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Blind Men, and Our View of God’s Glory

Richard Forbes
Diversity, Daily Devotion, Fear, God’s Will, Christian, Faith

Are you an individual? Do you see yourself as distinctly and physically individual? How about your personality? In fact, the one is what you are, and the other is who you are. As individuals we are referring to our physical selves, and although alike in many ways, God has made each of us unique. Our personalities, on the other hand are experienced more than seen, and so boundless in their nature that only God can truly understand them. When Jesus speaks in John 17:22-23, which of these is he referring to?

Removing the Stumbling Blocks to Achieve God’s Will for Us

Richard Forbes
Obedience, Daily Devotion, Sacrifice, Christian, Faith

Have you given up everything you are to Jesus Christ? It is easy to lay down the sin, and bad things in our lives, but have you also laid down the good? Abandoning those things that we naturally identify as good is the most profound test of our faith. Being able to leave behind anything that is contrary in order to immerse ourselves in God’s will for us is the epitome of faithfulness and obedience. 

Eternal Life and the Covenant of Grace

Richard Forbes
Forgiveness, Daily Devotion, Grace, Faith, Christian, Covenant

We don’t enter into heaven to live an eternal life because we deserve it. That kind of thinking is based upon our own vanity and arrogance. Our salvation and ever lasting life is sealed by covenant, and that covenant comes by God’s acceptance of the death of Jesus Christ as our blood sacrifice. Only through Him can we be redeemed, perfected, and sanctified. Only through Him can we claim the covenant of grace. 

Trouble; Our Inoculation against Sin

Richard Forbes
Grace, Daily Devotion, Hardship, Christian, Suffering, Deliverance, Faith

Are you concerned because you are constantly at war within yourself? Does it bother you that there is a struggle going on inside you between good and evil, holy and unholy, or salvation and damnation? Well, take heart because although this conflict is the natural state of man, we have a champion who not only helps us realize the good within ourselves, but helps us to achieve it by defeating sin. 

Fear, Trembling, and the “Ah Ha!” Moments of Faith

Richard Forbes
Fear, Faith, Understanding, Christian, Daily Devotion

Do you depend on your intellect to search out the wisdom of God? Do you study and ponder His Word to find truth there, or do you alternatively use your intellect to spoon feed yourself the Word, while your spirit seeks and sifts it for those things that are of God? When we depend upon our intellect it brings us very few of those wonderful revelations that we recognize as being of Him, but when our spirit is engaged, it finds treasure for us in His most glorious depths.

Death, a Two Part Mystery that Baffles Us?

Richard Forbes
Jesus, Christian, Existence, Life, Daily Devotion, Death, Forgiveness, Faith

For a God who created the universe, breathed life into man, and on more than one occasion raised the dead... what is death? We are so small, and our experience so limited to this body, and this existence, that all of our judgements have become founded on this little slice of reality that we inhabit. As we look at life and death through a drinking straw we convince ourselves we know what it is; do we? Let’s take a high level look at death...

Humility, or Denying God in your Life?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Denial, Faith, Blessings, Daily Devotion, Belief, Oswald Chambers

God works in us each day. He brings us to the doorstep of His will, and then perfects us as our efforts join with His in accomplishing it. However, none of this achievement is possible without His efforts in us, and none is possible by our own doing. So when His will is done, in some manner, how do you respond to others when they acknowledge it in gratitude or amazement? 

Jesus, the Essence of Real Faith

Richard Forbes
Seeking, Oswald Chambers, The Gospel, Salvation, Faith, Christian, Daily Devotion, Death

Do you understand that Jesus Christ had to die in order to secure your redemption, or do you think He was just a mythological character meant to describe morality to us in a how-to book called the Bible? Friends, the account is real, and not a story; it is the single greatest event to occur since creation... complete with all the miracles, wonders, suffering, awe, and yes, death.

Fretting needlessly about the World as it crumbles

Richard Forbes
Belief, Daily Devotion, Trust, Faith, Grace, Peace, Christian

Do we let the happenings of the world trouble us and destroy the faith and tranquility we have in Jesus Christ? Are we so worried about what is occurring in our day to day lives that we can no longer see or feel the eternal truth, which is that Jesus suffered so we should be redeemed; that we should have peace and rest? If so it is time we started stripping the meaningless outer layers away from our life of faith, and get down to the one thing that truly matters... the Cross.

Fingers in the Soil, and the Weeding of God’s Garden

Richard Forbes
Obedience, God’s Will, Calling, Daily Devotion, Service, Christian, Faith

When the Lord gives us a specific calling, or mission, that He wants us to accomplish, how do we know when it is complete? Have you ever left spiritual business unfinished because you took your eyes off of the lord? Whether it is praying for someone each day, being a loving spouse, serving in a far off land, or simply mowing the yard of a sick neighbor; when does stopping become a matter of God, as opposed to our own lack of desire to continue on? 

Marriage, Lazarus, and Faith in Times of Miracle!

Richard Forbes
Belief, Faith, Daily Devotion, Christian

How deep is your faith in Jesus Christ? Have you believed all your life that Jesus is the Son of God, and yet never been intimate with Him? Have you walked down the aisle weeping and confessing He is the Lord of your life, and then continued along with the reins of life held tight in your hands? Maybe you spend a lot of time trying to make yourself righteous by doing those things Jesus taught, but do them without ever having met our living Savior. In faith, true faith, we allow Him to make us righteous, and holy. 

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