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Mark 8:34-38   It's pretty clear what God is asking us for. There are a number of gifts we can give to God: Deny yourself Live an “others-centered life” Take up your cross You “can't save yourself.” Follow Him “Go where he went.” Your Life Give God “every part.” Your Boldness “Share the Good News.”   To sum it up, what do you give the Father who has everything? What is asked Your best 100%   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

com·mun·ion /kəˈmyo͞onyən/ Noun   a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death.   the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level   1 Corinthians 11:23-29   So what should we do as we take communion: Remember Embrace Examine   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

John 15:1-8   We are just branches connected to the vine. We can't be his disciples if we're not connected to the vine… that is, God. The purpose of being a branch connected to a vine is to bear fruit, but a branch on its own cannot bear fruit. When thinking about our connection to God,  we need to ask ourselves a few questions: Are you bearing fruit in your life? Galatians 5:22-23 Are you bearing fruit in their lives? Are you bearing fruit for his mission?   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Genesis 1:26-27   Judges 6:11-16   We all like to give ourselves different identifiers.  Whether we identify with a hobby we enjoy, or something we spend too much time thinking about, or sometimes even our weaknesses that we think define us.  That doesn't necessarily go along with our identity as set by God. So how should we determine our true identity? You are who God says you are. Often finding our true identity requires shedding a false one. Who you really are is only discovered/revealed/achieved in a walk with God.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Mark 1:35 Matthew 14:22-23 Matthew 26:39 Luke 11:1   John 17:6-26   Prayer was supremely important to Jesus. Multiple times in the gospels he's recorded to have gone off alone to pray. So how do we spring forward in prayer?: Pray Prayer is the opportunity: to worship God to connect with God to affect his will on creation. Pray more. Pray regularly. Pray continuously. Stop treating it so lightly Seek God's desire: for you. for them. for the world. Add WEIGHT to your prayer.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

  John 20:1-29 John 21:15-19   Which of the characters in the Easter story best resonates with the identity that defines us? “The disciple whom Jesus loved” Mary “Doubting” Thomas Simon/Peter The fleeting nature of failure The necessity of honesty The power of repentance   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Luke 19:28-40   The characters presented in the story of Jesus' Triumphal Entry illustrate several different ways people tend to worship Jesus. Which one do you look like most? How do you worship?  Do you worship at all? Do you worship because of what you get from Jesus? Do you worship because you know about Jesus? Do you worship because you're with Jesus?   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney  

2 Corinthians 2:14-15 Hosea 6:6 Ephesians 4:32 - 5:2 Matthew 5:43-45   Jesus has some very tough standards for us to live like him. He calls us to love others not just as we love ourselves, but as he loves us. He even calls us to love our enemies. His grace was demonstrated by his death on the cross so we could share it with others. So what is grace to us: Grace isn't deserved Grace is healing Grace is worship   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Genesis 1:31; 3:1-5; 6:5; Deuteronomy 5:33 Matthew 5:21-22 2 Corinthians 5:17 Romans 12:2   Ephesians 4:17-24   When we gave our lives to Christ we didn't simply join a new religion, we became a new creation. But instead of living like it, we like to do things ourselves. But when we try to fix everything on our own, it can have unintended consequences. Here are some warnings about self-help: Self-help is often self-centered Self-help can easily become self-worship   God-help, on the other hand, works in a different way: God-help is a God-first system God-help is the only help that actually works   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

1 Corinthians 13:13   We spend a lot of time in church talking about faith and love, but not much talking about hope. We all need to strengthen our hope.   1 Kings 19:1-18   If you want to build hope in your life, you have to: Remember Reinforce You can't live by someone else's faith, but you can certainly rest in its shadow. Refocus From the natural to the SUPERnatural Look for the glimmers Live in the glimmers Open your eyes Worship Denounce the Delusions   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Colossians 2:1-7   What does it look like to “spring forward” in different areas of our lives? Grow down Spring forward Get more light Strive for new growth   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

