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... keep records per se. And my journals have changed forms over the years. All the way from the mini diary with a lock my brothers would steal and break into to the ...
Read Acts 20:22–24
The scene is familiar: a hospital lobby with all the expected ... by eerie lighting...a uniformed lady at the desk, weary from answering the same questions...strange smells...and lots of people.
... on it and forces it to salute.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
Read 1 Corinthians 15:56–58
The Psalms are full of powerful lyrics that give us a clear portrait of the ... a passion for serving the Lord.
Reflect on these words from the Apostle Paul:
Sin is the sting that results in death, and the ... heart into it, why don’t you!
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
... Philippians 1:6
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished ... (Philippians 1:6)
Interestingly, Philippians is a letter from servants to saints. “Paul and Timothy...to all the saints in Christ ...
Read 1 Samuel 23:14-18
David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted ... have wanted the praise of the people, yet here was this kid from the hills of Bethlehem garnering all of it. Still, Jonathan stood in ...
... desperate day at Corregidor. One island after another in the Pacific theatre had been buffeted into submission. The enemy was now ... Count on it: He will return!
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
Read Genesis 12:1–5
The statement recurs through Scripture like a repeating telegraph signal on a ... never see the missionary again. The aging apostle looked from man to man, holding each one’s eyes for a brief moment. Then, looking ...
For sure Abraham faced it when he wrenched up roots from his hometown soil and struck out for—let’s see, where was he ...
Read Genesis 37:1-4
So, Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner. This is the ... we will be encouraged to persevere in the future.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
Read Ephesians 6:13
Tucked away in the folds of Hebrews 11 is a two-word biography worth a second glance: “He endured” (11:27, NASB).
The Living Bible says, “[he] kept right on going.”
The New ... truth balanced well with grace.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
Read Exodus 3:4-10
When the LORD saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
“Here I am!” Moses ... you ran like a scared rabbit across the border to get away from the Egyptian lynch mob.
“You thought you were a choice, top-quality ...
... stabbed me deeply recently as I was on a scriptural hunt in the Ephesian letter. I was searching for a verse totally unrelated to the one ... our singing that we seldom engage in it once we walk away from a service. Stop and think. Did you sing on the way home last Sunday night? ...
The opening line of the sermon was: “What you believe about life affects everything about how you ... free (John 8:32). I strongly urge you to read a few verses from James each day and ask these three simple questions:
What truths ...
Question: I was hurt in the past by bad relationships and now I’m afraid of starting new ones. I feel ... putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians ...
... a mixture of Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, John Wayne, and the prophet Daniel! But the truth of the matter is that most of us would do anything to keep from being different. We’d much rather blend into the woodwork. One of our ...
... not going to disagree and fight you on this.” No way! The strong rebuke of Zophar is met by an even stronger resistance from Job. This, by the way, is the only way to deal with a legalist. They, too, ...
... a game of pursuit reduced to a single goal—just track the leader. It’s easy to play and carried more fun that its simplicity ... (John 12:26, Matthew 10:39).
There is no graduation from this pursuit. Until his final breath, Peter is commanded, “Follow Me” ...
Not long ago the Bienert family asked me to give a brief tribute at the funeral of their ... lived dangerously close to the edge. He was just inches away from genius and we loved him for it. This world does not need more normal ... for me in His Kingdom.
I learned a little about English from Mr. Bienert. But I learned much more about life. I learned to keep a ...
... 2:15–17
It was one of those backhanded compliments. The kind that makes one pause, think, then respond, rather than gush out a ... it. By then both of us were laughing out loud. A few eyes from other tables flashed us those “Would-you-two-quiet-down!” looks. I ...
... Job 24:1– 25
“God, in his power, drags away the rich. They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.
They may ... together like an enormous, beautiful piece of tapestry. From this earthly side it seems blurred and knotted, strange and twisted. But ...
... long will you hesitate between two opinions?" Elijah asks the people of Israel. The easiest thing to do when you are outnumbered or ... instrument that Elijah employed was prayer.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Great Days with the Great Lives (Nashville: W ...
