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Despite all of our searching and all of our study of the Scriptures, we'll never be able to see everything clearly, to fully grasp and understand and answer all the questions. They are beyond our comprehension—a puzzle, a mystery.
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Read Psalm 119:66
Whenever you see the scriptural phrase "This is the will of God," you know for sure that's God's will. You also know that to disobey is to ...
Read Proverbs 16:16
Foolish indeed is the person who considers himself safe and sound because he has money....
... can buy the good life, but not eternal life
It is God (alone) who is able to supply us "with all things to enjoy." As Seneca, the ...
... our possessions and inheritance before we die. He quoted the old saying, “Do your givin’ while you’re livin’, then you’re ... principle of handling our financial blessings straight from God’s Word:
Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac. But ...
... wants to be around a crotchety old person who sees only the clouds and talks only about bad weather.
Number two: Your humour ... others have not vanished.
The fifth is obvious: Your God is not dead, keep serving and seeking Him. The living God is ageless. The ...
Read Romans 12:3
I like the tongue-in-cheek definition of philosophers one of my seminary professors ... And, without question, it is attainable. Here’s how God sees it:
Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better ...
Read Galatians 5:13; Philippians 2:3– 4
The Word of God lays a solid, biblical foundation for what it means to have a servant ...
... to determine if it is, in fact, promoted in Scripture. Does the Bible come right up front and encourage living like this? I'll let you determine the answer. As you examine these few New Testament passages, read them ...
... yet impatient—patient with others, yet impatient with the status quo Adaptability—capable of change Perfectionism—seek to ... ever devised. A man. A cross. Blood. And belief.
God defines it: “The introduction of something new...a new birth.”
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Over the vast expanse of Scripture, a variety of admirable people cross our paths. Because God not only preserved the record of their lives but also used each one to ... in the New Testament—Hebrews 11—which has been called “God's Hall of Faith.” These men and women lived lives worthy of being ...
Why do people keep telling us to look for the light at the end of the tunnel? That the world is wonderful? That life is a bowl of cherries? Here’s the truth—life apart from God is the pits.
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What do you do when you lose heart? When the wind goes out of your sails and your morale drops to a new low? When life ... memory? Paul, sitting in a Roman prison and yet filled with the joy of the Lord, was concerned about the Ephesian believers falling into ... over his fate. He wanted none of that! So he prayed to God on their behalf that they would be filled with the love of Christ and the ...
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Do you feel satisfied with your conversations with God? Would you like them to be more frequent or to feel more meaningful? The later part of Nehemiah contains a beautiful prayer worth modelling.
The ...
The word forgiveness draws various reactions. If we’re talking about God’s forgiveness of us, it can be a soothing topic resulting in ... with it. It’s really hard to do.
Find out what God’s Word says about forgiveness, how essential it is to understand, and how ...
If the old proverb is correct, “The darkest hour is just before the dawn,” then we might also say, “The ... was almost more than he could take. Knowing it was coming, God graciously provided him with a close, understanding friend. His name was ...
For well over four hundred years, the Israelites lived as slaves in Egypt under conditions that grew more and more unbearable. In His grace, God heard their cries and ultimately called Moses to lead them out of Egypt in ... of Egypt. With the yoke of slavery broken from their necks, God’s people followed Him into an uncharted, unpredictable, unexpected ...
... connection. And we feel romantic love toward a spouse. But the highest form of love is charity—the type of devotion that seeks the highest good of another. This love serves ... we need most of all, and it finds its fullest expression in God’s relationship to us.
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One of the benefits of studying a New Testament letter is the opportunity to become better acquainted with the writer himself—in this case, Paul the apostle. In this brief vignette (a ...
... even failure. But can it actually be a magnificent gift from God?
Pastor Chuck Swindoll investigates Acts 16:6–10 about a closed door the Apostle Paul contended with. Rather than being the enemy’s work, the ...
The Apostle Peter’s second letter stands as a timeless reminder of the power of God’s transforming grace. Christ changed Peter from a head-strong, ... to one who was broken and then restored and mightily used by God.
In this series on 2 Peter, Pastor Chuck Swindoll examines this aging ...
