Crosslines

We all have an inner voice and an outer voice we fight with. It is important that we don't receive or identify with words that teachers or even parents may unknowingly speak over us. This is an inter…

Do you have unsatisfied longings? Creatures are not born with desires unless those desires exist...if I find myself with a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable expl…

"If you rule out the supernatural, you will perceive no miracles." -C. S. Lewis.  When we work to disprove miracles, we are actually working to disprove our own faith. In recent history, mankind has …

A summary of C.S. Lewis' book Screwtape Letters. Have you ever thought, "There might be demons assigned to me?" In the same way, God has angels assigned to help us; the devil has demons assigned to u…

If you put what is second before what is first, you lose both first and second. Second things do not have the strength to hold up things in life as first things do. Second things are temporal; they a…

Are you giving Jesus what He truly desires? Simon, the Pharisee, gave Jesus a meal and a seat at his table—an honor probably not given to most. But a sinful woman interrupted Simon's dinner to kiss J…

Are you the one whom Jesus loves? Do you believe that Jesus loves you more than everyone else? It sounds arrogant even to think that way but God is love. You can look for love and miss it. You can tr…

What is the art of deferring? It is one of the highest forms of love. Have you ever tried to out-love God, yielding to Him in such a way because you know He will give you more back in return? It is t…

It is okay to experience a period in your life where you are blinded by love. Love has passion, and God intended it to be that way. Love is not logical but full of emotion. Don't let things get too s…

Does Jesus treat critics and spectators differently than participants? To a novice casting out demons, Jesus says, "For whoever is not against us is for us." - Mark 9:40. But to the Pharisees being c…

We live in deceptive times, but the LOVE of TRUTH keeps us out of deception. So, the truth of God's Word sets us free, but what do you do when there are two conflicting truths in the Word? Jesus said…

Should you evaluate your prayer life by the answers you receive? In almost every other area of life, we measure our effectiveness by the results. Why don't we do the same in our prayer life? Is God j…

Even the scientific community has evidence of the differing results between people who pray and people who don't. Have you ever thought about what you choose to cover in prayer and the things you don…

Group discussion on the ability to turn something in prayer. 
Prayer is not wishful thinking, and neither should it be random. There are not times it works, and times it doesn't. Prayer is meant to ta…

This year, a human craft traveled closer to the sun than ever before in history. Certain precautions were taken to ensure the craft's survival, much like Moses and the children of Israel experienced …

What is peace? The cross is the place where Jesus brought peace to the earth. Believers should have a foundational internal peace. Not having peace is a warning sign there are areas you need to work …

Blessings are meant to overtake you. When from the Lord, they come from behind and overtake you.  If you chase the blessings instead of God, they will forever be like a carrot on a stick. God truly w…

Do you have satisfaction and security in life? If not, don't worry; contentment is learned. Life is not meant to always be striving but never arriving. God wants us to find contentment in every seaso…

Cloy, the test of indulgence. The one test that has yet to be passed. The Solomon test. God lives in the land of indulgence...but He can't let us go there because of what we would do with it. Surpris…

Six times in the gospels, it says if you try to keep your life, you will lose it. If you hold onto your life and live without any risk towards God, you will lose it. But if you lose your soulish life…