It Is Finished
If we are declared 99.9 per cent righteous, some verses of the Bible would have to be rewritten.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
If we are declared 99.9 per cent righteous, some verses of the Bible would have to be rewritten.
Some of the most profound ministries of the Spirit of God are not public or loud or large. Sometimes His most meaningful touch on our lives comes when we are all alone.
Just remember: Whatever is in first place, if it isn't Christ alone, it is in the wrong place.
You may have known brokenness, hurt, and insecurity since your earliest days—but please hear me on this: You were not an accident.
Henri Nouwen called solitude..."the furnace of transformation." This doesn't refer to mere personal privacy for a 12-second pit stop where we get a quick fix to re-enter the race.
Let me give you a simple tip: We cannot be right with God until we are right with others.
If you put on a pair of clean white gloves on a rainy day and then go out into the backyard to the flowerbed and pick up a glob of mud, trust me, the mud will never get "glovey."
In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life. When we forget that, a strange thing happens: We start treating people like inconveniences instead of assets.
Whenever you see the scriptural phrase "This is the will of God," you know for sure that's God's will. You also know that to disobey is to break His Word.
You have reason to give thanks. You don't have to qualify yourself for His kingdom. His grace has rescued you.