Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Read Ephesians 6:19–20
If we had the unusual opportunity to spend a day talking to the apostles, men like Paul, Peter, James, and John, I think they’d emphasize an oft-spoken discipline—but one that’s rarely deployed in our lives: praying for others.
Most things in our lives conspire against such a commitment to prayer. Our busy schedules, our intense desire to give our kids the best education and life experiences, and simply forgetfulness.
Read 2 Thessalonians 3:17
There is nothing quite like the charm and personal touch conveyed in a handwritten note. Since our penmanship, like our fingerprint, is altogether unique, each curve of the letter or stroke of the pen bears its own originality. Occasionally, it’s nice to think some still cared enough to throw efficiency to the winds and look you right in the eye, as it were, with their words.
Read Mark 4:3–5, 7
As your waved good-bye to your friends at church last Sunday, what mental darts were left stuck in the target of your thinking?
Can you remember those pointed challenges from the preacher who stood before you with Bible in hand? How many hours have passed since you sat there, opening your ears and heart to counsel from God’s always-relevant Book? A few dozen, maybe?
Read Acts 17:10–12
Slice it any way you wish, ignorance is not bliss. Dress it in whatever garb you please, ignorance is not attractive. Neither is it the mark of humility nor the path to spirituality. It certainly is not the companion of wisdom. On the contrary, it is the breeding ground for fear, prejudice, and superstition...the feeding trough for unthinking animals...the training field for slaves. Yet it remains the favourite plea of the guilty, the excuse of the lazy, even the Christian’s rationalization for immaturity.
Read Psalm 8:1–5
Lost in the silent solitude of recent days, I have been impressed anew with the vast handiwork of our incomprehensible God.
Read Exodus 3:1–3
Legend has it that there was once a sign along an Alaskan highway that brought a smile to many a motorist:
Choose your rut carefully—
You’ll be in it for the next 200 miles.
Read 1 Corinthians 4:14–17
Who is it the Lord has used to model His message and challenge you to change, to shake off that tendency to settle for less than your full potential, to stretch and pursue and conquer new territory you once never dreamed possible? All of us can name at least one individual, can’t we?
Four characteristics are usually found in those who impact our lives:
Read Galatians 5:1
Read Philippians 4:4–8
I know, I know...this is a rotten world. And some people just can’t be trusted. And con men (and women) and phonies and charlatans are out there, ready to rip us off. Even Jesus counselled His men before their solo flights into ministry to be “shrewd as snakes” (Matthew 10:16). Good, sound advice, since there are a lot of hungry wolves out there. I’ve learned over the years, however, that cynicism can quickly set in, bringing only heartache and bitterness. God offers us a better way:
Read Luke 6:31, 36–37
A young boy lived with his grandfather on the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps. Often, just to hear his voice echoing back to him, he would go outside, cup his hands around his mouth, and shout, “HELLO!” Up from the canyons it reverberated over and over, “HELLO...HELLO...hello...hello...hello...”
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