The Crosswalk Devotional

Go to God before you go to people. Ask Him for what you need then trust Him to provide it. God loves you with all His Heart. He wants you to trust Him just like a child trusts Him as their Heavenly Father.

As you start each new morning, remember that God is already there, waiting to help you at the break of day. Let God help you walk through your day in peace and confidence!

Lord, thank You for never hiding from me. Your Word says I will find You when I search for You with all my heart (Jeremiah 29:13). Make Your presence known as close and real as the air I breathe.

Is there someone today who needs to hear the gospel message? Ask God to help you discern the best way to share the good news with them.

In case you need this reminder today, if you are following the Lord, you will not miss out on anything He has for you. Look around you. Look at where you find yourself right now. Perhaps life isn’t perfect. It never is.

Are you wishing you were closer to God than you are right now? Do you long to feel less anxious and more at peace as you trust this capable God with your concerns? Then start now.

Unlike happiness, joy doesn’t depend on good circumstances. You can rejoice anytime and anywhere, because joy comes from trusting God in the middle of any situation you face. Even in the worst circumstances you go through, you can still rejoice in the Lord.

Our words have lasting consequences. Our outward actions tell our inward hearts’ motivations. May we prioritize caring for people and relationships over our pride and desire to be right as we seek to love our neighbors as ourselves.

When we take the time to turn toward Jesus (and away from our own self-righteousness) and then allow him to comfort and teach us, we can enter the digital world grounded in the reality of his love and presence—and then are able to extend it toward others.

Lord, please help me want You more than anything and trust that You will give me what I am meant to have. I will not miss anything if I’m walking with you.

Have you felt lately like you can’t sense God’s leading in your life? If so, be encouraged that even when you don’t feel like He’s directing your steps, He still is.

Like Abraham, God desires for His children to experience the blessings of a life that is wholly surrendered to the Lord. God is faithful to complete the works He calls us to (Philippians 1:6).

Show the people who know you what it looks like to trust God daily. When you do, you’ll build a legacy of loving faith that can inspire future generations. Every day that God gives you to live is a new opportunity to build an inheritance of faith to leave for others!

Today, will you consider what it is that has been hard, the hard that you fear, or the potential pain you struggle to imagine goodness in and through? There is good to come for you. And for each of his cherished children whom he loves.