What a wonderful day of celebration we had Sunday at Crossroads! Our biggest crowd by far of the year packed out the college cinema for two awesome services. Many people made life-changing decisions including many who decided to go public with their faith through baptism. Here's a few highlights:
Such a great day! I shared about one time (of many) that I also asked, "Where's God in all this", a story about when we moved from Colorado to Alabama, and everything in my business life and work in the ministry seemed to be caving in on itself. I wound up in a metal building doing worship for about 30 teens. The reality of that experience is, without all the difficult move and the challenging circumstances, we likely never would have started Crossroads. In fact, teens from that very youth group serve at Crossroads today, nearly 15 years later. You heard from one of them last week...Pastor Ben Rice!
God is SO GOOD! Have a GREAT week!
- Worship was great! Loved the song selection!
- Lots of Easter Sunday Launches including our fantastic NEW WEBSITE! Kudos to Will and Brian G. for making it happen. Tons of new resources including VIDEO PODCASTS!
- Also launched Crossroads DRINK COFFEE DO GOOD campaign supported by Land of 1000 Hills Coffee, and sold over 10% of what we need to sell in an entire year to support an entire Rwandan village!
- Loved the new "Good News" segment in our service where we take time to celebrate the awesome things God is doing in the lives of Crossroads attenders, in small groups, and in our community through the work of God's people!
- We talked Sunday about how we've all asked the question "Where is God in all of this?" when confronted with difficult circumstances in life.
- It's often hard to see God in the beginning of trouble. How do we find good news in tragedy? Or hope in hopeless situations? Peace in the midst of disaster?
- Even though most of us would readily admit that the most significant and defining moments in our lives were difficulties (and even tragedies), when faced with challenging circumstances we often think, or say, "Does God really even care?
- The BIBLICAL FACT remains that when it comes to faith in God through Jesus Christ "There is more here than meets the eye"!
- Our tendency is to look at our lives through the filter of the circumstances in our lives and in the world around us.
- But like PAUL SHARES, we need to instead look at life's circumstances through the filter of eternity!
- Jesus conquered the world by being raised from the dead!
- So we can take heart, because we have a brand new life!
- Even though difficulties come, we have EVERYTHING to live for!
- We just need to know WHERE to look: To the resurrection!
- And WHO to look to: Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith!
- What's the Good News? HE IS RISEN!
Such a great day! I shared about one time (of many) that I also asked, "Where's God in all this", a story about when we moved from Colorado to Alabama, and everything in my business life and work in the ministry seemed to be caving in on itself. I wound up in a metal building doing worship for about 30 teens. The reality of that experience is, without all the difficult move and the challenging circumstances, we likely never would have started Crossroads. In fact, teens from that very youth group serve at Crossroads today, nearly 15 years later. You heard from one of them last week...Pastor Ben Rice!
God is SO GOOD! Have a GREAT week!
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