Taking Responsibility
The first step toward softening a seared conscience is taking responsibility for one's own personal guilt.
Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
The first step toward softening a seared conscience is taking responsibility for one's own personal guilt.
With authority comes the need for accountability. With popularity comes the need for humility. With prosperity comes the need for integrity.
God guided the writer of Genesis to reveal the truth about most every area of Joseph's colourful life.
During the waiting period, trust God without panic.
The God of Joseph will stay beside us during the dungeon days; He will not forsake or forget us.
If God was in it, God would do it. That's precisely what happened here. God was in it, and God did it.
You know why Joseph could be so humble and speak so openly? Because his heart had been broken. Because he had been tried by the fire of affliction.
That's what it's like when you're in a period of waiting. Nothing's happening! Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
God is good, Jesus Christ is real—your present circumstances notwithstanding. My prayer is that He will do for you what He did for Joseph.
One of the beautiful things about the right attitude is that, with it, every day has sunshine.