All tagged government

Are we Focused on Governments, and Churches, or on our own Salvation?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Personal Salvation

There is a saying we use when someone gets so focused on the details of a thing that they can’t see the bigger picture; we say “They can’t see the forest for the trees”. Well, something similar can happen to us as we pursue our faith, but in a very different way. Our faith, unlike things in the world, is all about our individual faiths, all about the details, the trees, and very seldom about the forests. One of Satan’s greatest ploys is to distract us from pursuing our own faith by convincing us that the world’s salvation, predicaments, or pleasures, should be our primary focus. Have we fallen victim to him in this way?

Righteous Leaders, and Those God Places in our Hands

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Government and Leadership

As we go through life, governments, kings, and men will rule over us, but in truth they are allowed this dominion only because God has given it to them. Some are righteous, some simply moral, and others vicious and harsh in nature, but each one serves a purpose that God alone has destined them for, and whether good or bad, they will be judged accordingly. Being given power over us does not insure their salvation, wisdom, or any preferential treatment when they are judged before God.

Are we entangled in the web of worldly Politics, or citizens of Heaven?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Elections , Government

A presidential election Is rapidly approaching in the United States, and the airways, newspapers, internet, and telephone calls are saturated with ads and news of it. If this much attention were given to our faith, O how wonderful this world would be. We call ourselves citizens of our various countries, when in fact we should consider ourselves to be citizens of Heaven alone.