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Read 2 Corinthians 12:2–10
Release the idea that contentment requires comfort. Contentment is possible no matter ... suffering—like Paul. And in the process to wean ourselves from the rabid pursuit of happiness so prevalent in our culture. Happiness is a ...
... Philippians 1:6
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished ... God is in no hurry as He purges graceless characteristics from us. But we can count on this, for sure: He is persistent.
Second, it ...
... when life is noisy, hectic, and difficult...
And when the world feels so caustic and chaotic...
It can all make it seem as if ... and consistently in Christ.
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... had rented it for tonight, when you came to this part of the story you’d fast-forward; you wouldn’t want your children to watch. ... to understand that God’s “wonderful plan” is wonderful from His perspective, not yours and mine. To us, “wonderful” means ...
Read John 10:9–10
Call it the rebel in me, but I simply cannot bear plain vanilla when life has so many ... God has so much more in view for all of us.
Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go ... change? Go ahead...I dare you.
Devotional content taken from Good Morning, Lord...Can We Talk? by Charles R. Swindoll. ...
Read 1 Timothy 6:17
Wealth is said to be the parent of luxury.
Perhaps you’re reluctant to entertain any dreams ... who buffets your fondest fantasy with three brutal blows from his lash—public criticism, personal guilt, and perverted humility.
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... not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy ...
... 6:12
I used to bite my fingernails right down to the quick. I'd bite them off just as soon as the first signs of new growth ... a habit.
Not a person who reads this is completely free from bad habits. It's the price we pay for being human. Let's focus on five ...
Read Job 42:1–11
When the day of reckoning arrives, God is always fair. He blesses those who have ... “For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in ...
He hasn’t missed anything in your life either
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
Read Job 3:1– 26
There are days too dark for the sufferer to see light. That’s where Job is as we end this chapter. ... began the book.
Look up to find the Light.
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright ...
... Philippians 3:10; 1 Peter 1:14-16
Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. (Psalm 30:4) ... And it is that lack of holiness in ourselves that brings from within us such a hunger to know You better. We affirm with Paul that our ...
... Read Psalm 100:5
Grandparents. What remarkable gifts from God. Generation after generation He provides a fresh set of them...an ... everyone else get so involved they no longer stop to smell the flowers or watch tiny ants hard at work, these special adults are deposited ...
Read Psalm 73:26
One of the hardest things for you and me to do is own up to our own failures.
... having declared it, to learn what God may have to teach us from the experience.
Sir Winston Churchill...offered the best definition of success I've ever read: "Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."...
As you begin to ...
... 18:12
Humility is not how you dress, it is not the money you make, it is not where you live, it's not what you drive, it is ... first....
It is being like Christ.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
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God informed Noah of His plan: He was going to destroy the world with a flood.
So for 120 years, by faith, Noah followed the ... was a world that had never known rain; the earth was watered from beneath.
And while Noah was building this ark, he was preaching ...
Read Proverbs 23:12
Living in truth is making the right choices. Here's what I mean.
In the light of truth, you and I ... Nobody becomes a cynic overnight. Nobody makes one leap from the pinnacle of praise to the swamp of carnality. Erosion is a slow and ...
... our schedule to get so overloaded that, looking back over the week, we must admit to ourselves, if we're honest, we've not stopped to ... fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Self-control frees us from slavery.
Self-control stops bad habits. It checks us. It halts us. ...
... 13:4
A young fellow rushed into a gas station to use the pay phone. The manager overheard his telephone conversation as he asked: ... job, what do you think would be His answer?
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
... you know: "A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, but when the heart is sad the spirit is broken" (Proverbs 15:13).
We're not ... joy goes public. We can't hide it. The face takes its cue from an inside signal.
A well-developed sense of humour reveals a ...
Read Esther 9:28
The Lincoln Memorial. The Vietnam Memorial....
Memorials are places ... have monuments and memorials, places to return to and learn from and talk about and pass on. If we don't, we are destined to live rootless, fast-lane lives without much significance.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, ...
