Crossroads Church of God, Lima OH

Crossroads Church of God, Lima OH

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Crossroads Church of God, Lima OH episodes

  • Survival Guide for the Soul: True Friendship: Mutual Encouragement

    Scripture: John 15:25 NIV, Proverbs 27:17 NLT, Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV

    Quotes:

    Peterson, Faith that Works: "Friendship is a much-underestimated aspect of spirituality. It's every bit as significant as prayer and fasting. Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy."

    Sistrunk-Robinson, Mentor for Life: "Being a Christian is not simply about my personal relationship with God through Christ. If it were, God would have taken me to heaven immediately upon my profession of faith. Being a Christian is really about whether I reject my own way and persevere in following Jesus daily... And being a Christian is about cultivating right relationships. Christianity is a relational faith -- a vertical one regarding our relationship with God and a horizontal one involving our relationship with others. This is true from the beginning."

    Shigematsu, Survival Guide for the Soul: "If you become the friend your heart longs for, you'll have all the friends you need."

    Notes:

    Friendship -- Mutual Encouragement
    -Created to live in community
    -Friendship takes intentionality
    -Influence us toward God
    -Becoming a spiritual friend
    - Practice of listening
    - Practice of Asking Questions
    - Practice of Prayerfulness

    36 min
  • Survival Guide for the Soul: Sabbath: A Rhythm of Rest

    Notes:

    Sabbath as Resistance

    1. God commands Sabbath
    2. Our bodies/minds need it
    3. We learn to live by faith
    4. It is for everyone

      5. Scripture used: Mark 8:36-37 NIV, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 NIV, Matthew 5:17 NIV, Matthew 6:26 NIV

      Quotes:

      From Survival Guide for the Soul by Ken Shigematsu:
      "According to Scripture, anything we turn for our primary source of meaning and validation apart from God is an idol... One of the most commonly worshiped idols today is work... Yet God has long had alternative, a means of setting us free from the god of work."

      "[Sabbath is a day to] cease from what is necessary and embrace what gives life... to lay hold of whatever you've put off, and pushed away through lack of time, lack of room, lack of breath; it is a day to shuck the have-to's, and lay hold of the get-to's."

      From Sabbath as Resistance by Brueggemann:

      "The Sabbath rest of God is the acknowledgment that God and God's people in the world are not commodities to be dispatched for endless production... Rather they are subjects situated in an economy of neighborliness."

      25 min
    5. Survival Guide for the Soul: Meditation

      Scripture Used:

      John 3:22-30
      Psalm 46:10
      Exodus 14:14
      Romans 5:8

      Quotes from Survival Guide for the Soul:

      "If we are driven to accomplish great things in order to be loved, we are slaves to success... If we seek to make significant contributions because we are lived, we are now living as children of grace... We will be motivated to do our best work out of deep gratitude." p.46

      "An addiction disrupts and displaces God as the center of our lives, and the Bible has a word for this: idolatry." p.74

      "Meditation is rather ordinary most of the time. Nonetheless, I find that the best way to begin the day is to be still and remember that God is God, and I am not." p.80

      25 min
    6. Survival Guide for the Soul: From Ambition to Integrity

      Scripture Used: Matthew 11:28-30 NIV, Romans 7:15

      Quote: "If we are driven to accomplish great things in order to be loved, we are slaves to success... If we seek to make significant contributions to the world because we are loved, we are no living as children of grace... We will be motivated to do our best work out of deep gratitude." Shigematsu, Survival Guide for the Soul p.46

      54 min
    7. Ash Wednesday (3-6-19)
      In this short sermon, Pastor Brian uses the story of Jesus in the dessert and compares his temptations to our own. Relevance, Power, and Popularity.
      22 min
    8. David: True Repentance (3-3-19)

      Scripture Used: 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 14-17, 26-27 NIV; Deuteronomy 8:10-14 NIV; Psalm 32:3-4 NLT; 2 Samuel 12:13 NIV; 1 John 1:9 NIV; Psalm 103:8 NIV

      Notes:

      What we learn about sin:

      1. Sin always bears consequences
      2. Comfort brings vulnerability
      3. Sin happens, but doesn't "just happen"

        4. What we learn about repentance:

        1. Repentance starts with ownership
        2. Desire to make a clean break
        3. Receives God's forgiveness

          4. What we learn about God

          1. God takes sin seriously
          2. God's love is greater than our sin
            3. 31 min
          3. David: Promise Keeper

            Scripture used: 2 Samuel 9 NIV

            Notes:

            David is a man of his word.
            Be careful what you say yes to.
            Communication early and often.

            David is a man of kindness and grace.

            Kindness and Grace are one-sided.
            Restores dignity.

            30 min
          4. David: Stripped of Scaffolding

            Scripture used: 1 Sam. 18:6-7; 18:10-11; 19:9-10; Psalm 142; 1 Sam. 22:1-2

            Notes:

            A Season of Loss:
            David lost his position, his wife, Samuel, his friendship with Jonathan, and his self-respect.

            What helped David as that he

            1. Hurt enough to admit his need
            2. Honest in his cry out to God
            3. Strength of others
              4. 31 min
            4. David: Giant Slayer

              Scripture: 1 Sam. 17,8-9, 11; Proverbs 4:23 NIV & CEB, Col. 3:1-2 NIV, 1 Sam. 17:25a NRSV, 1 Sam. 17:32, 34-37a NIV, 1 Sam 17:45-46a, 47

              Notes: Developing the character of a person after God's own heart:

              1. Remember
              2. Courage Fueled by Faith
              3. Trained by the Renewal of Your Mind
                4. 33 min
              4. David: Humble Shepherd

                Scripture: 1 Sam. 13:13-14, Matt. 22:37-38, 1 Cor. 1:26-29, Psalm 40:8, 1 Sam. 16:7, 1 Sam. 16:18-19, 1 Sam. 17:14-15, Phil. 2:12b-13

                Notes:

                Life of David: a man after God's heart

                1. Devotion
                2. Humility

                  3. Lasting Impressions:

                  1. Be Faithful in the Little Things
                  2. God Develops Character Over Time
                    3. 30 min

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                  Inviting people to apprenticeship in Christ: Learning to live by faith, transmit hope, and be known by love.