Jesus ALWAYS sends his followers out to work on his behalf. We are told that the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, Christians are called to pray and ask God to send workers out into the field.

There is a cost to following Jesus. The cost may seem great, but the cost of not following him is exponentially greater.

Jesus taught by telling stories. People love to hear stories, tell stories, and be a part of stories. Listen to this story from the life of Jesus as he calls his first disciples in Luke 5.

Jesus teaches us in John 15 just how critical it is to stay connected to the Father.

God is a relational God. We are designed to be in relationship with God and relationship with people. That can't be accomplished only in a large group setting a few times a month. That is why to grow in your faith in Jesus you need to be in a LIFE GROUP! Listen to find out more.

The call Jesus gives to his disciples is clear. Matthew 4:19 paints a clear picture of what the Christian life looks like. It appears God decided that you had to be here to hear the entire sermon, as the last 10 minutes of the message didn't record. But what is included is foundational to our mission as the church here at Cross Plains.

Changing the oil in your engine is imporant an can prevent a small issue from becoming an URGENT problem. God wants us to manage our time so that we focus on what is important, instead of letting the urgent things of life crowd out what is most important.

There is pain in life, but it is not all the same. Choosing the pain of discipline now is better than dealing with the inevitable pain of regret later.

God is in control. When we convince oursevles and act as if we are in control things get pretty messy.