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Staying Alert
February 23, 2021 Staying Alert by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 12:29-30 YOUR MIND IS A MUSCLE. It needs to be stretched to stay sharp. It needs to be prodded and pushed to perform. Let it get idle and lazy on you, and that muscle will become a pitiful mass ofRead More …
A Passion to Obey
February 22, 2021 A Passion to Obey Romans 6:16-23 A passion to obey God doesn’t come naturally. Salvation may spark love and a desire to please Him, but a passionate fire is built slowly from the timbers of spiritual knowledge, faith, and devotion. Obedience usually begins with a fear ofRead More …
Removing Sin
February 22, 2021 Removing Sin by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Romans 2:1-4 EVER FEEL WORN OUT BY the spinning of your wheels in the muck of sin? Are you fatigued from fighting the battle against your dark nature? Do you sometimes feel like throwing up your hands and surrendering to theRead More …
Sunday Reflection: Trust in the Lord
February 21, 2021 Sunday Reflection: Trust in the Lord To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the Scripture referenced throughout. In looking back at your Christian journey so far, when did you experience the most spiritual growth? For many of us, it was duringRead More …
God’s Control
February 21, 2021 God’s Control by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Daniel 4:35 DAWSON TROTMAN, founder of the Navigators, an organization discipling and mentoring ministry leaders around the world, drowned while saving a swimmer from certain death. Eyewitnesses tell of the tears and helpless disbelief in the faces of those who nowRead More …
Bigger God, Smaller Problems
February 20, 2021 Bigger God, Smaller Problems Jeremiah 32:17-22 No one enjoys illness, conflicts, or difficulties. Such stressors tend to demand attention and drain energy, narrowing our focus until our troubles become larger and all else is pushed to the side. What we need at such times is a glimpseRead More …
Forever Discontented
February 20, 2021 Forever Discontented by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Luke 12:17-21 PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, greed is an inordinate desire for more, an excessive, unsatisfied hunger to possess. Like an untamed beast, greed grasps, claws, reaches, clutches, and clings—stubbornly refusing to surrender. The word enough is not in this beast’s vocabulary. AkinRead More …
When We Don’t Understand
February 19, 2021 When We Don’t Understand Job 23 Starting at a very early age, children will repeatedly ask their parents the question Why? And this desire for reasons isn’t something we outgrow. As adults, especially during dark times when we cannot figure out what the Lord is doing, weRead More …
Stuck in the Past
February 19, 2021 Stuck in the Past by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Hebrews 4:15-16 PERHAPS YOU’RE FIGHTING an inner battle with a ghost from the past. The specter of a previous hurt haunts your mind and steals your peace. Before you surrender your case as hopeless, consider the liberating evidence ofRead More …
The Power of Consistency
February 18, 2021 The Power of Consistency Daniel 6 We live in a noncommittal world, where perseverance is all too rare. If a job is difficult or boring, people often think, Why not find another one? Or when a marriage becomes unhappy, many wonder, Should I be with someone else?Read More …
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