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Truth: Meditating to find the Truth in God’s Word

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, God’s Word, Truth

As good Christians we know the strength that is gained from reading the Bible each day, but are we truly getting the fullest blessing from our effort? Are we in the habit of rising from bed, praying, reading the Word, and then going about our day thinking we have done what we should? Well, this is like placing an arrow on the bow string, drawing it back, but never letting go. We should take our scripture reading, and meditate on it all the day long... praying intermittently for more understanding. By dwelling on the Word we are letting the arrow go, and allowing it to change who we are inside.

Lessons in Love and our Relationship with God

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Aging In Faith, Love

Do you love God with no less intensity, or walk with Jesus with the same vigor as in days gone by, and yet the sense of joy, and satisfaction seems to have waned from your relationship? Do you feel like you are losing the intimacy you once experienced in your faith? Well, do not lose heart because you are no further away from God than you we’re at the height of your zeal... in the days when you first believed.

A Lesson in Fear: Do we Fear Our Death, or just the Dying?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Living, Death, Fear

Death, is it something we fear? As Christians we do not fear death because we know that our lives, which have been well spent in Christ, mean that we will find eternity following our final exhale on this earth. What most Christians fear is not death at all, but the dying; the sudden separation from earthly loved ones, the pain involved in dying, and leaving behind all that we have known. We fear that final step forward by faith into what we have not yet experienced.

When the Perishable puts on the Imperishable

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Living Faith, Believing

Having spoken to some who claim to be Christian, and yet struggle with Jesus having risen from the grave, I am now careful to ask... Do you stand watching at the cross, and do you carry Jesus to the tomb? Then, do you return to the tomb after the Sabbath to find the grave empty, and believe He has risen? In this way I know their faith., because who are we, and who is Jesus without the resurrection? Where is our hope? Where is our victory? Where is our promise of eternity? Without the resurrection we are doomed to return to the grave day after day to tend to a body, and mourn the dead.

Defeating Evil in the World; is it Our Battle to Fight?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, The Gospel, Deliverance, Evil

Do you say that you are a child of God, and yet you remain fully engaged in the world? Do you find yourself afraid, and so actively engrossed in politics, or social issues that bitterness and even hatred bubble up in you? Who is leading you? If this doesn’t describe you then most certainly you must be leading God’s Children away from the world and it’s frothing.

The Failure of our Words to Convey... I Love You

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Love, Word

How great is your love for Jesus Christ? What would it take to separate you from Him, and His love for you. Poets have long sought to capture the intensity of their love, but try as they might it always falls short of describing that pool of emotion bubbling up within them. Our love, and faith in Jesus is similar in that we who love Him can’t satisfactorily express the fullness of our love either. So, how do we praise Him?

Is the World Beating you Down? Are you Ready for Peace and Joy?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Serving God

Do you get all twisted into knots trying to reconcile, and exercise your faith with today’s world, and political/religious atmosphere? If so I have a suggestion for you; quit trying to live in two worlds, stop trying to serve two masters, and don’t tie your faith to the world’s social, and political expectations. To better understand how we should behave, all we need to do is look to Jesus as our model.

Across all Seas We Walk with Jesus, and See our God

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Walking with God, Living Water

How do you perceive your life to be going? Are you in a sailboat sitting on a calm sea, are you in rough water being battered by the wind, or sailing in a fair wind and following sea? Whatever your situation, it is the will of God that you be there at that moment, and you are experiencing something of Him in the process. We might think it good or bad, but God is there at our side, and has led us to be in that place with Him.

Healing the Sick, and those who Mourn, by His will and through our Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Healing, Faith

Do we feel confident enough in the healing power of Jesus to touch the fringe of His garment and be healed? Have we been praying for healing but are now growing weary waiting for Him to come to us? Well maybe it is time in our desperation to try a new tactic... to ask His will, and touch whatever part of Him is close with the full expectation of being healed in that instant.

Piano lessons, and the Will of God

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, God’s Will

Doing the will of God means work for us; sometimes suffering, but it always requires work, or action on our part. However, we are impatient by nature, and if we had it our way most of us would prefer to have our reward without the work, action, or any effort on our part. As you faithfully seek to do the will of God in your life are you guilty of this? Do you waste time wishing without asking “What next Father?”

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