Journey with Jesus

Dear Crosswalkers,

To each of us, Jesus says, “Follow me.”  In other words, we are all invited on an exciting, lifelong, spiritual journey with Jesus.  This Sunday we begin a new sermon series for the month of March entitled, “Journey with Jesus.”  It will be based on some timely episodes from Luke’s gospel regarding our Lord’s journey to Jerusalem and to the Cross.  In Luke 9 it says this:  “As the time drew near for him to ascend to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51).  It is interesting that the focus in this verse is on the big picture, our Lord ascending to heaven, but we all know that prior to that event is Easter week, with the torture and the Cross and thankfully the resurrection.  We also know from the rest of Luke’s gospel when it says, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem, the focus is not a geographical journey but a spiritual journey, filled with life lessons and a glorious sense of purpose and destiny.  This will be a great time of study together leading up to our celebration of Easter Sunday!

Once, as our Lord was heading to Jerusalem, someone came up and reported news of a tragedy.  We get news of tragedies practically every week, if not every day.  How does God want us to respond to tragedies?  An earthquake devastates Haiti, and then another wrecks havoc in Chile.  How do we respond?  Is God sending us a message?  Is this divine punishment?  Is God even involved?  Come this Sunday, and invite your friends, to hear about “Life Lessons for Every Tragedy.”

Here are some other important news items and prayer points:
 The position of Office Manager at Crosswalk is open and interested persons are welcome to submit their resumes electronically or in person to Linda Jackson (ljackson@crosswalkchurch.com).  I want to publicly thank Rosie Lauborough for her time of service with us in this position.  Thanks to her we have successfully established a new database that will help us as a church family to manage our membership and communicate better and more efficiently.  I do thank the Lord for Rosie’s time with us.  Job descriptions for this position are available upon request.

This weekend is our Men’s Retreat!  We have 75 men dedicating this weekend to God and to each other and please pray that the men will be touched and blessed by the Spirit of Jesus during this event.  Please pray for our speaker, David Bolhorst, and our worship team, and for all others involved in this retreat.  Pray with me that some significant spiritual decisions will be made by many men this weekend.