All tagged Truth

God’s Mighty Armor, or the Emperor’s New Clothes?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Armor, God’s Provision

We get up in the morning, say a quick prayer, wash ourselves, and then prepare to dress, but now the decisions of the day begin... we must decide what we should wear. We can easily decide which shirt to put on, or between blue jeans or slacks, but the one choice that determines how our day will really go is this... will we put on the armor of God? Will we wear just the breastplate, or the full suit of armor today? Perhaps at this point in our daily routine we fool ourselves completely, and wear nothing at all.

Opening the Honeycomb of God’s Word

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Living God’s Word

How often do we pray the Lord’s Prayer? Do we pray it so frequently that we now mouth the words without thinking about each and every one that we are praying, and no longer seek its full meaning with our hearts? Memorization can breed familiarization, and when we become overly familiar with something we tend to lose the intensity of our feeling for it. Favorite scriptures can start out this way; we commit them to memory because we are moved by them, but as the years go by we find ourselves simply reciting them, and no longer visiting their deeper meaning. Do you feel yourself slipping into such familiarity? 

Humility, Service, and being less; these keep us from a Lie

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Servitude, Humility, True Faith

Do we proudly walk in our faith? Do we claim that our righteousness has made us more worthy than others to receive God’s reward, and to be blessed by Him? No, the truth is that all we are, and everything we might have, has sprung from the grace of God. The story of the Apostle Paul teaches us this more than any other story in the Bible. Paul, a tormenter, and killer of Christians was given the mission to preach the unsearchable riches of the very man he detested and whose followers he had been putting to death... Jesus Christ.

Truth, and the Word of God

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, God’s Word, Truth

Are we inclined to believe what men say the truth of God is, and find ourselves unable to fully accept the glory that is Christ, and those things which are spoken by God Himself? Do we lean upon the understanding of others while using the Word of God only where it is convenient for us to do so, and where it justifies what men say, and what they do; not placing God’s Word in its rightful place as the rule by which all men are judged? If this is true about us then we have established ourselves to be gods, and in our minds have subjugated the one true God... we have sinned.

Who Rules our Heart? Who Rules our House? Who Rules our Life?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Authority, Truth

There is nothing that will destroy a family, a church, a community, or a country, more swiftly, and certainly, than internal bickering, and discord. As Christians we are not meant to fuss and fight amongst ourselves, but to comfort one another, and to live in peace. However there are those whose sights are set on power over humility, ruling over serving, and man’s law over God’s commandments. We have but one ruler, one Lord, and one God by whom we are judged as right or wrong. So, who rules your heart today?

God’s Mercy and Grace in the face of Today’s Darkest Lies.

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Truth, Forgiveness

The world works hard every day to cast the image of God after itself, and to reshape His Word in such a way as to do its own bidding. We hear it ringing across the land as men compare God to the beauty of tall buildings, or the mighty dams they have built to hold back rivers. We hear it echoing in our houses, governments, and churches, as the Word of God is bent in strange and twisted ways so that people can feel good about their debauchery, and justify such things as the taking of blood. Do we fall prey to this wooing and to these lies of the dark one?

God’s Mercy, God’s People, and God’s Love

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Obedience, Faithfulness

We are meant to be God’s people, but do we turn our back on the one who has given us shelter and protection, and snapped at the hand that has fed us? When God called to us He showered us with His love and care through Jesus, but over time have some of us have become fixed once again on our own abilities, our own desires, and forgotten whose children we are? Have we spurned heaven, that eternal place we call home? If so, then what awaits us now, and has God lost His love for us?

Is our Faith Negotiable?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Change, Truth

We live in a changing world, and the temptation is to think that the Word of God can be changed to accommodate our social changes, but that is a fallacy. We might change the means by which we exhibit our Christian faith, but the faith itself is founded on the Word of God, and that is unchanging. as an example we might change the order of worship, but what we worship must remain unyielding; we can change the dress code that is acceptable for worship services, but the content of that worship is nonnegotiable. Do we understand the difference between the truths of our faith. and those things that are just customs? I might use a silver chalice for communion at one church, and a wooden one at another, but communion remains the same. God tells us that He does not change.

God, Jesus, Pilot, and what is Truth?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, Truth

Those societies who are unbelievers in Jesus look upon Christianity, and they want to put it to death for the very same sins that they themselves commit every day. They see the sins of those Christian brothers and sisters who are struggling to be perfected, and use them as examples of a failed faith. Yet, they miss the perfect, and true, sacrificial nature of Jesus, and the absolute truth in the grace of God. They lose sight of the fact that though beaten, tortured, and hung on a cross till dead... God’s truth remains firmly truth... Jesus will rise.

Truth: Meditating to find the Truth in God’s Word

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotion, God’s Word, Truth

As good Christians we know the strength that is gained from reading the Bible each day, but are we truly getting the fullest blessing from our effort? Are we in the habit of rising from bed, praying, reading the Word, and then going about our day thinking we have done what we should? Well, this is like placing an arrow on the bow string, drawing it back, but never letting go. We should take our scripture reading, and meditate on it all the day long... praying intermittently for more understanding. By dwelling on the Word we are letting the arrow go, and allowing it to change who we are inside.

Loneliness; the lie, and the Engraving of life on God’s Palms

Richard Forbes
Hope, God’s Presence, Christian, Loneliness, Daily Devotion, Truth

Do you feel hopelessly alone today? Are you feeling lost, abandoned, sick and without hope, dying and laying alone waiting for that final moment, or suffering without the care of a loved one? No matter how far we feel that we are from another soul, or devoid of love, we are never alone... no matter how lost, how abandoned, how hopeless, how near death, or intense our suffering... we are in the continuous presence , and hands of God. Take heart for He loves you now.

Speaking of Faith; with Wisdom, Courage, and our Finger in the Sand.

Richard Forbes
Truth, Christian, Daily Devotion, Witnessing, Spears, Swords, Whispers

When was the last time you spoke to someone about your faith? I am not talking about standing on the street corner atop a soapbox or handing out tracts; I am referring to an earnest conversation about Jesus Christ with a friend at work who is suffering and lost, or a child you know that needs to hear one of the parables of Jesus to help them understand a life lesson? We often blame society for emasculating our faith, when the truth is that we gave up our swords of faith long ago. We stand in our armor of faith with no weapon and bemoan our circumstances.

The Flower and Root of God’s Love, and Truth

Richard Forbes
Love, God’s Word, Daily Devotion, Christian, Truth, Study

Do you like to try new foods, visit new places, meet new people? Well be careful, because such desires for newness and diversity can lead you astray when applied to your faith. Our love for Jesus shouldn’t require us to meet Him like a stranger every day, and we should resist the temptation to change Him in some way each time we visit Him, or redecorate His House every time we enter His door.

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