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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: change
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 13
Now Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. For moods will change, whatever view your reason … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 10
TO MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE: On keeping to a regular pattern of religious life during the storms of life. 9 November 1955 I agree: the only thing one can usually change in one’s situation is oneself. And yet one can’t change … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 22
Screwtape reveals a powerful tool for distraction: What we want, if men become Christians at all, is to keep them in the state of mind I call ‘Christianity And’. You know—Christianity and the Crisis, Christianity and the New Psychology, Christianity … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 2
On celebration “The Great Dance does not wait to be perfect until the peoples of the Low Worlds are gathered into it. We speak not of when it will begin. It has begun from before always. There was no time … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JANUARY 7
We are always completely, and therefore equally, known to God. That is our destiny whether we like it or not. But though this knowledge never varies, the quality of our being known can. A school of thought holds that ‘freedom … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: NOVEMBER 17
Change Your Thinking to Reduce Stress “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” (Philippians 4:8 NIV). You … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: AUGUST 21
How to Have Lasting Change in Your Life “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Romans 12:2 NIV). If you want to have lasting change in your life, you … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: AUGUST 20
God Understands You Can’t Change Overnight “Put on your new nature, created to be like God — truly righteous and holy” (Ephesians 4:24 NLT). When God helps you grow spiritually, he doesn’t just snap his fingers so that it happens … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: AUGUST 15
If You Want to Change, Start with Your Thinking “Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes” (Ephesians 4:23 NLT). Change requires new thinking. In order to change, we must learn the truth and start making good choices, but we … Continue reading
DAILY HOPE: AUGUST 14
You Have to Choose to Change “Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception” (Ephesians 4:22 NLT). Change requires making choices. It’s not enough to dream of changing. It’s … Continue reading