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It is possible to grieve God's heart. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses 4 ways that we often grieve the heart of God and teaches that grief is good whenever what grieves God's heart, grieves our heart as well. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
This one is perfect when you're losing hope about coming out on the other side of something challenging.Prayer is a foundational part of the Christian life. So why do we make it so…complicated when it's simply having a conversation with God. God's story in the Bible is filled with key moments of dialogue between Him and His people. Let's study these moments and meditate on how the saints of old responded to God so we can truly understand how to pray.Did you enjoy the message? Please subscribe, share, and visit us at TruthAndLoveMinistries.orgIntro and Outro Music: "Egg Rollz" by "Baegels"
No matter how deep you're sinking, a simple cry for help is all it takes—Jesus is right there, ready to grab hold and save you. Your problems are the Lord's opportunities. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org Find more encouragement on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
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Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. This week is the final installment of the series. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed without ceasing" is read by Daniel Gilliland and Melanie McKinney. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
Grief is one of the hardest things that we will deal with our lives, but because God is good, grief can be good. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables looks at the "5 Stages of Grief" through a biblical lens to show us how grief is actually an opportunity to grow closer to God.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
07.09.25 He has Prayed for me [Ps. Jon] by Maretul Har UK
Send us a textHere Jesus is still praying for us believers and is praying again that we would be one as the He is with the Father and the Holy Spirit. They never fight over who gets to be the Father, who gets to be the Son or the Holy Spirit. They are always one and in unison on everything because they have one purpose as we do also. He is praying that we would be one in Them, THAT (here is the purpose) the world may believe that Jesus was sent by the Father and when they do that they will be saved. That is it people, when we believe Jesus is who He said He was (God in Human Flesh), that He died for our sins, and we trust in that, we are saved. John 5:24 says if we don't honor the Son, we don't honor the Father. When we live as we ought to in harmony with our faith others believe in Jesus. Mark 8:36 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Have you trusted Him as your Savior? He can Save you if You ask Him based on His death, burial, and resurrection for your sins. Believe in Him for forgiveness of your sins today. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” -John 8:32 Our mission is to spread the gospel and to go to the least of these with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ; We reach out to those the World has forgotten. hisloveministries.podbean.com #HLMSocial hisloveministries.nethttps://www.instagram.com/hisloveministries1/?hl=en His Love Ministries on Itunes Don't go for all the gusto you can get, go for all the God (Jesus Christ) you can get. The gusto will get you, Jesus can save you. https://www.facebook.com/His-Love-Ministries-246606668725869/?tn-str=k*F The world is trying to solve earthly problems that can only be solved with heavenly solutions
Fear is loud, but faith is louder. The enemy uses intimidation to paralyze us with doubt, making his power seem bigger than it really is, just like Goliath. But Jesus is the ultimate authority, and when we stand in Him, we don't have to be preyed on by fear. Instead, we rise as Kingdom Intimidators, boldly advancing God's kingdom with truth, peace, and clarity. This message will help you call out the tactics of intimidation, claim your Kingdom authority, and step into your true identity as a child of God. Perfect love drives out fear, and with Jesus, you're not easily intimidated, you're empowered to prevail.
Fear is loud, but faith is louder. The enemy uses intimidation to paralyze us with doubt, making his power seem bigger than it really is, just like Goliath. But Jesus is the ultimate authority, and when we stand in Him, we don't have to be preyed on by fear. Instead, we rise as Kingdom Intimidators, boldly advancing God's kingdom with truth, peace, and clarity. This message will help you call out the tactics of intimidation, claim your Kingdom authority, and step into your true identity as a child of God. Perfect love drives out fear, and with Jesus, you're not easily intimidated, you're empowered to prevail.
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Luke 22:31-34 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to SIFT all of you as WHEAT. But I have PRAYED for you, Simon, that your FAITH may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.” Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”
Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed with boldness and expectation" is read by Melanie McKinney and Daniel Gilliland. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
God wants to help us convert our dreams into a fruitful existence. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses how we can know if our dream is from God and gives us 9 principles that will help us convert our dreams into fruitfulness.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
Father Blackburn examines a portion of John 17, the Great High Priest Prayer of Jesus.
