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For Daily Doubts
May 04, 2021 For Daily Doubts by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 20:27-28 He said to Thomas, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.” Thomas answered and said to Him, “MyRead More …
For Growing toward Maturity
May 03, 2021 For Growing toward Maturity by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Peter 3:8-12 Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless—that’s your job, to bless. You’ll be a blessing andRead More …
The Importance of Prayer
May 02, 2021 The Importance of Prayer by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant himRead More …
A Fire for Cold Hearts
May 01, 2021 A Fire for Cold Hearts by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Deuteronomy 8:11-14; Matthew 24:12; Revelation 2:4-5 It happened in a large, seventy-five-year-old stone house on the west side of Houston. A massive stairway led up to several bedrooms. The den down below was done in rough-hewn boards withRead More …
Spiritual Leadership
April 30, 2021 Spiritual Leadership by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Exodus 3:10-4:14; Amos 7:10-17; 2 Chronicles 16:9a; Ezekiel 22:30 Leadership is influence. To the extent we influence others, we lead them. If I were asked to name some of the standard qualities or characteristics usually found among natural-born leaders, I wouldRead More …
Songless Saints
April 29, 2021 Songless Saints by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Chronicles 16:7-36; Psalm 30:9; 100:2; 149:1-5; Luke 19:40 I was on a scriptural safari. Prowling through the Ephesian letter, I was tracking an elusive, totally unrelated verse when God’s sharp sword flashed, suddenly slicing me to the core. . . . speakingRead More …
Fear
April 28, 2021 Fear by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 27; 2 Timothy 1:7; Isaiah 51:12-16 We were rapidly descending through a night of thick fog at 200 miles per hour, but the seasoned pilot of the twin-engine Aero Commander was loving every dip, roll, and lurch. At one point heRead More …
Lifelines
April 27, 2021 Lifelines by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 4:1-19; Job 12:10-13; Proverbs 16:31 I’m writing these words [originally] soon after my birthday. No big deal . . . just another stabbing realization that I’m not getting any younger. I know that because the cake won’t hold all the candles. Even ifRead More …
Growing Old
April 26, 2021 Growing Old by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 16:31; Psalm 92:14; Isaiah 46:4; Titus 2:2-3 Growing old, like taxes, is a fact we all must face. Now, you’re not going to get me to declare when growing up stops and growing old starts—not on your life! But thereRead More …
Resentment
April 25, 2021 Resentment by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Timothy 2:24; Hebrews 12:14, 15; James 3:14-16; 1 John 2:9-11 Leo Held was a paragon of respectability. He was a middle-aged, hard-working lab technician who had worked at the same Pennsylvania paper mill for nineteen years. Having been a Boy ScoutRead More …
D5 Creation