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Insight for Today

Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.

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Of Parrots and Eagles

Eagle thinkers ask the hard questions, take strategic risks, search hard for the whole truth, and soar high above mediocrity. Parrot people enjoy the predictable, routine, rehearsed words of others.

All Those Idols

Can you testify to the fact that you’ve destroyed the idols? Can you say you are free from bronze anchors? That Christ reigns without a rival? Or would you have to admit to a personal shrine in your inner temple where you privately burn incense?

The Un-Bliss of Ignorance

In a land filled with churches and chapels, temples and tabernacles, there is only an insignificant handful of well-informed students of the Book of books.

The Balance of Life

Adversity or prominence—both are tough tests on our balance. To stay balanced through either—ah, that demands integrity. The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Beginning Again

There’s no sense in allowing the guilt of your past to haunt you long into the future. Make that right with the Lord, and ask forgiveness of anyone you feel you’ve wronged.

Be Ready and Make It Clear

Our secret language calls for a decoding process they aren’t equipped to handle. How much better to talk in plain, concrete, authentic terms, as the Spirit of God works to complete the task!

The Small Stuff

God stretched out the heavens and put the myriad of stars and planets and infinite galaxies in place with His fingers! No sweeping, jolting motions of the Godhead swaying and pushing unbounded segments of the universe into place to the point that when He was finished He sat back sweating and exhausted, His chest pounding, gasping for breath.

Stay in Circulation

You can opt for an easier path, sure. You can keep your own record and stay tucked away in the cedar chest of sweet dreams. Or you can get back into circulation, volunteering to be part of God’s rugged rescue team, retrieving victims from the leaping flames. It’s your decision.

Slamming the Door to Lust

No one is immune to the perils of foolish lust. Whether by savage assault or subtle suggestion, the minds of a wide range of people are vulnerable to its attack. Lust’s alluring voice can infiltrate the most intelligent mind and cause its victim to believe its lies and yield to its sultry appeal.

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