ASLC Devotions -- Friday

James 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.

How's your faith? Sometimes it's hard to measure faith. We can't see it. We can't measure it with a thermometer. We can't measure it on a scale. It can be hard to measure the faith that's in us to know whether it's adequate, to know whether we have a good amount of faith or whether our faith is shaky.

James reminds us that one way to take a check on our faith-life, to take our temperature, so to speak... is to take a look at how we live our lives. This is not a call to do good things (feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc) for their own sake. We use those as a measuring stick for faith. If you're not living your life and doing the works that you know God would call you to do, don't worry so much about the works. Return to faith. Pray. Worship. Seek God's presence. That's the priority.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

This weekend we modify our worship schedule for the fall and winter. NO Saturday worship. Sunday morning at 8:30 and 11. Education Hour (Rally Day) at 9:45 with a celebratory picnic after the 11:00 service in the Gathering Space. Visit http://aslcdevotions.blogspot.com to comment and converse about these thoughts.