Spring Forward: Uncomfortableness
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2 Corinthians 11:21-29 How do we make living in uncomfortableness part of our daily lives: Live with standards, not heroes Live for heaven, not comfort Live with present day faith Live for the next opportunity Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: YouTube: Facebook:
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What to give the Father Who Has Everything
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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: YouTube: Facebook:
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Spring Forward: Communion
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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: YouTube: Facebook:
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Spring Forward: Fruit
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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: YouTube: ...
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Spring Forward: Identity-Part 2
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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,...
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Spring Forward: Prayer
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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...
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Spring Forward: Identity
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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: YouTube: Facebook:
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Spring Forward: Worship
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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: YouTube: Facebook:
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Spring Forward: Grace
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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: YouTube: Facebook:
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Spring Forward: God-Help
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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...
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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.
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