Crosswalk: The Devotional Archives

• "What Hath Worldview to Do with Memorial Day?" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 22, 2012  (May 22, 2012)
  "?let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness?" (Genesis 1:26). Begun as a ritual after the American Civil War to honor fallen soldiers, Memorial Day seems to have broadened in recent years.
• "Ambition" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 21, 2012  (May 21, 2012)
  Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands... (1 Thess 4: 11). Quaint, right?
• "All Your Days" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 18, 2012  (May 18, 2012)
  Let us never doubt the significance and impact of any life for God has ordained all of our days for His purpose. Psalm 139:16
• "Be on Your Guard" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 17, 2012  (May 17, 2012)
  Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard (2 Peter 3: 17). Who of us doesn?t remember a film, television show, book or play with some swordsman in chainmail declaring, ?On guard!??
• "Walking Your Faith" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 16, 2012  (May 16, 2012)
  When was the last time you sacrificed something for God?Matthew 17:20
• "Batman and Big Brother" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 15, 2012  (May 15, 2012)
  If it?s true that worship springs naturally from within a person and is expressed by praising that which he or she enjoys most, then what or whom do you find yourself praising? Matthew 21:16
• "Armor 'n Enemies" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 14, 2012  (May 14, 2012)
  Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand...(Ephesians 6:13-19).
• "Run for Your Life" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 11, 2012  (May 11, 2012)
  ?Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace..." (2 Tim 2:22). You might have heard the saying that if you are not going forward in your Christian walk, you are going backwards...
• "Going Off The Rails" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 10, 2012  (May 10, 2012)
  Many of the furnishings and the walls in Solomon?s temple were overlaid with gold. What in your life shimmers like this precious metal so that others can see God?s work reflected in you?1 Corinthians 14:33
• "A White Bread Faith" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 9, 2012  (May 9, 2012)
  Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother (1 John 3:10). When I was still in high school my mother became a vegetarian.
• "Are You Reciting The Gospel By Yourself?" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 8, 2012  (May 8, 2012)
  when we rehearse the gospel, we must do so in the presence of the Living Christ; in humble worship of Him. He is not a distant figment of man's imagination. He is the God Who is there.Luke 9:30-31
• "Only One Way to Achieve Patience" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 7, 2012  (May 7, 2012)
  The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride Eccl.7: 8). Our senior pastor came into the room for a pre-arranged talk with all of us high school senior guys...
• "Strangers in a Strange Land" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 4, 2012  (May 4, 2012)
  ?If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you" (John 15:18-19). Last fall, I took a road trip with some friends to watch our college football team...
• "How's Your Heart?" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 3, 2012  (May 3, 2012)
  It's easy to be fooled into thinking that your heart is in pretty good condition.Psalm 139:23-24
• "That Small Voice" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 2, 2012  (May 2, 2012)
  The world is a tough place, and there are times when every Christian wonders if staying true to God is really worth it. Matthew 11:28
• "What Is True Spirituality?" - Crosswalk the Devotional - May 1, 2012  (May 1, 2012)
  "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food... (Gen. 3: 6). It seems clear to me that the root of all human sin is unbelief.
• "The Dip Swimmer" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 30, 2012  (April 30, 2012)
  You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?
• "Potholes" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 27, 2012  (April 27, 2012)
  ?I will not leave you nor forsake you? (Joshua 1:5b). I was having one of those weeks where everything seemed to be going wrong.
• "If You Can't Take The Heat..." - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 26th, 2012  (April 26, 2012)
  When your life ?heats up,? what do you do? Where do you turn? How do you cope?Daniel 3:24-25
• "Bread and Stones" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 25th, 2012  (April 25, 2012)
  Though our ability to understand God?s purposes is limited, we can take comfort in the knowledge that his love is limitless.John 16:33
• "A Stubborn Intolerance for Joyless Christianity" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 24, 2012  (April 24, 2012)
  "... I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation" (Habakkuk 3:17-18). Should one's relationship with the infinite and personal living God be joyless?
• "Live Like You Were Dating" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 23, 2012  (April 23, 2012)
  Let marriage be held in honor among all? (Hebrews 13:4). I heard the Tim McGraw song "Live Like You Were Dying" in the most unusual of places the other day...
• "The Truest Friend" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 20, 2012  (April 20, 2012)
  Jesus is the perfect model of what friendship should be for all of us. Proverbs 18:24
• "I'm Ready for My Close-Up" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 19, 2012  (April 19, 2012)
  "Search me, O God, and know my heart..." (Pslam 139:23) We live and move and have our being under a most divine magnifying mirror?whether we realize that or not.
• "You Can Do This" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 18, 2012  (April 18, 2012)
  Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back (Luke 6:30). I like to work out.
• "Your Birthday: The Most and Least Important Day of Your Life" - Crosswalk the Devotional - Apr. 17, 2012  (April 17, 2012)
  , "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). Just before our second son, Henry, was born earlier this year I remember standing with my wife in the nursery...
• "Traveling Mercies" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 16, 2012  (April 16, 2012)
  You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day (Psalm 91: 5). With summer travel season nearly upon us, I've been reminiscing upon all the times the Lord has watched out for me...
• "The Power of Words" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 13, 2012  (April 13, 2012)
  Let us strive to remember the power of our words and their impact on those who hear them.Proverbs 18:21
• "Speak for Your Servant Is Listening" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 12, 2012  (April 12, 2012)
  Could you go one week without your smartphone?Matt. 11:15
• "Leadership as a Servant" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 11, 2012  (April 11, 2012)
  Are you displaying the Spirit of Christ in your leadership? John 13:34-35
• "High Infidelity" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 10, 2012  (April 10, 2012)
  "?you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ... (Romans 7: 4). Usually, we think of "having faith" as simply "trusting, believing."
• "Both / And" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 9, 2012  (April 9, 2012)
  Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is, Christ (Eph. 4:15). Sometimes it feels like we Christians divide ourselves into these two camps.
• "A Springtime Mystery" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 6, 2012  (April 6, 2012)
  "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities... have been clearly seen..." (Romans 1: 20). When was the last time you wondered if spring would ever come?
• "Stinky Feet" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 5, 2012  (April 5, 2012)
  Who is God impressing upon your heart today? Is he calling you to show love to this person?John 13:34-35
• "The Gifts of Easter" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 4, 2012  (April 4, 2012)
  Christ?s work didn?t end at the resurrection. Instead, he gave us the Holy Spirit. The unexpected gift, that continues to remind us how much he loves us.John 20:19-23
• "He Defeated Death" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 3, 2012  (April 3, 2012)
  This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead (John 21: 12 - 14). Recently, my husband and I attended a forum to discuss end of life decisions.
• "Easter: All That Matters vs All I Live For" - Crosswalk the Devotional - April 2, 2012  (April 2, 2012)
  What would you do if someone you knew came back from the dead?Matthew 28:6
• "The Call to Martyrdom" - Crosswalk the Devotional - March 30, 2012  (March 30, 2012)
  Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself..." (Matt 16: 24). Maximilian Kolbe has long been one of my favorite Christian heroes.
• "Be Yourself" - Crosswalk The Devotional - March 29, 2012  (March 29, 2012)
  How is the sin in your life keeping you from being who God created you to be? 1 John 1:8-10
• "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" - Crosswalk the Devotional - March 28, 2012  (March 28, 2012)
  Where or on what are your eyes turned today? Romans 12:1-2