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January 2019 From the Bible-teaching ministry of Charles R. Swindoll

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Dear Friend,

Quietness surrounded me in my barracks. Outside, Okinawa’s nightlife buzzed. Lonely and desperate for distraction, many of my fellow Marines had gone out, seeking comfort in the bottom of beer mugs and the arms of unknown women. I had stayed behind. The room was still, but my heart raced.

Lord, I prayed, I enjoyed today so much. Could it be that THIS is what you want me to do for the rest of my life?

No voice from heaven boomed. No lightning cut through the sky. But peace settled deep in my soul. After many miserable months missing my bride on this lonely island, I finally understood: God had brought me here to show me what I was made for.

Earlier that day, I had stood on the back of a flatbed truck with Bob Newkirk, a man serving with the Navigators, who had become my mentor. The two of us had stood on that makeshift stage several times as people gathered and Bob had preached. But this day, Bob suggested I bring the message. Afterward, he said, “Chuck, you’re a natural. You should seriously consider doing this.”

2019 marks Insight for Living Ministries’ 40th anniversary and my 56th year of preaching. If you wonder when I’ll retire, I’ve got an answer: Never! I hope to hit my chin on the pulpit when I breathe my last! I was made for this.

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Let me ask: Do you know what you were made for?

This New Year, I challenge you to focus on the answer to that question. If you know it and you’re doing it, stay at it. If you know it and you’re not, ask the Lord for courage. If you have no clue, begin praying, Lord, what am I made for?

Let me also challenge you to commit yourself to doing two things every follower of Jesus is without a doubt made for:

1. Spend time in God’s Word. Meditate on it. Savor its truth. Let it transform your life because you were created to know God intimately through His Word.

2. Get serious about the Great Commission. Jesus’ final words on earth are a nonnegotiable command. God HAS called you to work together with other believers to make disciples in every nation.

Insight for Living Ministries exists to help you do these two essential callings. We’re committed to teaching YOU how to study and apply the Bible. That’s the reason I wrote Searching the Scriptures—to help you personally dig into the treasure trove of God’s Word. Through Vision 195, we’re also committed to joining hands with you to make disciples in all 195 nations and their 6,875 heart languages.

Will you say yes to pursuing the Great Commission with us this year?

Ask the Lord if He would like you to join us as a Monthly Companion with consistent automated gifts. Or perhaps He might lead you to pray faithfully and give as you can, starting today.

However He leads, don’t delay. You were made to make a difference.

Committed until the very end,

Charles R. Swindoll

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