Hearing God Though the Bible: Maintaining the Connection

A couple of days ago I had the pleasure of spending some time with an old friend.  The two of us had not had sat down to visit for a couple of years, yet when we met, it was just like old times. I easily remembered why I liked him so much. However, I realized that as life caused us to drift apart, our relationship had changed. Even though I still enjoy this friendship, we are no longer as close as we once were when we connected daily.

This weekend at Crossroads Church in Cranberry we are concluding our Hearing God Though the Bible series by looking at how we can maintain a close intimate connection with our Creator. God longs to know us intimately and for us to know him daily through the study and reflection of scripture. On Sunday we will look at how we can maintain this close connection with him; so he will never feel like an old friend who we see from time to time but rather a close partner that walks with us daily.

Take some time this weekend to read and reflect on John 15: 5-8 and join us Sunday as we seek to hear God through Bible together.

Hearing from God: Understanding What You Hear

The other day, while I was driving down the road, I was singing one of my favorite 80’s songs. Rachelle stopped me in mid-sentence and asked “what are you singing?” I repeated the same lyrics that I have been singing for years.  “Those aren’t the lyrics,” she informed me. Of course, I had to check for myself. Sure enough, she was correct!

There are times in life when we miss out on a message because we misunderstand what we hear. On Sunday, we continue our series Hearing God Through the Bible. We will be looking at how, at times, we can miss out on the meaning of Scripture because we misinterpret what we are reading. We will look at how we can better understand the Bible with a few simple tools.

Hearing God Through the Bible: Acting on the Word

Imagine that a father goes away for a couple of days and leaves a note for his children. 

Kids, On Monday night, please take out the trash.Love, Dad

The kids see the note and decide to take some time to study it. One kid makes copies so that everyone can have their own copy. After reading the note, they all begin to study its possible meanings. One kid observes that kids could be a reference to us, or it could be are reference to a young goat. “Great insight!” the others comment.  Monday night, another kid says, could mean tomorrow or any Monday night! Finally another kid points out that trash could be either figurative or literal in the note.

Later in the week, the father calls home and asks his children if they took out the trash. They say, “well… no. But we had an excellent study on your note and we are going to meet again to discuss it next week.”

Sunday at Crossroads Church in Cranberry we are going to look at how we grow by acting on what the Bible says. Together we will see that acting on the scripture produces maturity, increases our sensitive to God and results in blessing for our lives. 

Take a moment to read through James 1:22-25 and join us Sunday at 10:30.