Cross Lines Ministries

10/01/2026

"Sir, we would see Jesus." (John 12:21).
Why do churched people and even pastors think that discipleship means reminding folks why they should change, how they should think, and what they should and shouldn't do. People who hunger for a closer relationship with God will not find Him by self-will, self-works, or self-change. One need only to earnestly seek God, trust God, and be led by the Spirit of God to produce the kind of spiritual fruit that satisfies the Christian heart, mind, body, soul and spirit. One day, in the final week of Jesus' life, He was hungry. He noticed a fig tree covered with leaves, but when he looked closer, He couldn't find one fig to satisfy His hunger. (Mark 11:12-14; Matthew 21:18-19). I think it would revive the starving Christian if he/she were taught to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit brought about by trusting God in the midst of real life struggles, rather than showy leaves manufactured by changing this or by doing that. Church leaders, please stop telling others what to do. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." A relationship with God is personal because it is based on personal experiences. People of God need to hear from God for themselves before doing this or saying that. "And they overcame by the blood of the Lamb AND the word of their testimony." (Rev 12.11). People of God cannot overcome by being told what to do. But they can and will know when they/we see Jesus showing up as evidenced by the fruit of the spirit fully operating in those who lead and in those who follow. May Love, Joy, Peace, Forbearance, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control be the word of our testimony, above such there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23).

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Dear Sisters, our interactive, Women's Bible Talk, Search & Study Fellowship meets today and every Monday @ 4-5pm on Zoom. Please click "Join Meeting" then type 770-504-4161.
OBJECTIVE: Breaking down the middle wall between us, this group is not exclusive to one church or one denomination, but to all women seeking a deeper relationship with God and a closer bond with one another.
"That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love. Colossians 2:2.

09/20/2025

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ gave His life for helpless people." Romans 5:6

09/13/2025

Somebody needs to redefine the word 'hate'. Telling the truth, speaking one's mind, expressing oneself is not hate. Someone's opinion that differs from your own isn't a threat to 'you'; it's only a different opinion. It only has the power you give it. How weak is your opinion if it can't stand up to a different opinion? The hate speech - as you call it - isn't where hate is rooted. The hate lies within the one who isn't sure about what they believe so they hate an opposing opinion that threatens their own. Thats what they hate. They hate the indisputable truth because it threatens their self-will. Still, what cannot be disputed is this: Jesus said, "I am the truth, and the truth will set you free." Yet, we are destroying our freedom by living a lie. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world" but we would rather silence "The Voice of Truth" and remain in darkness.
John I
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

07/30/2025

I dont know who wtote this:

You can grow up in chaos and become someone who creates peace. You can grow up being hurt and become someone who looks tenderly after the wounds of others. You can grow up being taught to turn bitter from all of the wretched things they did to you and become someone who learns to forgive and move onward and upward and forward. You can grow up around anger and become a gentle spirit. You can grow up surrounded by artificial love and come to know how to recognize real love. Your history does not determine whether or not you have the ability to become a decent human being. In fact, it can spur you on to break the cycle. You have become who you are today because you chose the future over your past. Because you dug through rather than walked around. And because you needed to be the very thing that was absent in your life.

07/26/2025

6.5 K parents are experiencing estrangement. "It's trendy now to hate your parents, and to call it "healing" when it's really avoidance, silence and emotional warfare. You're not crazy and you're not alone. There is a way to communicate, reconnect and repair without shame."
Parents, if you were the cause at one time, you aren't the problem now. The problem lies in willfulness without conscious, deception, disrespect and unaccountability. Actually, our children are even more unhealthy than before they chose to perceive you as their enemy.

07/17/2025

Recovery begjns with disclosure. Without full disclosure, there's no full recovery, and without full recovery, there is no full healing. When Jesus promised in Mark 16:18, "and they shall recover,"He included, completion, healing and wholeness in its entirety with nothing missing. James 1:4

06/05/2025

A broken man may punish you for loving him, not because your love was flawed, but because your affection shines a light on the shadows he has long avoided.

Your gentleness may stir wounds he buried deep within. Your patience may reveal his feelings of unworthiness. Your light, a beacon too bright for one who has never known how to embrace warmth without suspicion.

He may push you away, only to resent you for leaving. He may conflate chaos with chemistry, and silence with safety. Each time you offer your love, he might make you feel as if you are asking for too much, being too much, not because you are, but because he struggles to see himself as enough.

In this journey, you may find yourself shrinking, doubting your worth, and hoping that love can mend what trauma has shattered. But remember, love does not heal someone who hasn’t chosen to embrace their own healing.

True love cannot rescue someone committed to sabotaging goodness. A broken man may label your boundaries as disrespect, your honesty as an attack, and your care as control. Yet, in the midst of this confusion, know that your spirit is not meant to carry the burden of another's unhealed wounds.

Trust that your love is a gift, a powerful force meant to uplift and illuminate, not to be mistaken for a weapon or a source of blame. Seek the light within yourself, for it is in nurturing your own spirit that you will find the strength to move beyond the shadows cast by another. Embrace the truth that your love is sacred, and you deserve to be loved in return, not just for who you are, but for the light that you bring into the world.