Thoughts By Charles Stanley

2025-02-18

Ending the Blame Game

Whenever someone hurts or frustrates us, we can decide whether to react in a godly or worldly fashion.

2025-02-05

Trust in the Wait

Psalm 33:13-22 • The Lord has all-encompassing knowledge of every detail of your circumstances. • He has complete understanding of the motives and intentions of everyone involved in your situation.

2025-01-18

Lord I Love You But…

Most of us are quick to declare our love for God, but at times our reluctance to serve Him tells a different story.

2024-12-07

Refined by Fire

God is always at work in our lives. Even during seasons of adversity, He wants to accomplish something powerful and good. How should this knowledge affect our response?

2024-12-03

The Effects of Fear

Fear obviously produces anxiety, but it also creates chaos in our lives and even affects those around us. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. What are you afraid of--loss, rejection, poverty, or death?

2024-12-01

The Trap of Discouragement

Do you feel stuck in discouragement? Frustration that isn’t handled well may develop into depression. Living in discouragement will divide the mind.

2024-09-13

When God Looks on Us with Favor

“Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you

2024-09-10

Grounded in Truth

Grounded in Truth: If we'll let the truths of Scripture fill our minds, guard our emotions, and influence our conduct, God will richly reward us.

2024-08-26

The Results of Insecurity

After a while, insecure people typically get angry. When they go so long feeling so poorly about themselves, they start to resent the success and happiness of others.

2024-06-28

Responding to Accusations

When conflict occurs, the natural reaction is to blame someone else and defend yourself. But believers must respond differently.

2024-06-20

Joy in God’s Presence

Delighting in God’s presence surpasses that of any human experience. In Him, the psalm says, we find “fullness of joy.”

2024-05-05

Advancing Through Adversity

Where is God? He is where the pain is.

2024-05-02

New Mercies Every Morning

God is fully aware of our needs and will be faithful to meet them. His mercies are available to us every single day.

2024-04-18

When Burdens Seem Unbearable

Stop and look up to your heavenly Father. Remember a time when God carried you through hard circumstances, and rejoice in His steadfast faithfulness.

2024-04-11

Encouragement for Every Season

One of the most distressing emotions is the bleak sense of isolation caused by a difficult situation or experience. This is especially true when a loved one has died or you find yourself in the middle of a severe trial that can’t be solved quickly.

2024-04-07

When We Feel Helpless

Have you ever considered that spiritual rescue is even more important than physical deliverance?

2024-03-27

The Believer’s Journey to the Cross

We all know that Jesus walked the road to Calvary, but did you know that believers also journey to the cross? We've all been positionally crucified with Christ, but those who hunger for Him participate in a deeper experience of this reality.

2024-03-23

Our Heavenly Father’s Unconditional Love

God's commitment to us has absolutely no conditions or restrictions and isn't based on whether we love Him back. Nor does He have more love for "good" people who may strike us as more worthy.

2024-03-15

Our Steady Anchor

If we try to hold tightly to any earthly things during our hardships, we will be tossed about in various directions since we’ve affixed ourselves to an unstable foundation that’s continually shifting.

2024-03-08

Impossible Love Made Possible

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23

2024-02-27

The Path of Life

Life is like a trail with complex twists and turns. Appealing activities can be detours that lead to the quicksand of sin. No one can go wrong by keeping to the pathways God selects.

2024-02-22

How God Views the Self-Directed Man

Worldly wisdom amounts to nothing in the eyes of our omniscient, all-wise Father (1 Corinthians 1:20), and He expects His children to request and follow His guidance.

2024-02-04

The Power of Love

Godly love enables us to: Respond graciously in trying circumstances; Sacrifice without complaining; Wait patiently for others instead of pushing them to change...

2024-01-27

Infinite Forgiveness

Salvation is instantaneous, but discipleship is a lifelong journey. We will need each other’s encouragement—and the grace and mercy of God—as we learn to forgive the way Jesus taught us.

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