Brilliant Days, Broken Days
Our problem isn't that we've failed. Our problem is that we haven't failed enough. We haven't been brought low enough to learn what God wants us to learn....
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Our problem isn't that we've failed. Our problem is that we haven't failed enough. We haven't been brought low enough to learn what God wants us to learn....
The essential link between God's grace and our peace is His mercy...that is, God's infinite compassion actively demonstrated toward the miserable.
Humility is not how you dress, it is not the money you make, it is not where you live, it's not what you drive, it is not even how you look. We're never once commanded by God to "look" humble.
Worries are our mental and emotional companions. But Jesus says, in effect, that they're worthless!
Our forefathers knew, it seems, how to commune with the Almighty...but do we? We must learn anew to think deeply, to worship meaningfully, to meditate unhurriedly.
With the debris out of the way, we are able to see things more clearly and feel God's nudging more sensitively.
Stop and glance at the palms of your hands. Now, imagine they are God's hands and that you are right there.... Our ways remain continually before Him.
Carnality occurs when a believer deliberately operates in the strength of his or her own will...stubbornly refusing to acknowledge wrong and choosing to walk contrary to the teaching of Scripture.
All of us have sagging character qualities that need attention. To ignore them is to open the gate that leads to disobedience.
Appreciated or not, the canvas of nature will go on being painted by the fingers of God.