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God’s Word the Cure
February 08, 2022 God’s Word the Cure by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 119:98-100 As I glance over Psalm 119:98–100, I see three benefits gained by those who absorb the Word: wisdom, insight, and understanding. Wisdom is the ability to look at life and its difficulties from God’s point of view.Read More …
Surrender Your Rights
February 07, 2022 Surrender Your Rights by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 24:19-20 If we accept that resentment is poisonous to the soul and that God demands we dispose of it, the next question is obvious: How? How can we rid ourselves of this toxic attitude? Here’s where God’s Word comesRead More …
A Lack of Knowledge
February 06, 2022 A Lack of Knowledge by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 119:98-100 Sometimes the grind of low enthusiasm results from not having sufficient knowledge to address life’s difficulties. While additional training in management or finances or parenting or vocational skills can certainly help, all knowledge must be built uponRead More …
Poison to the Soul
February 05, 2022 Poison to the Soul by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 24:17-18 I think Sir Francis Bacon had the right idea when he wrote, “Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. . . . Certainly, inRead More …
A Spiritual Problem
February 04, 2022 A Spiritual Problem by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 119:97-100 The psalmist’s lengthy poem about the Word of God holds the keys to regaining enthusiasm. Psalm 119 helps to identify issues that drag us down so we can address them with wisdom from above. After all, a lackRead More …
Hope for the Hopeless
February 03, 2022 Hope for the Hopeless by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Corinthians 10:13 I am not foolish enough to suggest that within a week’s time anyone could be free of an addiction or compulsion. While a few people tell of overnight transformations, these are the exception, not the norm.Read More …
Needing More
February 02, 2022 Needing More by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 119:1-8 Interesting word, enthusiasm. It’s derived from two Greek terms, en (meaning “in”) and theos (meaning “God”), carrying the idea of being inspired. In the original sense of the word, a person was so overtaken with the presence of God,Read More …
Addiction’s Downward Spiral
February 01, 2022 Addiction’s Downward Spiral by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 23:33-35 The problem of addiction goes beyond the abuse of alcohol or drugs. Addictions can develop out of virtually any substance or compulsive behavior. Very often people turn to certain behaviors because they find temporary relief from emotional pain.Read More …
From the Depths to the Heights
January 31, 2022 From the Depths to the Heights by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 116:3-17 In just a few verses, the songwriter of Psalm 116 has climbed from the utter depths of grief and sorrow to the heights of praising God. His journey undoubtedly took many months, however. The songRead More …
A Deadly Substitute
January 30, 2022 A Deadly Substitute by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 23:29-32 Yesterday we discussed wine and strong drink. The chief concern of Solomon and the wise men was not the substance we call alcohol, but addiction to alcohol or the compulsion to drink it. The same concern exists forRead More …
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