Breath is so ordinary that we forget it is extraordinary. It comes unbidden, steady as a tide, unnoticed until something interrupts it. We know the sudden gasp of fear, the shallow rise and fall of exhaustion, the ragged breath when we are sick. Yet beneath all those moments lies the same truth: breath is life.In this episode of Creation's Paths, we began with the simple reminder that life in our breath is our life. Too often, spiritual traditions turn breath into something to control, to discipline, even to constrain. An effort at restraining life itself. But the practice we explored was not about constriction. It was about letting breath become prayer, letting the air itself speak the Name of the Divine.This is the kind of practice that first feels like a gentle breeze on a cool fall day: soft, refreshing, peaceful. But it doesn't stop there. Beneath that quiet surface, the practice deepens, grounding us like roots pushing into rich soil and rising like the charged air before a storm. Breath becomes both anchor and surge, weaving us into the great current of life.The practice begins with ancient names. Matthew Fox, in his teachings on Radical Prayer, pointed to a way of praying the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter Name of God, by shaping the mouth and throat as though speaking YHVH while breathing in and out. No vocal cords, no sound, only the rush of air forming sacred syllables. The Name itself becomes breath.Later, Rabbi Rami Shapiro deepened this understanding in Judaism Without Tribalism, distinguishing two ways we encounter the Divine: Yah, “I Am,” the inward presence; and Ehyeh, Being itself beyond us. Breath carries both: the inhale, “Yah,” turning us inward, centering us in selfhood; the exhale, “Ehyeh,” releasing us outward into community, creation, and relationship.Jewish tradition also speaks of two inclinations, the yetzer ha-ra (the self-directed impulse, sometimes mistranslated as “evil”) and the yetzer ha-tov (the communal or altruistic impulse, “good”). Breath, again, becomes the place of balance: the inhale honors the self's need for oxygen, life, renewal; the exhale honors the world's need for creativity and creation it's self. In this back-and-forth, the Name of God becomes the rhythm of our very existence.Layered upon these roots are Creation Spirituality's Four Paths: Positiva (awe and wonder), Negativa (letting go, emptiness), Creativa (birthing newness), Transformativa (healing and justice). Breath can move through these paths, each inhale and exhale carrying us through transformation, wonder, surrender, and creativity.What begins as simply saying the Name with breath grows quickly into a deep meditation on self and cosmos. Inhaling, we are filled, self affirmed, grounded, alive. Exhaling, we are emptied, poured out for others, surrendered into communion. It is the yesh and the ayin, fullness and emptiness.The practice reveals subtle truths: selfishness is not always evil, for inhaling is necessary to live. Selflessness is not always holy, for endless exhaling leaves us collapsed. We need both: the courage to take in life for ourselves and the generosity to release life for others. Brian put it plainly: if all we do is inhale, we faint; if all we do is exhale, we expire.There is also mystery here. Each breath can feel like the ocean becoming a drop and the drop returning to the ocean. Each cycle of fullness and emptiness is a miniature creation, a tide that carries both the particularity of the self and the vastness of the cosmos. Thich Nhat Hanh called mindfulness the greatest magic because it brings us into the only moment that exists, the present. In this practice, mindfulness and prayer merge, each breath becoming spell, prayer, offering.Breath touches everything. What I exhale becomes food for trees; what trees exhale becomes food for me. Breath connects species, people, and places into one vast circulatory system of life.Prayed in this way, breath also connects traditions. It holds the Jewish mystical sense of the Divine Name too holy to speak, yet spoken in every breath. It carries the Christian vision of the Spirit as breath or wind (ruach, pneuma), moving in and through all. It resonates with Buddhist mindfulness of breathing as doorway to presence. It sits comfortably in Druidry, which sees the breath of the wind as the breath of the world.Breath also connects the personal and the political. Our balance between inhale and exhale mirrors the balance between self and community, between individual needs and collective responsibilities. Too much inwardness leads to narcissism; too much outwardness leads to unthinking conformity. But when the two dance together, we breathe justice.The advanced practice Brian offered makes this even more explicit: inhaling as transformation, holding in awe, exhaling as surrender, holding in creativity. This rhythm trains us not only to pray but to live: taking in the world's wounds, holding them in wonder, releasing them in service, and pausing long enough to let new worlds gestate.So how do we embody this? Begin simply. Sit or lie down comfortably. Let your shoulders relax. Inhale, shaping your mouth as though saying “Yah.” Exhale, shaping your lips as though saying “Ehyeh.” Don't force sound, let the air itself be the word.Feel the rhythm: fullness and emptiness. Notice the peace, like a cool autumn breeze. Notice the grounding, like roots drinking deeply. Notice the rising energy, like the charged air before a storm. Let your awareness sharpen until you feel not just your lungs but the whole web of life breathing with you.Practice safely. Don't force