You have, within the Bridge and Cross the Bridge, a group of people that are committed to you and your spiritual understanding and growth.

This body, this ministry and everyone who helps in any 'small way', is making a big difference.

God chose you to be you. You are gifted in some way to fit in and be a blessing to others.

Satan delights in division. God delights in Christian unity.

The Bible points out that division is rooted in selfishness.

10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do. 11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true.

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'

A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. 24 Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations."

Thus says the Lord who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you:
'Fear not, O Jacob My servant; And you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. 17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! 18 I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!

23 We take special care to dress up some parts of our bodies. We are modest about our personal parts, 24 but we don't have to be modest about other parts. God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable. 25 He did this to make all parts of the body work together smoothly, with each part caring about the others.

This makes for happiness among the parts, so that the parts have the same care for each other that they do for themselves.

This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.

For the Lord's sake, respect all human authority

5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

10 If people are causing divisions among you, give a first and second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with them. 11 For people like that have turned away from the truth, and their own sins condemn them.

Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?

For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God's Spirit in them.

"Look!" he said. "The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!