Crossroads Church | Lafayette, LA

Authority is something that God takes very seriously, but authority is given to serve, not to be served. We must be “hands on” in carrying out the proper role of authority but “hands off” when it comes to using or usurping authority in an unbiblical way.  In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses 5 ways to be "hands on" with God-given authority. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congrat...

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  

There is a fascinating story in the book of Daniel where God literally writes a message on a wall to tell a sobering message to the Babylonian king, Belshazzar. This is where we get the saying, "the writing's on the wall". In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables breaks down this sobering message and how it actually applies perfectly to where we our as a country in 2024 and the so...

Proverbs 4:23 says, "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." We are all born with a heart problem and are in need of open heart surgery. But if we can prioritize our heart above all else, a wellspring of life awaits us. Eric Treuil acts as the South Central Area Director of Chi Alpha Ministries as well as the chaplain of the University of Louisiana football t...

Just like Cain, sin will leave a mark on our lives. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses what the mark that sin leaves on our lives looks like. 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 all make statements with how we live our lives that make a mark on people. On this Father's Day sermon, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses the important role that father's play in their kids lives and gives dads 5 statements that their lives should make in order to make a mark on their children. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/...

Our lives tend to be marked by questions in significant ways. But what do you do when you find yourself asking questions like, "God why?", "God how?" or "God when?" In today's Message, Pastor Jeff Ables teaches that it's okay for our life to be marked by questions, but we can't let it mark us in permanent marker. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations!...

In Haggai 2:23, the Lord tells Zarrubbabel that he would make him "like a signet ring." The signet ring was used to make a stamp, or a mark, that people would use to confirm signatures on important documents, contracts or letters. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables teaches us that God wants to use us to make His mark on this world and identifies three ways to do so. Prayed to acc...

Jesus compared the kingdom of God to many things, but one of the most unexpected comparisons came when Jesus compared the kingdom of God to a party. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables teaches that the kingdom of God is to be celebrated and that we have an assignment to invite people to this party!  Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bi...

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 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  

The Bible uses bread as a metaphor and as a symbol to teach us many different lessons. In today's message, missionary to Kenya, Emily Thibodeaux, discusses 4 things that we learn from bread throughout scripture. 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

Many of us walk through life with a limp. But what we don't understand is that those limps are often self-inflicted. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables studies the story of Jacob wrestling with God, using it to discuss 5 things that we often wrestle with that cause us to have a limp. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_sa...

We all have essential needs in our lives, but are we willing to give those things to other people? In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables will use the "golden rule" in scripture to show that in order to have favors done for us, we have to be willing to do favors for others. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved    Ne...

When it comes to favor, God has you covered! In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables teaches about the favor of God and gives us 5 ways to secure God's favor over our lives. 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

In Isaiah 61 we are given a great exchange, and part of that exchange is the oil of joy for mourning. God wants to restore our joy! In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables walks us through how this exchange works so that we can begin to walk in the fullness of joy that God has for us. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved    Ne...

The great exchange that God has for us includes exchanging poverty for prosperity and it provides wisdom as currency. Religion wants to tell you that you should live in poverty, but The Bible speaks clearly a very different message and we need the wisdom to walk in the prosperity that God has for us. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables will discuss three principles of the "wisdom excha...

There is darkness all around us in our world, but God has given us a great exchange of darkness for light! In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables discusses what it looks like for us to be light in the midst our dark world. 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://mycrossr...

Are you mourning? Are you in despair? Do you feel like your life has turned to ashes? In the book of Isaiah we read about a great exchange . Isaiah 61 declares that in Christ we have received a "crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair."  Now that we know about our great exchange, what happens if those ar...

God has put each one of us in our cities for a reason. We are called to reach our city with the good news of Jesus! In today's message, Student Pastor and Crossroads Leadership College Director, Matthew Ackman, looks into the story of Jericho in scripture to discover three ways that we can reach our cities with the gospel! Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or...

No matter who we are, or where we are from, we all want to know the answer to one question, "why am I here?". What is the purpose of this life that we are living? We believe that we exist to give God glory and to be in relationship with him! In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables will discuss the power of lauds (songs of worship) in our lives by studying to 7 Hebrew words for praise...

If the saying is true that life is similar to writing a song, then the people who have the greatest impact on the songs of our lives are our parents. In today's message, Pastor Jeff Ables addresses parents and discusses how we can help our children compose the songs of their lives throughout every phase of their development. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210...

Life can be compared to writing a song, and one of the most important songs our lives will ever write is the love song of our marriages. In today's sermon, Pastor Jeff Ables will use the musical scale to discuss 8 areas we need to focus on in order to write a beautiful love song.. Prayed to accept Jesus? Congratulations! Text SAVED to 337-222-3210 or click here https://bit.ly/CC_saved  New to...