Crosswalk PLUS Weekly

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  3 Reasons Why You're Scared to Accept Grace Let us search our hearts for these fears and turn them over to God so that we can truly experience grace on a soul-changing level.
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  The Problem with Shopping at Target While I understand it can be tough to navigate the many ways that brands we love support causes that do not align with our values, I think Target is one of the bigger offenders because of the bold way they...
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  7 Verses to Help You Find a Better Perspective If you are having doubts and can’t seem to shake a bleak perspective, then spend some time in God’s Word and study these 7 verses to help you find a better perspective.
• Why Did Daniel Refuse the King’s Food? In the book of Daniel, Daniel and his three friends, who are taken into exile, are given food from the king’s table and trained in all of the ways of Babylon. How would they respond?
• Guilt and the Great Deception in the Christian Life If you left the church because of how guilty that community made you feel, please consider the difference between shame that does not belong to you and guilt that convicts you of your sin in order to restore...
• The Importance of LGBTQ Conversations with Your Preteen Parents, we have to get ourselves equipped for this intense shepherding work! I’ve learned that the key conversations start well before we are ready to have them.
• Are You Casting Your Anxiety on Jesus or Carrying it Alone? We have two choices when we are experiencing worry and anxiety. We can carry it alone or cast it on Jesus and share it. Toddlers carry all their anxiety alone and try to do it themselves. Mature Christ...
• What Have We Done for the Lord Lately? Have we talked to the Lord daily like we talk to our family and friends, and not just when we need something? Have we given the Lord our time, our personage, or our lives at all? What have we done for Him...
• How to Find Biblical Joy in the Midst of Trials You and I both know that nothing in this world will bring us true, lasting, biblical joy. The kind of joy that you and I need to choose is the joy that comes when we choose to lift our eyes off of our...
• 6 Steps for Finding Hope Again If you’re in a dark place, if you’re full of despair, I’ve got a hopeful message for you. There is a way to find hope again. Here’s how.
• 3 Reasons Why Goodbyes Hurt So Much Goodbyes kill something within us. But why? Here are three possible reasons.
• How Do We Start “Standing in the Gap” for Families in Foster Care? A gap that exists in our communities that oftentimes goes unseen is the foster care system. This is the place where the least of these live in our communities.