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Faith, Trust, and the Mustard Seed

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Faith and Belief

How strong is our belief in Christ? Have we grown in our faith to the place where those things that are not seen leave shadows before us? Is heaven as real to us as the earthly home we return to each night? When Jesus holds our hand can we feel the warmth of the blood coursing through it and the love of His touch? Following the death of Moses, God spoke wonderful words to Joshua as He gave him His anointing. He gave him encouragement and directed him, but not once did He feel inclined to command that Joshua’s faith be strengthened, nor did He ask Joshua to trust in Him... because He already did. God didn't say who He was because Joshua already knew His voice. Listen as God speaks...

Of a Grandson and God’s Everyday Grace

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Accepting Grace

Are we reluctant to claim the grace of God in all aspects of our Christian life? Do we attempt to walk the Christian way while only calling on the grace of God when we stumble or face insurmountable hardship? If so, are we really trusting in Him, and are we praying without ceasing? Is He actually first and foremost in our lives when we allow our will and desire to supersede His in our everyday activities? Is this the relationship we are attempting to establish with Him?

In God We Trust

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Trusting God’s Word

Trusting solely in God is my contemplation this morning. There is none but Him who is true and always dependable. He is worthy of our trust and His Word never wavers. And yet, we have a tendency to place our trust in each other and in this we are disappointed over and over again. We are fallible, and in being such we have the propensity to let others down that have put their trust in us, but God never fails, and His Word is forever true. Even Jesus acknowledged the inability of man to be trusted:

O You of Little Faith, how have You Doubted?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Increasing in Faith

This morning, I would like us to deal with the worry that we might have at times, or in some manner or circumstance in which we have doubted that Jesus could help us when we have called out to Him or done some other thing that has exhibited little faith. Haven’t we on occasion dealt with a nagging fear that we might have stood at the well with Him and said... "Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep." Haven’t we told ourselves that we trust Jesus completely but then in a bad situation questioned His ability, and wondered if we were trusting in Him enough?

Do We Tremble, or Trust in God’s Provision?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Trust in God’s Provision

When we are called by God do we respond with reservation in our voices? Do we tremble as we step hesitantly forward? Or does our fear prohibit us from stepping forward at all? These are the things we will contemplate this morning. In order to gauge our own willingness to serve God with total confidence in His provision, we only need to look at the life of Jesus. He chose to live a pauper’s life of little and thus had nothing as He hung dying on the cross… not even His clothes. Yet throughout His life God provided for Him... He sent the Magi with gifts that might sustain Him in His youth, and this was only the beginning of God's providing for Him. Jesus received only those things He needed, when He needed them, and He endured this poverty and suffering so that we too might receive riches in glory.

Simplicity, Trust, and Leaning on God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Lean on God

My devotional reading this morning was focused on the simplicity of faith, and as I studied the truths in this concept I uncovered the depth of my similar belief. But I also began to see how I often followed the mantra I hear in commercials on television as they sing... "I want it now!" (NFL), or "It's mine!" (Diet Coke), or perhaps "I want it all!" (Dr. Pepper). I could see that I was applying this urgency to my relationship with God and Jesus Christ, and how I wanted every truth in a scripture, and every revelation of God, to occur instantly... right now! Had I lost the ability to wait patiently, and trust in the Lord?

Of Fear, Elections, and Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Important Faith

This morning we are dwelling on praying during seasons of conflict. Paul gave these instructions to the Ephesians regarding being a Christian soldier, and they have served us well throughout the millennium...

“and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,”

Ephesians 6:17-18 ESV

The Prayer of an Addict

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Trusting in Prayer

Do you pray and not receive? Have you blamed or doubted God for His silence towards your prayers? Well, sometimes He is answering and we are not listening or we simply don’t wanting to hear the answer. Sometimes our timing and His are out of synch, but often we are completely outside the will of God in our requests. The book of James speaks to our asking "wrongly" and that is what I am contemplating this morning; praying outside the will of God and how I can know and avoid this.

Witnessing God in Every Good Thing and Trouble

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, God in our Troubles

Seeing God in every good thing about us is a gift, but being able to see Him in our troubles is truly a blessing. When we see God in our distress it calms the spirit and reassures us because we grow in our absolute faith in His goodness. E.M. Bounds expounded on this by saying that if we can find God in our troubles that "we are warranted in taking them to God in prayer and seeking to get the greatest spiritual benefits out of them." So many of us only see our problems in a negative light, and miss the fact that they too benefit us.

Who Is Your Strength?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Strength in God

One spring day my wife and I returned from Chattanooga where we had celebrated the graduation from college of a remarkable young lady, I plopped down in my prayer chair and was led to read a devotional message titled "Trouble and Prayer". The previous day I had written about this young lady's struggle with Multiple Sclerosis, but when we saw her this morning, after just a few weeks absence, she looked frail and was walking with a cane. It broke my heart to see her this way. Our prayers had been more than needed today, and now we waited confidently for God’s answer.

Trusting from Deep within the Heart

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Trusting in God

This morning, the day after I wrote about my encounter with the stock clerk at Publix, I couldn't sleep and rose early to pray. I was drawn out of bed for a very specific prayer... On the day before I had written about a man I met at Publix whose nine year old son was in a life or death battle against cancer. Now, on this the morning after, my prayers are focused on this boy and his family, and this led me to pray about the trust I have that God heals.

The Simplicity of Trust and Prayer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Defining Trust

After studying Trust and how it is such an integral part of prayer, did we finally conclude that it is indeed a simple concept? So often we take something that should be viewed, and taken, as being quite simple, and by attempting to dissect and intellectually define it we transform it into something quite difficult, complex and hard to achieve. However, the Holy Spirit, and our soul, takes us where our intellect cannot, and they can reveal the simplest truth at the heart of the most overwhelmingly complicated things… such as “what is trust?”

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