Crossing the Bridges God Builds: Encouraging Households and Church Ministries in Loving Our Neighbors

by Gary A Burlingame, Judy B Johnson (Designed by)

Overview

God is a bridge builder. He is connecting people. We should expect that He will give us bridges to cross. If we truly believe that God is sovereign, then we should expect Him to connect us to the people He is calling us to love. And in creating those connections, God uses us as we are and where we are; even in our frailty and weakness. sometimes we stand up as a leader, an example of courage and strength. other times we connect with people who are hurting and in pain, or who feel lost. Sometimes it happens when our children score the winning goal in a soccer game. sometimes it happens when we are afraid, as in an emergency room, or when we are deep in grief at a funeral home. God weaves all of this together—the bridge building; our mental, emotional, and spiritual condition; our circumstances—to place us in the right place at the right time to love our neighbors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982146651
Publisher:	Healthy Life Press, LLC
Publication date:	08/18/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	247 KB

About the Author

Gary A. Burlingame is a board certified environmental scientist, author, and keynote speaker with more than thirty-five years of experience. Gary has also assisted a variety of volunteer, community-based efforts to meet the practical needs of his neighbors, and he authors books under Healthy life Press to encourage Christians in their everyday life. Crossing the Bridges God Builds came together aer studying many books about mercy ministry, being involved in compassion-based ministries, and more than ten years of personal experience as a volunteer deacon in his urban church.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Stay, Don't Go 1 God Is A Bridge Builder 4 WE Are Called To Cross The Bridges 7 Recognizing The Existing Bridges 14 The Primary Bridge Is To Family Members 19 The Secondary Bridge Includes Our Family Of Faith 22 Two Ends Of A Bridge-One Anchored In Households 25 The Role Of Leadership 30 Take Home Message 37 References And Additional Reading 39