breath-holds. Don't clench your throat. This is not a contest of endurance. It is prayer. Breathe naturally, gently, and if discomfort rises, release.In time, you may add the pauses. After an inhale, hold for awe. After an exhale, hold for creativity. Let the Four Paths shape your breath: becoming, beholding, surrendering, birthing. Let the cycle turn until it becomes second nature, until every breath becomes a liturgy of transformation.This is not meant to be lofty or distant. It can be morning centering, evening unwinding, or a quick re-grounding in the middle of the day. It can accompany your prayers, or it can be your prayer. What matters is that it keeps you alive to the presence of Spirit in and around you.For me, this practice begins as peace: a soft breath, like the wind through trees on a fall afternoon. That peace sinks into my bones as grounding, reminding me that life is not abstract but in this air, this body, this earth. Then, without warning, the peace turns electric, a rising surge like storm-air alive with possibility. Awareness sharpens. Connection hums. I feel the life of trees, the pulse of animals, the hush of stones, all tied together by breath.This practice reminds me that holiness is not locked in temples but carried in our lungs. Every inhale is the gift of being. Every exhale is the offering of self. Breath is the Name of the Holy One, spoken not with voice but with life.And so my prayer is simple: may we learn to notice our breath. May we let it carry us into peace, root us in life, and awaken us to the storm-charged presence of the Divine all around. May each breath we take be offering, communion, and blessing. Amen.Thanks for reading! This post is public so feel free to share it.Thank you for Tips / Donations: * https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett * https://patreon.com/cedorsett * https://cash.app/$CreationsPaths* Substack: https://www.creationspaths.com/New to The Seraphic Grove learn more For Educational Resource: https://wisdomscry.com Social Connections: * BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com * Threads https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths * Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/#christopagan #CreationSpirituality #breathprayer #mysticism #druidry #Brigid #breathwork #contemplation #sacredpractice #prayerChapters:00:00 Introduction: The Divine Breath01:07 Host Introductions01:16 Overview of Divine Breath Practice02:08 Matthew Fox's Radical Prayer Teaching04:34 Understanding Divine Connection: Internal and External15:08 Advanced Practice: Four Paths Breathing18:15 Safety Guidelines for Breath Work20:04 Closing Thoughts and Blessing Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe
Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed before major decisions" is read by Daniel Gilliland and Melanie McKinney. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
Still A Part of Us: A podcast about stillbirth and infant loss
This is Part 1 of 2 Winter talks with Louise about her son Xavier, who died 19 days after birth due do complications with his brain development. Louise talks about the joy she felt during the early stages of the pregnancy and the worry in the later stages. Louise tells us about finding out that there were complications and that she needed to head to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the wonderful team that help her and Xavier. Louise is so thankful to all the staff that helped her at the Ronald McDonald House and the Roger Neilson Children's Hospice Center. DONATE $5 (aka "buy us a coffee/hot cocoa") to support the continued production of these stories. We appreciate all the help toward production and hosting costs. Or if you want to purchase an "Always a Part of Us" Legacy Gift for $20, you'll be providing to one of these families that shares their story, full transcriptions, mp3s, and mp4s of the recordings of their baby's birth story and advice episodes for their family history records. You will also get a shout-out on an upcoming episode. Thank you! Donate: https://ko-fi.com/stillapartofus SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more birth stories from families who have experienced a stillbirth or infant loss. We're grateful that you're part of our community! https://www.youtube.com/stillapartofus SUBSCRIBE to our podcast Still A Part of Us, wherever you find podcasts. Links (some of these links are affiliate links, which means we may get a small commission off your purchase, at no extra cost to you): Website: http://stillapartofus.com/ Grief Support Groups: https://nationalshare.org/ Mom Music: "Flickering Flame" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/ #stillbirthstory #stillborn #stillbornstory #birthstory #infantloss #infantdeath #babydeath #stillmychild #podcast #birthstories #babyloss #mybabydied #bereavedmother #bereavedfather #infantlossawareness #dadsgrievetoo #mamasgrief #pals #childloss #lifeafterloss #saytheirnames #babylossawareness #breakingthesilence #grievingmom #grievingdad #bereavedparents #pregnancyandinfantlossawarenessmonth
God wants to give us a dream, but Satan wants to steal that dream. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses 4 "dream thieves" that we need to be aware of in our lives, and what things can help ensure our God-given dreams will come true. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
We serve when we help others.“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes”(Romans 1:16, NIV).
We serve when we help others.“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes”(Romans 1:16, NIV).
Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed the Scriptures" is read by Melanie McKinney and Daniel Gilliland. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
One of the most damaging aspects of isolation is the absence of someone to share your dreams. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses the importance of having people in your life that support your dreams. Then he invites our discipleship pastor, Brody Lantier, to preview our upcoming semester of small groups.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed for Himself" is read by Robin McCall and Daniel Gilliland. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
Prayed at the HOUSE CHURCH MEETING, MACHANEH CATHEDRAL
In the first installment of a five-part series on 1 Samuel, Bishop Paul describes Hannah—the mother of Samuel—as an exemplar of prayerful endurance. Hannah experienced being barren and beaten down, both in her personal life and in society during this dark period in Israel's history. In her distress, she wept bitterly and prayed a prayer. It wasn’t polished or sanitized; it was raw, honest, powerful. In the midst of the darkness we face, we must learn to pray with endurance as she did. Next week continues the series.
We live in a world where people give up easily. Marriages end at the first sign of trouble. Dreams are abandoned when obstacles appear. Friendships fade when they require effort. But in today's message, UL Chi Alpha Director Eric Treuil tells us about someone who is absolutely relentless in His pursuit of us—and His name is Jesus. The question isn't whether you've been relentless in pursuing God, but whether you understand how relentless God has been in pursuing you.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
You've changed your diet. Switched to glass containers. Started charting. Bought the fancy supplements. Prayed your heart out. And still - no baby. No two pink lines. Just more disappointment and confusion. In this episode, I'm walking you through four key areas to re-evaluate when you feel like you've done it all: Supplements: Are they truly helping, or overwhelming your system? Lab Work: Are your hormone tests actually timed correctly to your cycle? Root Issues: Are you tackling too many things at once and missing the one thing that really matters? Spiritual Posture: Have you made space to come to Jesus and ask Him to lead the way? This episode ends with a Scripture from Isaiah 55 and a prayer just for you. I want to remind you that you are seen. That your efforts matter. That your Father hasn't forgotten you. Resources and Links: ✨ I've put together a free faith-filled booklet to help guide you through this journey. It's called Faith-Driven Fertility, and it's full of practical steps and encouragement for trusting God while supporting your body for conception.
Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed for others" is read by Robin McCall and Daniel Gilliland. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
"Provisionaries" are those that are pro the vision that God has given for the body of Christ. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables describes what a "provisionary" is and how being one can change your life.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
Prayer is a foundational part of the Christian life. So why do we make it so…complicated when it's simply having a conversation with God. God's story in the Bible is filled with key moments of dialogue between Him and His people. Let's study these moments and meditate on how the saints of old responded to God so we can truly understand how to pray.Did you enjoy the message? Please subscribe, share, and visit us at TruthAndLoveMinistries.orgIntro and Outro Music: "Egg Rollz" by "Baegels"
Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed publicly" is read by Daniel Gilliland and Robin McCall. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
In a world constantly telling you to chase the next milestone, Jamie Kienholz invites you to pause and ask a powerful question:What if you're already living the life you once prayed for… and you're just too busy to notice?This episode is a heart-centered reminder that your current reality may be an answered prayer — and recognizing it might be the exact shift in perspective you didn't know you needed. Jamie shares how to anchor yourself in gratitude, reframe your definition of success, and stop striving from lack so you can begin dreaming from fullness.If you're ready to see your life through a new lens, this episode will ground you in the present and inspire you to rise with purpose.In This Episode, Jamie Covers:How to recognize the answered prayers hiding in plain sightThe danger of living in “what's next” modeA new way to practice gratitude that actually shifts your mindsetWhat it means to dream from fullness, not scarcityA personal invitation to join The Apex Society for your next season of growthEpisode Highlights:00:48 – The question that could change how you see everything 03:30 – Why it's easy to overlook answered prayers 06:10 – “What's next” mode and the joy it steals 08:45 – Replace your gratitude list with this instead 11:00 – Jamie's personal reflection and challenge to listeners 13:30 – Invitation to The Apex Society: A space for women ready for morePractice This Week:Ask: - What part of my life today did I once pray for?- Create a “Prayers Answered” list- Take a photo of something you used to dream about — and say thank you- Share it and tag me @jamiekienholz to join the conversationThe Apex Society Is OpenIf you're a high-achieving, purpose-driven woman who's no longer willing to rise alone, consider this your personal invitation to join The Apex Society.Inside, you'll find: ✔️ Strategic growth + personal alignment ✔️ Real conversations with women who get it ✔️ Space to evolve — without having to performYou don't have to become someone else.You just have to become more of who you already are.Click the link here The Apex Society to learn more + apply.Like What You Heard?Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a woman who needs this reminder:She's already living inside the life she once dreamed of.#NoDaysWastedBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
✨ Episode Summary In this deeply personal and Spirit-led episode, Dr. Leelo Bush shares how a quiet moment of surrender led to a global movement—and how the same can happen for you. If you've ever hesitated because you didn't feel “ready” to step into coaching, ministry, or healing work, this message will break chains. You'll be reminded that God doesn't need you to be perfect—He needs you to be willing. Through powerful scripture, bold truth, and a heartfelt challenge, you'll discover why your story, your scars, and your “yes” might be the answer to someone else's prayer.
