All in Faith

Suffering the Lessons of Faith, and Realizing God’s Love

Richard Forbes
Love, Christian, Faith, Daily Devotion, Hardship

Do you complain about where your faith is leading you, and the hardships and punishments that you must endure along the way? Some of us feel that when we accept the LORD as our one true God, and Jesus as our Savior and Redeemer, that we have reached the pinnacle of life, and that everything should be fragrant and painless from that moment on, but in fact we have just entered into a journey of faith in which we will be challenged, and made to suffer as we grow in faith. So do not grumble at the lessons we are receiving, they are evidence of God’s love.

Finding Hope in Prayer, and Comfort in the Promises of God

Richard Forbes
Promises, Hope, Daily Devotion, Faith, Christian, Joy

Do you lean on God’s promises for your hope? Does His Word not only give you hope, but does it allow you to live abundantly again? Sometimes our hopelessness becomes a millstone around our neck, and it is so burdensome that to go on living seems futile, but even in such drastic times we can find hope and relief in the Word of God, and certain joy in His promises.

More than Dreaming of a Risen Christ

Richard Forbes
Jesus is Risen, Transformed, Daily Devotion, Christian, Belief, Faith

It is Easter morning, and the tomb is empty, but do you believe that our redeemer lives? This sounds like a ridiculous question to be asking a believer, but it might surprise you to know how many men and women proclaim faith by saying the right things regarding the resurrection of Jesus Christ, but don’t live as if they believe them. They say He lives, but live as if He were dead. Job truly believed, and lived his life as if he did, but the apostles had to be convinced that Jesus had risen... which are you?

Withstanding the Bully by Placing the Life of Jesus before Us

Richard Forbes
Withstanding the Bully, Jesus, Daily Devotion, Faith, Christian

In this day and age we talk a great deal about bullying. Being bullied by those around us can occur both physically and verbally, but verbal bullying cuts us much deeper. Jesus endured both kinds in His life, but predominately the verbal variety. So today, as we are made fun of, jeered, and cruelly denigrated, we should look to Jesus for our example of how to react to, and endure, such torture.

Who are we that Witness the Sacrifice of Christ?

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

Do we who are sinners mock Jesus as we carry forth our sins towards imminent death? In these, the final days before Easter, do we look at the sacrifice of Jesus and forget that it isn’t just He who hung on that cross, but we as well? Jesus didn’t instruct us to pick up our own cross, and follow Him, simply as a symbol, but by it we will suffer, and die to this world, as He did... and if faithful, be resurrected alongside Him as well.

Fear, Faith, and Our Desires when Winning the Lottery

Richard Forbes
Faith, Fear, Daily Devotion, Following Jesus, Change, Christian

Are you afraid to leave home and travel with Jesus? When He calls out to you how do you react? If you were standing on the street corner and Jesus walked by saying “Follow me!” What would you do? Would you pretend you didn’t know Him? What if He only wanted you to go downtown, and serve a meal at the local soup kitchen? Answering the call of Christ means leaving our comfort zone... it also means changing something about ourselves so that we become more like Him.

Easter - the Suffering of Jesus, and the Sweet Spring Syrup of our Faith.

Richard Forbes
Faith, Suffering, Syrup, Sweetness, Christian, Passion of Christ, Daily Devotion

Some hold a crucifix, or gaze upon a painting of our Lord hanging in agony or death upon the cross, and shield themselves from the intensity of His suffering, and thus of the true extent of the price that was paid... they miss the sweet peace we should accept from His dying hand. Heaven forbid that we, like them, should look dismissively upon our salvation, or take it ever so lightly into our lives. Have you taken your gift of redemption, and turned your face from the wound of that moment, and the life it took to secure it; do you drink the watery sap from His side without weeping in a combination of sorrow and gratitude at the spectacle? Do you miss what should come to be the syrup of your faith?

Faith, it fuels the engine of miracles, and gives wings to our prayers.

Richard Forbes
Miracles, Prayer, Daily Devotion, Christian, Faith

How strong is your faith? You might pray for a miracle, but without faith it stalls before it can rise before the throne of God. No prayer is heard and acted upon without the wings of our faith having been attached to it. Are we like Peter in our prayers? Do we begin to walk on water, but look around us, falter in our fear and wavering faith, and then begin to sink?

Grace; Receiving what we struggle to Fully Understand

Richard Forbes
Salvation, Grace, Daily Devotion, Faith, Christian

Are you confident that you are saved? Do you walk towards that moment when you will face judgement without hesitation in your step, or falling to the ground in the midst of an anxiety attack? If we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, then the grace of God will flow through Him, and without our having earned the right to our own salvation we will be saved... not by anything we have done, but simply by our faith in Jesus, and the mercy and grace of God Himself.

Pine Cones, Fire, and the Increase of our Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Seeds, Growth, Faith

How is your faith today? Does it remain stored away in a seed sack; a tiny seed in your heart awaiting its season in a barn, or does it flourish where you have planted and tended it? Are you satisfied with the little, or are you led by the Spirit to grow and produce much fruit? Jesus tells us to have faith in God, but that doesn’t mean that our faith is complete when first received, or is dormant and unable to grow like a seed which hasn’t been sown.

Baptized, Born Again, and the many Mysteries of God in becoming Christian

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Faith, Baptism, Confession

You say you are a Christian, but are you really? Have you taken the name of Jesus without having been born again? What a mysterious happening this is when we confess openly our faith in Jesus Christ, and go down in the waters of baptism. The joy and change that rushes over us leaves no doubt that our journey has begun, and that we are no longer dancing around the monicker of Christian, but have indeed become one. Are you still flirting with the flame of faith, or have you entered entirely into it... has it burned up the old you, and replaced it with the smoke and incense of a new and glorious person? Have you entered into the great mystery of faith?

Courage, and the Measuring Stick of Faith

Richard Forbes
Faith, Daily Devotion, Courage, Doing God’s Will, Christian

When times are tough for us, or we see someone else who is struggling, how do we approach the situation; who do we turn to for help, or guidance? So often our pride gets in the way, and we cling to self-sufficiency, or we see someone without clothing, hungry, or with anywhere to sleep, and we look away hoping they will get their life in order. We do these things when in fact we should turn to Jesus for our help, and offer assistance to others as He would have us do, but this requires a couple of very basic attributes... faith, and courage. Do you have these in you?

Psalms of God’s Protection, and the seasoning of our Faith.

Richard Forbes
Shelter, Christian, Protection, Daily Devotion, Faith

When you are tired, or in need of shelter in a storm, where do you turn? When all is lost, and you can’t provide for yourself where do you find sustenance? At every turn you may be pursued by an enemy, but is there a strong tower where you can take refuge? The answer is yes, and no matter the circumstances it is forever true and dependable... we dwell in our Lord.

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