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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 11
No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as “what a man does with his solitude.” It was one of the Wesleys, I think, who said that the New Testament knows nothing of solitary religion. … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 21
God Says You Are Capable “It is he who saved us and chose us for his holy work not because we deserved it but because that was his plan long before the world began — to show his love and … Continue reading
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Tagged abilities, bible, body of Christ, capable, Christ, christians, church, daily hope, experiences, gifted, gifts, God, heart, help others, helping others, holy work, important, kindness, love, minister, ministering, ministry, pastor, personality, rick warren, saved, serve, shaped, spiritual gifts, talents
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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 25
When We Work Together, We Maximize Our Impact “I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me” (Matthew 25:40 NCV). Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 says, “Two people are better than … Continue reading
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Tagged body of Christ, church, daily hope, failure, impact, Jesus, life, ministry, resources, rick warren, serve together, serving, serving with others, truth, work together
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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 23
God Created You to Need Other People “He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow” (Ephesians 4:16 NLT). There are some things you will never learn … Continue reading
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Tagged body of Christ, church, community, created, daily hope, faithfulness, family of God, forgiveness, God, graciousness, grow, kindness, learn, learn from others, life, love, Loyalty, need, potential, relationships, rick warren, unselfishness
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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 22
You Learn Your Purpose Through Relationships “We are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around. . . . Each of us finds our … Continue reading
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Tagged adulthood, bible, body of Christ, church, community, connect, connected, daily hope, fellowship, function, God's family, human, human contact, identity, learn, life, meaning, purpose, purpose of life, relationships, rick warren, true identity, use, value
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JULY 12
The Spiritually Self-Seeking Church …till we all come…to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ… —Ephesians 4:13 Reconciliation means the restoring of the relationship between the entire human race and God, putting it back to what God … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions, My Utmost for His Highest
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THE PURSUIT OF GOD: DAY 43
Chapter 10 The Sacrament of Living (PART 4) In all charity, and with no desire to reflect unkindly upon any Christian, however misled, I would point out that the Roman Catholic church represents today the sacred-secular heresy carried to its … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: MAY 25
MORNING “Forsake me not, O Lord.” Psalm 38:21 Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times. … Continue reading
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