crossroads

Palm 34:1-8

Many of us have already surrendered the easy things, but now God is calling us to surrender everything else… the really hard parts. When we experience God and his goodness, it's hard to to praise him. God works for our righteousness more than we do.

When we come to church, it's like a spiritual buffet:

• Sample everything

Just like when you take leftovers home after a large meal at a restaurant, if you didn't get a chance to absorb everything from a church service:

• Pack it up

Don't let those thing that you take home go unused:

• Finish your leftovers

Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between.

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John 15:1-17

We are like branches of a grapevine, and we can only bear fruit if we're connected to the vine, which is Jesus. Bearing this fruit equates to spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is summed up by Jesus' command to love, and to do that, we are called to lay down our lives for one another. Here are three ways we can gauge and improve our love:

• Love quicker
• Love broader
• Love deeper

Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between.

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Matthew 26:26-30

1 Corinthians 11:23-29

Jesus instituted the sacrament of Communion at the last supper during the Passover, and the church has carried on the tradition ever since.

Why do we receive Communion?

• It's hopeful
• For now. For future. Blessing and crying out.
• It's communal
• Sons and daughters. All equal.
• It's hospitable
• Given. Give.
• It's covenantal
• With Jesus. With the body
• It's confessional
• Reconciliation with God and with people

Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between.

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5/31/26

John 1:35-51

Most people are not really interested in just being invited to church because they're not interested in just adopting our morality or our religion. We do a lot of things just based on instinct. We are taught to bring people to church with us, and that becomes our default response, but there's something deeper going on that we should be inviting people to. Instead of inviting people to your church:

• Invite them to experience
• "Come and see"
• Invite them to explore
• Spirituality. Reality. Self.
• Invite them to engage
• Invite them to be loved
• By God. By the Church. By you.

Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between.

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1 Corinthians 9:19-23

For some, when we invite people to church, they hear: "believe what we believe, give up the things we gave up, spend time with only the people we spend time with, and even vote the way we vote." That's not what most people want. And yes, we do want to invite people to church, but there's some groundwork we should think about laying before the invitation. So instead of just inviting people to church, we need to:

• Learn to speak their language
• Find our testimony
• Invite them to their answer

Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between.

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Proverbs 1:8-9

We all have mothers, and there are a number of traits that some of the best mothers have which also reflect the traits of God. Like God the best mothers are masters of:

• Encouragement
• Truth
• Discipline
• Grace

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Living the Gospel, neighbor to neighbor

Matthew 28:18-20

Matthew 4:19

Romans 10:14-15

None of this matters if you don't have a burden for the lost. We talk about the things we love. Maybe we need to reconnect with our love for Jesus. We are becoming people who BOLDY GO:

• Be present
• Outside the box
• Love intentionally (Mark 12:30-31)
• Depend on the Spirit (John 15:4-6)
• Listen & learn
• You

Matthew 9:35-38

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Luke 24:1-11

John 14:27

John 16:33

John 20:24-27

The peace Jesus is trying to bring us give us at least three things:

• Peace with God
• Peace with yourself
• Peace in a broken world

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Zechariah 9:9

1 Kings 1:32-33

Mark 11:1-3

Matthew 21:4-5

Luke 19:31-34

Matthew 21:7-8

John 12:13

Matthew 21:9b

Luke 19:39-40

Riding a donkey instead of a war horse short circuits the idea of Jesus coming to Jerusalem as a conquerer and instead leads to the idea of Jesus' kingdom coming to bring peace. By laying down their cloaks and palms, the people were recognizing Jesus' authority and kingship while pledging their fealty to him. The people praised Jesus as the messiah who would bring salvation to the Jews.

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John 18:28-19:16

There are several things we see in this passage that provide a foundation for what we need as we journey forward in our faith. Pilate's story in particular teaches us that when we lack some of these tools, we might fall short of doing what we know is right. Some of the tools we need as we walk with Jesus are:

• Community
• Integrity
• Perseverance
• Courage

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