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Come out of the Cave Elijah!

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Church

Are you a loner regarding your faith? Do you feel like you can take the Bible and journey to a mountaintop on your own without consideration for the Church or the body of Christendom? Do you look at bible characters such as Elijah the prophet who was sent to the mountain to wait in a cave for the Lord God to appear, and say to yourself, “This is me! I am meant to be alone!” Do you think that is what Jesus did? Well, if so, you had better rethink your position of faith, and your approach to religion. We are all meant to be one, just as God calls us to believe as one, He then joins us to the body of faith to become one with it... we are meant to be one Church.

One Church, and One Family

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Uniting the Church

In my devotional message yesterday, we discussed being one with Jesus and the fact that this promise is for today and not some future time. We talked about knowing God's will for us and submitting ourselves to Christ. So, to begin our study today let's dig a little deeper and ask ourselves why God would offer all of His children such a precious gift. Today we will discuss this even further, but the simple answer to why God would extend to us the same relationship He knows with Jesus, who was without sin, can be summed up in one sentence, and it’s all about God’s love and our accepting a single belief...