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Holiness; Removing the Rocks from the Fields of Our Faith

Richard Forbes
Daily Devotional, Preparing for Faith

How pure are our lives? Are we cleansed and holy, or still allowing something(s) to tarnish our relationship with God? Is His will paramount in our life, or are we still at the center of our universe? Where are we in the process of holiness? Perhaps we think we are basically doing well and that our faith is flourishing, and yet things keep popping up in our day-to-day lives that cause us to stumble. So, we repent, ask forgiveness, and begin again. If I am describing you today, well, you are not alone in your struggle and labor.

Are we Focused on Governments, and Churches, or on our own Salvation?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Personal Salvation

There is a saying we use when someone gets so focused on the details of a thing that they can’t see the bigger picture; we say “They can’t see the forest for the trees”. Well, something similar can happen to us as we pursue our faith, but in a very different way. Our faith, unlike things in the world, is all about our individual faiths, all about the details, the trees, and very seldom about the forests. One of Satan’s greatest ploys is to distract us from pursuing our own faith by convincing us that the world’s salvation, predicaments, or pleasures, should be our primary focus. Have we fallen victim to him in this way?