Crosswalk PLUS Weekly

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  3 Things Jesus Calls Christians to Do in Their Faith At the end of the day, what matters is not how many commandments we tick off the list. What matters is being so filled with divine love, that our lives become an ongoing testimony to Love’s incarnation.
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  Partial Obedience Is Disobedience According to God There is no wiggle room in how God sees what Saul has done. He sees past Saul’s flimsy excuses and knows that this act was more than an oversight, it was because of his pride that Saul believed he knew...
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  How to Actually Treat Other Believers Like Family If we’re striving to be family in the ideal biblical sense, then we should cultivate an understanding of what it means to treat one another like family. Here’s how to better treat other believers like...
• 3 Ways Boys Are Different Than Girls and How That Should Inform Our Parenting Here are a few ways boys’ brains develop differently and how this can impact them as they try to fit into a world built for the girl’s brain.
• Should Christians Always Be Optimists? Maybe you’re like me and consider yourself more of a realist. Let’s see if being optimistic is something we should all be striving for as Christians.
• 5 Tips for Hosting a Fun Fall Festival For many people, hosting a fall festival at your house, local park, or other outdoor venue is as scary as walking through a graveyard on Halloween night. But it doesn’t have to be! So, if you are on the...
• 5 Practical Ways to Initiate Deeper Spiritual Friendships These tips could apply to one-on-one relationships, small groups, or your whole ministry. Read over each one and pray for God to show you opportunities to put them into practice.
• When to Care and When Not to As Christians There is always a time to care, but there are also times when, even as believers, we should not care. Let’s explore that balance and figure out what caring and not caring should look like in our lives.
• 5 Inexpensive Fall Family Activities There’s nothing wrong with attending an over-the-top festival or getting the best shot at the pumpkin patch, but enjoy the moment and the gift of living in a world of Octobers.
• The Importance of Embracing Grace in Each Season of Motherhood Parenting has been a journey that has taught me about what it really means to trust God with all my heart and lean not on my own understanding.
• A Reminder for Parents to Embrace Wonder There is this dance we do as parents between the responsibility we always feel, the chaos kids bring into our lives, and the chance to experience wonder once again.
• 4 Strategies to Focus on Rest Here are four strategies we can turn to next time we need to focus on rest and not on performing.