CR Messages

Have you ever felt like your life was on a loop, repeating the same patterns and problems over and over again? Somehow making the same mistakes again and again, wondering why you didn’t learn anything from the last time? If that sounds familiar, you should read the book of Judges. It’s a 400 year period that happened over 3,000 years ago, and yet…it might feel like stuff you saw on TikTok today. Turns out these ancient weird stories can teach us a ton RIGHT NOW!

Have you ever felt like your life was on a loop, repeating the same patterns and problems over and over again? Somehow making the same mistakes again and again, wondering why you didn’t learn anything from the last time? If that sounds familiar, you should read the book of Judges. It’s a 400 year period that happened over 3,000 years ago, and yet…it might feel like stuff you saw on TikTok today. Turns out these ancient weird stories can teach us a ton RIGHT NOW!

Have you ever felt like your life was on a loop, repeating the same patterns and problems over and over again? Somehow making the same mistakes again and again, wondering why you didn’t learn anything from the last time? If that sounds familiar, you should read the book of Judges. It’s a 400 year period that happened over 3,000 years ago, and yet…it might feel like stuff you saw on TikTok today. Turns out these ancient weird stories can teach us a ton RIGHT NOW!

Have you ever felt like your life was on a loop, repeating the same patterns and problems over and over again? Somehow making the same mistakes again and again, wondering why you didn’t learn anything from the last time? If that sounds familiar, you should read the book of Judges. It’s a 400 year period that happened over 3,000 years ago, and yet…it might feel like stuff you saw on TikTok today. Turns out these ancient weird stories can teach us a ton RIGHT NOW!

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Ever wonder if God can work in your dysfunctional life? Ever wonder where God is when your life is falling apart? Does your view of life ever seem like nothing is working the way it was supposed to? What if it is, but you just can’t see it yet. What if it’s going exactly how God planned, but his view is simply different than yours. What if God can transform your struggles into something beautiful.

The life of Joseph goes from dreams to slavery, to prison, to ruling…and God was there the whole time. It’s a...

Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you planned to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. Sin will leave you for dead. Sin is not just breaking the rules; it’s using the rules to become your own savior. The problem is that the savior can't save anyone. Lostness is all about relationships to the Father. We are ALL sinners & the Father still pursues us in LOVE! This should inspire you to follow. Not because you’re guilted into it, but because you want to! The Gospel draws a cr...

Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you planned to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. Sin will leave you for dead. Sin is not just breaking the rules; it’s using the rules to become your own savior. The problem is that the savior can't save anyone. Lostness is all about relationships to the Father. We are ALL sinners & the Father still pursues us in LOVE! This should inspire you to follow. Not because you’re guilted into it, but because you want to! The Gospel draws a cr...

Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you planned to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay. Sin will leave you for dead. Sin is not just breaking the rules; it’s using the rules to become your own savior. The problem is that the savior can't save anyone. Lostness is all about relationships to the Father. We are ALL sinners & the Father still pursues us in LOVE! This should inspire you to follow. Not because you’re guilted into it, but because you want to! The Gospel draws a cr...

We tend to think about this story as a story of a lost son, a prodigal. The truth is that the crowd listening to Jesus would not have been shocked by the lost prodigal son; they were absolutely shaken by the revelation that the older brother was also lost, religiously lost. This would cause them to consider some hard questions about themselves, and it should do the same for us. Being lost is easy to see; being religiously lost can be much harder to see and even harder to admit.

Two groups of people had come to listen to Jesus: “tax collectors and sinners”. The “wild” & the “religious” group. These 2 groups had a radically different response to Jesus. One group wanted his grace but didn’t always want to change. The other wanted his grace but looked down on others who received it. They saw themselves as better. Jesus’s teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the religious people of his day. The preaching/teaching in our church should probably have the same effect. We hold accountability to the “believer” and reveal grace that transforms to the “unbeliever”.

There is a HUGE difference between “being lost” and “feeling lost”. It’s dangerous to be lost and know it. It’s deadly to be lost and NOT KNOW IT. This week we will explore how lostness happens, and how things get found. Turns out there is more than one answer to the question of lostness, and more than one way to be found.

Parenting is both a responsibility and an opportunity to train the next generation in God's ways, but man don't they drive you crazy?! God's Word challenges us to be the primary disciples of our kids by using, love, discipline and influence over the course of their life. So how can we be the best God-honoring parents from when our kids are born to when they enter adulthood.

