THE STRONG CHALLENGE
This year 50,000+ people are saying that they’re tired of being tired.
They’re tired of being worn down and weak.
They’s standing up and joining together to get STRONGER.
All over the mid-west churches are exploring together what it means to be stronger in faith and how living a life like Jesus showed us makes us stronger in all aspects of our life. What Jesus taught us about living… it’s a journey, a goal, a challenge.
Join us for this 6 week challenge as we look at all aspects of our lives and get real about finding strength that we didn’t know we had.
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The Strong Challenge depends on “Home Teams” – small groups of up to 12 people who meet weekly to talk about what they’re experiencing on the journey.
Every Home Team has a Host: someone who welcomes people into their home-or another suitable location-for six weeks during the journey.
So you can either join a team or host one. (Hint: host one! It’s fun and easy.)
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PODCASTS // Right click to download.
WK 243// 101611 // PLAY STRONG
It’s hard for us to find time to play isn’t it? But, the very first thing that we see GOD tell his people to do, like the first people, is to REST. To RECREATE. To SABBATH. See, GOD created us to experience joy. He created us to play and when we don’t play well, or don’t leave time to play in our schedules, then we miss out on part of what GOD has in store for us. Listen as Curt Walters explains that fun and play are part of what roots us to GOD and his purposes in our lives.
[audio:http://www.wearecrosspoint.com/listen/teaching/243XPT_101611.mp3|titles=WEEK 243 // 101611 // PLAY STRONG | artists=Curt Walters, Lead Pastor]WK 244// 102311 // PRAY STRONG (Crossroads Audio)
Prayer gets us in sync with the heart of GOD. It’s nothing knew to know that as you spend time with someone you learn their mannerisms. The same is true with prayer. As we focus time with GOD, our hearts get lined up with his. And it’s important that we learn to listen not just tell GOD what we want.
Unfortunately, Crosspoint’s teaching audio is unavailable due to technical difficulties this week. We’re working to fix the problem, but in the mean time, track along with this week’s teaching from Brian Tome, lead pastor at Crossroads Church in Cincinnati.
[audio:http://www.crossroads.net/my/media/playMedia.php?idMedia=1564 |titles=PRAY STRONG | artists=BRIAN TOME, CROSSROADS Lead Pastor]WK 245// 103011 // STRONG LEARNING
Learning is part of growing strong no matter what you’re trying to grow in. In this week’s podcast, Lead Pastor Curt Walters makes connections to what it’s like when you apprentice with someone to gain knowledge in a particular field. With local Chef Jeff Meaux giving a visual cooking demonstration throughout the morning, they two explain why learning under someone’s care is important to strength and how reading the Bible then doing what it says is how we “apprentice” under Jesus.
[audio:http://www.wearecrosspoint.com/listen/teaching/245XPT_103011.mp3|titles=WEEK 245 // 103011 // STRONG LEARNING | artists=Curt Walters, Lead Pastor]WK 246// 110611 // STRONG TRAINING
When you go to the gym and do “circuit training” or “cross training,” you get stronger than if you just go and run. Your body develops muscles from the stretching and tearing in the regrowth time and when you work different muscle groups, your body gets into better shape. The same is true with some of the lesser known spiritual disciplines like fasting, silence, and confession. Listen as XPT volunteer and teaching team member Julie Buchtenkirch explains how these not as known disciplines help build your spiritual muscles.
[audio:http://www.wearecrosspoint.com/listen/teaching/246XPT_110611.mp3|titles=WEEK 246 // 110611 // STRONG TRAINING | artists=Julie Buchtenkirch, XPT Volunteer]Download the Prayer Experience audio.
Find about 40 minutes to spend alone with the recording.
It will take over from there.
WK 247// 111311 // SERVE STRONG
There’s a difference between “service” and “surrender” that we often miss. When we offer to serve, to use our talents or abilities, it tends to be on our own terms. But when we surrender something, including our talents and abilities, the focus for the use of those things changes. When we wave the white flag in our lives and let GOD be in control, things change. This week Lead Pastor Curt Walters is back at the table explaining how a live of surrender outweighs a life of service.
[audio:http://www.wearecrosspoint.com/listen/teaching/247XPT_111311.mp3|titles=WEEK 247 // 111311 // SERVE STRONG | artists=Curt Walters, Lead Pastor]WK 248// 112011 // LIVE STRONG
This week we celebrated at Crosspoint. We pulled out all the stops and opened up to take a real life look at what GOD has been doing through the STRONG Challenge. Listen as Curt explains some of the achievements and growth that all ended up in a morning of baptisms.
[audio:http://www.wearecrosspoint.com/listen/teaching/248XPT_112011.mp3|titles=WEEK 248 // 112011 // LIVE STRONG | artists=Curt Walters, Lead Pastor]
