All tagged The Church

Where are the Modern Day Tables of the Money Changers set up?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, The Church

Are we ready to live, and defend, our faith with zeal? If a group who calls themselves believers wants to come into our place of worship, set up a table, and use it for what we know to be a sinful activity, would we stand idly by as they did so? Jesus was a man who had a zeal for God and His house, and when He turned over the tables of the money changers in the Temple, His disciples witnessed this. But, where do we worship today, and where are the tables that should be offending us being set up?

Is there Holy ground in your Home? How about a church?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Church

Have you ever attended church in a house? Is there a church that meets in your house? Over the millennia we have grown so accustomed to holding our services in buildings dedicated solely to our faith, that we seem to have forgotten that the early church typically met in someone's home. Even in times of persecution the modern church still retreats to the privacy of homes. Perhaps if we did this every so often it would take the feeling of formality, and place, out of our worship, and put the intensely personal sense of maintaining a close and loving relationship with God back into it. Inviting someone into your home is a very intimate gesture, and hosting Jesus, and God makes it Holy.

One Head, One Body, but Two Hands, and Many Fingers

Richard Forbes
Church, Daily Devotion, Christian, Disciples, Unity, Love

As Christians, do we love one another, or do we divide ourselves so completely in our perceived love of Jesus, that we distance ourselves from each other? I look around Christendom and see one head and many bodies, one bread, and one table, being bitterly contested and claimed by each to the point of refusing to serve another family member at the table they prepare. Is this the way Jesus meant us to behave?

Together We Pray; A Flavorful Stew of Joint Prayer

Richard Forbes
Daily Devotion, Joint Prayer, Prayer, Christian

Do you pray alone? It is good to pray alone, and in secret, because that is required for the intimacy of our relationship with God, but are there times when praying together are necessary? The answer to my question is a resounding “Yes!” There is power in joining together in certain prayers, whether we are physically together, or praying in unison apart. A common cause prayed by many carries much weight before the throne of God.