Crossroads Fellowship Church

And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. -Matthew 6:16-18

When you come together in one place... -1 Corinthians 11:20, 14:26

Hello Crossroads family! We just got a bunch of new resources in, so make sure you stop by our free resource shelf in the sanctuary lobby on Sunday to grab the resource that would help you the most!

Men treat God’s sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is a matter of worship. J. I. Packer

Martin Lloyd-Jones on worship: The way to a rich subjective experience is a clearer objective understanding. People who neglect doctrine will never have a big experience. The high road to experience is truth. To concentrate on experience alone is generally to find your christian life bound in shallows.

God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. -CS Lewis

Believer, you have all you need for all that God has called you to do and be, even through times like these: Jude 3: I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 2 Timothy 3:16-17: All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

A great read continuing Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, an allegory of the correspondence between two demons strategizing how to deceive Christ’s saints.

As the church thinks, so she worships; and, as the church worships, so she lives, serves, and evangelizes. Steve Lawson

'You are no saint,' says the devil. Well, if I am not, I am a sinner, and Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Sink or swim, I go to Him; other hope, I have none. Charles Spurgeon

1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:23

Need a vision for family worship? Here's one example:

I had rather feel contrition than be skillful in the definition thereof. -Thomas Kempis 1 Thessalonians 1:5 "...our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction."

We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers. -1 Thessalonians 1:2 What a gift & joy to see & know other believers! May we remain ever grateful to God for such partnerships in the faith.

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,... whose hope is in the Lord his God -Psalm 146:3-5 See more

"The early Christians were not fed to wild beasts or dipped in wax and set ablaze as lamps in Nero's garden because they thought Jesus was a helpful life coach or role model, but because they witnessed to Him as the only Lord and Savior of the world." ~ Michael Horton

The work of discipleship can be frustratingly inefficient. This is why we so easily drift toward easy fixes, cliched pick-me-ups, & law-heavy programs. But the process of becoming more like Christ is supernatural. Christian growth isn't a formula. It's faith. It relies on the only power granted to us -- the Holy Spirit working through the gospel. -Jared Wilson Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. -Matthew 28:19-20

Christians, make great art. You were made for this.