{"id":17372,"date":"2026-01-30T02:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=17372"},"modified":"2026-01-30T02:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T02:54:57","slug":"preparing-hearts-before-delivering-heavy-truths-crosswalk-plus-video-devotional-daily-devotional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=17372","title":{"rendered":"Preparing Hearts before Delivering Heavy Truths &#8211; Crosswalk PLUS Video Devotional &#8211; Daily Devotional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Welcome Crosswalk PLUS subscribers! These raw, uncut video takes on Scripture are brought to you ad-free from the hearts of your favorite Crosswalk contributors. We&#8217;ll examine a Bible verse, application and prayer in five minutes or less as an encouraging way to start any day.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s verse is Matthew 3:3 with <strong>Jennifer Slattery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span\/><\/p>\n<p><em>This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: \u201cA voice of one calling in the wilderness, \u2018Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.\u2019\u201d<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It takes time to reach people&#8217;s hearts and for them to unveil their hurts and their fears that keep them from receiving Jesus&#8217;s gift of life. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit&#8217;s leading, trusting that he&#8217;ll maximize and relay every truthful word we speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEEP GOING<\/strong>: A Prayer to Prepare Our Hearts<\/p>\n<p>Click here for more great content from Jennifer!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jennifer Slattery<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0is a writer and speaker who hosts the <\/em><strong>Faith Over Fear<\/strong><em> podcast. She\u2019s addressed women\u2019s groups, Bible studies, and writers across the nation. She\u2019s the author of Building a Family and numerous other titles and maintains a devotional blog at JenniferSlatteryLivesOutLoud.com. As the founder of Wholly Loved Ministries, she\u2019s passionate about helping women experience Christ\u2019s freedom in all areas of their lives. Visit her online to learn more about her speaking or to book her for your next women\u2019s event and sign up for her free quarterly newsletter HERE\u00a0 and make sure to connect with her on Facebook and Instagram.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size:11px\">Photo Credit: \u00a9Getty Images\/Tammy Fullum\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Crosswalk PLUS subscribers! These raw, uncut video takes on Scripture are brought to you ad-free from the hearts of your favorite Crosswalk contributors. We&#8217;ll examine a Bible verse, application and prayer in five minutes or less as an encouraging way to start any day. Today&#8217;s verse is Matthew 3:3 with Jennifer Slattery. This is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[759,86,5497,269,1372,2432,3682,1010,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-17372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-christian-living","8":"tag-crosswalk","9":"tag-daily","10":"tag-delivering","11":"tag-devotional","12":"tag-hearts","13":"tag-heavy","14":"tag-preparing","15":"tag-truths","16":"tag-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}