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Persistence Pays
October 25, 2020 Persistence Pays by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Philippians 1:6 PERSISTENCE IS A COSTLY INVESTMENT, no question about it. But the dividends are so much greater than the original outlay that you’ll almost forget the price. And if the final benefits are significant, you’ll wonder why you ever hesitatedRead More …
Tough Hides, Tender Hearts
October 24, 2020 Tough Hides, Tender Hearts by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Hosea 1:2 WHEN HOSEA MARRIED A PROSTITUTE, respect for him dropped to zero. “Small wonder he is listed first among the minor prophets,” some may sneer today. “He must have been a real loser.” Wrong again, O critic. HoseaRead More …
Take Heed Lest You Fall
October 23, 2020 Take Heed Lest You Fall by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Peter 5:5-8 OURS IS A DAY OF SUPERFICIALITY. If you can fake it, you’re often admired as being clever, not criticized for being phony. Mediocrity can mark the ministry just as overtly as it marks many ofRead More …
Hidden Saints
October 22, 2020 Hidden Saints by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Hebrews 11:35-38 HIDDEN SAINTS—HOW MANY THERE ARE! Not insignificant nor reluctant, just unknown to us. If we could see as our Father sees, I’m convinced we would be amazed at the size of His family. If the spiritual iceberg were suddenlyRead More …
Breaking Bad Habits
October 21, 2020 Breaking Bad Habits by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Corinthians 6:12 I USED TO BITE MY FINGERNAILS right down to the quick. I’d rip off those babies just as soon as the first signs of new growth would appear. For well over twenty years I carried around tenRead More …
Stay in the Kitchen
October 20, 2020 Stay in the Kitchen by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Joshua 1:9 NOT LONG AGO I was reading through Psalm 78 when my eye fell upon verse nine. I was intrigued by the strange stroke of the psalmist’s pen. See if you get the same vibes: The warriors ofRead More …
Letting Loose
October 19, 2020 Letting Loose by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Genesis 22:1-2 ARE YOU BETTER AT smothering than loving? That’s why you are blown away with the thought of relaxing your gargantuan grip on the things and people you love the most. Letting something precious go is, on occasion, unbearable. TheRead More …
Is It Can’t or Won’t?
October 18, 2020 Is It Can’t or Won’t? by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Philippians 4:13 DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU are the recipient of limitless ability . . . incredible strength? Just read a few familiar lines out of the Book, slowly for a change: “I can do everything through Christ, who givesRead More …
Being a Miracle
October 17, 2020 Being a Miracle by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 1:40-42 HER VOICE WAS WEAK and fearful as she spoke to me over the phone. It was almost midnight, and she kept apologizing . . . but she was so lonely and wanted someone to listen. I never got her nameRead More …
Watch Your Handoffs
October 16, 2020 Watch Your Handoffs by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Deuteronomy 6:6-9 FAMILY. The place where principles are hammered out on the anvil of daily living. Where character traits are molded and shaped under the watchful eyes of moms and dads. The batons in this relay are many. Determination. “StickRead More …
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