STEP Devotionals

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Jonah 1:1-3 and11-17 to learn about Jonah, who God wanted to use to further his mission, but who tried to run away from God. Listeners are encouraged to discuss a time they failed at something and how it made them feel. Families are invited to pray...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Exodus 3:10-14 to learn how God used Moses to go and further his kingdom. Listeners are encouraged to discuss how they know when to stop and when to go. Families are invited to pray for people who are sharing the good news of Jesus with those who h...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Genesis 6:11-22 to learn about God’s plan to spread his kingdom through Noah and his family. Listeners are encouraged to discuss what would it be like if they walked down the road and found someone who didn’t even live by a body of water building a...

Episode 6- Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Genesis 12:1-3 to learn about Abram, who God sent into an unknown land to help spread his love. Listeners are encouraged to discuss what the furthest they’ve been from home is and how long it took them to get there. Families are invited...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Acts 2:1-8 to learn about an amazing way that God helps us to be a part of his mission. Listeners are encouraged to discuss what they think it means to be “filled” with the Holy Spirit. Families are invited to pray for Carpenters for Christ, an org...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Revelation 7:9-10 to help us learn more about what God’s eternal kingdom will look like. Listeners are encouraged to discuss what they see and hear when they close their eyes and picture people from all around the world worshipping God. Families ar...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Acts 1:8 to help us learn where God wants his kingdom to be spread! Listeners are encouraged to discuss a destination they would like to visit one day. Families are invited to pray for Won by One to Jamaica, a ministry in Harmons, Jamaica that empo...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore Matthew 28:16-20 to help us learn what it can look like to be a missionary and understand that Jesus told all of his followers to be missionaries. Listeners are encouraged to discuss one way they can share their faith with others. Families are invi...

Welcome to “STEP into God’s Mission,” a weekly devotional designed to help families explore God’s heart for the world! In this episode, we will explore John 3:16 to help us learn why God wants to spread his kingdom. Listeners are invited to discuss what they know about missionaries and will learn that anyone can be a missionary. Families are invited to pray for Pistis, a school in Nairobi Kenya fo...

“STEP into God’s Mission” with Crossing Kids! Each 5-minute podcast episode will help you and your family explore God’s heart for the whole world and the people he created! Together we hope to grow in our understanding of who God loves and how we can spread his love to others. We will do this by taking a STEP: S topping to be in the presence of God T alking about a discussion question E xploring a...

Serving our peers isn’t always easy, and in this episode of STEP into the school year families will help their kids explore what it looks like to serve others this school year as they study 1 Peter 4:10.

In this episode of STEP into the School Year kids will be encouraged to consider ways they seek acceptance, and where true acceptance is found. They’ll listen to 1 Peter 2:9-10 as a way of being reminded who they are in Christ.

Welcome to STEP into the School Year, a daily devotional designed to help families walk with Jesus! In this episode kids will consider what it looks like to connect differently this school year as they read 1 Peter 4:9. They’ll be reminded that when we invite others in and befriend others it can be a way to show others the love of Jesus.

Welcome to STEP into the School year where we want families walk with Jesus. Our short devotionals are designed to help kids meditate on scripture, consider what it means, and spend time in prayer. In this episode kids will explore what it can look like to forgive differently this school year by studying 1 Peter 2:21-23.

Loving others can be hard, and this school year we want to encourage kids to consider how to love differently. Together we’ll explore 1 Peter 3:8-9 and consider how God loves us, and how he calls us to love others in a way that is honoring to him.

The beginning of the school year can bring many worries and anxieties for our kids. Join us in this episode of STEP into the School Year as we learn to cast our anxieties on Jesus through the reading and studying of 1 Peter 5:7. This school year let’s help kids worry differently.

In this episode of STEP into the School year, we will use 1 Peter 1:3-5 to be reminded of where our hope is found. We can be prone to put our hope in things of this world but this episode will point kids to an eternal hope that will never fail as they explore how to hope differently this school year.

In this episode, Believe Differently, kids will study 1 Peter 3:15 and be encouraged to remember what it is they believe about the Gospel of Jesus and how it can help them believe differently this school year.

In this episode of STEP into the School Year kids will be prompted to consider how they can live differently this school year. Together explore how we are chosen by God to live for him and what that can look like by studying 1 Peter 2:9.

Welcome to STEP into the School Year, a daily devotional designed to help families walk with Jesus! In this episode, we will hear from Matthew 4:35-51, about both Jesus’ authority and his ability to be with us in all things. Kids and families will also be guided to pray for the beginning of their school year.

Join us as we STEP into the School Year! This short series was designed to help your kids explore what it means to live differently this school year. By looking at 1 Peter, we will see that the Bible has a lot to say about the way we should love, serve, hope, believe, and so much more. We hope these short devotionals will help you step back to school faithfully.

Welcome to STEP into Holy Week, a daily devotional designed to help families walk with Jesus! In this episode, we will hear about Jesus coming to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday from Matthew 21:6-11. Listeners are invited to discuss how they react when they see someone famous in person or on TV. Families will learn what “hosanna” means, and how people treated Jesus when he entered Jerusalem on a donkey....

Welcome to STEP into Holy Week, a daily devotional designed to help families walk with Jesus! In this episode, we will hear from Mark 11: 15-19 about what Jesus did after he entered Jerusalem. Listeners are invited to discuss what their favorite thing to do at church is. Families will learn that instead of the temple being a place to worship God, or a place people could gather to pray, the people...

Welcome to STEP into Holy Week, a daily devotional designed to help families walk with Jesus! In this episode, we will hear about Jesus washing his disciples’ feet in John 13: 6-17. Listeners are invited to discuss what their least favorite chore to do at home is. Families will learn that our rescuing king is also a servant king who desires for our hearts to be clean. Memory Verse: “But God demons...

Welcome to STEP into Holy Week, a daily devotional designed to help families walk with Jesus! In this episode, we will hear about Jesus sharing the Last Supper in Matthew 26: 26-29. Listeners are invited to discuss what meal they like to enjoy with their family or friends. Families will not only learn about Jesus hinting to the future sacrifice of HIS body and blood for our sins, but also how we c...