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Stop Crying in Prayer, and tell God what really hurts!

Richard Forbes
Christian, Daily Devotional, Praying Rightly

Do we tell God what we want, or need, when we come to Him in prayer?  Perhaps we don’t really know ourselves, we may know that we are hurting, or that we are in distress but can’t say why. Depression is such a mysterious illness. We don’t know why we feel the way we do, but we think we know. Most of the time though, when we believe we know what it is that is depressing us we are wrong, and that is why God always wants us to tell Him what the problem is. He wants us to take the time to understand our own needs, and to determine if what we desire is truly what we need and is something within His will for us... then, once we know, we can call out to Him correctly.

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…

Forks in the Road of Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Choosing The Way of Faith

Has God called you to serve Him in a way that requires you to sacrifice something you own, or of yourself? Are you at a place in your faith that requires you to make a choice between believing and having faith in Him, or returning to where you once were in faithlessness? Well every believer comes to this fork in the road, and it separates the believers who go to the right, from the nonbelievers who turn back to the left.

The Spiritual Power of Silence

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Silence

The moments of our greatest strength are not those in which we lash out at our accusers, or argue against the injustice that faces us, but instead, our greatest strength is demonstrated in our silence, in the absolute confidence we have in God, and what is right in Him. The power of silence has never been more pronounced than during those telling minutes when Jesus faced the chief priests before Pilate… and said nothing. Is our faith this strong, and if not, do we pray for the day when it will be?