Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way,and may your whole spirit and soul and bodybe kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.1 Thessalonians 5:23
Obviously, we cannot do what is right if we don’t know what is right. Unfortunately, our culture is awash with information and opinions and philosophies and ideologies—all in the context of a postmodern worldview that doubts the very existence of definable truth.
Read Acts 4:13–14
The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. But since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there among them, there was nothing the council could say.Acts 4:13–14
Read Galatians 5:22–23
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives:love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.There is no law against these things!Galatians 5:22–23
Read Romans 7:14–15
So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good.The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right,but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.Romans 7:14–15
Read Philippians 2:7b–11
When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Philippians 2:7b–11
Read Philippians 2:3–5
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others.Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.Don’t look out only for your own interests,but take an interest in others, too.You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.Philippians 2:3–5
Read Philippians 2:5–7
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.Philippians 2:5–7
Read Mark 9:33–35
After they arrived at Capernaum and settled in a house,Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you discussing out on the road?”But they didn’t answer, because they had been arguingabout which of them was the greatest.He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said,“Whoever wants to be first must take last placeand be the servant of everyone else.”Mark 9:33–35
Read Philippians 4:6
Don’t worry about anything;instead, pray about everything.Tell God what you need,and thank him for all he has done.Philippians 4:6
Read Matthew 6:5
“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocriteswho love to pray publicly on street cornersand in the synagogues where everyone can see them.I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.”Matthew 6:5
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