A Clear Conscience
You're responsible for telling a person the truth, but it is impossible to make him change his opinion.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
You're responsible for telling a person the truth, but it is impossible to make him change his opinion.
Hey, who knows whom you could persuade if you walked with God? Few things are more infectious than a godly lifestyle.
Friends give each other complete freedom to be themselves. When you've got a friend that close, that knitted to your own soul, you don't have to explain why you do what you do. You just do it, and your friend understands.
I tire of hearing that the Christian life is just one silver-lined cloud after another—we're always soaring. Not so! Sometimes the Christian life includes a deep, dark cave.
As I look at this time in David's life, I cannot help but reflect upon Jesus and His coming from the glories of heaven to accept a bunch of malcontents and sinners like us.
Sometimes when you're in the cave, you don't want others around. Sometimes you just can't stand to be with people.
The Bible is so practical, isn't it? Jealousy is a deadly sin, and the suspicion of Saul shackled him in its prison.
A person who is wise (who prospers) knows how to keep his mouth shut. He can keep confidences when people say, "Look, don't share that."
Intimate friends are rare in life. Often we have only one, occasionally two, usually not more than three in our entire lives. There's something about an intimate friend that causes your souls to be knit together. It's what we call a kindred spirit.
Intimidation. That's our MAJOR battle when we face giants. When they intimidate us, we get tongue-tied. Our thoughts get confused. We forget how to pray. We focus on the odds against us. We forget whom we represent, and we stand there with our knees knocking. I wonder what God must think, when all the while He has promised us, "My power is available. There's no one on this earth greater. You trust Me."