Envy, Part One
Jealousy is coarse and cruel. Envy is sneaky and subtle. Jealousy clutches and smothers. Envy is forever reaching, longing, squinting, thinking (and saying) sinister insinuations.
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Written by Chuck Swindoll, these encouraging devotional thoughts are published seven days per week.
Keeping Confidences
The longer I live, the more I realize the scarcity of people who can be fully trusted with confidential information. The longer I live, the more I value those rare souls who fall into that category!
Cheating
Stop lying to yourself, first, then to others, second. Honestly admit that cheating is self-deception, that the biggest loss is suffered by you, not by others.
Apprehension
Apprehension. It’s as American as a Chevy or TV dinners. And it’s strange. Apprehension is a notch or two above worry, but it feels like its twin.
Being Wanted, Part Two
Scriptural justification for this? Yes, indeed. In fact, the entire New Testament is filled with such directives. Of course, it’s easy to miss them when we are blinded by the most common disease known to humankind: selfishness.
Being Wanted, Part One
Chances are very good, in fact, that there are those in your church fellowship who feel unwanted, forgotten, unloved (and unlovely!)—and are more lonely than words can express.
Of Parrots and Eagles, Part Two
As we discussed yesterday, the church is overrun with parrots and virtually devoid of eagles. Too harsh? You decide.
Of Parrots and Eagles, Part One
Parrot people are much different than eagle thinkers. They like to stay in the same cage, pick over the same pan full of seeds, and listen to the same words over and over again until they can say them with ease.
Idols, Part Two
We can make an idol out of anything or anyone in life. A church building can become an idol to us, when all the while it is simply a place to meet and worship our Lord—nothing more. Your child can become your idol...in subtle ways you can so adore that little one that your whole life revolves around the child.
Idols, Part One
It happens today. You can make an idol out of anything or anyone in life. Often it’s the good things that slither up unnoticed, and soon you discover that they have first place in your heart.
