Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving should mark us as Christians and it should be both spontaneous and intentional... how can it be both?

Luke 17:11-19
Acts 16:16-25
Psalms 92:1,69:30,95:2,100:4,107:1
John 6:11
Philippians 4:6
1 Timothy 2:1,4:3-4
Ephesians 5:4,5:20
Colossians 3:17,4:2
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Romans 1:21
Philippians 2:14-15,3:1,4:4
Acts 5:41

What! am I the soul to whom the Lord has revealed the infinite excellence of Jesus Christ, and yet shall I think such a little affliction to be so grievous to me, when I have had the sight of such glory in Christ as is worth more than ten thousand worlds? Jeremiah Burroughs The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:

• What if God took away anything we failed to thank Him for?
• Why is it right to give thanks to God?
• Why is it good for us to be thankful?
• Why and how is thanksgiving to be spontaneous?
• Why and how is thanksgiving to be intentional?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Mark: I Love You... So Please Listen

In this section of Mark, Jesus gets very intense about a subject we refuse to consider in this secular culture. He loves us enough to speak important truths we all need to consider.

Matthew 25:31-46
Mark 9:38-50

Let us beware of the slightest inclination to stop and check others, merely because they do not choose to adopt our plans, or work by our side. We may think our fellow Christians mistaken in some points. We may fancy that more would be done for Christ, if they would join us, and if all worked in the same way. We may see many evils arising from religious dissensions and divisions. But all this must not prevent us rejoicing if the works of the devil are destroyed and souls are saved.
Is our neighbor warring against Satan? Is he really trying to labor for Christ? This is the grand question. Better a thousand times that the work should be done by other hands than not done at all. Happy is he who knows something of the spirit of Moses, when he said, "I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!" and of Paul, when he says, "If Christ is preached, I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice." (Numbers 11:29; Philippians 1:18.) J.C. Ryle The Gospel of Mark

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• Why did Jesus get so intense in this passage?
• What did He teach us about: excluding others, giving cups of water, causing someone to sin, cutting off things?
• How do we do this?
• Why is it not mean, but in fact, very loving when Jesus talks about the scary subject of hell?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Appreciating Salvation: Co-Crucifixion and Co-Resurrection

We really appreciate our salvation when we know just what a great deliverance it is. A deliverance from the reign, power, and enslavement of sin. Just how does Christ free us from this is the focus of this message. We will look at the wonderful truths of co-crucifixion and co-resurrection with Christ!

Romans 5:12-6:23,3:9-18,8:7
John 6:44,6:64-65
2 Corinthians 4:3-4,5:17
Colossians 3:1-3,3:9-10,1:13
Ephesians 2:4-9,1:3-6

Sermon discussion questions for parents to use with their children:

• What are some examples of the fact that sin is a power?
• How did Christ break this power over us?
• When did He do it?
• When did this victory enter into our lives?
• What are the practical implications of this doctrine that we are to work out in our lives daily?

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

1 Corinthians: Greeting and Thanksgiving

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1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Thanksgiving

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Acts 16:16-25
Ephesians 5:20
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Colossians 2:7,3:15,4:2
1 Timothy 4:3-4
Philippians 2:14-15,4:6

Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

A Deep, Willful Thankfulness

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Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA

Stopping to Give Thanks

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Pastor Todd Jaussen
Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church
Greenville, PA