Miniature Acts of Mercy, and Tiny Bursts of Grace

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Meaningful Work For God

Do you look back at your life of faith with regret? Do you look down and feel like a failure because you weren’t a Billy Graham, or haven’t made some great theological impact? This happens to pastors, missionaries, and church workers, quite often. But how about those of us who are lay people, the everyday Christians and parishioners? Do we think that we have let Jesus down because we haven’t been able to contribute a huge amount of money to the church, sit on the board, or head up a committee? Well let’s stop right there!! We are viewing our worth through worldly eyes.

Earthquakes, and the Fluid Spirit of Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Moans and Utterances

What bubbles up from within you during prayer? Do you ever begin to pray and then hear yourself as if from some faraway place; speaking in a language of groans and utterances that you can’t translate into words, but feel perfectly conversant in within your heart? Our spirit, and the Holy Spirit that resides within us will speak together in a dialect known only in heaven if we give them rein to do so.

The Magnificence of Offered Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Praying for Others

Who will we come into contact with today? Will there be some chance happening in our life that isn’t quite as chance as it might seem, and that the Lord will orchestrate for His purposes, and glory? There are many intercessions that occur during what we think are less than significant meetings and encounters, and in those brief moments when we witness someone’s need or struggle, our minds often wander to God as we think such prayerful things as “Oh God.”, or “Jesus!”. Have you ever considered these instant utterances to be moments of prayerful intercession?

Marriage, Lazarus, and Faith in Times of Miracles!

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Marriage and One Flesh

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

Rendering; the “mmmm, that is good!” of Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Increasing in Faith

Are You Facing trials in your life right now? Does it feel like God has abandoned you and let the world have its way with you? Well praise God for where you are right now because in your misery He is expanding the beam of our faith. It is in such times that our faith isn’t tested... it is stretched as we reach desperately for His hand. The disciples of Jesus had just failed... they had been unable to cast a devil out of a child. They were feeling sorry for themselves and with their faces drooping, they asked Jesus why they hadn’t succeeded, and He said it was because of their unbelief. They were about to be stretched.

Would You Lay Down on the Altar?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Sympathy or Obedience

Do you think that Jesus gave His life for us out of sympathy for our plight alone? Do you think He saw our sin and set about to relieve us of it because of empathy or simply out of mercy? No, Jesus gave His life out of obedience to the Father, and He agreed to pay a price without knowing how much it was. The life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus came out of absolute obedience to God. By saying this I am not inferring that He didn’t have compassion or love for us; I am simply saying His first and foremost motivation was to obey God, and to do His will. Jesus was here at the Father’s bidding. There is no place that this is more evident than in the Garden of Gethsemane

Finding the Greatest Truth of your Life!

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Things in Life

Are you in search of the “things” of your life; you know, the thrill of your life, the job of your life, the experience of your life, and if you are so fortunate, the love of your life? These are all examples of the “things” that we find ourselves seeking. These are the “things” that we believe will make us happy, and if we are honest with ourselves, we all long for these things to some degree, but are we ever truly happy when we think we’ve found them?

What is a Missionary if not a Disciple?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Missionaries as Disciples

The hardest question that any missionary faces isn’t “can I go out and do this?”, but rather “is Jesus able to do this through me?” It all boils down to faith, and it begins with the faith of the missionaries themselves. Going out and reciting scripture can be done by anyone, but believing belongs to the disciple, and what is a missionary if not first a disciple?

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