Magnificent Relief
Like a cool, cleansing shower on a hot, sweaty day, God's forgiveness washes away not only sins but their tormenting guilt.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Like a cool, cleansing shower on a hot, sweaty day, God's forgiveness washes away not only sins but their tormenting guilt.
We are a success-saturated society. The telltale signs are everywhere. Each year dozens of books and magazines, scores of videos, and hundreds of seminars offer ideas, motivation, techniques, and promises of prosperity.
God promises if you sow bountifully, you will reap bountifully. So give! Give abundantly! Even extravagant giving is honoured by God.
Sir Winston Churchill...offered the best definition of success I've ever read: "Success is moving from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."...
The good news is God will hear and He will help. The bad news is this: If you wait for someone else to bring about a change, things will only deteriorate.
Someone who is truly unselfish is generous with his or her time and possessions, energy and money. As that works its way out, it is demonstrated in various ways, such as thoughtfulness and gentleness, an unpretentious spirit, and servant-hearted leadership.
It takes time to cultivate a walk with the Lord that begins to flow naturally because the enemy is so much more assertive and powerful than we...and so creative, so full of new ideas on how to derail us and demoralize us.
Instead of always thinking about receiving, we'll start looking for ways to give. Instead of holding grudges against those who offend us, we'll be anxious to forgive.
Under heaven's lock and key, we are protected by the most efficient security system available—the power of God.
David didn't seek success; he simply humbled himself under the mighty hand of God, staying close to the Lord and submitting himself to Him.