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Sheep, Not Cattle
October 06, 2020 Sheep, Not Cattle by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Luke 15:3-7 EVER GET THAT cattle-in-the-corral feeling? Sure you have. Whether it’s sitting in morning traffic or standing in a long check-out line at Walmart-it’s easy to feel as if you’re only a blip on the radar of some cosmicRead More …
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October 05, 2020 A Pattern for Praying God’s Will Colossians 1:9-14 Paul’s prayer for the church at Colossae is an example of what God desires to do in every believer’s life. Although the Lord wants to hear about our physical and material concerns, we should also bring our spiritual needsRead More …
Considering Life
October 05, 2020 Considering Life by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Psalm 90:4-6, 10 SNAP A TELESCOPIC LENS ON your perspective for the next few minutes. Pull yourself up close enough to see the real you. Pore over your own pores. Study what you see. Like a physician giving you a physical.Read More …
Remaining Faithful in Persecution
October 04, 2020 Remaining Faithful in Persecution To get the most out of this devotion, set aside time to read the Scripture referenced throughout. Early Christians were arrested, tortured, and even executed for refusing to worship the Roman emperor and his gods. Perhaps Caesar would have spared their lives ifRead More …
Praying for Others
October 04, 2020 Praying for Others by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Ephesians 6:19-20 IF WE HAD THE unusual opportunity to spend a day talking to the apostles, men like Paul, Peter, James, and John, I think they’d emphasize an oft-spoken discipline—but one that’s rarely deployed in our lives: praying for others.Read More …
Responding to Life’s Trials
October 03, 2020 Responding to Life’s Trials 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 How do you respond when faced with a sizable problem for which there seems to be no solution? After considering all angles and seeing no way out, do you panic or sink into despair? Believers in Jesus Christ should rememberRead More …
A Handwritten Note
October 03, 2020 A Handwritten Note by Pastor Chuck Swindoll 2 Thessalonians 3:17 THERE IS NOTHING QUITE like the charm and personal touch conveyed in a handwritten note. Since our penmanship, like our fingerprint, is altogether unique, each curve of the letter or stroke of the pen bears its ownRead More …
Why We Can Trust God
October 02, 2020 Why We Can Trust God Romans 11:33-36 What situations cause you to doubt God? Do fears come because the future seems uncertain? Are hardships a challenge since they make the Lord appear unkind? Or perhaps your expectations and dreams have come crashing down, and it seems GodRead More …
Fighting the Fast Fade
October 02, 2020 Fighting the Fast Fade by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Mark 4:3-5, 7 AS YOU WAVED GOOD-BYE TO your friends at church last Sunday, what mental darts were left stuck in the target of your thinking? Can you remember those pointed challenges from the preacher who stood before youRead More …
Trusting God’s Love for Us
October 01, 2020 Trusting God’s Love for Us Romans 5:1-11 When facing painful trials, we may be tempted to doubt God’s love for us—especially if we think peace and happiness are proof His love and trouble is not. In today’s passage, Paul helps us see God’s purpose for difficulties inRead More …
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