What is behind the long hours, the money, time, discomfort, and possible unsafe areas we minister in? Paul answers that question in chapter one of Colossians, Paul says, "whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him."
Our universe is set in place in such a way that if anything shifted any at all it would be disastrous. Who keeps everything in place? God's glory is demonstrated in His creation is wonderful ways!
It's not uncommon to feel like your spiritual passion has been lost. Elijah struggle with it. David did as well. So what is prescription for lost passion?
A fool is one that doesn't learn from their mistakes. And they make lots of mistakes. But all of us play the fool at different times in our life. Listen to this week's sermon to see when you are most like a fool!
Isaiah begins chapter 40 with the words, "Comfort, O, Comfort my people." The chapter ends with a promise of transformation and being carried along by God's power. The verses between verse 1 and 31 tells you how that happens!
To win a race you must follow ALL the rules. Saul thought that partially follow the rules set out for him by God would be enough. It wasn't. What are the rules of the 'spiritual race' God has laid out for you and I?
There aren't many characters in the story of Jonah -- God, Jonah, some sailors, the people of Nineveh, a big fish, a plant and a worm. But dig a little further in the story and you will find you and I are in the story as well.
1 Samuel 3:10 records Samuel's response to God's call -- “Speak, for your servant is listening.” Is that how you typically respond to God? Many of us are more like Moses or Jonah, we disbelieve or disobey.
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Sermons & teaching from Crossing Community Church, Newtown, Pennsylvania. To be and make committed followers of Jesus Christ.