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... to speak in public...how to think on my feet...how to pace the delivery of words...how to use humour. And it was yet another teacher who ... which he sort of pastes together the "history" of the world from genuine student bloopers collected by teachers throughout America, from ...
... As a lad he had faithfully protected his family’s sheep from both the lion and the bear, then astounded the nation of Israel when he felled the ...
... to people and things. But when lose them—such as in the death of a loved one—we experience the process of grief. The greater the ... when we don't process our grief allowing proper healing from the loss to occur. We end up stuck. Some inadequate responses include not ...
Read Psalm 1:1-6
The essential question isn’t difficult to state: How can I, a person who has ... thinking, change? How can I, like a caterpillar, move from squirming in the dirt to enjoying the sweet nectar in God’s creation? As ... believe it and behave like it!
Devotional content taken from Dear Graduate by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © 2007 by ...
... feeds them and breeds them. Their numbers increase to twice the original flock. There’s plenty to eat. And there’s also plenty of land ... grow in number to 14,000.
He must have been able to see from every window of his home luscious, green, and colourful plants and the ...
Read 1 Kings 16:29-17:1
Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the LORD the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or ...
Read 2 Corinthians 1
Of all the letters Paul wrote, Second Corinthians is the most autobiographical. In this letter Paul records the specifics of his ... an impossible individual—and crushes him."
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... contempt. People feel freer to share their hateful words from behind the safety of their screens, with little thought of who those words may hurt. ...
Read Esther 4:12-17; Isaiah 41:10, 13
During the three days of waiting, there is a “white space” when nothing is ... to His presence, and He gives you direction.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
... (Genesis 42:38)
When Jacob learned what had happened, the old gentleman shrivelled in fear. Rather than saying, “Thank God, He is ... but also with all of their money. They had been given grain from Egypt free of charge. All the prime minister had asked was that they prove ...
... life. Glorious life. Those who live on what we might call “the outskirts of hope” need a transfusion. Easter gives it.
I think of ...
Alleluia! Jesus lives, and so shall we!
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
Read Deuteronomy 6:6–9
Family. The place where principles are hammered out on the anvil of daily living. Where character traits are moulded and shaped under ... make winners out of runners.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
... makes people wonder at your secret. Yet joy is no secret to the trusting Christian. When we choose to grow closer to God, resting in His ... a lot. But joy goes beyond all these things. Let’s learn from God’s Word the lovely facets of joy:
1. Joy is the fruit of ...
... leaving our house once a month for dinner and a movie with the guy she loved: Her dad. It wasn't for lack of alternatives. Boys proposed ... about their June wedding. (The picture is quite clear from these new-fangled surveillance cameras.) They're planning a lavish catered ...
... of spirituality and religion today that includes what I call the everyman’s Jesus. He’s a one-size-fits-all Jesus made in man’s image ... of obedience to Him.
Can we count on a financial gift from you in support of this great mission?
You know there is a lot of ...
... so much more to come. It can be difficult to balance the here and now with what’s next, but the good news is God has already given us the tools we need to make a wise ...
... It was not to determine if he had died of a bullet fired from John Wilkes Booth’s derringer. Then why? Because a rumour was sweeping the country that his coffin was empty. A select group of witnesses observed ...
Read Exodus 4:27-28
Now the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So ... I got closer—Aaron, listen to this, man—God was speaking from that bush! And here’s what He told me.”
If Aaron doubted a single ...
... leads me to confront or point out a few specifics that the person finds rather painful to hear, not to mention accept.
Suddenly, I ... to be at peace with him. (Proverbs 16:7)
Excerpted from Improving Your Serve: The Art of Unselfish Living , Copyright 1981 ...
... smothering than loving? That’s why you are blown away with the thought of relaxing your gargantuan grip on the things and people you love ... What a test on our insecurity!
We are often hindered from giving up our treasures out of fear for their safety. But wait. Everything ...
