Crosswalk PLUS Weekly

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  What Is Advent and How Is it Celebrated? This space in-between Thanksgiving and Christmas is known as Advent; a Latin-based word that means “arrival.” The four weeks of Advent are in part the celebration of the arrival of Christ into our world, but...
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  11 Christian-Owned Businesses to Support This Christmas It adds so much more meaning to your giving when the impact is multiplied through generous business practices. Here are a few Christian-owned businesses that you can feel good about purchasing from this...
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  10 Beautiful Christmas Songs You Won’t Want to Miss This Season Remember in your listening and enjoyment of Christmas music to celebrate the true meaning of the season, Jesus. Whether you are celebrating Him through a happy upbeat song or adoring Him with a slower...
• Mimi's Place: Learning the Rules of Being a Grandmother We want to model that truth for them in every way possible – in our behavior, our speech, the way we treat others, the television shows we watch – the way we live our lives. We want them to be able to follow...
• 3 Signs We Are Spiritually Immature The more we know Him, the more we want to know Him. We get a more intimate view of His character and His love. Sounds great, right? But, something happens that keeps many of us from this path. We fill our...
• What Christians Should Know about Preparing for Persecution Prison, torture, and death are understood to be part of the deal when accepting Christ. Yet people continue to turn to Him in greater numbers than at any time in history.
• 5 Biblical Ways to Engage with Children Today What will I tell my children about the world today? What will you tell yours? Raising children well today isn’t easy, but God doesn’t need easy to do His work. Here are 5 ways to engage with children today.
• Christmas Prayers to Prepare Your Heart for the Season But it is important through the tinsel and the shopping to remember that Christmas is time to think about the birth of the Lord Jesus. Meditating on who He is, and what His life and ministry meant at...
• Time for a Spiritual Check-Up I found a corner of the waiting room to work and pray for Dan’s heart and the doctors working on it. But, unfortunately, God had a different plan in mind. “Mary, how is your heart?” I heard him say. What? My...
• Thanksgiving Can Powerfully Change Your Prayer Life Thanksgiving is when you show gratitude for all of God’s goodness and all of God’s grace that he has shown to you. Imagine the difference it can make in your prayer life if before you ever ask God for...
• What if God Doesn't Change Our Circumstances? Many of our prayers involve asking God to change something in our lives. We ask for healing, rescue from pain, for a better life, and for stable situations. We often ask God to change our circumstances, and...
• 4 Identity Traps to Avoid Why do we struggle so much with our own identity? Daily, we are bombarded with messages telling us who we should be or attracting us to the concept of making our identity something it shouldn't be.