All in Perfection

A Spiritual Boot Camp and the Revelation of Perfection in Us

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Perfection

Jesus is without sin, and perfect, but is there any hope for us to be perfect as He is? Is perfection something that we are even capable of? The glorious surprise of our faith is that we are not simply being transformed into righteous people seeking to behave as God does, but ultimately into perfect extensions of God Himself, as Jesus is. It is God’s desire to flow forth from us, His resurrected children, but do we aspire to this, the lofty will of God, or stop ourselves short of being eternally perfected and transformed by our Heavenly Father?

Adam Attempted to Hide Himself from God... Will We?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Perfection, Sin, Commitment

Do we hold back our commitment to faith, and belief in the Lord because we are yet sinners? Do we back away from faith because we have stumbled? Well there is something amazing about how God deals with our failures, and that is that His grace grows all the more to cover them. We are never too stained that the blood of Jesus can’t wash us clean. What God values most is our love for Him, our obedience, and our contrite heart that mourns every sin, bringing us to tears as we confess them and ask for His forgiveness. 

George Washington Carver, and Our Transformation in the Character of Christ

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Transformation, Perfection

Is your faith consuming you like a living fire? Is the old person who first heard the call of the spirit still the same one you are today, or is the corruption of sin, that was once a part of you, being burned away so that you are transformed into the pure image of the Lord? Perhaps your transformation is such that you don’t recognize it as occurring until one day you see your reflection and are amazed at who you have become.

Suffering, Barefoot Boys, and Our Perfection in Tribulation

Richard Forbes
Christian, Perfection, Suffering, Daily Devotion, Mercy

Do you suffer and not understand why God allows it to happen? Do you experience misery in your life, or see it in others, and ask God in prayer to remove this from you, or from those you intercede for in prayer? Well, as men it is natural for us to wince and withdraw from pain, but as faithful creatures it brings us to perfection in our faith, obedience, and prayers for the suffering and afflicted. How perfect are you being made? How perfect are your prayers?

Love, the “Perfect” within us, and all Creation

Richard Forbes
Relationship, Perfection, Daily Devotion, Christian, Love

The human view of knowing is based almost totally on our minds, as evidenced by the fact that we judge the worth of each other based on intelligence and intellectual achievement, but although God places value in that as well, He founds His judgement of our relationship with Him on what happens in our hearts. Do you love God? This is the greatest commandment! This is the greatest of our emotions, and is not an intellectual pursuit that we can control and dictate. It is the greatest commandment Indeed!

Preparing for the Olympics of Righteousness, and the Vision of Hubble

Richard Forbes
Forgiveness, Sin, Grace, Christian, Perfection, Daily Devotion

There is not a day that goes by that I don’t recognize myself to be a sinner. If this is not a humbling realization then I am not in the presence of God, and Jesus. Are you conscious of your sinful nature as well? Do you too work daily to live a life free of sin only to pray repetitively for forgiveness? Then like millions before us you are on the road to perfection.

Spiritual Politicians?Renovations?... Who are we Really?

Richard Forbes
Change, Christian, Perfection, Daily Devotion, Obedience, Forgiveness

Has Jesus changed your life? Has He altered the very core of who you once were, or do you put Him on like a change of clothes each day to cover up the nakedness of sin that still exists underneath? We often portray one thing publicly, and then retreat into a private world that is quite different... is this you? Are there things you hide beneath your veneer of faith? 

Procrastination, Perfection, and the Will of God

Richard Forbes
God’s Will, Perfection, Trust, Daily Devotion, Obedience, Christian

When God speaks do you answer straightway? When God says “Come” do you immediately go to Him? When Jesus says “Go do...” are you willing to drop whatever you are presently doing and go? By our very nature we are procrastinators, some of us more than others, but all of us have some degree of this trait in us. However, when God reaches out to us He expects action and not excuses., and for us to obey exactly as He has instructed.

Are We Fair in the Eyes of the Lord?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Eternal Life, God’s Will, Patience, Perfection

Are you quietly preparing yourself for those things that the Lord would have you do? How about for His return? We are so busy doing things for God, in these days and times, that we forget to plan and prepare ourselves for the Lord’s return. We often treat this world as if it were the next, but this is only a shipyard in which we are being faired, and prepared to sail.

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