Crossroads

John 9:1-41 #1 WE HAVE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS ·         Identify Them: o   cultural o   familial o   trauma o   expectations ·         It Undermines: o   your spiritual life o   how you perceive God o   Biblical authority o   your ability to mature and disciple #2 WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE ·         Act On It o   be all in o   testify o   even if #3 JESUS IS MESSIAH Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

What are the things that get your best effort?   Ecclesiastes 9:10a (NASB)   Paul’s “Race” Acts 20:24 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Hebrews 12:1-3 2 Timothy 4:7   What areas do we need to turn it up? Intimacy (to be close to God) Transformation (to be like God) Surrender (worship of God)   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Matthew 22:34-40   The 10 Commandments Exodus 20:3-17   The Shema Deuteronomy 6:4-5   Loving God rightly requires using all our different faculties as we show love through various means. Our heart loves with feeling and emotion. Our soul loves with will. Our mind loves with logic.    How do we love god with heart, soul, and mind? Know God with your heart, soul, and mind.

2 Corinthians 11:21-29  How do we make living in uncomfortableness part of our daily lives: Live with standards, not heroes Live for heaven, not comfort Live with present day faith Live for the next opportunity   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Mark 8:34-38   It’s pretty clear what God is asking us for. There are a number of gifts we can give to God: Deny yourself Live an “others-centered life” Take up your cross You “can’t save yourself.” Follow Him “Go where he went.” Your Life Give God “every part.” Your Boldness “Share the Good News.”   To sum it up, what do you give the Father who has everything? What is asked Your best 100%   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

com·mun·ion /kəˈmyo͞onyən/ Noun   a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death.   the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level   1 Corinthians 11:23-29   So what should we do as we take communion: Remember Embrace Examine   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

John 15:1-8   We are just branches connected to the vine. We can’t be his disciples if we’re not connected to the vine… that is, God. The purpose of being a branch connected to a vine is to bear fruit, but a branch on its own cannot bear fruit. When thinking about our connection to God,  we need to ask ourselves a few questions: Are you bearing fruit in your life? Galatians 5:22-23 Are you bearing fruit in their lives? Are you bearing fruit for his mission?   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Genesis 1:26-27   Judges 6:11-16   We all like to give ourselves different identifiers.  Whether we identify with a hobby we enjoy, or something we spend too much time thinking about, or sometimes even our weaknesses that we think define us.  That doesn’t necessarily go along with our identity as set by God. So how should we determine our true identity? You are who God says you are. Often finding our true identity requires shedding a false one. Who you really are is only discovered/revealed/achieved in a walk with God.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Mark 1:35 Matthew 14:22-23 Matthew 26:39 Luke 11:1   John 17:6-26   Prayer was supremely important to Jesus. Multiple times in the gospels he’s recorded to have gone off alone to pray. So how do we spring forward in prayer?: Pray Prayer is the opportunity: to worship God to connect with God to affect his will on creation. Pray more. Pray regularly. Pray continuously. Stop treating it so lightly Seek God’s desire: for you. for them. for the world. Add WEIGHT to your prayer.   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

  John 20:1-29 John 21:15-19   Which of the characters in the Easter story best resonates with the identity that defines us? “The disciple whom Jesus loved” Mary “Doubting” Thomas Simon/Peter The fleeting nature of failure The necessity of honesty The power of repentance   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Luke 19:28-40   The characters presented in the story of Jesus' Triumphal Entry illustrate several different ways people tend to worship Jesus. Which one do you look like most? How do you worship?  Do you worship at all? Do you worship because of what you get from Jesus? Do you worship because you know about Jesus? Do you worship because you’re with Jesus?   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney  

2 Corinthians 2:14-15 Hosea 6:6 Ephesians 4:32 - 5:2 Matthew 5:43-45   Jesus has some very tough standards for us to live like him. He calls us to love others not just as we love ourselves, but as he loves us. He even calls us to love our enemies. His grace was demonstrated by his death on the cross so we could share it with others. So what is grace to us: Grace isn’t deserved Grace is healing Grace is worship   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Genesis 1:31; 3:1-5; 6:5; Deuteronomy 5:33 Matthew 5:21-22 2 Corinthians 5:17 Romans 12:2   Ephesians 4:17-24   When we gave our lives to Christ we didn’t simply join a new religion, we became a new creation. But instead of living like it, we like to do things ourselves. But when we try to fix everything on our own, it can have unintended consequences. Here are some warnings about self-help: Self-help is often self-centered Self-help can easily become self-worship   God-help, on the other hand, works in a different way: God-help is a God-first system God-help is the only help that actually works   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

1 Corinthians 13:13   We spend a lot of time in church talking about faith and love, but not much talking about hope. We all need to strengthen our hope.   1 Kings 19:1-18   If you want to build hope in your life, you have to: Remember Reinforce You can’t live by someone else’s faith, but you can certainly rest in its shadow. Refocus From the natural to the SUPERnatural Look for the glimmers Live in the glimmers Open your eyes Worship Denounce the Delusions   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Colossians 2:1-7   What does it look like to “spring forward” in different areas of our lives? Grow down Spring forward Get more light Strive for new growth   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

What is an allergy? An allergy is where your body reacts strongly to something that may be harmless to others. We all experience spiritual allergies… things that aren’t sins in and of themselves, but that can lead to bad decisions… Things that overwhelm our spiritual immune system. How do we deal with spiritual allergies? Avoid 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Proverbs 4:14-15 Praise 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Change your focus Philippians 4:8 Support, encouragement, and accountability Proverbs 27:17 Hebrews 10:23-25     Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney  

Prayer Matthew 21:13a   Most Christians don’t pray, or don’t pray very much. We miss out on the power of the one who says to us, “I’m right here listening.” So what does it really take to grow in prayer? Pray Pray consistently Pray continually Pray for others first Pray first   Maturity 1 Corinthians 13:4-13   How do we grow in maturity? Identify the childish Get an outside perspective Identify maturity Move   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Daniel 3:7-18   We all have some kind of faith, or we wouldn’t be going to church or listening to sermons. So what does it look like to grow in this faith: Life change Moving from noun to verb Becoming an “even if” Christian   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

2 Peter 1:5-8 Colossians 3:12-14 John 15:13   Love Is much more than a feeling. It is a choice. And because of that, it presents us opportunities to grow. To grow in LOVE is to: Grow in the ability to give our lives to others. Grow in the ability to give our lives to others who don’t like us. Grow in the ability to give our lives to others who are against us.     Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney

Luke 11:33-36   Having a dirty windshield is a lot like having sin in your life. Sin makes it hard to follow God in much the same way that a dirty windshield makes it harder to see where you’re driving.   Sin makes it hard to see Clean the Inside Deal with the damage   Crossroads – about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossroadsjourney