All tagged Patience

Increasing in Faith by Anticipating the Coming Christ

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional , New , Aging In Faith

Are we growing more Intense, and diligent, in our faith with each passing day, or do we approach it like children who become tired with the same toys over time? When we allow ourselves to simply go through the motions of faith, and to lose sight of the immediacy of it, then we can’t possibly experience the fullness of God’s joy, or feel the love that radiates from Calvary. Do we rise each morning in wonder, that is, do we lift our faces towards the heavens thinking that we are a day closer to the coming of Jesus?

A Lesson in Juice Harps, and Growing in Prayer

Richard Forbes
Daily Devotional , Learning , Prayer

When we begin our day do we start it in prayer, or walk right back into yesterday’s problems without looking to God for His help and guidance?  How about when calamity is upon us, those times when our world is collapsing around us, do we run blindly in whatever direction, or do we fall to our knees where we are, and pray? Our ability to trust in God, and pray without being distracted by the world, is a practiced gift, and some gifts we receive require us to put them together, or to learn how to use them... such is the gift of prayer.