From the Blog: Flock of Grace
Faith-driven reflections from author Addison Crissone
Faith-driven reflections from author Addison Crissone
Faithful Unto Death
by Addison Crissone
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about
to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for
ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you
the crown of life.
-Revelation 3:10
Courageous
by Addison Crissone
"God uses people who fail, because there aren't any other kind around."
Last July
by Addison Crissone
In his hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Life
by Addison Crissone
"To those who fight for it, life has a meaning the protected will never know."
A Mighty Endeavor
by Addison Crissone
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,
against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of
evil in the heavenly places."
-Ephesians 6:12
God isn't Done Yet
by Addison Crissone
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Expendable
by Addison Crissone
"But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and
the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God."
-Acts 20:24
Hard Place
by Addison Crissone
"This hard place in which you perhaps find yourself is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to him."
The Sinner's Dross
by Addison Crissone
"Take away the dross from the silver,
And the smith has a material for a vessel. "
Extraordinary Things
by Addison Crissone
And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying,
"We have seen extraordinary things today."
-Luke 5:26
He so Loved the World
by Addison Crissone
"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a
people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
It was not because you were more in number than any other people
that the Lord set his love on you and chose, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
but it is because the Lord loves you..."
What Will You Do with Jesus?
by Caitlyn Crissone
"What then shall I do with Jesus?"
Many of us are like a bunch of little Pontius Pilates running around, wondering what we could do with Christ. Many of us refuse to accept Jesus as Lord. We have heard the truth time and time again, and yet we reject it. Then, like Pilate, we worry too much about what the crowd thinks. We reject God's Son because we are afriad of what our friends might think about Him.
See and Believe
by Addison Crissone
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with he linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes."
- John 20:1-10
- John 20:1-10
Still Speaks
by Addison Crissone
"And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks."
-Hebrews 11:4
Called to be Courageous
by Addison Crissone
The other day, I had an interviewer ask me what courage means to me.
This was my response:
"Courage to me means doing what it's asked of you without the fear of man, or the fear of the consequences. You just do it."
The Hope of Perfection
by Caitlyn Crissone
Perfect.
Webster's Dictionary defines "perfect" as "Being entirely without fault or defect".
Webster's Dictionary defines "perfect" as "Being entirely without fault or defect".
When we Wait
by Addison Crissone
And the Lord answered me: "Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end-
it will not lie. if it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come;
it will not delay."
- Habukkuk 2:2-3
make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end-
it will not lie. if it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come;
it will not delay."
- Habukkuk 2:2-3
Tragedy
by Addison Crissone
There are no tragedies in the Bible.
Why?
Because in the ancient Hebrew language, there is no word for tragedy. Hebrew culture believed that if God had not redeemed a situation, then He was not done with it.
Why?
Because in the ancient Hebrew language, there is no word for tragedy. Hebrew culture believed that if God had not redeemed a situation, then He was not done with it.
Psalm 139:13-16
by Addison Crissone
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Resurrection Ground
by Caitlyn Crissone
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown in natural body;
it is raised as a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
- 1 Corinthians 15:42-44
.jpeg "The Yellow Badge")