Author archive: Stephen Woodrow

Devotional
How Do We Seek First the Kingdom of God?
August 14, 2023
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Do you know the difference between seeking the American dream and seeking the Kingdom of God? Read Matthew 6:25-33, oh how we have raised the standard of living thinking that that will satisfy, but when our attention is on our standard of living and not the Kingdom of God anxiety and worry increase. Are we […]
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Are We Fighting for Faith?
August 7, 2023
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(1 Kings 15:9-24: 2 Chronicles 14-16) If we are not fighting for faith we are drifting and drifting leads to numbness and eventual hardening. We have adopted a very mushing view of faith, and have adopted psychological views of it rather than seen it for what it is a gift from God to be nurtured […]
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A Lion, a Donkey and a Dead Body
July 31, 2023
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Open up with 2 Corinthians 11:3-4 The importance of nurturing and maintaining a “sincere and pure devotion to Christ” Is there another Jesus being proclaimed today? Are people receiving a different spirit today? Are people accepting a different Gospel today? What we need restored is a sincere and pure devotion to Jesus! Read 1 Kings […]
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How Are We Making Decisions and Processing the Consequences?
July 24, 2023
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How do you make decisions? This is a really important question. One that young folks should regularly be asking older folks. Anyone ever make a bad decision? And wished you would have processed better before making the decision? Anyone ever make a decision that you thought was a really good decision because you processed well, […]
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How Are We Seeking A Higher Standard of Living?
July 17, 2023
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First, what is your standard of living? Do you have a standard, what or who do you look to for that? How are we defining our standard of living and who is defining it for us? Is the world or the Lord defining your standard of living? This is not just socio-economic issues, but more […]
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How Are We Honoring the Household of God?
July 10, 2023
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Welcome to those who are just checking things out, not sure about Jesus yet – I ask you to really think about what reality you are aligning your soul to? Either this world and all of its uncertainty or to Jesus and the resurrection of life, with the promise of eternal life. Remind them why […]
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What Does Living After God’s Own Heart Look Like?
July 3, 2023
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Use this quote to give big picture and that there is nothing new under the sun, but will we learn from the lessons of the Kings as a people, church and as a nation? Nothing truly changes until the heart changes. “Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when […]
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Who is King?
June 25, 2023
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June 25, 2023 Crossroads Church Aspen, Pastor Steve Woodrow Who is King? Summer 2023 Series: Lessons from the Kings Series Description This summer at Crossroads Church Aspen we will be learning from the kings of Israel as found in 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles. With the world […]
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A Personal Tribute to Dr. Charles Stanley
June 13, 2023
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Dr. Charles Stanley died this past April at the age of 90. He faithfully pastored First Baptist Church Atlanta for almost 50 years and had a television preaching ministry called In Touch Ministries which broadcasted his faithful Gospel messages around the world. In Touch is still going strong. I had the privilege of serving as […]
Devotional Leadership
Keeping Watch in Uncertain Times
March 27, 2023
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It might be an overstatement to say leadership is harder than ever today.  Moses, David and Paul to name a few might beg to differ. But it is not an overstatement to say leadership today is extremely challenging with unprecedented complex issues. I recently learned a new word – perseveration, which means to get stuck […]