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... comfort us more than music. Our anxieties, when enveloped in the moving strains of a song, seem far less severe. Most of us have piles of ... and satisfaction to our souls when we are hurting.
The therapeutic value of music is nothing new. The Bible’s earliest ...
The Holy Spirit’s selection and sending of Barnabas and Paul out of Antioch at the height of that city’s revival likely didn’t make perfect sense to ... life of obedience. You may prefer routine and comfort, but God invites you to stay open and sensitive to where He is leading.
Are you ...
No matter what you’ve done God loves you. The Apostle Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, calls himself the worst ... he met Christ he killed Christians and yet he was rescued by God’s grace. And you can be too.
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Any parent knows that some of the rewards and gratification of parenting are delayed. But the time to collect them surely arrives when you become a grandparent! That’s when you get to observe your own children passing on the truths you weren’t even sure they heard you teach. You also begin to see ...
Read 1 Kings 18
Do you teach the Bible? If so, that’s great. No other calling is more needed or carries ... they will also learn that among all His glorious attributes, God has a marvellous sense of humour. And they’ll be much more interested in ...
Are you the type of person who remembers what you ought to forget and forgets what you ... his answer. After seven years of blessing and abundance, the famine was in full bloom. People from the surrounding lands came to Egypt for grain—including Joseph’s brothers. ...
... mere survival into a thriving union? Absolutely!
God designed this ancient institution to bless His people, to reflect His character, and to work out His purposes, despite all the difficulties.
In this series on marriage, Pastor Chuck Swindoll ...
... of time, bringing overwhelming feelings of depression. The sun rays of purpose and hope become blocked by the clouds of disillusionment, doubt, and a host of accompanying enemies of ... as darts of fear and pessimism punctured his trust in God. The results? He played into the hands of Israel's enemy and, in fact, ...
... 4:8–10). If so, you’ll find good company with the Apostle Paul.
In this message, Pastor Chuck Swindoll explores the affliction Paul faced in his ministry and the apostle’s responses to his weaknesses and pain.
As you face trials, learn to trust God, focus on the unseen, and rest in Christ’s power.
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Do you teach the Bible? If so, that's great. No other calling is more needed or carries with ... Relive and imagine those scenes
Try not to blot out the colour
Guard against running a marathon with only seriousness setting ... they will also learn that among all His glorious attributes, God has a marvellous sense of humour. And they'll be much more interested in ...
It’s easy to think we will trust God whole-heartedly if we see uncanny evidence of His working. Yet, that’s often not the case!
Pastor Chuck Swindoll draws from the account of the Israelites’ ... how you can choose humility, obedience, and submission to God!
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God’s faithfulness is unconditional, unending, and unswerving. Even in the face of death. He is the eternal I AM, the sovereign Lord of the universe. And you can trust Him ...
Chuck Swindoll speaks to the heart of every distraught parent who would do anything to help his or her ... sick son, Jesus displayed His messianic authority by healing the boy from a distance. The official responded rightly to Jesus by believing ... official admitted his needs, loved his children, believed God’s Word, and walked by faith.
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... doesn’t happen on its own!
Genesis 2:18–25 records the first God-ordained joining of a married couple. Imbedded within this account are the ...
Read Hebrews 4:14-15
The Apostle John asks: "If someone who is supposed to be a Christian...sees a brother in need, and won't help him—how can God's love be within him?" (1 John 3:17 TLB).
True servants are merciful. ... and disinterested in others will receive like treatment. But God promises that those who reach out and demonstrate mercy will, in turn, ...
... by His talk of death, to overcome their fear by depending on the Holy Spirit, claiming Christ’s peace, accepting God’s plan for the future, and following His pattern of obedience to the ...
Micah 6:8 reveals the second character quality of a life well lived: kindness—a quality often expressed in mercy or forgiveness. Few things catch the attention or remain in the memory more than acts of unmerited kindness, but it sometimes seems that ...
This little six-chapter letter holds high the banner of grace. Though small, it packs a dynamic punch! Galatians liberates. It assaults the bondage of legalism more directly than any other Bible book and, except for Romans, most thoroughly develops the answer to the question: are we saved by believing or by achieving? The ...
Death lurked in the shadows…and Paul knew it. Dropped into a dungeon during the reign of deranged Nero, Paul spent his last days lonely and cold…but not ... it spurred Timothy onward in his race of faith. It will do the same for us…if we hear and heed its admonitions. Then, when death comes, ...
... make this up.”
These statements accurately capture the story in Daniel chapter 4, one of the most unusual chapters in the Bible. ... and lived like a beast until he humbled himself and praised God with some of the most eloquent words ever to fall from human lips.
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