Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Christianity is not a system of human philosophy nor a religious ritual nor a code of moral ethics—it is the impartation of divine life through Christ. Apart from the Way there is no going...apart from the Truth there is no knowing...apart from the Life there is no living.
Read Hebrews 10:23–24
As we move toward the close of this year, we must refocus our priorities. Here is an anchor passage for us as we end one year and begin another:
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. (Hebrews 10:23–24)
Do you know something? I know another One who promised He would return. He, too, will keep His word. In fact, He's never broken one promise. There's no credibility gap with Him.
We may find physical famine almost impossible to believe, but how about a spiritual famine? You don't have to wait until the future for that! Take a trip across these United States. Or pick a country—any country.
God wants to use you—stumbling and all—but He won’t do so if you refuse to get up.
Instead of accepting the fact that no one deserves the right to lead without first persevering through pain and heartache and failure, we resent those intruders. We treat them as enemies, not friends. We forget that the marks of greatness are not delivered in a paper sack by capricious gods.
If nothing else, that overgrown, ornery perennial has provided me with an object lesson I can't ignore any longer: Strong roots stabilize growth. If that's true of trees it is certainly crucial for Christians.
Did you know that God takes special notice of those tears of yours? Psalm 56:8 tells that He puts them in His bottle and enters them into the record He keeps on our lives.
People who conduct their lives according to such thinking are called smart. They haven't a fraction of tolerance for the supernatural. To them it is sloppy to think in terms of the unexplainable, the "miraculous."
A glance at the silver platter and everything looks delicious: “apostles of Christ... angels of light...servants of righteousness.” Through the genius of disguise, they not only look good, they feel good, they smell good! The media serves them under your nose.
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