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Grace was never meant to stop with you. The same favor that set you free is meant to spill over into how you talk to you...
10/28/2026

Grace was never meant to stop with you. The same favor that set you free is meant to spill over into how you talk to your coworkers, how you respond to your kids, and how you treat the driver who just cut you off. Where could you be an agent of grace this week?

10/26/2026

Few things are more intimidating than standing up in front of the people who taught you.

For four years, Chuck Swindoll sat as close as he could to his professors, hoping some of their greatness might rub off. Years later, two of those same men, Dr. Howard Hendricks and Dr. Stanley Toussaint, became elders at the church Chuck pastored and sat in the congregation when he preached.

Chuck's advice to himself was simple: just be who you are. His former teachers turned out to be some of his greatest encouragers.

Looking back, Chuck sees it as something only God's grace could have made happen.

Visit https://bit.ly/4BokmZU to watch the full conversation.

10/26/2026

If you’ve ever felt the weight of someone else’s rules, you’re not alone.

Many believers have lived under constant pressure to measure up, and it can quietly drain the joy out of faith. Chuck Swindoll offers a reminder: that heaviness was never what Jesus wanted for you.

His invitation is life, liberty, and joy.

Bitterness promises to protect you. Instead, it quietly takes years from your life. So don't wait. Do your forgiving now...
10/26/2026

Bitterness promises to protect you. Instead, it quietly takes years from your life. So don't wait. Do your forgiving now, before the hurt settles in and starts calling the shots. Forgiveness isn't saying it didn't matter. It's refusing to let it own you. Who came to mind as you read this?

Maybe you've tried turning over a new leaf before, and it didn't last. Real change doesn't start with more effort. It st...
10/25/2026

Maybe you've tried turning over a new leaf before, and it didn't last. Real change doesn't start with more effort. It starts with receiving something. Jesus Christ offers complete forgiveness, and with it comes a peace you can't manufacture and a new direction you couldn't find on your own. Have you received it?

Growing up in faith looks a lot like growing down.When the disciples asked Jesus who would be greatest in His Kingdom, H...
10/24/2026

Growing up in faith looks a lot like growing down.

When the disciples asked Jesus who would be greatest in His Kingdom, He didn't point to a leader or a scholar. He called a child over.

The world says maturity means needing no one. Jesus says the way in is turning from our sins and coming to God the way a child comes to a parent: trusting, dependent, and without pretense. Children don't earn their place at the table. They simply come.

If anxiety has been your constant companion lately, this is for you. Your fears are real, but they don't get the final w...
10/23/2026

If anxiety has been your constant companion lately, this is for you. Your fears are real, but they don't get the final word. The Lord is sovereign over every unknown you're facing, and He will keep you to the end. Grace be with you today. Tag someone who needs this reminder.

It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 1944. A classroom of children stood at their desks, hands over hearts, and the...
10/22/2026

It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 1944. A classroom of children stood at their desks, hands over hearts, and then their teacher began to pray — and broke down partway through.

She sat them down and explained: she had lost her husband on the shores of Normandy that June. This would be her first Thanksgiving alone.

Chuck was ten years old. Here's what he carried home:
"I remember walking home from school, looking up at the sky and thinking about how much I loved my country and my family. And how blessed I was to have them—favoritism, faults, and all. It was a moment when I was awakened by grace."

"Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Gratitude rarely arrives because our circumstances improved. More often it arrives because we caught sight of what we already had. A boy who felt overlooked in his own house walked home under an open sky and found himself thankful for that same house — favoritism, faults, and all.

Thanksgiving has been his favorite holiday ever since.

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10/22/2026

Frustrated that spiritual growth feels slow?

Intimacy with God isn't instant. The truths we learn need time to settle, be wrestled with, and tried on before they move from our minds to our hearts to our lives.

Don't give up. By God's grace, transformation is happening—even when you can't see it yet.

10/21/2026

So much of life can feel like a performance. Impressing the boss. Getting noticed. Staying a step ahead of the next person.

Chuck Swindoll believes most people don't really know who they are. Learning that can take years, along with some failure, a few successes, and good mentoring. Then comes the next step: accepting it.

We each have things we're good at and things we're not. When it comes to owning that, Chuck says, "It's not humility. It's reality." The freedom comes when we step into who God made us to be and stop trying to be anyone else.

Visit https://bit.ly/4BokmZU to watch the full conversation.

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Frisco, TX
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