We are often so much more offend able than we are agreeable. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses how Satan has weaponized offense in our culture and gives 5 ways to battle offense.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
What happens when the church comes together in prayer? Join Pastor Joe as he shows us how a church unified in prayer becomes a powerful force for breakthrough and change. To stay connected to what's happening at Mission Church, follow us on any of the following platforms: Instagram instagram.com/missionchurchca Podcast missionchurchca.com/watch Newsletter missionchurchca.com/updates Website missionchurchca.com
Welcome to The Daily, where we study the Bible verse by verse, chapter by chapter, every day. Thank you for joining me today and following us throughout Project 23. If you would like to learn more about this project, click the link to discover more and partner with us. Our text today is Mark 12:38-40: And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” — Mark 12:38-40 Jesus has been teaching in the temple all day, and now he turns from answering questions to issuing a warning. “Beware of the scribes.” He calls them out on their own turf. And notice the exhortation. He does not say to “disagree with them” or “debate them.” He says "beware" as in, be on high alert. Why? Because their spiritual influence looked holy on the outside. They wore the robes. Spoke the language. Took the places of honor. Prayed eloquent prayers. But it was all for show. Underneath the surface, Jesus exposes something far more dangerous: They devoured widows' houses. They used their spiritual authority to manipulate, exploit, and take. Their power was not for people's good, but for their own gain. And Jesus doesn't just call it out—he warns of a greater condemnation. Spiritual leadership without spiritual integrity is deadly. And Jesus is clear. He's not impressed with religious appearances. He sees the robes. The seats. The greetings. The prayers. But more importantly, he sees the motives. Are you living for God's approval or people's applause? This warning isn't just for teachers and pastors, like myself, which is humbling to consider. It's for anyone tempted to put on a spiritual performance. It's for the man who prays in public but won't lead at home. The woman who knows Scripture but won't show grace. The leader who loves attention but won't serve in obscurity. God is not looking for polished people. He's looking for surrendered hearts. So beware of putting on a religious show. It may impress people, but it never fools God. #BewareTheShow, #Mark12, #SpiritualIntegrity ASK THIS: Why does Jesus say “beware” instead of just “disagree”? What does “devouring widows' houses” tell you about the scribes? Where are you tempted to perform spiritually? How can you pursue deeper integrity in your walk with Christ? DO THIS: Ask someone who knows you well: “Do you ever see a gap between what I say spiritually and how I actually live?” PRAY THIS: Jesus, protect me from the temptation to perform spiritually. I don't want appearance—I want authenticity. Shape my heart, not just my image. Amen. PLAY THIS: “Give Me Jesus”
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Welcome to The Weekly, produced by TAB Media Group, which publishes The Alabama Baptist and The Baptist Paper. Each episode features news headlines read by TAB Media Group staff and volunteers. New episodes are released weekly on Wednesday mornings. Prolific author and Bible teacher Denise George has written an eight-part series for The Alabama Baptist about how Jesus prayed. We'll be sharing that series with you through The Weekly podcast platform. This week's article "How to pray like Jesus prayed: He prayed privately" is read by Robin McCall and Daniel Gilliland. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE
In Matthew 18:19, Jesus declares that when two agree on anything here on Earth, the Heavenly Father will do it for them. But what does this prayer of agreement really look like? In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses how to access this powerful prayer, and what we should look for in a prayer partner.Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved New to Crossroads Church? Learn all about us at https://mycrossroads.org
Prayed at the HOUSE CHURCH MEETING, MACHANEH CATHEDRAL
“I don't know how you don't believe in God when you hear my story, because...definitely, God had his hand in keeping me safe.” – Drew Owen https://www.klove.com/news/god-stories/sucked-into-a-flooded-storm-drain-he-prayed-his-family-would-be-okay-if-he-didn-t-make-it-andpodcast-55544