Exercise Your Gift - The Crosswalk Devotional - November 16

PLUS...10 Prayers for Before Meals - Short, Simple, Beautiful!  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ &zwnj [Crosswalk.com Logo]( The Crosswalk Devotional  [Devotionals](        [Newsletters](        [e-Cards](      [The Crosswalk Devotional]( Exercise Your Gift By Annie Yorty “God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of [spiritual gifts](. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.” ([1 Peter 4:10-11]( NLT) Oh, I can’t stand this! Groaning, I tossed and turned on my bed in frustration. Just as it had a million times before, my mind commanded my right hand to flex. But this time, the appendage, packed in layers and layers of gauze encased within a rigid form and covered with a stretchy bandage, refused to obey. The bulky cast dangled at the end of my arm like a heavy bowling pin with four puffy fingertips protruding. A week out from joint replacement surgery, I already felt claustrophobic, barely able to resist clawing the wrapping off my arm. The pain, initially excruciating, had subsided enough that I yearned to move. To stretch just a bit. To simply use my hand. But, bound and immobile, it seemed disconnected from the command center of my brain.  [CONTINUE READING →](            You May Also Like:        [10 Prayers for Before Meals - Short, Simple, Beautiful!](  Meg Bucher Praying God’s blessing over our meals is a simple way to make a big difference on the daily alignment of our hearts.  [CONTINUE READING →](       [Q/A with a Muslim about Our Differences and Similarities - Part 1](  Aaron D'Anthony Brown Where others see differences, they often turn around and run, but as Christians, there’s a benefit to learning why people think the way they do. Here’s my Q/A with a Muslim about religious differences and similarities.  [CONTINUE READING →](            [A Prayer for Personal Healing](  Kyle Fletcher Subscribe to the [iBelieve.com YouTube page!]( Like iBelieve.com on [Facebook!](  [CONTINUE READING →](                            Bible Trivia Question of the Day                                           A proverb says that if you don't learn to control yourself you'll end up like this kind of a city. A. a prosperous city B. an empty city C. a walled city D. one whose walls have been broken down [ANSWER THE QUESTION →](     [Crosswalk.com Logo](  [Read about Salem Web Network](  |  [Unsubscribe](   [Email Preference Center](  |  [View in Browser](   © 2022 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Crosswalk. Â