January 09, 2022 Cultivate Relationship with God by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 100:3-4 Psalm 100 is an extended command to worship the Lord, giving specific instructions to follow. The first three commands in 100:1–2 are directly related to cultivating a spirit of joy. The next four call for our responseRead More …

January 08, 2022 Adversity versus Prosperity by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 24:10 Whether or not you realize it, life is a perpetual struggle to maintain balance between various opposing forces. Over the next few days, we will examine some common extremes that threaten to pull us off balance. The firstRead More …

January 07, 2022 Choose Joy by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 100:1-2 Psalm 100 wastes no time with preliminaries. Rather than try to convince the reader to praise the Lord for His goodness and our many blessings, the composer issues three commands in the first two verses. The Commands Shout joyfullyRead More …

January 06, 2022 Unbalanced by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 24:10 The longer I live, the more I realize how easily a routine can become a rut and how quickly priorities can become obsessions. Last week we examined the grind of laziness and discovered ways to avoid becoming a sluggard. ButRead More …

January 05, 2022 Abundance without Gratitude by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 100:1-5 While we have experienced financial ups and downs in the last century—some of them significant—we nevertheless benefit from an unprecedented level of abundance. Never in human history have so many people lived in the kind of comfort andRead More …

January 04, 2022 No Follow-Through by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 22:13; 26:13-14 A young fellow entered a convenience store and asked to use the phone. The manager overheard his side of the conversation as he asked, “Sir, could you use a hardworking, honest young man to work for you?” (pause)Read More …

January 03, 2022 A Tactical Advantage by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 91:11-16 Having predicted your success in battle against the attacks of the devil (Psalm 91:5–10), this Psalm continues with several commitments from the Lord. He has promised to give you a tactical advantage, which the songwriter enumerates in theRead More …

January 02, 2022 All Take, No Give by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 18:9; 26:16 In our study of what the book of Proverbs says about laziness, we have discovered two unpleasant character traits common to sluggards. We have also considered practical ways to address these flaws. Today, we learn howRead More …

January 01, 2022 Claiming Refuge in God by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 91:5-10 In Psalm 91:1–4, the songwriter has acknowledged the Lord as his refuge when under attack by the forces of evil. Now in 91:5–10, he sizes up his enemy and calculates his (and our) chances of surviving theRead More …

December 31, 2021 Big Talk by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 13:4; 26:15 Solomon and the wise men of Israel identified six characteristics of a sluggard. Our responsibility is to identify these faulty traits, examine ourselves to see if they have taken root in us, and then counter them with specificRead More …