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Spring Forward: Identity-Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 57:17


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

Spring Forward: Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 54:27


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

Spring Forward: Identity

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 68:26


  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

Spring Forward: Worship

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 47:12


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  

Spring Forward: Grace

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 50:46


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

Spring Forward: God-Help

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 45:48


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

Spring Forward: Hope

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 60:01


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

Spring Forward

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 66:22


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

Growth: Spiritual Allergies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 23:09


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  

Growth: Prayer and Maturity

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 59:14


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

Growth: In Faith

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 53:20


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

Growth: Love

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 52:08


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

Talk About Windshields

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 28:16


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

#GOALS: Find Rest

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 54:03


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

#GOALS: Make Peace

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 60:24


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

#GOALS: Expand My Worship

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 59:53


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

#GOALS: Connection

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 53:25


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

Encounters: Herod

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 40:36


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

Encounters: The Shepherds

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 42:44


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

Encounters: The Magi

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 34:31


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

100 Bad Days

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 40:36


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

Come Near

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 55:48


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

/‘Ch-rist-ian' ese/: Church

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 56:09


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

/‘Ch-rist-ian' ese/: Peace

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 45:14


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  

/‘Ch-rist-ian' ese/: Christian

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 41:57


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

/‘Ch-rist-ian' ese/: Worship

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 55:22


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

/‘Ch-rist-ian' ese/: Holy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 52:07


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

Communion Sunday

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 60:03


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

"Don't Quote Me On That: "Train up a child"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 40:09


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

Don't Quote Me On That: "I know the plans I have for you"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 47:24


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

Don't Quote Me On That: "Money is the root of all evil"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 46:35


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

Don't Quote Me On That: I can do all things

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 43:07


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    

Don't Quote Me On That: "In All Your Ways"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 42:07


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

Don't Quote Me On That: "Where two or three are gathered"

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 43:11


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

Don't Quote Me On That: God Won't Give You More Than You Can Handle

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 16:04


 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

Don't Quote Me On That: Don't Judge Me

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 41:52


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

American Politics for Christians

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 50:37


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

Actions of the Church: Prayer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 42:36


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

Actions of the Church: Service

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 41:01


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

Actions of the Church: Fellowship

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 38:32


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

Actions of the Church: Share

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 40:58


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

Actions of the Church: Care

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 51:32


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

Actions of the Church: Testify

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 34:30


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

Easter 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 52:38


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

Villains: ???

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 40:19


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

Villains: Pilate

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 46:52


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

Villains: Peter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 49:41


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

Villains: The Pharisees

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 44:39


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

Villains: The Dark Side

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 42:11


Mark 3:1-6   It exists It exists in you The enemy wants to use it You can either fight it or feed 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

Love: Jacob and Rachel

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 55:16


Genesis 27:41-45 Genesis 29:14-30   Love commits Love costs Love proves “Love” teaches   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

Love: 1 Corinthians 13

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 21:30


What is love?   Love… is patient Love is kind It does not envy It does not boast It is not proud It does not dishonor others It is not self-seeking It is not easily angered It keeps no record of wrongs Love does not delight in evil…  …but rejoices with the truth It always protects always trusts always hopes always perseveres Love never fails   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  

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