Devotions

The latest devotions from Crossings Community Church pastors and staff

Signs of Life

Deidre Franklin | Mar 26, 2023

Signs of Life

The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the...

I Was Blind. Now I See.

Skip McKinstry | Mar 19, 2023

I Was Blind. Now I See.

“I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” John 9:25 NLTDevotion:Read John 9:1-41Everyone was incredulous. This “man born blind” who now had sight simply did not fit their...

Living Water

Deidre Franklin | Mar 12, 2023

Living Water

Read John 4:1-42 – “The Samaritan Woman”Devotion:Allow me to set the scene for this beautiful gospel story. Jesus was sitting alone near Jacob’s well when a woman from the nearby village arrived to draw water. He was tired be...

Walking Away into New Life

Skip McKinstry | Mar 5, 2023

Walking Away into New Life

The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you … So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. – Genesis 12:1-4aThere was a Phari...

The Annual Invitation of Lent

Deidre Franklin | Feb 26, 2023

The Annual Invitation of Lent

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Hebrews 4:15 NIVDevotion:Read Matthew 4:1-11.Christia...

Ash Wednesday and the Fellowship of Dust

Skip McKinstry | Feb 19, 2023

Ash Wednesday and the Fellowship of Dust

The LORD is like a father to his children,tender and compassionate to those who fear him.For he knows how weak we are;he remembers we are only dust.– Psalm 103:13,14, NLTAnd when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocr...

The Power to Love

Karlie Grubbs | Feb 12, 2023

The Power to Love

“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” —1 John 4:16Devotion:We need God to love God and to love others. When we place our trust in Jesus and declare him Lord of our lives, Jesus promised us his ve...

Love God, Love People

Michael Milligan | Feb 5, 2023

Love God, Love People

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he m...

Open to Opportunity

Cole Grubbs | Jan 29, 2023

Open to Opportunity

”Moses answered, ‘What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, “The LORD did not appear to you”?’ Then the LORD said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’” – Exodus 4:1-2Devotion:Our daughter, Remi, is (way too qui...

Sharing Restoration

Pam Ingle | Jan 22, 2023

Sharing Restoration

Just as water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. – Proverbs 27:10Devotion:The human spirit is delicate; it can be influenced in various forms and fashions. The changes can be slow, like the erosion of a sand...

Fix Your Eyes on Jesus

Scott Bartlow | Jan 15, 2023

Fix Your Eyes on Jesus

Therefore since we are surrounded by such great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder...

Renewal

Jenny Brown | Jan 8, 2023

Renewal

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17Devotion:Renewal. Even the mention of the word brings to mind new growth, fresh start, and spring f...

Rest

Paige Adams | Jan 1, 2023

Rest

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed th...

The Miraculous and the Mundane

Jill Poe-Thompson | Dec 25, 2022

The Miraculous and the Mundane

“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish.” John 1:14 (The Messag...

Something Special

Beth DeGrace | Dec 18, 2022

Something Special

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy. Philippians 1:3 NIVDevotion:I was not on good terms with “joy” for most of my life. I wanted to know joy. I wanted to know wh...

Love Never Fails

Kristin Brown | Dec 11, 2022

Love Never Fails

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil b...

Let There Be Peace

Bill Search | Dec 4, 2022

Let There Be Peace

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. –John 14:27 NIVDevotion:Since the 1950s, the song, Let There Be Peace on Earth, m...

Hope Has a Name...Jesus

Larry Harrison | Nov 27, 2022

Hope Has a Name...Jesus

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (NLT)Devotion:It’s hard ...

A Seat at the Table

Melissa Wilson | Nov 20, 2022

A Seat at the Table

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us f...

An Attitude of Gratitude

Don Peslis | Nov 13, 2022

An Attitude of Gratitude

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases,who redeems ...

God Shows Up

Kyra Byrns | Nov 6, 2022

God Shows Up

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. Psalm 23: 1-2Devotion:How does God show up for you? Have you taken the time to think about that recently? If you’re like me, you probably spend ...

Gratitude in the Pain

Sydney Mosshart | Oct 30, 2022

Gratitude in the Pain

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 ESVDevotion:Six years ago, during my sophomore year of college, I started experiencing excruciating pain in all ...

Taking Care of Others Through the Fruit of the Spirit

Scott Conrad | Oct 23, 2022

Taking Care of Others Through the Fruit of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 ESVDevotion:I remember when our first child was bor...

Encountering the Holy Spirit in the Unexpected

Lindsey Jackson | Oct 16, 2022

Encountering the Holy Spirit in the Unexpected

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23Devotion:Recently, on a weeknight, I was in a room w...