All tagged scripture

Our Fascination in Jesus

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Focus on Jesus

What is the focus of our life? Is there something or someone that fascinates us beyond anyone, or anything we have ever known? Are we infatuated with the things of this world, or do our thoughts center on God and Jesus? Do we find our attention to be fixed on the divine, or on the physical world around us? The question I am hoping we will pose to ourselves today is this… Are we predominantly spiritual beings who are passing through a physical place, or physical creatures living out our lives in the world? Our answer will ultimately determine whether we are fascinated with Jesus or fixed on earthly things.

Our Hearts, and Understanding Scripture

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Heartfelt Understanding

Today I am contemplating one of the longer sentences in the Bible. It gives us instruction on how to conduct ourselves as Christians and ministers of the gospel, and if you ever have a question regarding good spiritual behavior then you can probably find it listed in this sentence. But, what would it take to live these attributes to the full pleasure of God? How much interaction with the Holy Spirit will it require to achieve this level of sanctity?

Resisting Temptation – The Examples of Job and Jesus

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Resisting Temptation

As Christians are we still tempted to place our earthly needs before our spiritual relationship with God? Do we spend precious time worrying and thinking about worldly things when it would be better spent on the Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father? Do we arm ourselves against temptation with prayer and the Word of God? As I was reading Oswald Chambers this morning he wrote about our temptation in these words...

Six Miracles, Seven Prayers, and Life Lessons

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Living Scripture

In the Bible story about Elijah and the seven times he prayed for rain to return to Israel we are reminded to pray and continue to pray for those things we desire of God... But most of all, we learn to pray for the things that are within the will of God, and to live out our lives as scripture teaches us to. Every story teaches us something about how we should live, but how often are we applying those lessons in our daily lives? Do we carry them with us when we close our bibles, and set them on our nightstands, or when we leave our secret places of prayer?

The Truth in Scripture

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Scriptural Truth

Truth is always truth. I was reading a devotional message this morning on the subject of grace. The key verse it used was one that I thought I knew perfectly, and one that I had quoted many times, but as I read it anew this morning I suddenly realized that over the years I had stopped hearing it as a Word from God, and started saying it as though it was my statement of truth. I was claiming something for myself that belonged to God alone. I was boldly saying that God’s grace was sufficient for me, as if I controlled it, and I could make it so, when in fact this scripture is God telling us directly, and unequivocally, that it is so. Have you ever found yourself claiming that you own the truth in God’s Word? That by saying, or believing it, that you have somehow moved it from the realm of fiction, or literature, into one of fact and truth?

Our Hope in Scripture, and the Breath of Life to us

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , The Word

You may not be one who likes to read, and because of this you find yourself straying away from scripture, but in fact, scripture is meant to be spoken, recited, and repeated over and over again within our lives. This is especially true of what we find in the gospels as we study the life of Jesus. So we should speak the Word to one another, and live it out during every day of our life. The realization of our hope in God’s Word, and the gospel, is not in its reading, but in our hearing, understanding, and speaking it… in living it out perfectly in our lives.