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Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.

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Some Thoughts on Sovereignty

Date:
November 23, 2025

Read Proverbs 21:1

Some people find the concept of God’s ultimate and complete sovereignty a little unsettling. Let’s face it, we like our autonomy; we find comfort in calling our own shots. Even so, the wise men of Israel, writing under the direction of the Holy Spirit, affirmed God’s ultimate authority to administer the world as He sees fit and regardless of human will:

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD;He turns it wherever He wishes. (21:1)

Divine Perspective

Date:
November 22, 2025

Read Proverbs 10:3, 29

Since our generation so admires human ingenuity and worldly wisdom, we tend to give people praise that only God deserves.

Divine Right

Date:
November 21, 2025

Read Proverbs 9:10–11

At first glance this list of Old Testament proverbs may appear like a hodgepodge of random thoughts. A closer look, however, reveals a common theme we tend to overlook or ignore, and that is the theme of God’s absolute sovereignty over His creation. By sovereignty, I mean God’s right as the King of the universe to rule as He sees fit—without question, limitation, accountability, or resistance.

The Tablet of Your Mind

Date:
November 19, 2025

Read Proverbs 7:2–3

Solomon recognized a tragic truth about humanity: we desperately want to do things our own way, and we hate being told what to do. As the prophet Isaiah wrote, “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6 NIV 1984). So Solomon urged his sons to avoid mistakes he had made, encouraging them to heed God’s Word and to make obedience a lifelong habit.

Bound to Memorize

Date:
November 18, 2025

Read Proverbs 6:20–23

Solomon offered several insights about the value of placing God’s Word at the centre of our lives. Let’s begin with Proverbs 4:4, where the wise king recalled the instruction of his own father, David:

Then he taught me and said to me,“Let your heart hold fast my words;Keep my commandments and live.”

Growing Deeper in the Scriptures

Date:
November 17, 2025

Read Proverbs 6:20–23

Yesterday I stressed the value of memorizing God’s Word and talked about how doing so has benefited me in practical ways throughout the years. Memorization, however, is only one of many ways to interact with Scripture.

Where to Hide the Bible

Date:
November 16, 2025

Read Proverbs 4:4

Few things are more obvious and alarming in our times than biblical illiteracy. Even though the human mind can absorb an enormous amount of information, mental laziness remains a scandalous and undeniable trend in popular culture and even within the church. Fewer people than ever know the most basic contents of the Bible, and that was not the case until roughly 50 years ago.

Intimacy with the Almighty

Date:
November 14, 2025

Read Proverbs 3:5–6

As we discovered yesterday, “trusting in the Lord with all your heart” begins with the decision to “not lean on your own understanding.” The second choice calls for us to “acknowledge Him in all our ways.”

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