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... and her son Austin.
Chuck : I wrote The Grace Awakening to say, in effect, “Everybody, take a deep breath, ... be and to do.” How you rear your children may be different from how your neighbours rear theirs. The entertainment you enjoy may be ...
One of the mixed blessings of public speaking is listening to the way folks introduce you. It's sometimes best to cover your ears. You wonder if they've got the wrong guy. Sometimes I wonder what it would sound like if someone who knew ...
... account of God’s sudden and miraculous provision. Instead, the songwriter commits to doing what comes least naturally to people in fear. ... not do an about-face and depart immediately after he rose from his knees. He was realistic enough to know that anything worth having is ...
... needed to be on earth. In a temporal sort of way, in the time of year coming up, I share his frustration.
I am hard pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and watch the NFL...yet to ...
Read Isaiah 29:13–16
The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been ...
Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who ...
... knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the ... (Matthew 16:25)
Adapted by Insight for Living staff from The Darkness and the Dawn by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © ...
Walking closely with the Lord means we must come to terms with forgiving others. Yes, must. We can’t avoid or deny the fact that relationships often bring hurt and the need to forgive. Whether ... and grudges. Enable us to forget all that holds us back from a grace-filled life.
Finally, may we find our greatest joy in granting ...
Take him to the ocean and he’d jump in looking for sharks. Take him to the mountains and he’d see how high he could climb. One day when he was five ... his back.
We couldn’t be more opposite, my son and I. The higher he climbs the more he believes God is with him. Not me. I believe ...
... I’ll never forget a trip I took with my older son to shoot the rapids on the Rogue River in Oregon. While our group was receiving instructions from the guide, I began to study the canoes. Some were old and worn, but a few ...
These facts from biblical prophecy about Christ’s return may surprise you:
One out of every 30 verses in the Bible mentions the subject of Christ’s return or the end of time
Of ... by it. Too bad. It is a marvellous truth.
Adapted from Growing Deep in the Christian Life: Essential Truths for Becoming ...
... Acts 7:20–29
Moses believed he was to be the deliverer, many years before he received his recommission at the burning ... get to rest and relax until He says, “Go.”
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
In recent years, the “rights revolution” has exploded in our world. It seems as if every ... And it also seems that some Christians have transferred the same ideas over to their faith. They presume they have the right to be treated graciously by God. Why do they think this? Is it valid? ...
... clever, not criticized for being phony. Mediocrity can mark the ministry just as overtly as it marks many of those who work for the government and are employed in industry. I’ve also noticed that staying ... spiritual protection.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
... This time it is for Christians only . Everything I write from now to the end of these readings on excuses is strictly for the believer in Christ. If ...
... was through (isn't that a wonderful word?) but because joy, the theme of the inspired letter I had spent weeks studying, had rubbed off. It ... years of my life...and how the torch had been passed from them to Cynthia and me to do the same with our children—and they, in ...
... 13:34-35; 1 John 2:9-11; Jude 1:24-25
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling ... 4:1-3)
Lord, we realize that this is straight talk from You: "Preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." It doesn't ...
... generation.
A man of unquenchable passion for reaching the unsaved with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, Billy Graham was one of the most ...
Read Esther 2:12-18
God does not mock us with the things He includes in His Word. He isn’t in the business of making His ... add, you cannot become these things by taking your cues from the world. That only brings defeat and frustration. You, as an individual, ...
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During times of suffering we often struggle with the dread “If Only.” If only I had waited to get married? If only ... bring only more misery.
Consider this poignant scene from the life of Jesus:
When Jesus had arrived at Bethany, he was told ...
Like the narratives of Christ's birth, the accounts of His crucifixion and resurrection are so familiar that we can ... understand what really happened when Jesus died and rose from the dead, why there was no other alternative, and why it makes all ...