What is an allergy? An allergy is where your body reacts strongly to something that may be harmless to others. We all experience spiritual allergies… things that aren't sins in and of themselves, but that can lead to bad decisions… Things that overwhelm our spiritual immune system. How do we deal with spiritual allergies? Avoid 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Proverbs 4:14-15 Praise 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Change your focus Philippians 4:8 Support, encouragement, and accountability Proverbs 27:17 Hebrews 10:23-25     Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney  

Prayer Matthew 21:13a   Most Christians don't pray, or don't pray very much. We miss out on the power of the one who says to us, “I'm right here listening.” So what does it really take to grow in prayer? Pray Pray consistently Pray continually Pray for others first Pray first   Maturity 1 Corinthians 13:4-13   How do we grow in maturity? Identify the childish Get an outside perspective Identify maturity Move   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Daniel 3:7-18   We all have some kind of faith, or we wouldn't be going to church or listening to sermons. So what does it look like to grow in this faith: Life change Moving from noun to verb Becoming an “even if” Christian   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

2 Peter 1:5-8 Colossians 3:12-14 John 15:13   Love Is much more than a feeling. It is a choice. And because of that, it presents us opportunities to grow. To grow in LOVE is to: Grow in the ability to give our lives to others. Grow in the ability to give our lives to others who don't like us. Grow in the ability to give our lives to others who are against us.     Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Luke 11:33-36   Having a dirty windshield is a lot like having sin in your life. Sin makes it hard to follow God in much the same way that a dirty windshield makes it harder to see where you're driving.   Sin makes it hard to see Clean the Inside Deal with the damage   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 11:28-30 Genesis 2:1-3 Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Psalm 46:10a   As we long to be our own god, we wear ourselves out until our souls are weary. Only by taking up Christ's yoke can we find rest. There are several categories we should consider for rest:   Find rest from your work Find rest from your striving Find rest from your battle   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 5:9   For a lot of us, it's much easier and much more common for us to be troublemakers rather than peacemakers. But if we want to follow Jesus, we have to go against that temptation.  There are four ways we can endeavor to be peacemakers:   Make peace with people Make peace between people Make peace with your circumstances Make peace with God   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 25:31-40   The idea of worship is so much more than something that happens for a couple hours on a Sunday morning. It encompasses our whole lives - all that we do for ourselves and for others. The way we treat one another becomes the way we worship God. There are several ways we should think about how to worship outside the church:   Worship through my relationships Worship with my service Worship in the giving of grace   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

2 Corinthians 5:16-21   Paul wants the Corinthian church to understand that they have been newly created when they give their lives to God. The same is true for us… but sometimes we still live like the old is not gone. So if we want to live like the new new creation we've become, we should think about making these goals for 2025:   Strengthen my connection. Embrace the traditional. Engage the personal. Eliminate the disconnectors.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 2:1-12; 16   Like Herod, it can be hard for us to give up our power, our authority, our possessions… our lives. But Jesus came to do just that. We might be able to relate to this quote: “I know God is working in me, but right now I'm so uncomfortable with myself, and the changes God is making in my heart feel like an attack.”   Every work of God in us requires us to lay down our crowns Sometimes the thing God is doing feels like an attack. Every work of God is good; even when it costs.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Luke 2:8-20   Their society considered them outsiders, but it was these outcasts to whom God chose to send a host of angels proclaiming Christ's birth. When the shepherds heard the news about Jesus, they acted on it right away. They went to see the baby and praised God for what they had seen. We can learn several things from the shepherds' story: There are no “outsiders” to God God is inviting “outsiders” to become insiders God's hope is that the “outsiders” who have become insiders will invite other “outsiders”   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 2:1-12   The magi journeyed by faith. The knew there was something important in the west: the Jewish messiah, but they didn't know exactly what their journey would be like. And their journey may have taken some time. For us, just like for the magi, faith is a journey… that often takes time. sometimes filled with wrong turns sometimes suffers pause that requires persistence where God is always waiting   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

