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Devotions

The latest devotions from Crossings Community Church pastors and staff

The Fading First Love

Bill Search | Oct 26, 2025

The Fading First Love

DevotionRemember acid-washed jeans? Back in 1986, they were the pinnacle of cool. Having a pair was a must. I look at them today, and that passion is completely gone. What was once a "love" has faded into a quirky memory. We

Posture of the Heart

Kim Gilliam | Oct 19, 2025

Posture of the Heart

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? - Micah 6:8DevotionHow did you decide what you were going to do with your ...

The Tension Between Our Plans and God’s Path

Andy Rauschkolb | Oct 12, 2025

The Tension Between Our Plans and God’s Path

A person’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9DevotionProverbs 16:9 resonates deeply with the common human experience of frustration when our plans don

His Masterpiece

Ryan Jackson | Oct 5, 2025

His Masterpiece

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10DevotionMagnum opus is probably not a term we hear thrown around too often. It’s the...

Stand by the Door—Welcoming Others into God’s Kingdom

Scott Bartlow | Sep 28, 2025

Stand by the Door—Welcoming Others into God’s Kingdom

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20DevotionMy StoryI grew up in church. I knew all the Bible stories, san...

Don’t Carry it All: Finding Peace in God’s Provision

Josie Strunk | Sep 21, 2025

Don’t Carry it All: Finding Peace in God’s Provision

That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or ha...

The Unwavering Promise

Amanda Durning | Sep 14, 2025

The Unwavering Promise

Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23Devotion“It’s never a good time to panic.”This is a phrase my teammates in the office often hear me say during hig...

A New Kind of Walk

Nevan White | Sep 7, 2025

A New Kind of Walk

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4Devotion“Walk in the newness of...

Your Labor Is Not in Vain

Lyn Watson | Aug 31, 2025

Your Labor Is Not in Vain

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58DevotionLabor Da...

God’s Wonder and Splendor

Lori Bunyar | Aug 24, 2025

God’s Wonder and Splendor

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. 1 Chronicles 29:11Devotio...

Do You Need a Vacation After Your Vacation?

Marc Taylor | Aug 17, 2025

Do You Need a Vacation After Your Vacation?

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden ...

A Healthy Reality Check

Andrea Parsells | Aug 10, 2025

A Healthy Reality Check

If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, a...

With Christ Forever

Lance Ward | Aug 3, 2025

With Christ Forever

Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. John 17:24DevotionBy now, most of us have see...

Rip the Roof Off

Jill Poe-Thompson | Jul 27, 2025

Rip the Roof Off

They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. Mark 2:4DevotionMy dad sometimes listened to talk ...

Walking in Integrity

Cullen Jones | Jul 20, 2025

Walking in Integrity

But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me. My foot stands on level ground; In the great assembly I will bless the Lord. Psalm 26:11-12DevotionRecently, a friend of mine unexpectedly lost hi...

When It all Falls to Pieces … What Do You Do?

Bill Search | Jul 13, 2025

When It all Falls to Pieces … What Do You Do?

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Daniel 1:8DevotionHave you ever had a summer vacation go as planned? Every...

The Freedom That Sets Us Free

Jennifer Ayotte | Jul 6, 2025

The Freedom That Sets Us Free

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1DevotionThis weekend, the air was filled with the sounds of celebration—fireworks...

Endurance in Faith: Finding Joy in Trials

Scott Bartlow | Jun 29, 2025

Endurance in Faith: Finding Joy in Trials

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33DevotionAs I sit down to write this devotion, I feel a profound sense of joy and vulnerability wash over me. When you first get married...

God with Us

Paige Adams | Jun 22, 2025

God with Us

Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Exodus 25:8DevotionI

A Father’s Day Devotion

Jeremiah Braudrick | Jun 15, 2025

A Father’s Day Devotion

“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Mark 1:15DevotionI find Mark 1:15 to be one of the most freeing and encouraging passages in all of Scripture—though slightly ...

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

Blake Bastin | Jun 8, 2025

The Coming of the Holy Spirit

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of...

Fueled by Love

Kim Gilliam | Jun 1, 2025

Fueled by Love

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remo...

A Call to Remember: God

Bill Search | May 25, 2025

A Call to Remember: God

My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. Psalm 78:1-3...

Remember Whose You Are

Andy Rauschkolb | May 18, 2025

Remember Whose You Are

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing (think benefit) in the heavens in Christ. For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and bla...