Crossroads - Weekend Messages

There’s a saying: “If it can go wrong, it will.” And sometimes it feels like everything falls apart all at once, no matter how hard we try to make decisions that keep us from life’s messiness. However, God loves to leverage the situations that seem impossible to us to bring about His perfect and astounding plans. In our brand-new series “Oasis,” God shows us through Ruth that when everything goes wrong...we’re actually in the middle of the story.

In the book of Joshua when the Israelites finished conquering the Promised Land, their work had only just begun. Some of the tribes claimed the inheritance promised them by God, while the rest of the tribes turned against them. You know that thing you’re waiting on? Sometimes it's hard to trust God with it. Even worse, sometimes your friends or family will tell you you're crazy for having faith in God. How can you stand up to the opposition and experience God’s best purposes and plans for your life? Join us Wednesday for the latest message in our Homestead series!

Michael’s ability to communicate visually with clay, combined with Pam’s musical gifts, create a powerful narrative illustrated by touching stories that range from hilarious to deeply emotional. Anyone who has experienced brokenness in their life will identify with this presentation.

Few things are more painful than persecution for faith in Jesus. What makes persecution even worse is when we respond in a way that displeases God - and let ourselves and others down in the process. Self-control frees us to rejoice in suffering because it allows us to move forward with a clear conscience, knowing we’ve lived in the way God calls beautiful. Join us Sunday for the last message from our “Beautiful” series!

Do you ever find yourself comparing what God's given you to what he's given to other people? In Joshua 21, the Levites received a much different inheritance than the other tribes, and they wondered why. In situations where you feel like you got stuck with the leftovers, how do you see God in the midst of your story? Join us Wednesday to learn how our situations that seem lame at first can actually be the most beautiful of all.

Gentleness has a stigma in our culture, doesn't it? In a society where aggression is prized as a response of strength, Jesus's command to be gentle sounds, well...weak. But the way of Jesus flips our understanding of strength and weakness on its head - because Jesus proved himself strong by his gentleness in the face of the persecution of the cross. How do we get there in our lives? How can we cultivate gentleness with people and situations? This Sunday join us as we learn together about the beauty of gentleness.

God's faithfulness to His people is always detail-oriented. When the children of Israel arrived in the Promised Land, God's plans for them didn't stop there - He made sure Joshua took necessary steps to protect those who couldn't defend themselves. All of us, in different ways, long for protection and justice; if you're aching for someone to stand up for you too, join us next week in Joshua 20 and see how God Himself is our greatest advocate.

Whether it’s rallies with celebrities or our nation’s leaders calling for change, our culture values peace. Jesus values peace too, and his promise for peace and how to get it actually works! His lasting peace is brought into the world through the faithfulness of his followers...but sometimes that can be hard for us. Do you want to help bring real peace to the world, instead of feeling like you come up short time after time? Come this Sunday and find out how.