New Beginnings Crossroads Fellowship

09/08/2026

"1 Peter 2:9 defines the spiritual identity and purpose of believers as a chosen people belonging to God.

Core Meaning of 1 Peter 2:9

The verse reads (in the ESV): "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."

Four Key Titles

Chosen Race / Generation: Believers are picked by God. Their bond is spiritual, not based on ethnicity, family, or geography.

Royal Priesthood: Believers have direct access to God like priests and serve under Christ, the ultimate King.

Holy Nation: The church forms a spiritual country set apart from the values of the surrounding world.

God’s Special Possession: Believers are treasured property belonging uniquely to God. In older translations like the KJV, this is translated as a peculiar people, which means "acquired" or "special," not weird.

The Main Purpose

Out of Darkness into Light: Believers once lived in sin and ignorance (darkness) but were saved into truth and grace (light).

Proclaiming God's Excellencies: The ultimate goal of this new identity is to tell others about God's goodness, love, and mighty acts."
BiGOD HAS A PLAN GREATER THAN YOUR STRUGGLES. 🙏❤️

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Your present struggle does not define your future. What feels difficult today may be shaping a testimony you cannot see yet.

When life doesn't go according to your plans, remember that God sees the bigger picture. Hold onto hope, keep your faith, and continue walking with Him.

Your circumstances may change, but God never will.

09/08/2026

"Psalm 63:3 states, "Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you" (ESV).

Core Meaning

God's love surpasses physical existence: "Better than life" means God’s loyal, unfailing love is more valuable, satisfying, and essential than mere biological survival or earthly comforts.

Praise is a natural response: When a person truly experiences God's mercy and steadfast commitment (often translated as "lovingkindness"), praising Him becomes an instinctive and joyful reaction.

Context of Psalm 63

Written by David: King David wrote this psalm while hiding in the dry, dangerous wilderness of Judah, likely fleeing from his enemies or his rebellious son, Absalom.

Finding satisfaction in hardship: Even though David faced physical thirst and the threat of death, he realized that a life without God's active presence and love is empty, making God's favor worth more than life itself."

09/07/2026

Turning from evil ways, (turning from sin), is works in God’s eyes;
Jonah 3:10 KJV

10 “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.”

Also notice how God repented. He decided not to destroy the city of Nineveh when He saw their works.

So much confusion has been caused over the word repent. It does not mean to be sorry for or to turn from sin. There are more verses that say that God repented in the Old Testament than anyone else.

Repent as found in the New Testament, (when relating to salvation), is from metanoia/ meta = change/ noia = mind. The word gospel means good news.

Concerning salvation from Hell a person is to change their mind, (from unbelief to belief), by believing the good news.

Typically they turn from trusting in self, (or their own ideas about how to go to Heaven), to trusting in Christ.

Jesus is God the Son, (God in the flesh), who died for the sins of the entire world, was buried and resurrected.

All who believe the gospel trusting in Him for the free gift of eternal life received instantly by faith alone receive it and will never be condemned to Hell for any reason.

A person is born again as a child of God by believing this message.

John 5:24 KJV

24 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

Going to Heaven is a free gift bought and paid for with the blood and death of the Only Begotten Son of God, the most beautiful and precious thing ever to come into this world.

We accept this gift by faith.

Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

Anyone can go to Heaven for free that is God’s love gift to the world;

John 3:16 KJV

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

No requirement to be sorry for or to turn from sin, nor to persevere in faith and good works, that is not a requirement to go to Heaven.

A Christian’s attitude and conduct is a matter of a good conscience, fellowship and rewards from God.

Most professing Christians have never heard this message.

Sadly most who hear it will die and go to Hell because out of pride they refuse to accept the free gift.

If you have trusted in Christ for salvation, and you know that God is your Heavenly Father, and that you will go to Heaven when you die, will you be faithful to God by sharing this clear message of salvation with others?

Many people don’t know where they will go when they die, and many of them are trusting in their works to get to Heaven.

God bless

09/07/2026

09/04/2026

GOD HAS A PLAN GREATER THAN YOUR STRUGGLES.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Your present struggle does not define your future. What feels difficult today may be shaping a testimony you cannot see yet.

When life doesn't go according to your plans, remember that God sees the bigger picture. Hold onto hope, keep your faith, and continue walking with Him.

Your circumstances may change, but God's promises remain.