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what I learned today

The enemy hates scripture read live. When a ministry completely immerses itself in the Word and nothing but God's Word..this gets non-believers very bothered.

As most of you know the congregation from Crossroads is reading scripture, the entire Bible straight through. Satan and all of his followers hate this! You can watch the reading here.

We had to take down our live chat because of all the profanity and hassle that one or two people were writing on our live chat page.

I am so sad for those people. They must be so lonely and so desperate to silence the gospel. It will never happen.

People have died for their belief in God for centuries. Believers have been taunted, tortured and terrified by those who stand against the Lord. Despite this we stand strong and sure in our salvation and the enemy will never win against us. Never!

Today I learned just how much it bothers some people to hear God's Word read, they simply cannot tolerate when truth is proclaimed!

my day off

Many of the Crossroads congregation have been reading God's Word aloud since 2:00 p.m. on Easter.

It is very moving to sit and listen, to sit and pray or to sit and watch far enough back that you cannot really hear what is being said, but you still care deeply about each word. And the silence of the auditorium swallows your thoughts and needs and allows you to feel the presence of God and wonder how many lives have been changed for eternity in the chair in which you sit.

I fall more and more deeply in love with Him as I remember story after story that I haven't thought about for a long time...in some cases years. As I passed the Easter painting of the Samaritan Woman, I thought about the fact that everyone of these Biblical characters were regular people just like us. People in need of a savior, people who felt like outcasts sure they had sinned way too badly to ever be forgiven, or even accepted by peers and family.

People came and read out of reverence for the Lord even though some of them told me they were terrified to read in front of others. This was not about us, this was time to focus on Him. I love my Lord and I love my community at Crossroads...my extended family.

weekend report

We added an extra service for the weekend and we were thrilled to see each service filled nearly to capacity! Very exciting - many new faces!

We had live painters in our entrance area "Town Square" painting the woman at the well (original sketch was also used at the pastor's background slides, as well as a painter on stage painting the face of Jesus, an actor, great teaching and beautiful music!











Please take the time to enjoy the service at www.crossroadswired.com (we are also beginning to stream our services live).



It takes a huge group of amazing volunteers to pull a weekend like this off - and I especially wanted to recognize our security team and cafe volunteers! They both bring important aspects to our ministry!





Our setlist:

Instrumental: Carol Ann - Smith
Instrumental during a Sermon Spice video called: Elements of Easter
Worship: At the Cross - Hillsong (shortened)
Worship: Revelation Song - Gateway
Praise: For All You've Done
Message: Amazing Jesus Pt. 1- The Woman at the Well - Pastor Tim Armstrong
Monologue: Actress - Angel Dickerson
Painting Drama: Painter - Shawn Smith Music: Requiem for a Dream
Special Music: Blessed Redeemer - Casting Crowns (Singer: Jocelyn Biddle)
Worship: Lead Me To The Cross - Hillsong
Praise: Jesus Paid It All - Stanfill (shortened)

To watch what other ministries used in their Easter Services go to www.theworshipcommunty.com

meatballs and taco soup

These were several of the items provided by our very generous Easter food team. I am not sure if anything that anyone else does for the teams is appreciated more than great food on a busy night at Crossroads.

We gathered and began to practice around 2:30 today - we left at 8:30. So food was very needed!

I just wanted to say a special thanks to Lynda and Darlene for doing so much for all of our amazing volunteers and staff tonight!

Fruit, cookies and donuts await us in the morning...no shortage of eating again tomorrow. So I will go to sleep for now, knowing it will be morning soon and praying that many who are spiritually hungry will respond to the message and fulfillment that only Christ can offer!

poor preparation

I wonder if God has been impressed with my hard work this week?

I wonder if He would have preferred that I spend more time with Him instead?

I feel I have done a pretty good job this week preparing all the details of the Easter services with the help of an amazingly talented staff!

What I have not done a good job at is preparing my heart.

Meetings, planning, talking, leading, working ...no time for personal preparation. Or at least that is how I acted this week.

So tonight I confess to the Lord - the same Lord that gave His life for me...that at times this week I have acted as if He doesn't exist. As if He is not the most important thing in my life, as if preparing a service that honors Him is more important than my relationship with Him.

I confess.

I hear Easter

I can hear the preparations for our Easter services from my office - how cool is that? Strings practicing, the lift driving into the auditorium to replace bulbs and move lighting and the good ole copy machine chugging away pushing out the programs for the weekend.

I just had to sneak down the hall and capture the beautiful moments - God's people working together! I am really getting excited about the weekend.

When you plan for so long, it's so amazing to see the work all come together!

If God calls people to Himself this weekend and life change happens...oh my goodness - I am so blessed to do this, so blessed!