Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Read Psalm 32:8
The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.I will advise you and watch over you.”Psalm 32:8
Jesus has touched on things that are so down to earth and so practical you would think the ink was still wet. They could have been written this very morning. In a sense they were...that’s the way God’s Word is, always alive and active and sharp.
Now, how do we make it happen—come alive—in our lives? Let me give you a couple of suggestions.
Read Matthew 6:16
“And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do,for they try to look miserable and disheveledso people will admire them for their fasting.I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.”Matthew 6:16
Just as Jesus dealt with giving and praying, He now deals with fasting—how not to do it, then, how to do it.
Read Psalm 27:8; 91:1; Matthew 6:5
Those who live in the shelter of the Most Highwill find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalm 91:1
When you pray, don’t be like the hypocriteswho love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogueswhere everyone can see them.I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.Matthew 6:5
Read Micah 6:6–8
Read Matthew 5:48
But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.Matthew 5:48
Most of us have three major realms of relationship in which we live: an immediate realm of family, an intermediate realm of friends, and a broad general realm that certainly would include some enemies.
Read Matthew 5:43–47; Leviticus 19:18; Proverbs 25:21
Read Matthew 5:32
But I say that a man who divorces his wife,unless she has been unfaithful,causes her to commit adultery.And anyone who marries a divorced womanalso commits adultery.Matthew 5:32
Read Matthew 5:27–28
“You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lusthas already committed adultery with her in his heart”Matthew 5:27–28
Read Matthew 5:25
“When you are on the way to court with your adversary,settle your differences quickly.Otherwise, your accuser may hand you over to the judge,who will hand you over to an officer,and you will be thrown into prison.”Matthew 5:25
Read Matthew 5:17; Hebrews 4:12
“Don’t misunderstand why I have come.I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets.No, I came to accomplish their purpose.”Matthew 5:17
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