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Investing Your Time
June 05, 2021 Investing Your Time Ephesians 5:7-17 Time is a most valuable commodity. Since it’s irreversible and irreplaceable, we ought to give careful consideration to how we spend our days—and even our minutes. Time is a gift from God, which means we aren’t owners but stewards who will oneRead More …
Commitment
June 05, 2021 Commitment by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 21:20-22 People of excellence are those who see through the clutching greed of our times—people who have declared their undivided allegiance to Christ’s message, people who have humbled themselves to Christ’s sovereign authority. If you are greatly gifted, you may beRead More …
Our Financial Security
June 04, 2021 Our Financial Security Deuteronomy 8 When you look at your paycheck, do you think of it as your hard-earned money? It’s tempting to view money as a result of our own efforts, but this perspective encourages us to act as if all our resources belong to usRead More …
Optimism
June 04, 2021 Optimism by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 31:24 Vision—the one essential ingredient for being an original in a day of copies—gets lost, overwhelmed by the odds. Too bad! We start focusing on the trouble. Then we start comparing the odds. The result is predictable: We become intimidated andRead More …
God’s Rightful Share
June 03, 2021 God’s Rightful Share Malachi 3:8-12 The prophet Malachi issued a warning to the Israelites about their unacceptable stewardship. By not following God’s principles in handling the resources He had provided to them, they were robbing Him of their tithes. Since we too are given resources from theRead More …
Flexibility
June 03, 2021 Flexibility by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Acts 16:6-10 Are you open to change? People who make a difference can be stretched, pulled, pushed, and changed. You heard it from me: traditionalism is an old dragon, bad about squeezing the very life out of its victims. So never stopRead More …
Experiencing God’s Best
June 02, 2021 Experiencing God’s Best Isaiah 30:1-22 We all want the Father’s best for our life, but sometimes we get in His way. That was certainly the case with Israel. Today’s passage from Isaiah begins, “‘Woe to the rebellious children,’ declares the Lord, ‘Who execute a plan, but notRead More …
Integrity
June 02, 2021 Integrity by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 15:1-2 If some corporate position is the god of your life, then something terrible occurs within when it is no longer a future possibility. If your career, however, is simply a part of God’s plan and you keep it in properRead More …
God’s Good Plans
June 01, 2021 God’s Good Plans Jeremiah 29:4-14 Has your life turned out as you expected? We would probably all have to answer no to that question. Only God knows the future and the plans He has for us. But even though we face unexpected disappointments and hardships, there isRead More …
Ethics
June 01, 2021 Ethics by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Peter 2:20; 3:17 We need heroes. I mean genuine heroes, authentic men and women who are admired for their achievements, noble qualities, and courage. Such people aren’t afraid to be different. They risk. They stand a cut above. Yet they areRead More …
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