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

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Receiving Knowledge

Date:
August 3, 2024

Read Acts 17:10–12

Slice it any way you wish, ignorance is not bliss. Dress it in whatever garb you please, ignorance is not attractive. Neither is it the mark of humility nor the path to spirituality. It certainly is not the companion of wisdom. On the contrary, it is the breeding ground for fear, prejudice, and superstition...the feeding trough for unthinking animals...the training field for slaves. Yet it remains the favourite plea of the guilty, the excuse of the lazy, even the Christian’s rationalization for immaturity.

Turn Aside to See

Date:
August 1, 2024

Read Exodus 3:1–3

Legend has it that there was once a sign along an Alaskan highway that brought a smile to many a motorist:

Choose your rut carefully—

You’ll be in it for the next 200 miles. 

Who’s Imitating You?

Date:
July 31, 2024

Read 1 Corinthians 4:14–17

Who is it the Lord has used to model His message and challenge you to change, to shake off that tendency to settle for less than your full potential, to stretch and pursue and conquer new territory you once never dreamed possible? All of us can name at least one individual, can’t we?

Four characteristics are usually found in those who impact our lives:

Be Joyful!

Date:
July 29, 2024

Read Philippians 4:4–8

I know, I know...this is a rotten world. And some people just can’t be trusted. And con men (and women) and phonies and charlatans are out there, ready to rip us off. Even Jesus counselled His men before their solo flights into ministry to be “shrewd as snakes” (Matthew 10:16). Good, sound advice, since there are a lot of hungry wolves out there. I’ve learned over the years, however, that cynicism can quickly set in, bringing only heartache and bitterness. God offers us a better way:

Echoes

Date:
July 28, 2024

Read Luke 6:31, 36–37

A young boy lived with his grandfather on the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps. Often, just to hear his voice echoing back to him, he would go outside, cup his hands around his mouth, and shout, “HELLO!” Up from the canyons it reverberated over and over, “HELLO...HELLO...hello...hello...hello...”

A Source of All Comfort

Date:
July 27, 2024

Read 2 Corinthians 1:3–7

With an eerie simplicity, George Barnard Shaw wrote:

The statistics on death are quite impressive. One out of one people die.

The Next Generation

Date:
July 26, 2024

If you have children, share your past mistakes with them and help them learn from your failures. They won’t think less of you; they’ll admire your authenticity. They will feel closer to you.

Believing God’s Promises

Date:
July 25, 2024

People who live by faith don’t focus on actuaries and statistics. When God says, “Go!” people of faith don’t waste time calculating the odds. They obey God’s instructions and refuse to live on the edge of fear.

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