Have you ever thought, “where did these people come from?!” Then you realized, you chose them… you brought them into this world. They are YOUR FAMILY. We have all had these moments, but the truth is God has created the family to display His glory to the world and accomplish the His mission together. Family should be a place filled with fun, connection, and adventure that is often wrapped in trials, conflict, and the unexpected. God wants to use us in our crazy family to make an impact for the kingdom of God. So it will take work towards health...

Have you ever thought, “where did these people come from?!” Then you realized, you chose them… you brought them into this world. They are YOUR FAMILY. We have all had these moments, but the truth is God has created the family to display His glory to the world and accomplish the His mission together. Family should be a place filled with fun, connection, and adventure that is often wrapped in trials, conflict, and the unexpected. God wants to use us in our crazy family to make an impact for the kingdom of God. So it will take work towards health...

Have you ever thought, “where did these people come from?!” Then you realized, you chose them… you brought them into this world. They are YOUR FAMILY. We have all had these moments, but the truth is God has created the family to display His glory to the world and accomplish the His mission together. Family should be a place filled with fun, connection, and adventure that is often wrapped in trials, conflict, and the unexpected. God wants to use us in our crazy family to make an impact for the kingdom of God. So it will take work towards health...

Have you ever thought, “where did these people come from?!” Then you realized, you chose them… you brought them into this world. They are YOUR FAMILY. We have all had these moments, but the truth is God has created the family to display His glory to the world and accomplish the His mission together. Family should be a place filled with fun, connection, and adventure that is often wrapped in trials, conflict, and the unexpected. God wants to use us in our crazy family to make an impact for the kingdom of God. So it will take work towards health...

Have you ever thought, “where did these people come from?!” Then you realized, you chose them… you brought them into this world. They are YOUR FAMILY. We have all had these moments, but the truth is God has created the family to display His glory to the world and accomplish the His mission together. Family should be a place filled with fun, connection, and adventure that is often wrapped in trials, conflict, and the unexpected. God wants to use us in our crazy family to make an impact for the kingdom of God. So it will take work towards health...

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

I need a win! We’ve all thought it. We get to certain moments or circumstances and we just need to pull out a W this time around. We’re tired of losing! What if the reason we keep losing, is because we’re not fighting with the right strategy? We don’t fight like everyone else, maybe if we can understand a new way to combat the things that are plaguing us… we can get the WIN!

Life is loud, chaotic, demanding, and unpredictable — yet the book of Philippians shows that joy doesn’t have to come and go with circumstances. Joy is not solely optimism, personality, or wishful thinking. It’s a God-given resilience that shows up on our hardest days and our best days, and it shapes how we respond to stress, pressure, conflict, and uncertainty. This series walks through Philippians to show how everyday people can live with a joy that is steady, contagious, and impossible to steal.

Life is loud, chaotic, demanding, and unpredictable — yet the book of Philippians shows that joy doesn’t have to come and go with circumstances. Joy is not solely optimism, personality, or wishful thinking. It’s a God-given resilience that shows up on our hardest days and our best days, and it shapes how we respond to stress, pressure, conflict, and uncertainty. This series walks through Philippians to show how everyday people can live with a joy that is steady, contagious, and impossible to steal.

Life is loud, chaotic, demanding, and unpredictable — yet the book of Philippians shows that joy doesn’t have to come and go with circumstances. Joy is not solely optimism, personality, or wishful thinking. It’s a God-given resilience that shows up on our hardest days and our best days, and it shapes how we respond to stress, pressure, conflict, and uncertainty. This series walks through Philippians to show how everyday people can live with a joy that is steady, contagious, and impossible to steal.

Life is loud, chaotic, demanding, and unpredictable — yet the book of Philippians shows that joy doesn’t have to come and go with circumstances. Joy is not solely optimism, personality, or wishful thinking. It’s a God-given resilience that shows up on our hardest days and our best days, and it shapes how we respond to stress, pressure, conflict, and uncertainty. This series walks through Philippians to show how everyday people can live with a joy that is steady, contagious, and impossible to steal.

December 21,2025

Teacher: Wes Barnett

https://www.crossroadsrowlett.org

December 14, 2025

Teacher: Jason Collins

https://www.crossroadsrowlett.org

December 7 2025 [10:45 am]

Teacher: Jason Collins

https://www.crossroadsrowlett.org

November 30, 2025

Teacher: Jason Collins

https://www.crossroadsrowlett.org