How do you turn your bad days into good stories? Choose perspective Colossians 3:1-3 James 1:2-4 Seek after God Psalm 9:9-11 Testify continually 1 John 4:15 Jesus made a way Romans 5:8   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Numbers 16:1-7   Christ went to the cross to bring us the chance for intimacy and closeness with God. So there are three things for us to think about as we take communion.   What are you doing to protect the “near?” What are you doing to preserve the “near?” What are you doing to improve the “near?”   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 16:13-20   Ekklēsia: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly   Ekklēsia: The “called out ones.”   Ways we use the word “Church:” a building a service   Ways Jesus uses the word “Church:” the people who acknowledge his deity the people on his mission the people of Christ at war against evil   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

eirēnē: in Greek, probably from a primary verb meaning “to join.” Peace; by implication, prosperity, - one, quietness, rest, + set at one again   Shalom: in Hebrew, complete or wholeness   John 14:23-27   Christian “peace” does not mean: Peace of circumstances   The “peace” Christ offers is: Peace with God   Peace with God offers inner peace   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney  

ts 11:25-26   A Christian is not: Just someone who believes in God Just someone who practices a religion Just someone who calls themselves one     A Christian is: Someone who has given their life to Christ. Mark 8:35 Someone who loves in Jesus' name John 13:34-35 Someone who's on THE way Romans 7:15,18-19   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Isaiah 29:13 John 4:21-24   respectful devotion: loving, honoring, and obeying someone who deserves our highest regard   Worship (In a nutshell): Acknowledging God as God   That means: ANYTHING can be worship   "Worship" should demonstrate itself: In the way we interact with the world In our marriages In our parenting In our private time   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Holy: “Set apart.” Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.   Deuteronomy 7:6 Leviticus 11:42   How should our lives be set apart? How do we live out being holy?   Holy Input Holy output Holy time   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 26:17-19, 26-30   We believe that communion is one of the two sacraments that we partake of in the church (the other being baptism). When we take communion often, it's possible that we can lose sight of what it really means as we numbly follow our traditions. But if we take the time to understand the magnitude of what we're doing when we take communion, it can change our perspective entirely.   Communion is about: Intimacy Intent Inertia   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Proverbs 22:6   Proverbs 1:1-7 tells us that all the proverbs make up a collection of wise sayings, not promises from God. Proverbs 22 doesn't guarantee that our children won't depart from God when they grow older. So what's the point of training them up in the Lord?   Promises? Discipleship Worship   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Jeremiah 29:1-14   The Bible is a revelation of God. It's not just a retelling of history, it's a way for us to know who God is. When we read a passage like this, it brings up several questions.   Question #1: Can we quote it? Question #2: Does God want me to be rich? Question #3: When does it happen?   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

1 Timothy 6:2-10   Money represents “congealed life.” We use it to get the things that we want. We don't want to give it away, because it means we don't get the thing we were saving up for… that little bit of extra that we were looking forward to. God wants to protect us from our money because he knows how it can ruin us when we love it so much we can't let it go.   If you're going to quote a verse, know the actual verse. Know its context Know its love   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Philippians 4:13   When we look at the context of the verse, we start to see exactly what “all things” really refers to. What is this oft misquoted verse really about: It's about contentment, not accomplishment. It's as much for God as for you It teaches us humility, not hubris.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney    

Proverbs 16:3   When we give everything over to the Lord, he will direct the way we can glorify him and serve him. His plans might lead you to the destination you want, but oftentimes his plans lead us in a completely different direction than we think we should go.   So why do we read this wrong?: We read what we want it to say. We suffer from “main character syndrome.” Christianity is way more appealing with God is a genie. We say to Jesus, “Follow me.” But Jesus says, “No, follow me.”   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 18:12-35   We like to read this passage and think that if we gather with some friends and all want the same thing, God will grant it. That's not necessarily untrue, but that's not what this passage is saying. God is not a genie. Neither does this passage mean that God will only join us when we gather with others. He's always with those who seek him.   So what is this passage about?   Reconciliation Authority Protection Forgiveness

