When you undergo hardship and struggle do not pull back from community, instead push into it further. Press into God’s word, be around God’s people, hold onto God’s promises.

Passage: Acts 17

Taken from the book: “I Once Was Lost” by Don Everts and Doug Schaupp

From Distrust to Trust

From Complacent to Curious

From Closed to Change to Open to Change in their Life

From Meandering to Seeking

Crossing into being a Follower (Entering the Kingdom)

Will you be willing for God to open doorways for you to bring Him Glory?

Will you be the doorway for others to meet, know and follow Jesus Christ?

As we do so He will change our lives.

Will you be willing for God to open doorways for you to bring Him Glory?

But God will also bring YOU as a doorway to change in the lives of others.

Main Scripture: Acts 15

We are saved… by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, according to Scripture alone, for the glory of God alone.

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you are saved through faith. And this is not of your own doing; it is the gift of God,,not a result of works, so that no one may boast.For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Crosspoint Church exists to guide people to know and experience LIFE CHANGE through Jesus Christ. That Life Change is possible because Jesus has paid for our debt of sin with His death on the Cross. The result of God’s working in our lives is a change of our heart, our mind and our actions to be aligned with His desires and purposes - to bring Glory to His Name!

Guest Speaker Tom Mouw, church elder. The picture of contentment and satisfaction with the shepherd’s affection and devotion to his flock in his household and under his care... healthy, contented, productive sheep are his delight.  We should be grateful and proud to belong to Christ (not a heartless owner). And the only way into the fold of God is through Jesus Christ. Almost every day we literally rub shoulders with men and women “on the other side of the fence.” What is our impact upon them? Do our lives and conversations lead them to Him – and thus to life everlasting? Do I impart blessing, contentment, forgiveness, joy, love, and peace behind me?

To live in house of the Lord forever, in His presence... to be in full view of the Good Shepherd at all times, is the most magnificent sentiment by the psalmist David, and by us, today’s readers.

God is seeking true worshipers - those who will worship him in Spirit and in Truth - those who recognize that He is God and that they are not - those who will turn over their life to the one that created them in His image to bring Glory to His Name.

Will you follow the in the steps of the wise men and kneel before Jesus, the Star of Christmas and give yourself to Him in Worship?

And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”  Luke 2:10

“Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of every detail in my life,

the quiet confidence that ultimately everything will be all right,

and the determined choice to praise God in all things.”  

Kay Warren – Choose Joy

1 John 4:9-11

In this the love of God was made manifest among us … that God sent His only Son into the world

For God’s love to triumph there needed to be direct interaction with and confrontation of the problem at hand.

1 John 4:9 -  so that we might live through him.  In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent