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Dear friend,
Is it really possible to smile through the difficult trials of life?
Well, if anyone had reason for resentment ... encouraging a smile:
Contentment: Realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.
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... a recent “grey slush” day? Of course you can. So can I. The laws of fairness and justice were displaced by a couple of Murphy’s Laws. ... is drained away and, worst of all, hope departs.
God’s Word is tailor-made for grey-slush days. It sends a beam of light ...
... A charity case, one among hundreds. A drunken bum from the Bowery with a slashed throat. The Bowery...last stop before the morgue.
The derelict's name was ...
Read Deuteronomy 6:6–9
Family. The place where principles are hammered out on the anvil of daily living. Where ... the track hour after hour. And where is that? The home . God’s built-in training track for runners. That’s why He urged all the dads ...
Read 2 Timothy 1:16–18
The virtues God desires to form in us are best modelled in some of the obscure ... your life? I don’t mean only that you give generously to God’s work. Barnabas is mentioned in the Bible not only for his financial ...
Read Psalm 90:10–12
Strange creatures roam the land these days. Being efficient, diligent, and productive, they are ... and overdoing it. It’s better to live our lives from God’s perspective.
Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to ...
... 2 Corinthians 4:9
If you enjoy watching and playing the game of football (I certainly do), you have observed a curious activity ... is a vicious spike. Talk about rejection ! So it is with God's servants. We do what is right...and we get tossed aside. Sometimes, ...
... 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 ... out, and renews a song that once was there. Read carefully God’s penetrating perspective:
Remember those in prison, as if you were ...
... John 17
High-tech times lead to high-stress tension. The never-ending drive for more, mixed with the popular tendency to increase production and intensify involvement, leaves ...
Take a tour of the gospel of John with Chuck Swindoll as your biblical guide! In John's account of the life of Jesus, the Beloved Apostle focuses on the divine nature of Jesus ... that we may “believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his ...
Standing on the dividing line between history and prophecy, one truth is constant—humanity relishes war. In the long, sad history of humanity, we have failed to learn the truth that war is a long-term, cruel business. The reality of this will ...
... lives absorbed in total darkness will see every colour in the spectrum of light. In fact, the first face they will see will be of the One who gives them sight. And those ...
Have you ever felt like you were surrounded by the things of God—the programs, people, and praise of God—but couldn’t find God ...
Once Paul got past the sinfulness of sin (Romans 1-3) and the grace of the Gospel (4-5), he ... he interjected an analogy that is familiar to all of us: God’s creation. From that, Paul turned to all of us: God’s creatures. There are glorying and groaning in both. They are ...
We now begin the second phase of our safari through Scripture. Having concluded our study of ... the picture by getting a grip on the New Testament…God’s final word to humanity. Our desire is to see all 27 books as a ... revolve around the person and work of Christ, the Son of God, who came (as promised in the Old Testament); who lived, died, arose, and ...
... judge a book by its cover…and neither can we determine the health of a church by its polished exterior. What looks appealing on the ... By identifying the warning signs—the same signs that God revealed to Ezekiel regarding the shallow spirituality of the people to ...
God’s people didn’t know it, but they stood on the brink of silence—God’s silence—for the four hundred year period between the Old and New ...
If we take some time to study the fourth chapter of Daniel, which was written by the once arrogant, new believer King Nebuchadnezzar, we will realize that God is absolutely sovereign. He is the One who directs the affairs of our ... Him maximum glory.
Many believers resist the doctrine of God’s sovereignty because of erroneous teaching, which says that if God is ...
Read Matthew 6:24
If we hope to demonstrate the level of excellence modelled by Jesus Christ, then we’ll have to come to ... or the temporal kingdom of today.
Generally speaking, God’s kingdom is a synonym for God's rule . Those who choose to live in His ...
... seem to get where you want to go fast enough? Leave it to God.
Worried about your kids? Leave it to God.
Living in a place you'd ... responding? Leave it to God.
Found a lump and you see the doctor tomorrow? Leave it to God.
You've said the right words to that ...
