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Living under the Cloud of Guilt
October 31, 2021 Living under the Cloud of Guilt by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 32:1-11 Your conscience may be invisible but it is certainly not inactive! Who hasn’t been kept awake by its pleadings? With incredible regularity, an unforgiven conscience can rob us of an appetite, steal our sleep, andRead More …
Choose Joy
October 30, 2021 Choose Joy by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 15:13, 15 It’s no secret that I love to laugh. Laughter filled my childhood home, and I hope my children remember their early years as cheerful. I am convinced the Lord has a great sense of humor and that HeRead More …
Waiting on God
October 29, 2021 Waiting on God Psalm 27:14 David’s cry for help doesn’t end with an account of God’s sudden and miraculous provision. Instead, the songwriter committed to doing what comes least naturally to people in fear. He committed to doing nothing. He chose to wait on God. Read that again—aloud.Read More …
A Tool for Good
October 28, 2021 A Tool for Good Proverbs 10:11, 20–21 We continue today our examination of constructive speech. While the tongue can cause great damage to relationships and even entire communities, wise use of speech can strengthen relationships and unite people behind divine truth. Preachers, teachers, and evangelists possess this soberingRead More …
Seeking God’s Help
October 27, 2021 Seeking God’s Help by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 27:7-12 While David’s first response to fear wasn’t a panicked plea for help, he didn’t live in denial. He merely chose to celebrate God’s power and to recall His past triumphs. Eventually, however, David did ask the Lord forRead More …
Friendly Wounds
October 26, 2021 Friendly Wounds by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 25:11-12; 15:23 As we continue to examine the five kinds of constructive speech noted in the book of Proverbs, we must accept that not all constructive speech is pleasant. In fact, the most helpful use of the tongue can beRead More …
Facing Fear with a Song of Faith
October 25, 2021 Facing Fear with a Song of Faith by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 27:4-6 When fear has us in its icy grip, we quickly turn toward self-preservation. We hope to avoid loss, escape pain, or cheat death. Not David! His composition, preserved for us as Psalm 27, givesRead More …
Wise Words
October 24, 2021 Wise Words by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 15:2, 7 Solomon considered both the negative and positive uses of the tongue: The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable, But the mouth of fools spouts folly. (Proverbs 15:2) The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the heartsRead More …
Facing Fear with Praise
October 23, 2021 Facing Fear with Praise by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 27:1-3 As David faced his fears and expressed them to God in Psalm 27, he began with worship, celebrating the power and faithfulness of his God. Declaration of Praise The key to the entire song is verse 1.Read More …
A Positive Turn
October 22, 2021 A Positive Turn by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 10:31-32 Solomon said so much about the tongue it’s impossible to digest all that wisdom in one week. And because this slippery little fellow we call the tongue gives us so much trouble so often, it’s fitting that weRead More …
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