Crossing Community Church

This morning we were blessed to have True Light Recovery ministry with us in our service. One of the ladies, Crystal, from True Light shared her story. It's was powerful!! She openly shares her journey from addiction to sobriety and how God has used biblical community to support & guide her along the way.

Genealogies are largely ignored by most readers of the Bible. But we know from 2 Timothy 3:16 that all of scripture is useful for instruction. So what can we learn from this list of names? Plenty! This week Pastor Tim leads us as we dig into that long list of names and helps us to find the eternal value of them!

Just like observing communion is an important reminder for followers of Christ, Christmas can also remind us of some important things about Jesus. This week, Pastor Tim spoke on how Christmas reminds us of the great humility of Christ and how God rarely takes us on the path we think he will lead us down or the one we want to travel. 

The reliability, faithfulness and goodness of God is what sustains us and keeps us in His family. The story here in 1 Samuel 12 is challenging and encouraging one. It reminds us to serve, thank God for His goodness and to not forsake the King for empty stuff that can't deliver. 

The wisdom of God confounds mankind. Even His foolishness is wiser than man's best wisdom! A proper understanding of the wisdom of God will help His disciples find rest and satisfaction in the most difficult circumstances!

You can't talk about 2020 without talking about COVID 19. But when we look at this year we have to admit that it was God's provision for our church that stands out! God used the virus to demonstrate His ability to provide in every situation! The highlight of 2020 is not the virus or elections or civil unrest, it's the way God provided -- above and beyond -- before we really understood the needs we had! 

It's always great to hear how God has shaped the life of someone. This week we had the great pleasure to hear from Joel Van Sant. Joel was raised in a Christian home and trusted Christ as a young boy.  But it took awhile for him to find direction in his life. His story is one of how family influences our life choices and how God guides us to places where we can be uniquely used by God. (Hint: Joel is a chaplain in a federal prison!)

The topic of God's love is vast! Where do you begin to give justice to a topic that is often misunderstood and taken out of context? This morning, our guest speaker, Joel Van Sant, helps us to consider some of the most basic elements of God's love and even at a "basic" overview, we are left in wonder of the depth and breadth of the love God has bestowed on us.  

This summer the streets of our cities have been filled with protestors marching and demanding justice. That desire for justice is something that is found in the heart of every man, woman and child. Why? Because we are formed in the image of God we share his character for wanting to see justice applied to the issues of our world. No where is God's sense of justice seen more clearly than the death of Jesus. God's demand for justice was satisfied in the substitutionary death of Jesus!

Another attribute that only God has, is that He is spirit. No body, Just spirit. It totally aligns with His eternal nature and the fact that He is present everywhere, all the time. Our point of application for this attribute is this -- since God is spirit and with us at all times, what does mean to how and when we relate to Him?