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... “Let me see…where did I put those figs?” and none of the animals would tell him. So, after God stopped laughing, He thought, This ... socks on Tuesday, and we weren't sure where fresh ones came from. I couldn't find my wife's list of meal suggestions. Jeffrey couldn't find ...
... is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, But He does according ...
Thoughts disentangle themselves...over the lips and through the fingertips. I learned that saying over 30 years ago, ... are God’s specialties, so we have nothing to restrain us from dropping maximum seed. He’s honoured by such faith.
3. Examine your ...
... 1 Kings 17:5-7
Part of every boot camp experience is the gruelling, grinding, and sometimes daunting obstacle course. It is neither ... fire. In the spiritual life, before we can truly benefit from “the hidden life” that God uses to prepare us for whatever future He ...
... Anger is ready to explode into physical violence at the slightest provocation. This entire globe seems brimming with hair-trigger ... we have the comfort of our eternal Hope.
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... One way is by being encouraging and affirming. When we see the value and potential in others and then convey to them what we see, we are ... out. Our desire to be appreciated and affirmed can keep us from appreciating and affirming others.
4.Reflect on people’s positive ...
... Monotony and mediocrity mesh like teeth in gears. One spawns the other, leaving us yawning, bored, and adrift. In referring to monotony, I ... assignments of life, God is there! He cares! He knows! From your yesterday to your tomorrow—God. From the little involvements to the ...
... mind? What are some good mental exercises that will keep the cobwebs away? Here’s how Jesus said it:
The most important ... Write. Got it? Good!
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. ...
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We must have resembled a family of Gypsies or a scene from Grapes of Wrath as we rambled along the highway. Several layers of redwood forest dust mixed with pine tree sap ...
... 15:58; 16:13–14
Years ago, I listened as Anna Sklar, the author of a book titled Runaway Wives , shared some shocking statistics: ... twentieth century, for every wife or mother who walked away from her home and responsibilities, six hundred husbands and fathers did so. ...
A hero of the faith who encourages me to draw near to God and pray as we wade through ... imprisoned when he refused to stop preaching and submit to the laws against nonconformity with the Church of England. Consequently, Bunyan served 12 years in prison where he was separated from his second wife and four children.
However, his time in prison was not ...
... face, Lucifer! I never set my affections on these things in the first place. And when it came to the kids, I’ve understood from the day we had our first child until we had our last, they’re all ...
There are five paths to the brain. Minds are informed in our capacity to touch, taste, see, hear, and ... of language and practice, biblical meditation is as distinct from its popular expressions as day is from night. It remains a command and a promise from God.
So how do we do ...
Read 1 Kings 17:20-22
Then Elijah cried out to the LORD “O LORD my God, why have you brought tragedy to this widow who has ... there has been no account of anyone ever being raised from the dead. The closest to that would be Enoch, but he was not resurrected ...
... or no, in or out—but a lot of that is beginning to change. The more I travel and read and wrestle and think, the less simplistic things ... We imply that change always represents a departure from the truth of Scripture.
Now some changes do pull us away from ...
... 30:20
“You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is ...
I wish I could guarantee all of us full freedom from sin 365 days a year, but that is not possible—not so long as we are ...
... can be stretched, pulled, pushed, and changed. You heard it from me: traditionalism is an old dragon, bad about squeezing the very life out of its victims. So never stop fighting it. Let’s be careful ...
... Darwin. Famous biologist, teacher, and author. Defender of the theory of evolution. Bold, convincing self-avowed humanist. Travelling ... and frowned as he realized they were going west, away from the sun, not toward it.
Leaning forward, the scholar shouted, “Do ...
Read Luke 22:1–2
Passover was approaching. The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill ... —Isaac Watts
Adapted by Insight for Living staff from The Darkness and the Dawn by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © ...
Read 1 Peter 3:15–16
One of the toughest assignments in life is to communicate clearly what happened during ... attempt to express our faith—how we were “born from above” and became “new creatures in Christ.” I mean, who hasn’t ... how the apostle Peter stated it (by the way, this is from the guy who gained certain notoriety for his bumbled expressions!):
If ...
