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... answer with such empty talk! You are nothing but a windbag. The wise don’t engage in empty chatter. What good are such words? Have you ... adult children. Releasing the vise grip of grief that comes from a sudden death takes an enormous toll.
I can’t help but think of ...
... a shell of a man who looked twice his age staggered to the washbasin and fell. The basin toppled and shattered.
He was found lying in a heap, unclothed and bleeding from a deep gash in his throat. His forehead was badly bruised, and he was ...
... words: can our minds actually allow us to forget?
The way God has made us with that internal filing system we call "memory"—it ... Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 2007), see "forget."
Excerpted from Improving Your Serve: The Art of Unselfish Living , Copyright 1981 ...
... Answer:
Contentment comes through choices we make. The Apostle Paul said he had learned how to be content (Philippians 4:11–13). ... kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, man of God, ...
... impressive backhand or an in-store video camera capturing the sticky-fingered shoplifter or a squad car dash-cam chronicling an ... significant times in my life. But these would be different from fixed frames on film. In “delayed replays,” I’m interested more in ...
... of sins. (1 Peter 4:8)
We’ve been talking about the tragedy of insensitivity in relationships. Parental sensitivity rates ... your schedule, I promise.
Devotional content taken from Come before Winter and Share My Hope by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
Read Job 40:1–5
Then Job replied to the LORD,
“I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover ... broader than we can comprehend. Therefore, we are relieved from having to give answers or defend them.
Job’s third response is a ...
... Exodus 2:11–14
According to Exodus 2:12, Moses hid the body of the slain Egyptian. But by the next day, it was all over the ... admit, does nothing to erase wrong. And I am convinced that from that moment on Moses determined never to hide anything again. He would be ...
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He replied again, “I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with ... No sermon. No rebuke. No blame. No shame. No lightning bolt from heaven, saying, “Look at you! Get up, you worthless ingrate! Get on your ...
... several years ago, I tuned in a radio talk show where the host had just conducted a poll of his listeners regarding job satisfaction. ... is good, but not to change can be bad.
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... of Jesus Christ, in his or her own way. As God intended from the beginning, we released them to follow their destinies.
Some of you ...
... speak with a measure of authority. You’ll gain stature in the group if you look down and frown a little as you affix the label to the ... believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. (Ephesians 2:8)
In the light of that truth, grace throws our ...
... a dollar bill lasts for only 18 months; a painted line on the road remains only three to four months; and a tornado seldom lasts more ... to do? You don't have forever. Get at it!
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... Read Jeremiah 22:18–21
When you boil life down to the bare bones, the name of the game is change . Those who flex with the ... appropriate response to truth.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
... Easter is about bunnies and eggs and chocolate. But the true Easter is about a lamb—the Lamb of God.
Most of us understand what it means to owe a financial ...
... is why most men dread it." In a day when most people pass the buck with merely a shrug, those words bite and sting. It's one thing to ... but by doers, not by armchair generals who watch and frown from a distance but by brave troops in the trenches, not by fans in the ...
... they do is our first misconception. Our adequacy comes from God alone.
Another misconception is that servants don't struggle ... Perplexed. Persecuted. Struck down . These terms reflect the struggles common to all of us. Under stress, confused, pursued, ...
Read Philippians 2:3–4
I love the story of a sea captain who, while navigating his ship through a storm, ... of humility, other than Christ Himself, was that young Jew from Tarsus who was radically transformed from a strong-willed Pharisee named Saul to a bond servant of Jesus Christ ...
... how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our ... control of our tongues. We're rebuked by Your indictment: from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing...these things ought not to ...
Read Psalm 8:1–5
Lost in the silent solitude of recent days, I have been impressed anew with the vast ... yourself to think on these things! Refocus your mind from the horizontal to the vertical. Rise above the nonsense of the human ... in wonder, love, and praise.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
