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Sunday Listening, Part Two
June 20, 2022 Sunday Listening, Part Two by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 3:1-10 We’ve been talking about the essential skill of listening, particularly as it relates to Sunday sermons. I asked you to come up with some ideas on what can be done by the listener (not the preacher)Read More …
When God Says No
When God Says No And he killed James, John’s brother, with the sword. When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread.—Acts 12:2–3a Can you accept God’s will when His answer is no? If you are praying in God’sRead More …
Matthew 1:18-25
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet didRead More …
Thoughts for the Quiet Hour
Whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:27. There is always the shadow of the cross resting upon the Christian’s path. Is that a reason why you should avoid or not undertake the duty? Have you made up your mind that youRead More …
Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible
June 19 1 Kings 12:12-13:34 Psalm 73:21-28 Proverbs 16:3-4 John 19:25-42 Is There an Answer? Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand. You guide me with Your counsel.—Psalm 73:23-24 A devoted Christian man I knew married a widow who had a teenage son. The son wasRead More …
Daily Light on the Daily Path
JUNE 19 MORNING Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Hebrews 2:14 Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. — There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth. — There is no spot in thee. Ye shall beRead More …
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
June 19 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul.—Psalm 121:7. Under Thy wings, my God, I rest, Under Thy shadow safely lie; By Thy own strength in peace possessed, While dreaded evils pass me by. A. L. WARING. A heart rejoicing in God delightsRead More …
Evaluation Time
June 19. Evaluation Time Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. These virgins all appeared to be alive. But at the showdown, the difference will be known. We may all look alike just now; we all act like Christians; we all sit like we’ve been bornRead More …
Daily Help
Pray God to send a few men with what the Americans call “grit” in them; men, who when they know a thing to be right, will not turn away, or turn aside, or stop; men who will persevere all the more because there are difficulties to meet or foes toRead More …
Streams in the Desert
“Bread corn is bruised.” (Isa. 28:28.) MANY of us cannot be used to become food for the world’s hunger until we are broken in Christ’s hands. “Bread corn is bruised.” Christ’s blessing ofttimes means sorrow, but even sorrow is not too great a price to pay for the privilege ofRead More …
D5 Creation