 1 Corinthians 10:13   People like to say this as an encouragement when we're going through a rough time. This matters because: It isn't true It can undermine faith The Bible doesn't say that   This passage is encouraging. We CAN resist any temptation.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Luke 6:37-42   We often think we can get away with doing whatever we want because the Bible says we're not supposed to judge one another. But we're abusing that idea when we use it that way. So what does this really mean? Don't condemn others Judge yourself fIrst Hold each other accountable   Accountability 101: Check your heart Seek wise counsel Have clear vision

The currently charged political climate in which we live can make it difficult to live out lives focused on Jesus. But the reality is, if we are citizens of the kingdom of heaven, then we can't allow conservative or progressive issues hijack our allegience. As Christians, we're called to navigate and engage politics and people in a completely different way from the world around us.  Where is your allegiance? Who can you love? How do you live it out? Apologize Give forgiveness Engage face to face Know your emotions Listen more than you speak Understand the impact   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Acts 4:23-31   Do you only pray when you're in trouble or going through difficult challenges? Or do you pray like the disciples for boldness to continue living for God despite their circumstances. What set these disciples apart from many Christian's today?   They prayed They prayed for what God wanted. They prayed themselves into positions they'd have to pray to get out of.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Acts 6:1-4   Even the most menial task requires people to be fully devoted to Christ. That's what undergirded the entire movement. So how did the early church operate::   They served They served  (according to gifting, calling, & need) Devotion to God was part of the requirement   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Acts 2:42-47   Fellowship wasn't just an extra thing for the early church, it was foundational to living a Christ-like life equal to the apostles teaching. Fellowship was was something they were devoted to. So what did this look like for them?   They got together Fellowship was part of their religion Their faith community was their primary community   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

If giving doesn't hurt a little, you're not really giving, you're just getting rid of your junk.   Deuteronomy 15:7-11 Psalm 112:5,9 1 John 3:16-18 Matthew 25:34-40 Acts 2:42-45 Acts 4:33-35 Acts 3:1-8   There are a few lessons we can learn from the numerous passages about giving we seen in scripture.   Generosity is a state of the heart Generosity is also worship Generosity is faith   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Acts 2:42-45   Whether it was the sick, the dying, the poor, widows and orphans, the early church was one of the few institutions that cared for those who couldn't care for themselves. How do we reflect that tradition today?   What made the first disciples in the early church unique from the world around them? They cared. Do you care? They put action to their cares. Do we do anything significant for the people we're supposed to care about? They sacrificed. What are we willing to sacrifice to put actions to our cares?   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Acts 2:1-41   Our testimony can have the same impact and the same power if we share it.    Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Mark 16:1-8   The women at the tomb represent each one of us in a different way. They were afraid when they were met by an angel upon their arrival to the empty tomb.   It's okay to be afraid (even when it's about Jesus).   Luke 24:13-16   Jesus is there (even when you can't see him).   Luke 24:17-18   Jesus knows (even when you don't think he does).   Luke 24:19-31   One day your eyes will be open (even if you can't imagine it).   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Mark 11:1-11   The story of Jesus coming into Jerusalem occurs in all four gospels. But there's no clear villain in the story itself… unless you zoom out and look at the implications of this moment. And then the villain of the triumphal entry could be you if:   You keep quiet You don't let yourself be moved You don't trust Jesus to be Jesus Your expectations get in the way You will not lay it down   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 27:11-26 Mark 15:15 Luke 23:4 John 19:12   Pilate is perhaps the most tragic villain of Easter. He could see Jesus was innocent and didn't want to go along with the religious leaders' calls to put him to death. Yet, ultimately he gave in. So how did Pilate end up sentencing the messiah to be crucified?   He ignored his convictions. He didn't listen to good advice. He gave up on doing what was right. He let his fear make the decision. He preferred his own peace. He thought he could justify himself.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Where are the chinks in Peter's armor? What weaknesses does Peter have that turn him, in a way, into a villain in the Easter story? And how can we learn from his errors?   Mark 8:27-33 God's concerns vs. human concerns - What's more important to us?   Mark 14:27-31 Thinking you're better than you are.   Mark 14:32-38 Unfaithful in the little things.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Mark 3:1-6   Jesus disagreed with them Jesus humiliated them Jesus threatened their status quo   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney