Prayer, and an End to the Darkest Night

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Prayer and Expectation

Do you find yourself longing for God? Are you at a place in your life where you feel separated from him and sitting in darkness waiting on His light to shine on you once again? Maybe you have asked for His Holy Spirit to fill you, and are waiting expectantly for it, or you need an answer to some other prayer that is yet to come. However you find yourself waiting for God remember that He is already with you and that it is only your own realization of His presence that you are actually longing for. Remember also that you are never alone, even in this feeling.

Spirit and Truth; the Crux of Prayer and Worship

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Answered Prayer

Are you unsatisfied with your prayer life? Do you ask in prayer, and yet feel unfulfilled when you rise from your knees? Do you recite scripture in your prayers and cry out, yet leave your prayer closet feeling as though God might not have heard you? Well, perhaps you are missing a key lesson that was taught by Jesus... maybe you need to listen as he teaches us to pray in spirit and truth.

The Music in God’s Word

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Holy Spirit Come, Holy Spirit Come

Is the Word of God alive in you? Is the gospel of Jesus Christ breathing within your being? If we really desire the Word to come alive and to fill us with the life that only God can provide, then we need the Holy Spirit moving within us. It is the difference between a grade school child reading “The Charge of the Light Brigade”, (the work of the poet Lord Alfred Tennyson), and sitting at Tennyson’s feet as he reads the verse he wrote aloud. Reading God’s Word is much like this, the Spirit brings life to the Word of God for us with the voice and understanding of God Himself.

Of Children, and the Perfection of Praise

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Seeing our Children

When we look at our children, what do we see, and how do we see it? We look at them with our eyes, and see their physical characteristics, we observe their actions and come to know their character by studying them with our minds. We go further and see their heart through the eyes of our own hearts and come to know their love as it mixes with ours and grows, but there is one other way we should look at our children... one that many of us neglect, we should see them spiritually.

Only In You am I Made Holy

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, What is Holiness

Do you have a desire to be Holy? Are you on a quest for sanctification, or is leading the life of a new believer enough for you? We can exist on the margins of faith by simply believing that God is the one true God, and that Jesus is His Son, but if we want to move past this elementary existence, we must fully open ourselves up by coming into relationship with Them, by allowing Them to abide in us and us in Them. We must become all that Jesus teaches us of the nature of God, and we must allow God Himself to sanctify us by imparting His Holiness in us through Christ, and then by shining forth with the glow of His glory. Holiness, this is God’s true desire for us.

Persistence, and Running the Race of Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Preparing for Faith

What is the state of your faith today? Is it strong, well trained, and ready to run a race; or does it become easily winded and lose stamina during the long marathon of life? Do you tell yourself that your faith is able to withstand anything, but lose hope at the least of life’s difficulties? If you find your faithfulness lacking, let’s talk about selecting a conditioning coach, and enrolling ourselves in his spiritual training program.

Walking the Way from Carnal to Spiritual

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Are We Spiritual

You read your Bible, you teach Sunday school, and you might even preach sermons, but does this make you spiritual? Are you a spiritual Christian, or are you a carnal Christian at heart? So many who follow Jesus Christ do so motivated by a worldly desire; they seek Him with their minds, and intellect... much more than through relationship and meekness, not with a spiritual inclination. Which are you, and do you even know?

Spiritual Grace, and My Fair Lady

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Grace and Spirit

Are you an occasional practitioner of the Holy Spirit? Do you do the things of faith in your life by utilizing your spiritual gifts, but then once they have been accomplished set those gifts aside, to be used another day? Or do you possess Spiritual Grace, which is a state of faith where the gifts of the Spirit are so ingrained in you that they have become inseparable from who you are in grace?

Ralphie, the Red Ryder, and the Holy Spirit

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Know the Holy Spirit

You have heard of the gift of the Holy Spirit, and you see the results of it in believers around you, but despite your desire for it, you remain barren and unfilled. Perhaps you have been a Christian for a long time, and in all those years you have not received the Spirit. You may have consoled yourself by saying that it will never be yours and that you will suffer on without it, but listen as God tells you to take heart, and that the Spirit is your gift as well.

Of Oil and Spirit; What is Anointing?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Sacred Anointing

Have you ever been anointed with oil? Has a Pastor, or elder, prayed over you as they took oil, and applied it to you? Did you understand what was happening at that moment, or did you think it was merely an aromatic balm, a lotion; and simply something symbolic we do in church? No, it is much more than that, anointing is a sacred practice and is Holy; when we do this the one being anointed is made Holy, Consecrated, and set apart for the use of God. Let’s look at this further.

Unforgivable Sins, and Walking the Way of Grief

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Faith in Forgiveness

Are you a sinner of the worst kind? Do you think that there is no way that someone like you can ever be washed clean, and forgiven? Well, if so, you are not the first to have felt this way, and as a matter of fact, the Apostle Paul felt just as you do. To say that you are too far gone to be saved is to deny the saving grace of God in His Son Jesus Christ. So, listen to me today…

Faith and Will; the Tears and Purpose of Miracles

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Faith and Will

How is your faith? Are you strong in it, or is it lacking in some regard? Can you move a mountain, or do you think your faith is too small to move even a grain of sand? The disciples were chastised by Jesus on more than one occasion for their lack of faith, so do not lose heart, but ask Him why you can’t do a thing, or why you don’t receive the ability to perform a miracle. You may find that in some cases it has less to do with faith than you think.

Fountains of Life, and my Grandfather’s Farm

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Living Water and Life

Jesus is like a fountain, or a spring, out of which forgiveness flows. He is not like a spigot from which life is turned off and on when we need to wash the scent of death from ourselves or draw a drink. Do we only approach Him when we think we need cleansing or to receive refreshment for our spirit, and faith? Or is He the source of life that we have built our lives and families around… the well, spring, and fountain that our existence depends upon as we quinch our spiritual thirst, and for every cool compress that relieves the fever of our sin?

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