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... up, my family lived next door to a family that had many of the world's goods we didn't have, but they didn't have the joys Christ can ... a hangover)—then you need...a relationship with the living God.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way ...
... you cannot see your way through a deep valley. Times when the package delivered at the back door comes delivered in the ugly wrapping of ... Why this trial?
When you persevere through a trial, God gives you a special measure of insight. You become the recipient of the ...
Read Proverbs 30:8
The longer I live, the more I realize the ease with which we can slip into extremes.
I see it all around me and ...
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That's a reference to our bodies and our abilities in the strength of our flesh. That is all you and I have to offer God...a pot. A perishable container.
You may be like brittle, delicate ...
Read 1 Corinthians 13:11
Too good. That's the only way to describe my early childhood. Lots of friends in the neighbourhood. Sandlot football down at the end of Quince Street in East ...
Read John 8:32
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (John 8:32)
With all this ... need to be freed, not restrained. Our job is to free people; God’s job is to restrain them. God is doing His job much better than we are ...
... on tight, por favor." I held on. "When you come back toward the shore and I blow whistle, you pull cord pronto!" Within seconds I was ... of a challenge. Fun and laughter, originally designed by God to remove the friction of monotony from the machinery of existence, begin ...
In 1991 James Patterson and Peter Kim released The Day America Told the Truth , a study based on an extensive opinion survey ... whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God. Think truth. Confess truth. Face truth. Love truth. Pursue truth. Walk ...
... 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 ... the Journey: Daily Meditations on Courageous Trust in God , by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © 2014. Used by permission of ...
... do for our eyes, relief does for our sighs..."it gets the red out." Few feelings bring a greater sense of satisfaction than relief, ... debt, nothing can compare to that sweet relief.
God calls this divine gift of relief "mercy." That's right, mercy . It's a ...
... and effectiveness. In fact, a weakness of mine is books on the investment of my time. Books that tell me how to replace being busy with ... things through before plunging into them.
Thankfully, God’s Word speaks straight to the heart of that issue. The apostle Paul wrote ...
... my humility."
No way.
That kind of obvious pride was the trademark of the Pharisees. If you wondered whether they were humble, all you had to do was ...
... wonder that you’re confused.
There are times when God’s ways only make us more confused. There, I’ve said it. I’ve been ... say that all through this chapter, and I finally worked up the courage. My point? Don’t expect to understand everything that happens ...
Read Philippians 4:8
Thoughts are the thermostat that regulates what we accomplish in life. If I feed my mind ... Carnegie nor Norman Vincent Peale originated such a message. God did. "For as [a man] thinks within himself, so he is" (Proverbs 23:7). ...
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A church building can become an idol to us, when all the while it is simply a place to meet and worship our Lord—nothing more. ... and literally idolized. Your work can easily become your god. So can any pursuit in life. A house, a lawn, an antique, a car, a letter ...
... boxing.” But Joey isn't a boxer. Joey loves to eat. At the world famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest held each summer on Coney ... for Jesus. I've already planned my epitaph: “He found God's grace too amazing to keep to himself.” I'd like to spend whatever days ...
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Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work. (Philippians 4:1)
Old habits are ...
... dignity like stumbling!
I have seen people dressed to the hilt stumble and fall flat on their faces as they were walking to church. ... pit of self-pity, brush off the dirt with the promise of God’s forgiveness—and move on. Here’s an idea worth remembering: the next ...
... thoughts here.
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Don't kill the spark of individuality
Cultivate a climate where comfortable questions can be asked
Don't carve the internal structure in stone. Most organizations have a structure that was ...
... 2:1–9
“All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.” So Satan left the LORD’s ... “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.” (Job 2:6–9)
I want to confess that for too long in my ...
