Day 14

This post was written by Blake Bergstrom, a staff member at Cross Point. I like the openness he has displayed in this post… Thanks Blake for having the courage to share this way. There is an old friend of mine that I have known most of my life named, “Anger!” I have spent a lot […]

Day 13

We are taught that spanking a child is a non-caring thing to do. Some would even say that there should be laws against it. They see spanking as bad. They would say a parent that spanks their child does not really love them and is taking advantage of someone who cannot fight back. (If love […]

Day 12

Booty… love that word in 12:12! It brings with it a sense of piracy… Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum. Captain Jack Sparrow… savvy? Booty comes from a word that means net. Here the implication is “that which is caught in ones net”. When we cast a net we are taking in things that […]

Day 11

For a book that covers this chapter in 31 days devotionally – go to this link to purchase. As a leader 11:14 jumped out at me today. “Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory” This verse made me reflect on my leadership at Farmington Baptist, am […]

Day 10

This post is written by Chris Surratt After a rough day at school, did your mom ever tell you “Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you.”? I don’t think that there has ever been a bigger, though well-meaning, lie told by parents. Those of us who ever went to […]

Day 9

How many times… How many times? How many times have I been in a situation where… I just could not keep my mouth shut and I corrected a scoffer and should not have? Many… to many. I knew I should hold back but the words just exploded from my lips, my thoughts excaped in sound […]