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... Read Matthew 6
Jesus opened a five-gallon can of worms the day He preached His Sermon on the Mount. There wasn't a Pharisee within ... showing off? Listen to His words!
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
Read Proverbs 16:31
I like the question once asked by Satchel Paige, that venerable alumnus of baseball: ... doesn't like to stay in one place very long, so he takes me from joint to joint. After such a busy day I'm really tired and glad to go to ... in their feet, and gas in their stomachs.
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... So dear that He sent His only Son to die on a cross for the sins of the whole world—for people like us. That’s no cliché. It’s the plain ...
... to learn what God wants us to learn....
Remember one of the songs from the 70s we used to sing again and again? It mentioned how we learned to ...
Read Isaiah 30:15
Some of the most profound ministries of the Spirit of God are not public or loud or ... creation is all that's needed for the scales to be removed from your eyes and for you to silence the harassment and the noise of your day and begin to hear from God.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way ...
... manipulate and connive and scheme and lie to get yourself to the top, don't thank God for the promotion! God knows, as you know, that you ... you, "This isn't My doing. This is your plan."
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
... unbelieving men nailed Jesus to His cross, it occurred "by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God."
It was exactly at the ... Son came to accomplish."
That's why Jesus's final words from the cross before He died were "It is finished!"
God's redemption plan ...
... we arrive at dilemmas in life and are unable to decipher the right direction to go, if we hope to maintain our joy in the process, we ... revealing the best possible solution to us.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
... 11:30
If we were asked to respond with yes or no to the question, all of us would say, "Yes, I want to know [God's] will."
... prefer, what we want, or what we would choose.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
... Read Proverbs 12:14
While we think we may be immune to the endless litany of television commercials, newspaper ads, our friends' ... that you may not grow weary and lose heart."
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
Read Proverbs 25:11
Like Jell-O, concepts assume the mould of the words into which they are poured. Who has not been stabbed ... word...or combinations of words? Who has not found relief from a well-timed word spoken at the precise moment of need? Who has not been ...
... with ovarian cancer. He told me of such occasions, when the Lord gave merciful relief from the pain. He said it was almost as if an angel of mercy hovered over their ...
... years ago, I was given a book of Puritan prayers called The Valley of Vision . I have worn out one copy and had to purchase another. I recommend this volume to you. Read the following prayer from the Puritan’s pen slowly (preferably aloud).
O LORD, I am a shell ...
... me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. (Psalm 51:1-2)
Our Father, ...
The children worked long and hard on their little cardboard shack. It was to be ... As he stepped up, a burst of spontaneous applause arose from the audience. In characteristic modesty, Cairns stepped back to let the ... act small. Everybody act medium.”
Such good advice from a clubhouse full of kids who, by the way, are pretty good at practicing ...
... not alone, believe me. You can't imagine the bulletin stubs, postcards, verbal comments, threats, and letters I've received pleading that ... worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Excerpted from Day by Day with Charles Swindoll , Copyright © 2000 by Charles R. ...
... three-word question on a small rectangular card I placed on the wall above the desk where I spent so much of my time.
Just black ... a sensitive walk with God marked by obedience.
Excerpted from Improving Your Serve: The Art of Unselfish Living , Copyright 1981 ...
... in that city! Our church was out of debt and thriving; the weather was beautiful. Life was good!
So when two men from Dallas Theological Seminary called and asked me to become the next ...
Read Job 2:11–13
The book of Job is not only a witness to the dignity of suffering and God’s presence in our suffering, but it’s also ... words.
Words have a hollow ring in a crucible.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
I have an expressive face, but apart from that I tend not to show a lot of outward emotion. Don’t get me wrong, I think and feel as much as the next person but I’m slow to let others in on what my true thoughts and ... more
Be polite (say please and thank you)
Shy away from gossip
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