Bradford Alliance Church

09/08/2026

“So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens. We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The heart of a Christ follower is recognizing when someone is hurting or in the middle of difficult trials and not turning a blind eye to it.

09/06/2026

The sermon may still be fresh in your mind…

Maybe something stood out.

Maybe a verse hit differently.

Maybe there was a moment when you thought: “Lord, I needed to hear that.”

Before the busyness of another week begins, maybe there’s another question worth asking:

⚠️ What am I going to do with what I heard?

👉 Is there something God convicted me about?

👉 Something I need to surrender?

👉 An apology I need to make?

👉 A conversation I’ve been avoiding?

👉 Something Scripture showed me that I know needs to look different in my life?

Because if I’m not careful, I can leave church encouraged, think about the message for a day or two…

and by next Sunday, be ready for another sermon without ever responding to the last one.👀

There’s nothing wrong with being eager to learn more. We should be!

‼️ But sometimes we don’t need another page of notes nearly as much as we need to put into practice what God has already shown us.

James 1:22 reminds us not to merely listen to the Word, but to do what it says.📖

So before today’s message becomes next Sunday’s forgotten notes:

Don’t just remember what you heard.
Ask God to help you live it. 🤎✝️

I’d love to hear from you! Did anything stand out in your sermon today that you felt God was speaking to you about?💭

09/06/2026

Dad and daughter leading worship this morning. ❤️🙌

09/05/2026

Sunday live stream update

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

Aromatherapy

As soon as I opened the door to the gas station on the reservation I was confronted by an aroma that triggered a long distant memory. I’d know that smell anywhere. The gas station is also a ma*****na dispensary. Back in the day I had a proclivity for partaking of the devil’s lettuce. The aroma reminded me that when I was partaking that aroma also emanated from me. I reeked! After partaking wherever I went I carried that scent. Which meant everywhere I encountered someone they didn’t need to see my bloodshot pie-eyed smile, the big bag of Doritos I was purchasing, or my demeanor to know I had imbibed. They simply needed to be in my proximity. I’m not proud of that time. I praise God those days are in the distant past. But it’s the reality of who I was for a period in my life.

Now a follower of Jesus I carry a different aroma. No, it’s not incense from anointing the congregation. It’s the aroma of Christ. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, “Thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.”

If you profess Jesus you are called to carry that aroma. If we are faithfully serving Christ the Holy Spirit works in us and exudes from us in word, action, and deed the beautiful fragrance of who Jesus is. We have opportunity with every encounter to fill someone’s life the aroma of Him and Hos love.

Whether you realize it or not your aroma says something about you. More importantly, it says something about the Jesus we profess. Unfortunately, sometimes we reek, the aroma we give off doesn’t always smell like Christ.

What do you smell like? Is it the sweet aroma of Christ? Can others sense that?

Pastor Rob

09/03/2026

Don’t forget Sept. 15th at 7:00 pm a new homesteading night! Learn how to make natural products and the benefits of them!

09/02/2026

...a memory....and testament to the goodness of God

It's not every day that you get to wade into the river with three hardcore drug addicts who've turned their lives over to Jesus....and then watch two of them baptize their newest brother in Christ.

The beauty is that Jesus has not only "forgiven", he's "forgotten" their misdeeds....and created new men. Men who will go and carry the message to others.

John 4:1-2 NIV
[1] Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— [2] although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.

08/31/2026

A Franciscan benediction to start the week:

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.

Amen.

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08/30/2026

Join us for worship this morning as we continue our journey through the gospel of Mark!

Mark 12: 28-34