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Just Be You
November 05, 2020 Just Be You by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Amos 7:14-15 THERE IS ONLY ONE YOU. In our overly-populated, identity-crisis era it is easy to forget this. Individuality is played down. We are asked to conform to the “system.” This results in what I’d like to call an imageRead More …
Growing Through Our Adversity
November 04, 2020 Growing Through Our Adversity James 1:2-4 What would happen if you approached a fork in the road and found two signs—one reading “Road of Comfort” and the other, “Road of Adversity”? Most of us would probably veer onto the path of comfort with a sigh of relief,Read More …
Focus on What Matters
November 04, 2020 Focus on What Matters by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Matthew 6:19-21 SHOPPING SEASON HAS ARRIVED! Admit it: you’re already on a roll! You’ve started swiping your credit card all over town hoping to get in on the early bird sales. And Black Friday is coming still! But inRead More …
Full of Grace and Truth
November 03, 2020 Full of Grace and Truth John 1:14-18 To gain a greater understanding of God’s grace, we need only look at Jesus, who was the personification of grace and truth. Both were perfectly displayed in Him, and neither was ever compromised in the slightest. With truth, Christ madeRead More …
Slowing Down before the Holidays
November 03, 2020 Slowing Down before the Holidays by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Ecclesiastes 11:8-9 APPOINTMENTS, ACTIVITIES, ASSIGNMENTS . . . demands, decisions, deadlines . . . schedules, services, seminars . . . plans, people, programs . . . STOP! Sit down and think. Think about your pace. How in the world did you get trapped inRead More …
A God of Grace
November 02, 2020 A God of Grace Ephesians 2:1-9 In all our attempts to know God, we must face the fact that ultimately He is beyond our understanding. From our perspective, His attributes may seem at odds with each other. For instance, He is a God of vengeance (Psalm 94:1)Read More …
The Gift of Admiration
November 02, 2020 The Gift of Admiration by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Acts 16:1-3 YEARS AGO, when I pastored in California, an usher met me as I was leaving the church. He had been involved in counting the morning offering. He smiled as he walked up to me, stuck out hisRead More …
A Covenant of Salt
November 01, 2020 A Covenant of Salt To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the Scripture referenced throughout. God made agreements with His people in many unusual ways—with stars (Gen. 15:5), a rainbow (Gen. 9:13-16), and even salt, which is mentioned three times inRead More …
Open to Change
November 01, 2020 Open to Change by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Corinthians 5:17 ALL OF US HAVE PRACTICED certain areas of wrong from our youth. It is a pattern of life that comes “second nature” to us. As a result, it strongly resists change. We gloss over our resistance withRead More …
God Is Good to All
October 31, 2020 God Is Good to All Psalm 118:1-4 God is good. We see evidence of this everywhere we look. We might wonder why good things happen to bad people, or why bad things happen to Christ followers. However, no matter how great our service to God, we areRead More …
D5 Creation