Cross Point Church Podcast

What you believe shapes how you see the world. 2000 years ago, eternity was changed when Jesus stepped out of the garden tomb. We read the story of Easter that we may believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that by believing, we may have life in His name. Together, we celebrate Easter. Do you believe? 

In our last week of Words to Live By, Pastor Kevin teaches us the final phrase that all people want to hear, “thank you”.  In this message, we study a story in the Bible where gratitude proceeds a miracle. Let’s not miss the miracles by taking things for granted.  Our God notices a grateful heart. 

In week three of Words to Live By, David Nasser shared a powerful message about how choosing to forgive is an opportunity for you to allow love to prosper by letting go. It’s time to release the things that hold you back from true celebration and joy.

At the end of our lives, there are four phrases that we all long to hear. In week two of Words to Live By, Pastor Kevin shared about the second phrase… “I’m sorry”.  We don’t apologize to others to be made right with God, we apologize because we have been made right with God – even when we don’t deserve it. 

At the end of our lives, there are four phrases that everyone wants to hear, the first being “I love you.” In the first weeks of our “Words to Live By” series, Pastor James talks about making love a priority in our lives today, not just at the end of our lives. 

In the last week of our Awaken series, Pastor Kevin shares how Jesus flipped the rules that the world had written about acceptance. The natural tendency of any group is to turn focus inward, focusing on the “insiders” and ignoring the “outsiders. Jesus’ life shows us that His supernatural tendency is to bring the outsiders in, and in turn, calls us to do the same.

As we read through the book of Acts, we see examples of the apostles being set free from imprisonment in the darkest parts of the night when it seemed like all was lost. In week three of Awaken, Pastor Kevin shares how we can find freedom in the pits of despair. When the night seems darkest, prayer is your weapon and your song is your strength.

Many people have opinions about what makes a church influential, but God’s way of influence isn’t like the world’s version, or even the version of influence we’ve deemed as important in modern-day Christianity.  As we study the book of Acts in this season of Awaken, Pastor Kevin unpacks how we can continue be an influential church and influential people, based on the way the early church was influential for the Gospel.

In the first week of our Awaken series, Pastor Kevin teaches about the pouring out of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts – and what that means for us today. The Holy Spirit is known as the Comforter, not because the Christian life is supposed to be comfortable, but because we are invited to experience the uncomfortable and grow through it – from restlessness to fullness. FULLNESSChris Brown, Matthews Ntlele, Steven Furtick© Music by Elevation Worship PublishingUsed by Permission. CCLI License #2245710

For our last week of Here & Now, Pastor James closed out the series with a teaching about overcoming criticism.  We have grown so comfortable criticizing ourselves and others that, often, it becomes our method of dealing with pain or fear. But when we replace our criticism with curiosity for what God thinks about us, it opens our eyes to see that He is not a critical God.