Our greatest opportunity to love God is to show love to children. Our duty—parent or not—is to raise them well and show them Him.

You know that look a person gets when you give them the perfect gift? Give that to God.

Peace requires that we forgive others and let go of bitterness toward God; surrender our whole lives; and nurture peace within us.

You can't take it with you, but you can send it forward. Be generous, and when you enjoy your reward in heaven, you won't regret it.

God calls us to give 10% of our money for ministry and the needy. It's tough. It takes planning. But God blesses us when we give.

Most of us have more extra than we think. And our extra isn't always meant for us. Giving is the first step to financial freedom.

Your spiritual checkbook is the same thing as your physical checkbook. Each financial decision you make is a spiritual decision.

It's time to wake up spiritually. That means listening to God's call, stepping out of comfort, and face the day.

Remodeling your house is hard work. So does remodeling your life. It may be messy and it may cost you, but God's plans are worth it.

We shut the bedoom door when company comes over. What areas of your life are off-limits to God? To be close to God, let Him in.

Confession and forgiveness help clean up our lives. When we don't use them, we fill up with things that are toxic to our souls.

What sustains you? God offers us spiritual food; is it sitting uneaten? Do we take in a balance of grace and correction?

We all have places we keep old things. Are you holding on to things left over from your life before you met God?

Imagine your life has a living room. How is it decorated? How do you represent yourself to the world? And is that image true?

God has given us a set of plans to build our lives: the words of Jesus. But plans only work if you follow them.

God calls us not just to Heaven, but to a grand adventure here and now. Jesus is at work now, and He asks each of us to follow Him. 

Why come to Sunday morning church service? Because God told us to. To gain spiritual training. To hear God's leading. And to thank God for all He's done.

Be honest with God. Express your doubts and fears. Give thanks for the good things in your life. We took time to share them today.

Pastor Shep and his wife Jan lived out Psalm 91 during the Yom Kippur War. God protected them, and the words became real.

God is not your enemy. In your rough times, start by trusting Him. Check your perspective. Then worship. (Seriously. Try it.)

What do you need to confess? How will you repent? What will you do with the grace God has given you?

Psalm 112 tells us to fear God and grow in love for Him. To live like Him. To be generous with what we have. To fear no circumstance.

The Psalms remind us not only to find the right path and follow it, but to find the joy of it and remain on it.

If you want a close relationship with God, you must be real with Him. Express yourself honestly, and grow in intimacy.

You have such immense value that God gave His life for yours. You are Jesus' legacy.

A weed is just a plant that grows out of place. Some things that aren't strictly sinful hold us back. What's growing in your soil? 

Gardens must be watered regularly. Nurture your faith. Set spiritual goals. Seek God deliberately, directly. And do it daily.

Plants need good soil to grow. Do you surround yourself with good things spiritually, socially, and within yourself?

Jesus is the light of the world. Like plants, we need exposure to the Light to live. And we need it directly from Him, constantly.

God is a gardener. He wants to see us grow and flourish. We were each planted with a purpose: to blossom into a unique image of God.

Jesus offers us eternal life, and life to the fullest now. Today, we heard from several people whose lives have been changed by His love.

Herod treated Jesus like a genie. Pilate bent to peer pressure from the crowd, which was led astray by the emotion of the moment.

Even the best of us can turn against God by asserting ourselves over Him. Is God an obstacle to your agenda?

Jesus could forgive His murderers from the cross because the path to peace is surrender to God. Are you holding something from Him?

We find peace in God's calling. As we surrender our identity, God reveals our purpose. As we obey, we find peace and blessing.

For true peace, we must give our identity to God. We must give up the image we made up for the one God intended.

People once covered their heads in ashes in repentance. We don't have forever to turn from sin. Ash Wednesday is just one more chance.

"My peace I give to you." -Jesus, John 19:27

Jesus isn't talking about peaceful circumstances. He means wholeness and peace with God.

The greatest love story of all time is of God's love for us. Jesus proved it by laying down His life for us (John 15:13).

Do we keep the greatest expressions of our love for romance? What if we loved everyone recklessly? What would we give of ourselves?

Love may drive us to do crazy things. Guard your heart: love God first. Be careful what you love. Don't nurture every attraction.

Love changes us; it's supposed to. It is meant to bring our character closer to God's. Are you guided by love, or something else?

At Crossroads, we take care of the people here, and we reach out to those who aren't. We follow God as He reaches out to the world.

Crossroads is here to teach who God is and how to live because we want to multiply believers, followers, leaders, and churches.

Crossroads is about connecting. God has given His mission to us: to reconcile the world - to reconnect us - to Himself.

Without vision, we lose focus. We miss out on our God-given purpose. That's why we have sought out our vision at Crossroads.