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Serving... the Body, Soul, and Mind of our Faith

Richard Forbes
Daily Devotion, Service, Reward, Secret, Humility, Christian

We are told to serve one another, but how, and in what way are we to do that? This subject is just as deep and profound as it relates to our faith as our prayers. You might argue this point, but think back on the life of Jesus. You may not have recognized all the acts of servitude He performed because He did them disguised as love, and shrouded in humility; yet there they are. His lesson on serving that He taught as He washed the feet of His disciples was just the most obvious and most frequently touted... yet quite possibly the least of them all.

Removing our Shoes, while bringing Holiness to Completion

Richard Forbes
Spirit, Presence, Christian, Jesus, Holiness, Body, Daily Devotion, God

How do we come into the presence of God? Are we clothed in all of our sin, and wearing shoes that are filthy and covered in the dust of the world? As creatures of both physical and spiritual construction we can’t travel anywhere without both sides of ourselves being present. Only at death is that separation possible. So until then, we must be careful regarding the purity of both our body and our spirit when we come before the Lord.

Tending Our Faith in the Calm before the Storm

Richard Forbes
Christian, Waiting, Daily Devotion, Becalmed, Faith, Prayer

Have you entered a doldrum in regards to your faith and prayer life? Perhaps you are new to prayer and are seeking that first gust of wind in your sails; the one that you know should be there. Or perhaps you are a salty Christian that has somehow become becalmed. Times such as this require that we lean on our faith all the more, and continue to pray. Believing should become the hope that carries us through those times when we seem to be going through the motions of our religion without any forward progress. We must believe, hope, trust, and continue to lift up our prayers.

One Person, and the Narrow Flow of Grace

Richard Forbes
Daily Devotion, One Man, Faith, Grace, Obedience, Christian

Do you count yourself as insufficient when it comes to saving the many? When God asks you to accomplish something huge do you answer back “I can’t Father! I am just one man!” Is this your justification for disobedience? Well, that used to be my excuse, but this morning I read Romans 5:12-21 and it convicted me, but I will never again say “But Father I am just one man!” I will be obedient in the face of the great challenges He sets before me.

Sin, Temptation, and Recurring Prayer

Richard Forbes
Daily Devotion, Recurring, Christian, Help, Forgiveness, Salvation, Sin

How is it that we are saved? How is it that the sin which rules our flesh is ever overcome? When I realized that without Jesus Christ in my life each and every day, I would naturally revert back to the creature I once was, my faith began to change at once within me. I came to understand that temptation and sin did not go away when I first believed, but instead must be held at bay, and I am allowed a moment by moment victory over it through Jesus.

Pride, the Danger in Intercession

Richard Forbes
Intercession, Prayer, Christian, Glory, Daily Devotion, Pride

Have you ever asked for healing prayer and received relief from your illness as a result? When this happened did you elevate those who prayed for you? If someone sick came to you for prayer, and as a result of your praying for them they were healed did you have a feeling of accomplishment as if you had done this, or felt some small part in the miracle? If either of these is true, then you have misappropriated God’s glory.

Drunkenness, Singing, and the Holy Spirit among Us

Richard Forbes
Holy Spirit, Christian, Daily Devotion, Worship, Drunkenness, Singing

What songs do you sing when you are with your friends? Do you sing popular songs of today, old favorites from the past, folk songs, holiday songs, campfire songs, or perhaps drinking songs? Well, we are told in Ephesians that as believers we are to remain sober, greet one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs as we sing to the Lord, and to be filled with the Spirit. How should we interpret this? Is singing anything other than hymns taboo?

Sin, and the War that Rages Within Us

Richard Forbes
Flesh, Conflict, Daily Devotion, Christian, Sin, Spirit

Do you find yourself to be at war within? Are you in the midst of a battle between your mind and your body, between the weakness of your flesh that is so often made to kneel before God, and the spirit which actually worships Him? We never have to look far as we seek to understand if there truly is both a physical and a spiritual world, because we live with one foot in each, and this tenuous stance threatens constantly to destroy us as our spirit works to tame the man of flesh who walks towards sin.

PAID IN FULL... We can’t Cover the Cost of our Admission!

Richard Forbes
Christian, Works, Gifts, Daily Devotion

We can’t earn our salvation by doing good works, and yet we are saved, and as a result of that salvation we are meant to do good works. This sounds rather confusing doesn’t it? Well on the surface it may appear so, but it is really quite simple. Our admission to eternity is a gift, but once we receive it there will be good things for us to do... not because we must, but as a result of our conversion, and the desire that love instills in us.

Waiting on God, and Waiting Expectantly for Jesus

Richard Forbes
Second Coming, Prayer, Christian, Expectation, Daily Devotion

We wait on God for those things we ask of Him in our prayers, the healing, the provision, the protection, and sundry other requests, but even more than those, do we wait on Him to reveal and return His Son Jesus Christ to claim us? Do we pray every day, throughout the day, for the return of Christ, or are we perfectly satisfied in this life? Certainly we have daily needs in this world to pray for, but none greater than the homecoming of our Lord Jesus.

Joining Our will with God’s

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Obedience, Glory, God’s Will

Are you in synch with God? Do you ever hear His voice giving you something to do, and then ask Him if He is certain that you should be doing whatever it is? On occasion the Lord can ask us to do things that seem so bizarre, and as a matter of fact appear to defy logic. Why was Jesus asked to tarry until Lazarus had died before He went to Him? Wouldn’t it have been much easier and made more sense to heal Him before he died? God has a purpose and a plan for us, and although it might appear impossible to to us, or even unwise, in the end it makes perfect sense.

Are We Simply Acting in Faith?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, True Faith, Following Jesus

You claim you are a child of the one true God, and you have accepted Jesus Christ as your savior, you may have even been born again in the spirit, but are you really living a spiritual life? Have you crucified your old self, or does that you of the past continue to haunt and dominate who you are? Your answer might be that you pray every day, but heathens can string words together... only when you are living a truly spiritual life, and your old self has been left behind, can you walk spiritually, and pray with the power you have been promised!

Fear and the Silencing of God’s Glory

Richard Forbes
Healing, Belief, Denial, Daily Devotion, Christian

Have you ever received a divine healing, or perhaps known someone who did? When this occurred did you praise and glorify God? If not, why? Have you heard tell of people who were miraculously healed, and yet you were skeptical, or doubted they were ever sick in the first place? If so, then why? In our modern society, we are reluctant to acknowledge God when healings occur... why is this so? It is because our faith is under attack by unbelievers and we have succumb to their influence. It is Fear in some form.

Faith, The Wonder of our Arrival, and Fear of our Awakening

Richard Forbes
Obedience, Consciousness, God’s Will, Living Faith, Christian, Daily Devotion

Are you being a disappointment in your faith, and a worry to God? This is one of those questions we should ask ourselves from time to time. Ephesians 4:17-32 contains guidance for us pertaining to the new life we are living in Jesus Christ. Our question then becomes, are we living it fully as the Holy Spirit reveals and teaches us, or are we causing our God to worry over us?

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