Author: Alissa

To have the faith of Abraham- that is something to aspire to.  God has made us all promises as well, both through his word and to our individual selves. Some of these promises may be easy to claim while others seem as impossible, even laughable, as Sarah conceiving a child in her nineties.  But to […]

Wages are not a gift, they are what is due.  If we seek our own justice against all those who wrong us we may very well receive that justice, our wages.  However, it will not bring the satisfaction, or the peace, we seek from it.  It is superficial.  However, if we seek not the justice […]

Obedience to God does not mean simply following the laws written out in the Bible.  If that is our goal we would become so caught up in rule following that we forget to do the most important things, the things that all of the other laws hang on, loving God and loving our neighbor as […]

It is not enough to read the Bible, to go to church or Bible study, to listen to podcasts and Christian radio, or to do all of the above- no matter how regularly.  Having the entirety of the Bible memorized and having more religious knowledge than anyone else you know is still not enough.  If […]

Knowing God is not enough ‘for even the demons believe and they shudder’.  He is to be glorified in and through us, given the thanks and honor due to the all-powerful creator of the universe who holds our lives in his hands.  Nothing less is due him.  We lose sight of the gravity of these […]

Obligated: bound and committed, legally or morally We have a moral obligation that binds us to the people God would call to himself whether they be, in our opinion, deserving or not.  The Gospel is not just for ‘civilized’ people who will fit easily into our social circles.  It is not only for people who […]

Lord there is none greater than you!  Who but you can measure the waters in the hollow of his hand or mark off the heavens with the breadth of his hand?  Who else has held the dust of the earth in a basket or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a […]

“A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.” Old proverb If someone is doing wrong, we may hold the right position and the authority to tell them so and to tell them what they ought to be doing instead.  We can even try to enforce it but in the end, if […]

  We cannot truly begin to understand Christ’s love until we let it flow through us, both to other believers and to those who aren’t.  Loving enough to get past ourselves, step out and be the tool God uses to help shape fellow believers or the shepherd that leads lost sheep home.  Christ’s love for […]

The fullness of God’s love and his power are both beyond what our human minds and concepts are capable of grasping or even imagining.  Despite the fact that we are incapable of understanding just how much he has made available to us, it is always there.  He gives it freely so that, through the small […]