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Hope for the Weary
December 15, 2020 Hope for the Weary by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Isaiah 50:4 MANY YEARS AGO, my brother, Orville, introduced a hymn to me I’d not heard before. Its moving strains often accompany me as I drive or walk in solitude or return late from a day of demands. ArtRead More …
Cry Out to the Lord
December 14, 2020 Cry Out to the Lord Psalm 107:23-32 Like the sailors in today’s passage, at some point you will hit great turbulence in your life. Perhaps you are currently experiencing a storm with no end in sight. Your situation may be so serious that you wonder how you’llRead More …
Tears at Christmas
December 14, 2020 Tears at Christmas by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 6:8 I’VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO know that sometimes Christmas hurts. And when words fail, tears flow. In some remarkable way, our complex inner-communication system knows when to admit its verbal limitations and signal its need for assistance. It’sRead More …
Sunday Reflection: A Light to Your Path
December 13, 2020 Sunday Reflection: A Light to Your Path To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the Scripture referenced throughout. Electric lamps weren’t invented until the 1800s, so traveling in the first century at night would have been precarious. To navigate in theRead More …
Make a Difference at Christmas
December 13, 2020 Make a Difference at Christmas by Pastor Chuck Swindoll John 1:14 SOMEBODY COPIED THIS piece from a well-worn carbon in the billfold of a thirty-year veteran missionary. She and her husband were on their way to another tour of duty in Sudan. No one seems to knowRead More …
Ending Habitual Sin
December 12, 2020 Ending Habitual Sin Ephesians 6:10-17 In the old testament, a stronghold was a place of safety and protection from enemy attack. We frequently see the term used to describe God in David’s writings—as, for example, in Psalm 18:2, Psalm 31:2, and Psalm 59:16. A stronghold is alsoRead More …
A New Thing
December 12, 2020 A New Thing by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Isaiah 43:19 THOUGH I HAVE WALKED WITH God for several decades, I must confess I still find much about Him incomprehensible and mysterious. But this much I know: He delights in surprising us. How important it is for us toRead More …
The Changing Battle of Faith
December 11, 2020 The Changing Battle of Faith James 1:2-8 Have you ever felt as if your Christian life swings back and forth like a pendulum between faith and doubt? This is a fairly common problem, especially in trying situations. Although you know what God’s Word says, your feelings mayRead More …
Season of Obedience
December 11, 2020 Season of Obedience by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 1 Samuel 15:22-23 SAMUEL WAS NOT IMPRESSED. Having discovered that the self-reliant king had once again disobeyed God’s command, the exasperated prophet rebuked the stubborn king as few men in Scripture were rebuked: What is more pleasing to the LORD:Read More …
Confidence Amidst Distress
December 10, 2020 Confidence Amidst Distress Psalm 46 It seems as if the world today is constantly changing. This might cause us to be filled with anxiety unless we remember that “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1). Disturbing times should remind usRead More …
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