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Cross Thoughts: Run, Quick, Hurry, Fast (Feb 16, 2010 at 10:44 AM) - Cross Thoughts: Run, Quick, Hurry, Fast | We live in a microwave society. Everything has to be done now. We often stand in line at a local store and wonder why in the world the people in front of us are so slow. We sit in our cars waiting on...
Use Good Judgment (Feb 3, 2010 at 11:00 AM) - Use Good Judgment | Using good judgment is vital in any occupation, but especially in ministry. Ministers have lost their jobs and families, and a few have lost their faith because of making bad decisions. There is not a day that goes by that we do not have to make decisions that will affect our ministries and maybe even our lives. Can you remember the last important decision that you...
Cross Thoughts: How To Say No To Temptation (Jan 12, 2010 at 12:34 PM) - Cross Thoughts: How to Say No to Temptation | Genesis 3:1-4 | Temptation is anything that makes you want to turn away from what is right and do what is wrong. Temptation should be resisted at all cost because temptation can be very, very...
Cross Thoughts: Just a Movie (Dec 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM) - Cross Thoughts: Just a Movie | Today is just like any other Saturday; we all hang out at the mall. There are things to do, people to see and shops to shop in. But the main thing is just hanging out. On this particular Saturday afternoon someone suggested that we...
Cross Thoughts: Be Transformed (Nov 30, 2009 at 1:14 PM) - Cross Thoughts: Be Transformed By the Renewing Of Your Mind | It is really sad. Janie walks down the halls at work. She goes to break and stands there alone. As she goes through every work day, no one stops just to talk with her or even chat for small talk. Why?...
Cross Thoughts: Teaching Tips | Using Your Bible (Nov 2, 2009 at 8:57 PM) - Cross Thoughts: Teaching Tip | Use Your Bible | I once attended a Sunday school class with a group of about 50. Everyone seemed excited and ready to go. However, when the teacher started teaching I noticed something very unusual...
For Your Church: Send Brag Notes To Your Class Members (Oct 27, 2009 at 7:47 AM) - For Your Church: Send Brag Notes To Your Class Members | I do not know of any person who does not enjoy hearing compliments, especially a in front of other people. It is very vivid in my mind when my son’s second-grade teacher sent us a note telling us how sweet and what a hard worker our son was...
Cross Thoughts: But What If We Do Not Get Along? (Oct 6, 2009 at 2:08 PM) - Cross Thoughts: But What If We Do Not Get Along? | Debbie and Frank have been seeing each other for the past six months. They even started talking about marriage before they started their senior year. Graduation came and went and now...
Cross Thoughts | I Just Do Not Understand (Sep 9, 2009 at 8:40 AM) - Cross Thoughts | I Just Do Not Understand | I just got the news that my aunt died last night. She died peacefully in her sleep. She loved art - painting with water colors and acrylics. She did this for decades... and was really good at it. There have been a wide array of reaction...
Cross Thoughts: Friends Forever (Aug 10, 2009 at 7:35 PM) - Friends Forever | Karen is your best friend in the whole world. You started first grade with her and now you are in the seventh. She is so much fun to be around and she always seems to say...
Cross Thoughts: Philippians 4:8 (Apr 7, 2009 at 12:53 PM) - Without a doubt, the human mind is the most awe inspiring creation of God. The mind of man would stand above all other miracles of creation if they were listed in an order of importance. What you can do with your mind is really...
Resolving Conflict (Apr 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM) - We often face conflict in ministry. Most conflict might be on the small end of the scale but there are times when conflict is monumental and we need to be prepared to deal with it. We have listed below a few things that...
Dying to Self (Mar 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM) - Dying to self sounds great and noble in theory, but in reality is quite painful. I'd prefer the kind of "death" where I fall asleep and wake up transformed into exactly what God wants me to be...
Joshua's Secret Strength (Feb 11, 2009 at 1:42 PM) - Joshua's Secret Strength | Why were Joshua and Caleb so bold? Why did they stand firm against the other ten who spied out the promised land with them? I've got no clue about Caleb, but the Word gives us a hint about Joshua...
Cross Thoughts: Hidden Treasures (Dec 16, 2008 at 3:07 PM) - Cross Thoughts: Hidden Treasures | Amanda Reece hired a former high school classmate, Bob Kitts, for a remodeling project in her 83-year-old home near Lake Erie in Ohio. As Kitts was tearing out the bathroom walls in the home, he discovered two green metal lock boxes suspended inside a wall below the...
Cross Thoughts (Nov 11, 2008 at 4:23 PM) - Without a doubt, the human mind is the most awe inspiring creation of God. The mind of man would stand above all other miracles of creation if they were listed in an order of importance...
Cross Thought: Like Jesus (Oct 21, 2008 at 7:58 PM) - Just a couple of months ago Larry told me the story about his dad and how he packed up in the middle of the night and moved out. He left with no explanation, at least to Larry, and moved to a...
CROSS THOUGHTS: KEEP A LEARNING ATTITUDE (Oct 7, 2008 at 6:22 AM) - CROSS THOUGHTS: LEARNING ATTITUDE | It really does not matter how long we have been involved in ministry, we should never think we "have arrived". We should always strive to learn as much as we can about ministry from whatever avenue is...
Cross Thoughts: Longevity Secret (Sep 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM) - Longevity Secret: Volunteers | If you want to stay in ministry for the long haul (and maintain a portion of your sanity), you will really want to involve volunteers from your church family. Volunteers, if used right, can add many years to your ministry life. They have new and fresh ideas, and usually...
