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... very few who live a life that is calm, easygoing, and free from anxiety.
Tucked away in the 26th chapter of Isaiah are two verses we need to dust off occasionally and ...
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Are you tired of gimmicks and scams offering everything from perfect abs in 30 days to financial independence in four easy steps? It’s all nonsense! The infomercial promising the latest easy fix is indeed too good to be true. We ...
Read 2 Corinthians 1:9-10
The old motto of soldiers during the Revolutionary War applies to many areas of life: "Trust in God, but keep ... then trust Him to do what you cannot do.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. ...
... you can spend it only once.
Choosing one thing over all the rest throughout life is a difficult thing to do. This is especially true ... be filtered through the Matthew 6:33 filter.
Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. ...
... to serve self, it’s refreshing to read these ancient words from the pen of one of the most powerful men who ever lived: Solomon.
If you ...
... make a performance out of it. It might be good theatre, but the God who made you won't be applauding." (Matthew 6:1 MSG)
Lord God, ... name of Jesus Christ that we pray. Amen.
Excerpted from The Prayers of Charles R. Swindoll, Volume 1 , Copyright 2010 ...
... clutches, and clings—stubbornly refusing to surrender. The word enough is not in this beast’s vocabulary.
Akin to envy and ... but thoroughly remove the insidious cancer of greed from your heart. Take a few moments right now in prayer and invite the Lord to ...
Read Matthew 6:19–21
I once read that the average American is exposed to about three hundred advertisements a day. ... has increased many times over.
The Internet article from which I read that fact was cluttered with advertisements, most of them ...
... dimension to hanging tough that you dare not miss. It is the thing that keeps you going. I call it a dream. I don’t mean those things ... your dreams with determination.
Devotional content taken from Dear Graduate by Charles R. Swindoll. Copyright © 2007 by ...
... I had gotten to know on a previous trip. As we went along the rapids, dragging our lines, he pointed, “Chuck, look over to the banks of ... dangerous undertow. You can’t move away from it. No one is immune to it—not you, me, or our spouses, children, and ...
... give, forgive, forget, release your own will, obey God to the maximum, and wash dirty feet with an attitude of gentleness and humility. ... believe me.
The Bible doesn't hide this painful reality from us. In 1 Peter 2:20 (addressed to servants, by the way—see verse 18), we ...
... times. We see anger expressed most every day: driving on the highway, watching a drama on TV, or hearing the news. Some of us grew up in ... resolved and it escalated to anger. Others of us heard anger from the pulpit each week.
Even though the Bible never calls anger a sin, ...
... a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: ... Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)
Origins: Peace comes from the Hebrew word shalom meaning completeness, soundness, and absence of ...
... may be to admit it, most of us resist growing up. We say all the things that suggest otherwise, but in reality, we resist launching out into the ocean of adulthood. We much prefer the security of the shoreline—being ...
... exhausted, burned-out believers knock themselves out to run the ministries and activities, while the majority sit back and observe from a distance. This is a far cry from the way the body of Christ was designed ...
So much of this ancient journal is horizontal musing, the bitter and barren side of life seen through the eyes of a cynic—Solomon ... these seven verses provide refreshment to a soul weary from horizontal pursuits. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 allows the Christian to take a few ...
Hebrews, although among the largest and most significant letters in the New Testament, remains one of the least appreciated. Profound, mysterious, ... attention. Rich in Jewish history and filled with quotations from and allusions to the Old Testament, the study of Hebrews requires ...
God was ready to lead the Israelites into “a land flowing with milk and honey.” Yet, most of the Hebrew spies were intimidated—and soon, most all of the people felt the same.
Already defeated by their own fear, the ...
The beginning of a year is an ideal occasion to come to terms with how we ... handle our days. Looking back, most of us can recall saying the same words again and again: “I don’t have enough time.” While we may ... it be that out problem is not having enough time, but making the most of the time we have? Convicting though it may be, everyone has the ...
One of the haunting perils of leadership is the great divorce between what happens at the office and what happens at home. Many a man and many a woman may hit a home ...
