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Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge

January 12, 2022 Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Proverbs 16:16, 22 Solomon and the wise men of Israel regarded wisdom, understanding, and knowledge as worthy pursuits in life. In fact, given the choice between wisdom and material wealth, they opted for wisdom, hands down. For them, clearRead More …

The Key to God’s Redemptive Mission

The Key to God’s Redemptive Mission May they all be one, as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be one in Us, so the world may believe You sent Me.—John 17:21 God often speaks of human relationships as a part of His missionRead More …

Thoughts for the Quiet Hour

January 11 Count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. James 1:2. We cannot be losers by trusting God, for He is honored by faith, and most honored when faith discerns His love and truth behind a thick cloud of His ways and providence. Happy those who areRead More …

Every Day with Jesus Daily Bible

January 11 Genesis 21:22-23:20 Psalm 7:9-17 Proverbs 1:32-33 Matthew 8:5-27 A Little-Known Sin The One who examines the thoughts and emotions is a righteous God.—Psalm 7:9 Focusing only on correcting obvious sin (sins of behavior) without understanding what it means to deal with the issues of the heart will bringRead More …

Daily Light on the Daily Path

JANUARY 11 MORNING Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion. Psalm 65:1 To us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. — All men should honourRead More …

Daily Strength for Daily Needs

January 11 I will be glad, and rejoice in Thy mercy: for Thou hast considered my trouble; Thou hast known my soul in adversities.—Psalm 31:7. Nay, all by Thee is ordered, chosen, planned; Each drop that fills my daily cup Thy hand Prescribes, for ills none else can understand: All,Read More …

A Place to Settle

January 11 Reading 11 A Place to Settle Genesis 33-36 “I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone” (Gen. 35:3). At last Jacob returned not only to Canaan, but home. His 20Read More …

Don’t Rob God

January 11. Don’t Rob God Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, ‘Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. I was on my way to church one Sunday morning and three young boys were riding in an open jeep. TwoRead More …

Daily help

If any one should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say, it is in that one word—”prayer.” If I should be asked, “What will take in the whole of Christian experience?” I should answer “prayer.” A man must have been convinced of sin before heRead More …

Streams in the Desert

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.” (Isa. 40:1.) STORE up comfort. This was the prophet’s mission. The world is full of comfortless hearts, and ere thou art sufficient for this lofty ministry, thou must be trained. And thy training is costly in the extreme; for, to renderRead More …