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Secret Sins that Break our Stride of Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Separation From God

As we move towards a godly state of righteousness we shed one sin after another until at last we are down to our pet sins... those that give us personal pleasure or reduce the pain of living in some way. When we reach this point, and we refuse to let these sins go, then our relationship with God stalls, and we feel a growing separation from Jesus. This can happen early on in our walk of faith, but usually it occurs once all the low hanging sinful fruit has been plucked from us. These deeply rooted personal sins require a specialized spiritual surgery to extract them.

Are We Intercessors? Then Let the Lord Hear Our Prayers

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Praying In God’s Will

How do we pray in intercession? Do we give our own instruction to the person for whom we are praying, or do we place their suffering and other need before God as we ask His will be communicated to us, and done for them? One of the greatest snares in intercession is to allow our own sympathy to step between the person requesting prayer, and God. When this happens we are attempting to fill a void that only God is meant and qualified to fill. Our role as an intercessor is to pray for God’s will to be done, and not to lose heart as we do.

Liquefaction, and the Fluid Spirit of Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Spirit Prayers

What bubbles up from within us during prayer? Do we ever begin to pray and then hear ourselves as if from some faraway place; speaking to God in a language of groans and utterances that we can’t translate into words, but feel perfectly conversant in within our hearts? Our spirit, and the Holy Spirit that resides within us are speaking to God in a dialect unknown to us but understood perfectly in Heaven.

In Our Brokenness Comes the Lord!

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Praying When Broken

How do we pray when we are broken? What do we pray for when we have nothing left, and our life is in total shambles? How do we lift our spirit high enough that we can face God with our desires? We are often embarrassed when we have completely failed in life; we are inclined to cover ourselves in leaves and hide as Adam and Eve did. Is that really what we should do? Is our faith that shallow? Has our God given us up to our despair? No, He comes to us even when our prayer is nothing but a quivering breath. Listen to what He says…

Prayers with No Answer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Praying in God’s Will

Are you prepared to pray? By this I mean, are you prepared to pray and receive the blessing for which you spoke with God? So often we come to the Lord unprepared; living one life and praying as if we were living another. I was reading a devotional writing by Pastor Oswald Chambers, and as I did so he wrote of a truth regarding this topic that might cut deep; it answered in part the question of why our prayers are not always answered.

Secret Gardens of Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Secret Praying

Do you have a secret garden? You know, a secret place that you retreat to when you need to do some serious thinking? How about a quiet place where you can go to be alone with God? Is it a place that you can get to quickly and often? Is it away from all the hustle bustle and the noise of the world around you? Do you begin all your days there? Perhaps it is a closet, a quiet room you go to in the wee hours of morning, or maybe a secret garden that smells of fresh-turned earth and the scent of morning glories. Where is your refuge from the world where you can sit with God?

I’ll Have What He is Having!

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, What to Pray

When should we pray? Do we even know what to pray for? These sound like easy questions to answer and indeed one of them is... do you know which one? If I were to ask you to kneel with me right now, how would you begin? Would you begin to pray as you have always prayed before, or would you pray about something that was occurring in your life right now? Would you follow the same regiment or order of prayer that you always have, or let go of the old and familiar by beginning to pray as if God was a newfound friend or with an intensity and expectation that you hadn’t prayed with for a long time?

The Five Letter Answer to the Question - "Why Lord?"

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Questioning God

Is what God is doing, or not doing, in your life a frustrating mystery? Do you pray for a certain thing repeatedly, but it just doesn’t seem that you are being heard? How about the troubles in your life? Does God's plan for you regarding them stump or escape you? Well don't feel alone, because many have faced this challenge through the years. Many have asked Him “Why Lord” and “When Lord?” So, let's explore these puzzling spiritual questions today.

Lord, Sift My Prayers until Fine!

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Sifting Prayers

Am I seeking the Lord as I should? Am I asking Jesus for the things that are right in the eyes of God? This morning, I am asking myself these questions among others and seeking to place Him foremost in my thought-life as I pray and walk this world. How can we pray right if we don’t think right, and how can we think right if we don’t focus right on God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit?

Holding our Breath, and Unceasing Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Prayer and Breath

Are we praying continuously and without ceasing? How can we possibly do this with all of the happenings in our lives every day? Yet this is precisely what Jesus is telling us to do and he never asks us to do anything we are incapable of. If we are of the right mind spiritually and are living our lives within the will of God, then we will find that every event we experience in our lives will be performed with Him in our minds. Prayer is communication with Jesus and God, and, in a life which is founded on our faith, this conversation is flowing at all times and in everything we do, say, or think. If our faith is as it should be, we will find that we can't possibly separate ourselves from prayer.

Forgiveness and Fainting Before Jesus

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, forgiveness and fainting

God is indescribably great, and we are so utterly lost without His love and grace, but Jesus has an overpowering presence as well, and although we describe Him as humble, and meek, He is also glorious. We realize our faults and shortcomings, and rarely do we compare ourselves with the magnificence of God's glory, or the perfection of Jesus. We don't like to compare ourselves to the perfection that is Jesus nor to the absolute and awesome presence and power of God the Father because that would be presumptuous of us and so farfetched; some would consider it heretical. John fell to the ground as if dead at just the sight of the transfigured Christ, and it was only by the hand of Jesus that he was awakened. When we meet Jesus and stand before God will we be overcome by the mere sight of Him?

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