All tagged prayer

Routine, Friendship, and Focus... Our Running Mates of Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Dedicated Prayer Time

How diligent are we in our faith? Do we only set aside enough time to study the Bible, and to pray undisturbed each day when we rise in the morning? If that is true, then I certainly hope that Jesus returns to claim us, His bride, in the morning. Routine times of study help us to ensure that we spend time in contemplation and prayer, but we should dwell on those things we have studied in the morning as we travel throughout our day. In this way we will remain at the ready, and those around us will see Christ in us all day long.

Answered Prayers; Who’s Will be done?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, God’s Will

Are you waiting on the answer to a prayer today? Have you been praying for something for quite a while, and though you believe it is within the will of God it remains unanswered? Perhaps you have been feeling out of sorts and just want to feel better, but you don’t really know how to say what is wrong with you, or just don’t know what to ask for. If so... then let me say that you are not the first to wait, the only one who didn’t know what to ask for, nor alone in wondering why a prayer seemed to go unanswered.

Praying without Ceasing, and the Temple of our Body

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Praying

Who have we prayed for today? Have we left your prayer closets after having prayed in the spirit for our personal needs, the needs of our families, and maybe a close friend or two? Well, if so, that was a good start, but it should only be the beginning of our daily prayers. In fact, we should consciously pray for all the saints, and all day long in every circumstance, for every soul in need. Then, as our conscious prayers fade, we should recognize our unconscious prayers as well.

Repetitive Sins and Forgiveness?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Repetitive Sin

When we open ourselves up to Jesus Christ and allow Him to enter into us we not only become a new person internally, but also externally. Ezekiel recorded how God transforms us in wonderful fashion, and the New Testament contains many references to how Jesus cleanses us and allows for this same transformation. The sin that we have spoken of in past days is now forgiven, and we are refreshed. Are we ready to be changed?

Praying Amidst the Simple, Complex, or Horrific Moments in Life

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

Do we know how to pray despite the circumstances we find ourselves in? No? Well, do you know how to talk with a parent? There is no secret to having a conversation with the Lord, and no secret to obtaining answered prayers, just one simple fact... if we pray to Him as if we were having a conversation with a parent, and ask for those things we know He can agree to during that interaction, then He will do those things for us. This is called praying within His will.

Sin, Temptation, and Constant Prayer 

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Pray Without Ceasing

How is it that we are saved? How is it that the sin which rules our flesh can be overcome? When I realized that without Jesus Christ in my life each and every day, I would naturally revert back to the creature I once was, my faith would begin to change at once within me. I came to understand that temptation and sin did not go away when I first believed, but instead had to be held at bay, and that I was allowed a moment by moment victory over it through Jesus Christ, my Savior.

Waiting, Patience, and the Music it Becomes in our Lives

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Waiting on God

Does waiting on God seem tedious to you? Perhaps it has become this way because you have the idea that He is doing nothing while you wait, and that He continues to do nothing until at long last, in a moment suited to His own good pleasure, He suddenly cares enough to act. Well, nothing could be further from the truth, and waiting should be an active effort on our part in which we patiently watch Him at work.

The Holy Spirit; He’s not a Reward

Richard Forbes
Christian, Curing a Broken Heart, Daily Devotional, Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit comes to us in two installments, the first is the one that leads us to God through Jesus, and the second comes at some point after our initial conversion. There is no mandatory waiting period so you might receive both almost simultaneously. Do you have both inoculations, the initial injection, and then the booster? Did you even know what you felt was the Holy Spirit, or did you think it was just a yearning for the Lord God that you felt, but couldn’t fully describe? By praying we are led to the fullness of the Holy Spirit; yet he is not a reward for righteousness, but rather a helpmate for our spirituality... especially in times of greatest need.

Swirls in the expanse of Faith, and Secret Benefactors in our Lives

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Holy Spirit

You believe in God the Father, and have accepted His Son Jesus Christ as your Redeemer, and Savior, but have you come to the realization that there is another who now dwells within you? Deep inside, you have become the abode of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps you haven’t acknowledged His presence... but He is there and even though He often helps you secretly, He wants to know you in an amazing way.

Do we walk a swaying bridge of Prayer?

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Faith and Spirit , Faith and Prayer

One of the most frequent responses I receive from those who read my morning devotionals is a request for prayer. More often than not it is to join them in a specific prayer that they have been praying for some time without receiving an answer. Do you experience this from time to time in your prayer life? Well, if so, don’t be discouraged because the disciples failed to receive immediate answers to their prayers too, and Jesus taught them a powerful lesson in it.

Saying Amen to the Will of God during our Prayers

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional

Are we all witnessing to others about the Gospel of Jesus Christ; if so do we witness at home or abroad, and do we ever feel overwhelmed as we go about performing this task? If we are overworked, and find that there are way more souls than we can possibly reach, or teach, then let’s listen to the words of Jesus as He tells us how to call for help. However, if we find that we are not witnessing at all, or not going forth into God’s harvest field, then let’s resolve ourselves to listen for His call, and from wherever we might find ourselves let’s pray for strength and resolve!

Heartfelt Prayers in the Safety of Darkness

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Conversations With God

We recite a prayer before meals, and at bedtime, and together we pray in church service as we repeat the Lord’s Prayer, but for most Christians that is the extent of our regular communication with God. Oh, we might say a prayer when we are in danger or the midst of trouble, but that is a one-sided prayer and seldom a conversation, and all we really want to hear Him say in response to us is “I’ve Got it!” Does this describe your prayer life? If so then you are missing out on the greatest blessing of faith… conversational prayer.

Obeying God on the Highways of our lives

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional

When we are hungry, who do we turn to? When we are thirsty, where do we look to have our thirst quenched? When we need a safe place to lay our head at night, whose name do we call out to? Before we search for food, water, or shelter, we should seek God, and then obey Him as He leads us, and provides for us. This was the message to the Israelites during their trek through the desert, and it is our message today.

Of Old Men, and Throwing off the Chains of Sickness.

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Healing

As a Christian, are we meant to be sick? What does the Bible tell us about what we should do if we are ill? Well, it isn’t a mystery and is spelled out very clearly. We are meant to be healed. Yet so many of us think that although Jesus and the disciples healed, that this is a dead practice today... well it isn’t. The gift of healing is just as alive today as it was in the time of Jesus, and it continues to happen in the Church today.

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