Crossroads - Weekend Messages

From the political tension we feel in our country, to the daily stresses of life at home with our families, or the internal struggles we face individually, there’s any number of things we can feel overwhelmed by, every single day. And the more overwhelmed we get, the more we run after the things or people that bring us a sense of comfort...even if those comforts are ultimately bad for us. The beautiful thing about following Jesus is he not only offers us comfort when we feel overwhelmed, he enters into what we’re experiencing and endures it with us. This weekend, join us as we let the music of the Psalms bring us an encouragement no earthly circumstances can take away.

It’s unavoidable, but sometimes hard to accept –– the reality that suffering is not
optional. And the thing about suffering is so often it feels pointless...We find ourselves
asking, “Why is this happening? And where is God?” But no matter how it may appear
to us at the moment, nothing is wasted with God. And even in the experiences that bring
us the most pain, he is at work, imagining outcomes we never could, for his glory and
our good.

In the midst of troubling circumstances, hope can sometimes feel just out of reach, like it’s impossible to really hang onto...but what if hope is hanging onto us? The crazy thing is, hope isn’t some sort of abstract concept, or a “thing” we can grasp –– hope is a Person. Hope has a name: Jesus. And only with Jesus do we find that hope is unstoppable because he hangs onto us, even when we feel like we have nothing to hang onto ourselves.

God is in the business of making all things new. This newness exists on every level of our lives. As a church family we have called 2020 a year of renewal. But with all that is going on in the world, how can we be renewed? We believe that God wants to do a work of renewal in all of us in this present cultural moment.

The beautiful exchange of the finished work of Jesus is simply that he died the death that we deserved. He gave Himself in our place. Then the beautiful exchange is that death becomes new life. Although Jesus died a public death, death could not hold Jesus. And Jesus rose from the grave. Come and celebrate this beautiful exchange with us at Crossroads.

You’d have to be crazy to want to be humbled. We live in a society where, whether blatantly or not, every Instagram post is telling you who’s the best. It’s not natural to want to take a backseat in a society like that –– plus, “being humbled” usually involves pain or loss of some kind. That means, the fact that Almighty God exchanged all the majesty due his name for humility –– for us –– is a crazy act of love and sacrifice! This weekend, join us as we celebrate Palm Sunday and the humility of God!

If you’ve spent any time watching the news recently, you’ve undoubtedly heard the same subliminal message from a million sources: “Be afraid.” Sure, most people aren’t telling you directly to be scared, but the way they’re presenting the facts makes everything seem...hopeless. Thankfully, God offers us a gift –– (and does anyone not love to receive gifts)? –– that gives us a way to replace our fear with an unstoppable hope.

At the best of times, there are so many things we find ourselves afraid of. In uncertain
times, it’s easy for our fear to rage off the charts! The beautiful thing for the follower of
Jesus is, even though we still feel afraid, we don’t have to let it drive our lives. God
offers us a cure for fear! Join us this weekend as we learn how we can live by faith
instead of fear.

We all know it –– we live in times of uncertainty, and it can feel totally overwhelming
sometimes. The beautiful thing is, nothing surprises God, and no matter what goes on,
he invites us all to walk in a unique hope that’s unstoppable. God leverages the worst
situations to bring about the most extraordinary things! Because we know that’s part of
who God is, we can expect good things from his hand, good outcomes from situations
we can’t predict otherwise. Join us for this special new series, Unstoppable Hope: Fail-
Proof Faith for Uncertain Times!

We call them “storms” for a reason –– difficult seasons of life shake us up and rock us to our core. Ultimately, suffering has one of two effects for each of us: to break us down, or to grow us up, and we get to choose which outcome is ours. Join us for a special message about how to weather the storms of life...and come out the other side, not uprooted, but rooted more deeply than ever before in what’s truly good for us.