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... 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 ...
... though I know that a brilliant dawn awaited Him who endured the darkest of all days, I am unable to shake free from the sound of those square nails being pounded into place. I cannot erase ...
... books.
Some people can’t say no to a salesman at the door. Others have the hardest time passing up a litter of free puppies. Some people struggle with ... using your time wisely.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
... Moses had grown up, he went out to visit his own people, the Hebrews, and he saw how hard they were forced to work. During his visit, he ... but you will not have arrived in His own time.
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The job description of a parent is pretty basic. We're to prepare our children ... Of course, that entails instruction in a myriad of tasks—from brushing teeth and good dating habits, to undiluted character and a spiritual heart. The list of parental objectives is daunting enough, but I dare to add one more. ...
What a liberating truth is the grace of God! Before we accepted Christ as Saviour, all of us were once ... And then came Christ! In grace, He redeemed believers from the curse of the law, from obedience to sin, and from the tyranny of pleasing our own flesh. Grace ...
... so understated, so matter-of-fact, that it's easy to miss the drama of this scene. If I were about to sacrifice my only son, who embodied ... Him. This is a risk we will share together."
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Great Days with the Great Lives (Nashville: W ...
... brings. And this makes me uncomfortable.
What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single ... put in prison, and then forgotten about completely.
From a human perspective Joseph had every right to be upset about his ...
... is present, those skills literally come alive. Insight makes the simple profound and the difficult understandable. Those who have it were not taught it; they caught it. From God.
Another example? Touch. We refer to a gifted musician as having ...
... of intention, yet which may only be of as much substance as the air it took to utter it.
Once spoken, promises carry a weight that may ... children of the promise (Galatians 4:27-29) are not immune from promise breaking. Maybe you promised your children you would give them ...
In Israel's northern city of Caesarea Philippi, among the ruins of a worship centre dedicated to the Greek god Pan, a cave exists ... gates of Hades will not overpower it" (Matthew 16:18).
From Pentecost in the first century to the present day, Satan has attempted to ...
Read Genesis 6
The longer we walk with the Lord, the more we realize that we really don’t know what each new day may ... His will is still the safest place on earth to be.
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... 11:25; 2 Corinthians 12:2–6
I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my ... (2 Corinthians 12:2–5)
If you go back 14 years from the time Paul wrote the second letter to the believers at Corinth, that ...
Read Acts 7; Acts 17
Billy Wilder, the great movie producer, openly admitted: "I have a vast and terrible desire ... are like GE: We bring good things to light.
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... Exodus 2:1–10
About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a ...
As we begin to walk down the road to healing for those who are suffering both physically and ... medical doctor and left a life of medicine to become one of the greatest teaching pastors of his time. He was tired of giving people ... a bomb hit the building during the service. As plaster fell from the ceiling he looked up, saw a cloud of smoke, and just kept on ...
... dropped to zero. “Small wonder he is listed first among the minor prophets,” some may sneer today. “He must have been a real ... wounds scarcely healed, Hosea heard God’s voice thundering from the heavens telling him to go out, find her, and bring her back into his ...
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Snap a telescopic lens on your perspective for the next few minutes. Pull yourself up close...close enough to see the real you. From the reflection in your mental mirror, pay close attention to your life. ...
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Unless you’re living under a rock, you can’t deny the remarkable nature of our technological culture. No longer does a young man ... to distance learning, students can start and finish right from the comfort of their parents’ basement.
Still, young people today ...
Read Acts 26:1–32
Momentarily forgetting the difference in rank and status, Paul now spoke face to face with Agrippa. He ... only God knows the impact of yours as well.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
