Crossroads Bible Fellowship

This is a great post by Ligon Duncan on how to pray for your leaders. I appreciate it because it gives a good focus that I would love for people to pray for me. If you do not attend Crossroads, consider praying these things for those pastoring you.

Here is the introduction to whet your appetite.

Because I have a congregation that loves me more than I deserve, I am often asked by them: “how can I pray for you?” I’ve tried to put some thought into how I answer that question. So, maybe these ideas will help you pray for your pastor, or tell others how they can pray for you.

Pray -

1. That [your pastor] would know and love the living God, would have a saving interest in Christ, being purchased by His blood, and thus would be bound to the Lord by the indissoluble bond of the Holy Spirit.

2. That [your pastor] would know, embrace and ever more deeply understand the Gospel and be shaped by it in life and ministry.

Hey! Anyone out there reading this and want to comment on or ask questions about this past week’s message from our own JJ? I’m sure he would love to have more discussion. Didn’t he do a great job considering he had less that 24 hours notice with me being sick? Thanks JJ for your service.

Let the comments begin!

By the way, look for more devotional posts tomorrow and the following days. I finally feel better again.

Sometimes I really struggle with making simple decisions, so I thought I would post this and see what the rest of you are doing. I am trying to figure out where to read in Scripture without bouncing around. What do each of you do?

If you have a Bible reading schedule that you use, what is it?

If you don’t have a formal schedule, how do you decide where you will read each day?

I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks ahead of time.

Michael

Hello everyone!

I wanted to open up the discussion from yesterday’s message. What did you think? Were you encouraged? Were you challenged? Did you see how to adore Christ even as we discussed the passage? Did you understand the passage? This is really a forum for you to help me as well as get some of your questions answered. Thanks for reading and I look forward to your posts.

In Him, Michael

I pray that you have had a wonderful time this past weekend reflecting on and treasuring Christ’s work on the cross for you. His death and Resurrection should never get old for us.

I would love to hear any comments or questions you might have based on the message this past week.

In Him, Michael

Hello all,

There was definitely some great discussion today. Let’s keep it going. Take this opportunity to post any comments or questions you have about why we sing during our time together each week. Also, feel free to suggest any other practical ways that we can live out the Scripture we discussed. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks.

-Steven

Hello all,

Since there wasn’t a lot of opportunity for you to share your thoughts on the topic of suffering today, I wanted to provide the blog as a place to share your thoughts, experiences, and any questions you might have about suffering. I would also encourage you to review back through the application questions from the notes to help us think through some ways that we can live out the things we discussed? Please share any thoughts you have on how we can apply our understanding of suffering at Crossroads. I look forward to some great discussion. Thanks.

-Steven