Crossroads Community Church - Barberton

We are great at making excuses for just about anything we either don’t want to do or that we are scared of doing

God has given us clear instructions on how to please Him through His Word, but we have become pros at making excuses for not following them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.”

Your excuses will be the main thing that will hold you back from all that God wants to do in and through your life.

Good Intentions vs God’s Intentions

3. Gentleness (vs. 7-8)

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” - Matthew 10:16

We cannot rely on ourselves to accomplish our own “good” intentions, but we can rely on God to accomplish His intentions.

1. How does God want to change your life?

2. Why does God want this to be different in your life?

when you find the connection between what God wants to change in your life and why He wants to change it, you will find a much more powerful motivation to accomplish it