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

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Hoping and Waiting

Date:
August 12, 2024

Read Romans 8:23

At long last I am finally discovering that that stuff about Rome not being built in a day is true. And speaking of Rome, Paul’s words to the century-one Christians who lived there are truer than ever.

We believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. (Romans 8:23)

Let’s Link Up

Date:
August 11, 2024

Read Romans 12:9–10, 13

Nobody is a whole chain. Each one is a link. But take away one link and the chain is broken.

Nobody is a whole team. Each one is a player. But take away one player and the game is forfeited.

Nobody is a whole orchestra. Each one is a musician. But take away one musician and the symphony is incomplete.

Nobody is a whole play. Each one is an actor. But take away one actor and the performance suffers.

Yanking the Thorns

Date:
August 10, 2024

Read Mark 4:18–19

What do the thorns represent in Scripture? Prickly issues that steal our joy, confidence, and progress in our faith. Jesus’ own words describe the menace of thorns to our spiritual vitality.

The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced. (Mark 4:18-19)

Thorns are lethal to our spiritual growth.

A Survival Secret

Date:
August 9, 2024

Read 2 Timothy 2:19

You can't turn on the evening news without being inundated with painful reminders of the shocking disregard for God’s moral law in our culture.

Surviving times as intense as ours cannot happen easily. Furthermore, it is not something we do corporately or, for that matter, publicly. It’s an “inside job,” this business of rising above and living according to God’s holy standard. The secret? Turning away from evil. Paul wrote these penetrating words:

Sheep, Not Cattle

Date:
August 8, 2024

Read Luke 15:3–7

Ever get that cattle-in-the-corral feeling? Sure you have. Whether it’s sitting in morning traffic or standing in a long check-out line at Walmart, it’s easy to feel as if you’re only a blip on the radar of some cosmic force, herding people like cattle to their inevitable ends.

Considering Life

Date:
August 7, 2024

Read Psalm 90:4–6, 10

Snap a telescopic lens on your perspective for the next few minutes. Pull yourself up close enough to see the real you. Pore over your own pores. Study what you see. Like a physician giving you a physical. Like an artist painting your portrait. Like a biographer writing your story.

Praying for Others

Date:
August 6, 2024

Read Ephesians 6:19–20

If we had the unusual opportunity to spend a day talking to the apostles, men like Paul, Peter, James, and John, I think they’d emphasize an oft-spoken discipline—but one that’s rarely deployed in our lives: praying for others.

Most things in our lives conspire against such a commitment to prayer. Our busy schedules, our intense desire to give our kids the best education and life experiences, and simply forgetfulness.

A Handwritten Note

Date:
August 5, 2024

Read 2 Thessalonians 3:17

There is nothing quite like the charm and personal touch conveyed in a handwritten note. Since our penmanship, like our fingerprint, is altogether unique, each curve of the letter or stroke of the pen bears its own originality. Occasionally, it’s nice to think some still cared enough to throw efficiency to the winds and look you right in the eye, as it were, with their words.

Fighting the Fast Fade

Date:
August 4, 2024

Read Mark 4:3–5, 7

As your waved good-bye to your friends at church last Sunday, what mental darts were left stuck in the target of your thinking?

Can you remember those pointed challenges from the preacher who stood before you with Bible in hand? How many hours have passed since you sat there, opening your ears and heart to counsel from God’s always-relevant Book? A few dozen, maybe?

Receiving Knowledge

Date:
August 3, 2024

Read Acts 17:10–12

Slice it any way you wish, ignorance is not bliss. Dress it in whatever garb you please, ignorance is not attractive. Neither is it the mark of humility nor the path to spirituality. It certainly is not the companion of wisdom. On the contrary, it is the breeding ground for fear, prejudice, and superstition...the feeding trough for unthinking animals...the training field for slaves. Yet it remains the favourite plea of the guilty, the excuse of the lazy, even the Christian’s rationalization for immaturity.

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