Sweet Treats: Snickers
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Numbers 11:4-9; 18-23 “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” You’re not “you” when you’re hungry When we’re not satiating that hunger for God’s word, we can’t become the person that God has called us to be. You’re not you when you’re “hungry.” When we become dissatisfied with what God has given us, we can’t live up to God’s calling. Even in our dissatisfaction, God hears us and he’ll meet us. Snickers Jesus Satisfies (John 36:35) Only the life Jesus offers us can truly satisfy our desires. Crossroads –...
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Sweet Treats: Big Red
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Matthew 14:22-25 “Make it last a little longer” When we read about the feeding of the 5,000 and then how Jesus walked in water, sometimes we miss how Jesus met with God in between. Jesus takes that moment with God and makes it last… he stretches it out as long as he can. When we meet with God, maybe we don’t always let it last like we should. Big Red teaches us three things we can do to make our time with God last a little longer. Say goodbye a little longer. Hold tight a little longer. Kiss a little longer Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the...
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Sweet Treats: M&Ms
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James 1:19-22 “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.” M&Ms are meant to be consumed. They’re meant to be inside us. In a similar way, the word is meant to be inside us. Our faith is not meant to be simply held, it’s meant to be internalized and consumed. Jesus said his food was to do the will of he one who sent him. Do we believe that for ourselves. The longer we keep our faith at arm’s length, the better the chance that it will make a mess in our hands, and we’ll eventually wash it off. M&Ms can teach us a few things about our faith: Melts in your...
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The Fundamentals of Christianity: Waiting
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Psalm 27:14 “Waiting time is not wasted time.” - Andy Stanley Times of waiting are inevitable and crucial to our growth in faith. It’s a bit like sleep for the body, where it might not be what you want to do, but it is what you need. It can be very hard to wait, but God will work through our times of waiting in unique ways if we know how to wait well. In order to get the most out of our waiting times, we have to know: Waiting asks for trust Waiting requires hope Waiting offers worship Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. ...
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The Fundamentals of a Church
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Luke 5:17-26 Jesus rewarded the faith of all the friends… it wasn’t just the faith of the paralyzed man. This demonstrates what it means to be a church. We are a family. Like a family, he church has a few roles in order to fulfill God’s design for it: To care for each other To carry each other To get each other in front of Jesus To chat about what God has done Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Crossroads Linktree:
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The Fundamentals: The Bible: Read it More
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Even atheists and agnostics would benefit from reading the Bible more. It is essential for understanding western culture. We wouldn’t have arrived here as a society without it. But besides that, the Bible is useful for us as Christians because it teaches us and informs us and shapes our actions toward the world around us: Isaiah 55:8-9 Romans 5:6-8 Genesis 1:27 Psalm 119:105 James 1:25-27 Romans 12:2 Do you engage the Bible as a tourist, visiting it 2-3 times per week? Or do you take up residency there, engaging it 4 or more times per week (more days than not)? When...
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Tales of the Sharpener
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1 Kings 19:1-5 God had used Elijah extensively, and he reached a point where he thought he couldn’t do it anymore. If he were a pencil, he would be dull. Over the course of God writing his story through us, we will get dull. So we have to sharpen ourselves to be prepared for his work. Here are some questions that we can answer to help determine how to sharpen ourselves: What sharpens you? Who sharpens you? To what end? Here are five things that can sharpen us as Christians: Remembering Prayer Service Community Rest Crossroads – about heaven, earth,...
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Tales of the Pencil
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Hebrews 12:1-3 Understanding that our lives are like a pencil that God is using to write his story can help us grasp the answers to some key questions. What is my purpose? What is God doing in my life? How do I align my life with God’s will? God is writing YOUR STORY. Psalm 139:16 God is writing THEIR STORY. Acts 17:26-37 God is writing HIS STORY 2 Corinthians 5:20 Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Crossroads Linktree:
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Back to School: Prayer
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As we get ready for going back to school, we can be praying for the students that will be starting a new school year. To aid us, we can think of these prayers in terms of the five “W’s” of writing. Who: God Genesis 1:1, 27, 31 Psalm 103:8-18 John 3:16 Deuteronomy 6:5-9 What: For needs For your worries For strength in temptation For direction and wisdom Matthew 6:32-33 1 Peter 5:7 1 John 5:14 Matthew 26:41 James 1:5 When: Ephesians 6:18 Where: Privately - Matthew 6:6 With others - Acts 4:31 Why: It’s God’s will 1...
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Taste and See
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Palm 34:1-8 Many of us have already surrendered the easy things, but now God is calling us to surrender everything else… the really hard parts. When we experience God and his goodness, it’s hard to to praise him. God works for our righteousness more than we do. When we come to church, it’s like a spiritual buffet: Sample everything Just like when you take leftovers home after a large meal at a restaurant, if you didn’t get a chance to absorb everything from a church service: Pack it up Don’t let those thing that you take home go unused: ...
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“Melts in your mouth, not in your hand.”
M&Ms are meant to be consumed. They’re meant to be inside us. In a similar way, the word is meant to be inside us. Our faith is not meant to be simply held, it’s meant to be internalized and consumed. Jesus said his food was to do the will of he one who sent him. Do we believe that for ourselves. The longer we keep our faith at arm’s length, the better the chance that it will make a mess in our hands, and we’ll eventually wash it off. M&Ms can teach us a few things about our faith:
- Melts in your mouth, not in your hand
- Peanut problems
- It’s supposed to get in you so it can get out of you.
Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between.
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