Crossroads - Weekend Messages

The Christian life is a journey. It leads us from our first breath to eternal glory, and all of it involves God at every step...including how we view ourselves in light of who He truly is! Psalm 139 explores deep questions about God and shows us just what kind of an amazing reality awaits those who are willing to embark on this incredible adventure with Him. Join us for Radiant, a series exploring...

Peter was chosen by Jesus to be a leader in the church but Peter had a lot to learn before he could lead well. But that’s what Jesus does! He calls us just as we are and then transforms us into the men and women He’s created us to be. It’s been said before that God doesn’t call the qualified but He qualifies the called. Peter would go on to follow Jesus and change the world in the process. God is...

When Paul met Jesus, he not only had his life rocked by the power of the gospel, he also experienced a radical renewal of his social life. As he served, traveled, and ministered, he developed a few trusted friends that saw him through the most difficult seasons. More than ever, we need the same thing. According to a recent study, 67% of Americans feel lonelier than ever before. Because of the pand...

The pressure to believe and live in a particular way has never been greater than it is today. Regardless of what we believe, the news, social media, and the educational community tell us how we should live our lives. It’s easy to simply be swept along and go with the flow. Is that what any of us truly wants? God has something so much better for us! Discover the BIG game changer this week and learn...

Take a second and breathe in slowly, and breathe it out again. Rest. It’s so easy to feel like we can never really rest because life is constantly moving. And that’s why we love to imagine ourselves sitting on the beach with our toes in the sand after a long, stressful season of work. But when a vacation actually comes along, how many of us spend the vacation worrying about “having fun” and “resti...

In our life and the lives of those we are pouring into, God always has another restoration project in mind. And we get to be part of the process! He knows that things tend to deteriorate and fade away, often including our spiritual commitments and plans. The important things can often get forgotten as we fall into the slow slide of settling for less than God’s best. In this final message from our...

We want to be made well, of course. Believe it or not, we can grow so comfortable with our situation – when we have been living for so long being sick or hurting or broken – that it just feels “normal.” It's time to break out of the haze and step into the light! In this season of restoration, God wants to help us get off the mat (literally!) and walk into the life that we have been waiting for. Co...

The God of the Bible is covenantal, always committed to his people...and it is built on the foundation of the relationship. Have you found yourself trying to make a relationship work when it's clear the other person isn't committed to the relationship? It can be a heartbreaking experience and one that needs reconciliation in order to see rehabilitation. But once those two steps are taken, there is...

God is always telling his people, “Remember…” Why? As we remember our pasts, it gives the Lord an opportunity to heal us and teach us, and it serves as a reminder that although people can be unfaithful, God is always faithful. Looking back on God’s faithfulness is a source of hope for us in the here and now and a powerful expectation we can count on for the future.

Lots of things are important, but only a few things are eternal. In fact, the only eternal things are God, people, and God’s Word. In a world of constantly shifting values and priorities, the only way to make sure we have our priorities straight as followers of Jesus is to keep our sights set on the eternal things...when we do THAT, amazing things begin to happen in all the other important things...

When God moves in power, it has nothing to do with our own ideas of power structures and what they look like. In fact, when God moves in power, it has everything to do with elevating the powerless and meeting the needs of the marginalized and oppressed, so they can be free too. One of our most important callings as followers of Jesus is to carry on his work of caring for the oppressed––this was on...

We often forget that great endeavors involve even greater risk. This is true spiritually as well. Right as Nehemiah began his work of restoration, the opposition started immediately. And the greatest leaders respond to opposition with even greater resolve. We will see Nehemiah leading with passion and wisdom.

Before anything can change in our lives, we have to be willing, to be honest with ourselves: honest about our shortcomings, honest about the nature of our circumstances, honest about who we are and who God is, honest about what God is asking of us. The amazing story of Nehemiah hinges on his honesty and integrity––he was willing to acknowledge not only the amount of work it would take to rebuild J...

Hellen Keller once wrote, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” One of the key moments in life is when you realize the desires God has put in you are more important than the fear that shouts at you. Yes, the fear is real: the fear of failure, of what others think, of an unknown future…But deep down, you know you can’t remain dormant or passive. You need to step out in faith, trust...

Every time we learn something new, we’re faced with a decision: will we allow what we’ve learned to change us for the better? As we wrap up our crazy happy journey, we have choices to make and a will to exercise. Will we choose to walk in the Spirit and practice Jesus’ teachings in the Beatitudes? Will we let the Spirit bear his fruit in our lives? Let’s conclude our journey as a family of faith w...

One of the most amazing things about Jesus’ teaching in the Beatitudes is that Jesus gives us a system of ethics that should define our lives...and it’s an ethic that’s completely different from how our world sees ethics. It’s the ethics of the kingdom of God! As we press further into the kingdom of heaven, the Spirit begins to grow beautiful fruit in our lives. When we live into Jesus’ kingdom, n...

God’s got a plan for our lives...but God didn’t create us to be robots. He allows us all to make our own choices! And those choices carry powerful consequences –– good and not-so-good ones. How do we know the difference between good choices and better choices? How do we make the best choices? As we continue on our journey toward God’s definition of happiness, we all have some important choices to...

Happiness is born from the inside- out...Most of us would embrace that sentiment, right? But more often than not, we live like we’re waiting for an outward change of circumstances to propel us into happiness, only to find that once we arrive at the desired destination, while we may like the new reality, we are still left unfulfilled. So we keep getting back on the hamster wheel. That’s why Jesus’...

Happiness is born from the inside- out...Most of us would embrace that sentiment, right? But more often than not, we live like we’re waiting for an outward change of circumstances to propel us into happiness, only to find that once we arrive at the desired destination, while we may like the new reality, we are still left unfulfilled. So we keep getting back on the hamster wheel. That’s why Jesus’...

Nobody wants to be unhappy––that would be crazy, right? In fact, inside all of us is a deep longing for something more. Something beyond ourselves. Something beautiful. And what’s even crazier is we may have been missing an important truth hidden in plain sight….In one of his most famous teachings, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks of the “blessed” person, which can also be translated as “happ...

Nobody wants to be unhappy––that would be crazy, right? In fact, inside all of us is a deep longing for something more. Something beyond ourselves. Something beautiful. And what’s even crazier is we may have been missing an important truth hidden in plain sight….In one of his most famous teachings, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus speaks of the “blessed” person, which can also be translated “happy”...

“Doesn’t God want me to be happy?” Virtually everyone has asked this question at some point. And the answer is...yes ! But God’s plan for our fulfillment looks way different than anything we would expect. Join your Crossroads family for a journey through some of the most famous passages of Scripture––the Beatitudes and the fruit of the Spirit––for the key to unlocking God’s definition of true happ...

We’re all looking for healing in one way or another, and at the tail end of a year like 2020 and the front end of a new year that (so far) feels no different, many of us feel confronted head-on with our own needs in a way we never have been before...What does Jesus say to us in this space? What will he do, and how might he surprise us? When Jesus decides to move in his people to restore them, he n...

All of us want to be successful in life...but so often, when we chase our own version of success, we wind up with a huge mess on our hands. That’s why we need to look to God’s Word in the Bible for an eternal definition of success––one that’s never going to backfire and get us or others hurt. In fact, God’s plans for our future are always beyond our craziest dreams, guaranteed to satisfy the longi...

Every homeowner spends time making her house uniquely suit her own taste, and the church (God’s house!) is no different...except that God’s house is a community of people. So the unique decorations God wants in his house, then, are qualities that grow in our lives as spiritual fruit. How do we make sure our lives are a welcome home for the Lord? Find out in this message on John 15!