As we end 2019 and begin 2020, we share a message about what the Apostle Paul says we are to “put off” in our lives; then he says what we are to “put on”. He uses a clothing analogy to illustrate the message. We all can relate. What would you think needs to come out of your life? What is it you know intuitively needs to be “put on” in your life like a new garment?

All this week on CrossHope, we air five favorite Christmas stories that come from various messages on our program over the last 8 years. Each story stands on its own to convey truth and power for the season. We hope you will not only enjoy them, but share them with others.

We’ve all been impacted by “promise keepers”. We’ve all been impacted by “promise breakers”. But to be honest, we have all been keepers and breakers in the area of life. It may be too painful for you to discuss either end of the spectrum, but this week we do looking at the promises of God. According to Joshua, not one of God’s promises to Israel failed! We talk about that and the power of promise keeping in your life.

The universal sin in the minds of many is procrastination. We put off doing the necessary in relationships, in finances, in physical labor, and in the spiritual. Where have you procrastinated in just the last week or month? Seven tribes in the book of Joshua had procrastinated in the possessing of the land they had conquered. Joshua asked the question, “How long are you going to take to do what God has asked you to do?” Anyone relate to that? That’s what we study all this week on CrossHope!

When the Lord looks at our “history” and current life, what does He see? Hopefully, one word hopefully would be the word, “faithful”. All this week on CrossHope, we study a man named Caleb who was described as faithful for 45 years, waiting on a promise of God made to him. The last book of the Bible, Revelation, written by the Apostle John says, “Be faithful, even unto death!”

Perhaps you have felt compassion from someone who cared about your situation in life. But truth be known, they didn’t have the capacity to do anything about your problem. Likewise, we’ve all known people who have had little or no compassion, but did have the capacity to help. The Lord God Almighty has both in your life and mine! We pull away from the Joshua series for Thanksgiving week to look at what is called, “the feeding of 4,000” in Matthew.

No one likes to be the victim of deception. And yet we all have been the victim of someone else’s scam or deception. It may have involved money, romance, or business; but the bottom line was a lie. We study the story of the Israelites being deceived by group of people known as the Gibeonites in the book of Joshua. It’s a plot right out of a movie; yet there are lessons for us all in 2019!

Guilt and fear usually travel together in our lives. Show me a guilty man or woman, and I can probably can show you a fearful man or woman. Show me a fearful person; you probably are looking at a “guilty” person. The writer of Psalm 102 is David. He’s an afflicted man! He’s afflicted with both guilt and fear. On this Veteran’s Day week, we share a message given on a Veteran’s Day weekend.

I’ve never wept at any wedding I’ve attended or officiated. But I have choked up with emotion at a “wedding vow renewal” more than once. Why? There is something moving about people renewing their marriage covenant after years of marriage. This week on CrossHope we look at the passage in Joshua where the people of God renew their covenant with the Lord God almighty!

Promises are important in our lives, more than we know. We’ve all been on the receiving end of a “kept” promise; we’ve been on the receiving end of a “broken” promise. We’ve been on the other end of those equations with people close to us. This week we continue the story of Rahab in the book of Joshua. She was promised protection when her city of Jericho was destroyed by the Israelites. That promise was fulfilled by Joshua and people of God!