Can't versus Won't
Is it just a poor word choice to say you can’t when you really won’t? In this Video Insight, Chuck Swindoll suggests it could really be a statement about God.
Is it just a poor word choice to say you can’t when you really won’t? In this Video Insight, Chuck Swindoll suggests it could really be a statement about God.
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. Join Pastor Chuck Swindoll as he traces the roots and the effects of anger that lead to disobedience in our lives.
Father, thank You for the accounts of Scriptures’ ordinary people who followed You faithfully. I seek Your help as, together, we write my story of faithful devotion.
When a baby comes into our lives as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, or sisters, we rejoice in the magnificence of God’s gift of life. But how much more did the family rejoice in wonderment when the child was Emmanuel, God with us? When God took on human flesh at the birth of Jesus, He brought a wonder to the world that had yet to be seen.
God uses angels as messengers to interact with us—often for our protection. And you never know when you might encounter one.
God has been at work in human history. Over the passing of time He arranged a set of events that would lead ultimately to the beginning and to the continuation of humanity for as long as He chooses.
Watch this video from Chuck Swindoll as he shares how we can ensure we finish life’s journey well.
We simply cannot find a substitute for the family. God planned it that way. Nothing on earth comes close to the benefits derived from relationships revolving around our roots. Nothing.
Sometimes cast aside as a minor player in the retelling of the Christmas story, Joseph’s story mirrored that of his wife in many ways. He sat with her marvelling at this baby. He wondered about the baby’s origin. And yet, Joseph was forced to make a choice that not even Mary had to make. Where Mary carried the baby within her, Joseph had to choose to stay, to involve himself in the baby’s life.
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