About the Author, Robert Barry
The author has 55 years of experience walking with and serving our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This includes 7 years as a missionary, 30 years as a business owner in the publishing & advertising domain, and 14 years in the computer and insurance fields. His daily study of the Word of God over the years and his wide spectrum of experiences in Christ (Missionary, Assistant Pastor, and Bible Teacher) and the business world provide Robert with a unique perspective on life in a world that desperately needs the Prince of life. The daily devotions within LIFE in CHRIST 365 reflect his love for our great God and Savior, his brothers and sisters in Christ, and his wife, children, and grandchildren. To contact Robert Barry, the Author of LIFE in CHRIST 365, email him at: LifeInChrist365@gmail.com
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Christ in the Synagogue
It was the summer of 1970. I had traveled across Canada and the United States, searching for deeper meaning to life amid the emptiness and hopelessness that prevailed in so many lives. My spiritual training afforded me little in the knowledge of God; I was raised in a Jewish family, but my family did not acknowledge God in their lives at all. We merely had recognition of our heritage during the Jewish holidays. The truths of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob took a backseat to worldly pursuits for my entire childhood and teen years. Up until one glorious day in 1970, I had never even understood that there was a man named Jesus, who millions personally knew as their Messiah. That he fulfilled a multitude of prophecies, healed hundreds miraculously, walked on the water, gave sight to the blind, cleansed lepers, died for mankind’s sins, and rose from the dead were truths that were totally foreign to me. After meeting some Christians at a small music event in Portland, Oregon, I stayed with them for a couple of days. I witnessed God’s love in their midst. While they were praying one evening, I decided to try praying with them and began to speak to Jesus as well. As I prayed for the first time ever to Jesus, his mighty love and Holy Spirit changed my life—radically. I knew at that moment that he loved me beyond any love on earth; I was filled with his love and saw this same love shining from every one of the believers present—and started hugging them. I shouted out, “I love everyone.” It was a miracle. It was as if I had been in a cave my whole life to that point, never seeing real life outside the cave. Jesus, the Messiah, had rolled the stone away from the cave door, and suddenly I was beholding the glory of creation for the first time. I was now filled with God’s wondrous love; I was free! I went out on the streets of the city that same hour, sharing about the love of Jesus—which had just absolutely changed my heart and life. I began to read the Bible the next day, and Jesus began talking to me through his Word. Thus, a most wondrous life began—living for the Risen Savior. Called to reach those who needed the Savior, I labored in missionary work for the next seven years, establishing and strengthening Christian outreaches in a number of urban centers. The Lord God blessed the work, with many being saved—with quite a number of them continuing on with the Lord for a lifetime of service in Christ. I have studied the Holy Scriptures daily since 1970 and affirm the life-changing power of God’s Word. Our God has established the 66 books of the Bible as being the very foundation that we are to stand upon spiritually. The Word of God is pure, perfectly inspired by the Holy Spirit, and infallible. The Bible is the final authority of all we believe regarding our faith and how we should live this short life while in this world, as we await the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Since the wondrous day in 1970 when Jesus revealed his love to me, I have walked with him and served him every day since, filled with the faith, hope, and love he imparts. Even in times of great sorrow, tribulation, and trials, our God and Savior has been faithful to guide and comfort me. He truly is the great Shepherd of the sheep. His sheep hear His voice; I am so very blessed to know Jesus, the Messiah, and his most loving voice. Happy are the people who know the joyful sound. He rejoices over you daily; his thoughts toward you are more in number than the sand by the sea. My deep and sincere prayer to our God and Father is that while reading LIFE in CHRIST 365, you will be richly blessed as you hear his song of rejoicing over you. May you be filled with your Father's love and his Spirit as his gracious plans for your life are made more clearly known to you. May God's grace be abundant as you do his will in word and deed, bringing everlasting glory to his name. Amen. Your brother and fellow servant in the love of Christ Jesus, Robert Barry
Testimony of Robert Barry, Author of LIFE In CHRIST 365
The Lifting of the Crucified Christ
Conversion of Saul