The Value of Confidentiality
Can you? Be honest, now. When privileged information passes through one of the gates of your senses, does it remain within the walls of your mind? Or is it only a matter of time before a leak occurs?
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Can you? Be honest, now. When privileged information passes through one of the gates of your senses, does it remain within the walls of your mind? Or is it only a matter of time before a leak occurs?
Cheating is only the beginning. All sin carries a form of self-deception, robbing us of the wonder and joy of freedom in Christ.
Apprehension is impressive until determination that has been commissioned by the King of kings pulls rank on it and forces it to salute.
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.
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?
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.
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.
You see, our Saviour came to give us the truth and set us free. Superstition, although prompted by sincerity, is no sure foundation. Christ is.
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.
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!