Fill 'er Up - Crosswalk the Devotional - October 16

PLUS...7 Tests to See if Your Worship Is Truly Christian or Pagan [Crosswalk.com Logo]( Crosswalk: The Devotional [Devotionals]( [Newsletters]( [e-Cards](  Fill 'er Up by John UpChurch “Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints.” - [Colossians 1:24-26]( Right after I got married, I gave up computer software updates and PC troubleshooting for something a bit more… down to earth, you could say. I needed work in my new hometown, and since employers weren’t tracking me down and forcing jobs on me, I gravitated toward the only available option: construction. With a booming housing market at the time, finding enough to do wasn’t a problem. But finding motivation was a problem. Going from a specialized, higher-paying job in computers, where I mostly sat at my desk all day, to cleaning up cinder blocks, wrestling with insulation, and scrubbing windows—that was quite the humbling thing. Honestly, I’d never had to do any real manual labor in my life before that (yes, I was coddled). The heat and pain and bloodied hands were all new to me. [CONTINUE READING →]( You May Also Like: [7 Tests to See if Your Worship Is Truly Christian or Pagan]( Todd Pruitt “To be human is to worship.” While not an exhaustive list, the following 7 points help us think more biblically about worship. [CONTINUE READING →]( [Can Satan Read Our Minds?]( Clarence L. Haynes Jr. We all know that Satan is our adversary who seeks those who he may devour. I would say that in our spiritual battles sometimes we give Satan too much credit and often blame him or ascribe to him power and authority that he simply does not have. One of those areas deals with Satan reading our minds. [CONTINUE READING →](                       Bible Trivia Question of the Day                                       Who did Peter raise from the dead in Joppa? A. Lydia B. Stephen C. Mary D. Dorcas [ANSWER THE QUESTION →]( [Crosswalk.com Logo]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Email Preference Center]( | [View in Browser]( © 2021 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.com - The Devotional. [Link](