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

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When Christ Is Central

Date:
June 16, 2025

Read Philippians 1:3–6

Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. (Philippians 1:3–6)

When Christ becomes our central focus—our reason for existence—contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities. This cannot help but impact three of the most prevalent joy stealers in all of life.

To Live Is Christ

Date:
June 15, 2025

Read Philippians 1:19–20

For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance. For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. (Philippians 1:19–20)

Everyday Saints

Date:
June 14, 2025

Read Philippians 1:6

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. (Philippians 1:6)

Interestingly, Philippians is a letter from servants to saints. “Paul and Timothy...to all the saints in Christ Jesus in Philippi, including overseers and deacons” (Philippians 1:1 NASB). Today we might say, “to pastors and deacons” or to “elders and deacons.”

Set the Sail for Joy

Date:
June 13, 2025

Read Philippians 1:6, 21–22

For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better. But if I life, I can do more fruitful work for Christ. So I really don't know which is better. (Philippians 1:21–22)

Joy Is a Choice

Date:
June 12, 2025

Read John 15:11

I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! (John 15:11)

God is no distant deity but a constant reality, a very present help whenever needs occur. So? So live like it. And laugh like it! Paul did. While he lived, he drained every drop of joy out of every day that passed. How do I know? This little letter to the Philippians says so as we see in the chapters of Philippians.

Handling Hardships

Date:
June 11, 2025

Read Philippians 4:10; 2 Corinthians 11:23–28; Acts 28:30

For I have learned to be content with whatever I have.(Philippians 4:10)

Excellence

Date:
June 10, 2025

A commitment to excellence is neither popular nor easy. But it is essential. Excellence in integrity and morality as well as ethics and scholarship. Excellence in physical fitness and spiritual fervour just as much as excellence in relationships and craftsmanship.

Lifestyle

Date:
June 9, 2025

This negative mindset leads to incredible feelings of anxiety. Surround most people with enough negatives and I can guarantee the result: fear, resentment, and anger. Negative information plus hostile thinking equals anxiety.

Contentment

Date:
June 8, 2025

Let's take a brief look at greed. Practically speaking, greed is an inordinate desire for more, an excessive, unsatisfied hunger to possess. Like an untamed beast, greed grasps, claws, reaches, clutches, and clings—stubbornly refusing to surrender.

Distinction

Date:
June 7, 2025

The essential question isn't difficult to state: How can I, a person who has absorbed so many years of mediocre thinking, change? How can I, like a caterpillar, move from squirming in the dirt to enjoying the sweet nectar in God's creation?

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