WELCOME Thank you for visiting us today. We are honored that you would consider The Crossing Church as a place for you and your family to come and worship. The Crossing is big enough to serve you but small enough to know you. We do this by encouraging everyone to join a LifeGroup. It is here that people connect with one another through Bible study and fellowship. You can visit our LifeGroup cafĂŠ in the lobby to learn more about both our oncampus and off-campus groups. Something special happens in the lives of believers when they are able to connect with others who are in the same walk of life. Your Pastor, Greg and Tamara Dumas Pastor Greg & Tamara Dumas Lead Pastor
UPCOMING EVENTS Women’s Bible Studies True Life: Jan. 27 – May 15 Thurs. 9:15am & 7pm. Based on Bible reading & Life Journal Breaking Free by Beth Moore: Jan 27 – April 14 Thurs. 9:15am & 7pm. Pick up registration packet in nursery. Childcare available with preregistration (birth – 5th gr.) for both classes.
Care Classes Beginning This Week! A new season of Care Classes is beginning this week, and you don’t want to miss it! If you are looking to grow in your marriage, your family, your finances, or to grow deeper in your walk with the Lord - then come and discover all that God has for you. Class orientation begins on Jan. 18 at 7pm. Find more information at the table in the lobby and register at www.crossingonline.org/care-ministries
Spanish Campus Launch The Crossing Church is starting a new Spanish campus for the Latin and Hispanic community beginning on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 5pm meeting at the Tampa campus.
Walk for Life Join us on Jan. 23 for Inspire Life Sunday and the Walk for Life. Check out the LifeCare of Brandon table in the lobby for details on sponsorship and how you can get signed up today!
Deeper Life Orientation Is God calling you to lead others in their spiritual growth? Orientation class is on Feb. 1 at 6:30-8pm, and the first book starts Feb. 8. For more information please visit www. crossingonline.org.
Be a Part of Your Community Year Around The holidays are over, but the season of giving never ends. Don’t wait for the next project or event for the church to organize. Make serving a lifestyle, and an everyday occurrence with your family, friends and LifeGroup. Go to www.crossingonline.org/serve, click SEARCH FAMILY NEEDS or SEARCH COMMUNITY NEEDS and get starting serving today!
On Campus LifeGroups are an 18-week discipleship process that will help you discover and apply Biblical truths in your everyday life. Join us January 22 in The Life Center as we learn how God has designed each of us to connect, grow, and go. Register at: www.crossingonline.org/news.
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CROSSING CHURCH
AWAKENING Hebrews 8:10-12
Lead Pastor: Greg Dumas
SCRIPTURE Hebrews 8:10-12 (NIV) 10 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 11 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. 12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
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The Old Testament was given to keep Israel “under guard” and to demonstrate that the law couldn’t save man from sin.
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The Old Covenant was based on the law; the New Covenant is based on grace that came through the finished work of Jesus Christ.
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What the law couldn’t do in finishing the job of redemption, Christ DID when he died on the Cross to save us from the curse of sin and death.
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Condemnation (from the accuser) leads to fear, and fear leads to stress, and stress leads to a multitude of human suffering.
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The believer (one who is in Christ) is NOW free of ALL condemnation and accusation and free to receive the unmerited favor and grace of God.
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APPLICATION I. The Right Mind-Set (Matthew 6:9) •
Goodness
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Greatness
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Glory
II. God is a Filler, Not a Forcer (Matthew 6:3-4, 6, 17-18) •
Giving
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Praying
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Fasting
PRAYER Lord, thank you for the finished work of Jesus on the cross. Thank you for the fact that you didn’t come to condemn the world but to save it. You didn’t come to condemn me but to save me. You died to get to me and you died to love me and you died to give me life. I receive all of your forgiveness and grace, and I know that all of my sin and penalty fell on Jesus. I am forgiven and set free; he was cursed and died on the cross. In light of such great forgiveness and grace, my only response can be affection for you and desire to be in your abiding presence.