years in the making, generations of hope, stories of expectation passed down through the ages have led to this moment.  The moment when God makes good on His promise to send Immanuel to His people.  A moment that changed everything.  Discover how God wants to come make a home with you.

Scripture Passage: Matthew 1:20b-23

Speaker: Matt Pousseur

Sermon: Have you ever been given something that should be a blessing, but really doesn't feel like one?  What does it even mean to be blessed?  Are blessings found in the accumulation of stuff, or the greatness of our achievements?  Perhaps the greatest blessing of all isn't something, but someone.

Scripture Passage: Luke 1:46-55

Speaker: Matt Pousseur

Series: Every year, people across the globe celebrate Christmas together.  But beyond the lights, the gifts, and the traditions stands a story.  Not just any story, but a story that has been told since the beginning of time.  It's the story about a problem, that finally found its answer in what we celebrate at Christmas.  Join us this Christmas season as we discover the answer to out greatest problems, Immanuel.

Sermon: In a time of life that should feel full of joy, celebration, and warm feeling, we know that is not always the case. What do you do when you're not seeing what you hoped to see, you aren't where you hoped to be, or you long for something that isn't a reality.  Where do you turn?

Scripture Passage: Isaiah 7:1-16

Speaker: Matt Pousseur

How do you overcome crippling financial fear and anxiety?  The antidote to fear isn't courage, it's trust.

Scripture Passage: Luke 12:22-24

Speaker: Matt Pousseur

What if the solution to our financial problems wasn’t “just a little bit more”? Join us as we discover why more is never enough and talk about Jesus’ radical solutions to the financial anxiety and discontent we all face.

Jesus says more is never enough, because greed isn’t better than contentment. Jesus addresses the three lies that feed greed and discontentment: It’s all from me, it’s all for me and I have lots of time.

 

Speaker: Matt Pousseur 

God dramatically delivered His people from Egypt. He demonstrated His great power to them, gave them a new identity, and provided for their needs. He led them out to freedom. But for what? What did He have in mind for this nation? God chose them not only to demonstrate His love for them, but also His love for all people. He didn’t just save them with no purpose. He gave them an incredible purpose, to represent Him to all people. They, like the people of God today, have not been saved simply to enjoy our salvation, but to offer that salvation to the people in our world. We have been commissioned.

 

Speaker: David Wyman

Though God redeemed His people and brought them out of Egypt, the journey of freedom wasn’t easy. They faced challenges and questioned God and their leaders along the way. Like us, they were longing for rest and desperate for provision. But God miraculously led and sustained them all along the way, whether they chose to recognize it or not. We, like them, can be led to believe that we don’t have the resources we need to do all that God requires of us. But even in our doubt, God still provides and resources us for our journey through life.

 

Speaker: Matt Pousseur