Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
There is a general heading under which all this falls. It’s called “witch hunting.” Not just blaming Satan for every evil action, but finding him in every nook and cranny...thinking that he is the subtle force behind all wicked events and encounters.
To you who are tempted to turn back...I urge you instead to “stand firm...act like men, be strong”! The benefits of determination far outweigh the alternate course.
Like an anger-blind, half-starved rat prowling in the foul-smelling sewers below street level, so is the person caged within the suffocating radius of selfish jealousy. Trapped by resentment and diseased by rage, he feeds on the filth of his own imagination.
I really feel sorry for Eutychus. It was bad enough for the fella to fall asleep in church while Paul was preaching...he even fell out the window to his death three stories below!
A measure of efficiency and discipline in life is absolutely healthy and necessary. Being faithful and dedicated to our work is commendable. “Redeeming the time” is biblical. But there is a point where we no longer enjoy ourselves.
To run, to quit, to escape, even to hide solves nothing...it only postpones a reckoning with reality. It may feel good now, but it’s disaster when the bills come due.
Is there a battle you’re facing today? Write down five reasons why you should not surrender. For inspiration, look at 1 Timothy 6:11-16.
Are you what we might call a modern-day prophet, a tomorrow-thinker in a world of yesterday-dwellers? Or do you know somebody like that? Though often unpopular and unthanked, these people perform a vital role in society.
Prophets, I suppose we could call them...seers who frown while others yawn...restless, troubled, contemplative souls.
God makes some people large, others moderate in stature. Still others are small in size. We frequently make the mistake of calling small folks “little,” but that is an unfortunate and unfair tag.
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