All tagged relationship

How am I Meant to Know and Walk with God?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional

Do we stroll with God, or yearn to dance with Him? How close is our relationship, and how desperately do we seek to remain in His presence? In our desire for salvation and eternal life do we place our physical wants above simply loving Him as our internal nature dictates? If so, do we realize that there may never be a quiet stroll through the garden, a conversation spent speaking without having to utter a word, or hearing Him sing to us? God knows our hearts, but He wants more than this… He wants us to engage with Him as He has created us, to be in an active relationship with Him, and to love Him as our given nature is meant to.

The Real Touch of God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Knowing God Intimately

We all need to have a deep and personal relationship with God, not just a casual friendship with Him but to know Him intimately. Is our faith the product of going to church once a week and listening to stories about the amazing relationships that others have with the Lord and Jesus or do we have such a personal experience with them ourselves? Let’s pray and think about the depth of our relationship with the Lord today.

A Right Relationship with God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Prayer Relationship

We are drawing near to the end of another year, and so is the devotional book (“The Power of Prayer” by E. M. Bounds) that I have been reading. But there are still a few more days before I will begin rewriting and editing my past thoughts on another devotional classic… “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers. However, this year isn’t quite complete yet and this morning Pastor Bounds presented us with two key points in his message on experiencing a prayerful relationship with God, the first being that answered prayer is the evidence of God's existence, and the second is that answered prayer is proof of a right relationship with God. This is how Bounds expressed himself and where it led me…

With All Our Heart

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Loving Relationship

This morning we continue to contemplate God's desire for us to commit our love, and lives, to Him. We revisit His desire for us to live and worship Him with zeal. Pastor E.M. Bounds describes the way we should pray in this way: "True prayer must be aflame." And he writes that "The Christian life and character need to be on fire." Today we return once again to Revelation 3 as being the principal scripture that describes God’s expectation of our devotion to Him.

Religious Activities Created By Our Enthusiasm

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Over Working

A couple of days ago I wrote about those who are young in Christ, and how they energetically worked in the church and elsewhere but confused this with devotion. Today I would like for us to study a thought that E.M. Bounds wrote, and which takes this a step further as he speaks directly to the clergy, and to church workers. He is concerned about the enthusiasm for the physical activities becoming our focus at the expense of our prayer life and faith in general.

Fishing; It Really Isn’t About Catching Fish

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, A Relationship With God

Are we approaching our faith through study and hard work to further perfect ourselves each day? Every evening during our nightly prayers do we kneel before God and tell Him of our academic progress? If this is so, and it is all we do, He will speak words similar to these back to us...”Yes, but when I walked in the garden where were you?” or, “As I love you, do you love me?” God wants our journey towards perfection to be more than memorizing scripture, or blind obedience. He wants the true manifestation of our studies to be a loving relationship with Him. Our academic perfection is not His ultimate goal for us.

Must I Still Speak Aloud to God?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional

Do we walk with God, or are we still yearning to walk with Him? How close is our relationship, or in its absence, how desperately do we seek His presence? In our desire for salvation and eternal life do we place these goals above simply loving God? If so, do we realize that without that love there will never be a quiet stroll through the garden, or a conversation spent speaking without having to utter a word?

Of Love, Life, and a Contract with God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotion, Contract With God

We can be students of theology, and study the bible as if it were literature but still not find our way to Jesus through the scriptures, yet when we are called to Him the scripture brings Him alive in us. Have you found yourself stuck in studying the scripture to the point that you have never truly known the living Christ? Something amazing happens once you have met Him, He brings the Word of God to life in you, and will set you free to enter into a deep and binding relationship with Him.

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