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... to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. (Genesis 21:1–2)
God isn't in a ... maturity, so the Lord waited.
We view all events from the limited perspective of time. It’s like trying to drive a car while ...
... Today I've been remembering a perfect Monday evening from years back....
The smell of homemade clam chowder greeted me as I walked through the front ...
... three years when crisis struck. We were living in Nepal at the time, working for a Christian mission. Gene was overseeing a hospital ... intensive care unit. Besides that, our sudden return from rural Nepal to metropolitan USA thrust us into reverse culture shock.
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Read Matthew 6:19-21
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow, and which will not, Speak ... , act I, scene 1, line 58
Who wouldn’t want to hear from someone like that? Who hasn’t felt himself standing on tiptoe, straining ...
... buddy of mine came to know Christ after he was discharged from the corps. I was pleasantly surprised when I heard about it. Back when we were ...
Read Esther 4:12-16
When it comes to touching the heart, few things do it as well as a song or a story. We all know occasions ... at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows ...
... about a hundred yards away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy ...
... owned to his son Isaac. But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac. (Genesis 25:5–6)
Before Abraham died, he took good care of ...
Read Psalm 103:12
He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west. (Psalm 103:12)
One characteristic of a grace ...
... change except a baby with a dirty diaper, and even then the baby will cry about it!” Embracing change involves three attitudes: ... adjustment, and acceptance.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. For the Christian to embrace change there are three fundamental aspects we must ...
... He also assigned her seven maids specially chosen from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maids into the best place in the ...
Read Psalm 9:9
When the Philistines seized David in Gath he said, "When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You" (Psalm 56:3).
When he fled from Saul into a cave, he cried out to God. "My soul takes refuge in You; and ... He is not, a wall is but a spider's web."
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. ...
Read Hebrews 11
Tucked away in the folds of Hebrews 11 is a two-word biography worth a second glance: "he ... discipline that endures" (V. Raymond Edman).
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... weeks and getting virtually no nourishment? That’s what the men on Paul’s ship experienced. Even more amazing, that’s how most ... them the anchor of renewal—a glimpse of hope.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
Peace . Whisper the word to yourself and you can almost feel your heart relax. When you’re at ...
Did you notice where that complete calmness comes from? Not from you, but from God, whom you lean upon and trust. No wonder humankind’s ...
... your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offences like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you ... and how pretty they look, are in vain if they do not flow from grace.
I can opt for giving you a list of dos and don'ts . ...
... 2:1–6
What is it going to take to convince us that the last will be first and the first will be last? For some it will take a ...
How you answer will determine how you lead.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
Read Job 20:1–29
“Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time, ever since people were first placed on the earth, the ...
... March 15, 1767, when she gave birth to her son who grew into the independent-minded South Carolina rebel nicknamed “Old Hickory.” Andrew ... pain.
I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. Three different times ...
Read Philippians 2:12–13
Whoever reads the writings of Christians from earlier centuries is struck with the frequent references to God’s ...
