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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: death
IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 24
A Time to Wait in Prayer Joshua 7:1-13 Most of us are familiar with the Israelites’ victory at the battle of Jericho, but do you know what happened after that? Joshua attempted to take the city of Ai, and 36 … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 16
Righteous Redemption Romans 3:21-31 Ever since the Garden of Eden, mankind has been tainted by sin. The bad choices we make each day are merely symptoms of the bigger problem—our fleshly nature. But sin has no place in the pure … Continue reading
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Tagged amazing love, bad choices, charles stanley, Christ, Christ is Lord, cross, crucifixion, death, doomed, dreadful fate, eternal life, eternal separation, fleshly nature, fully God, fully man, garden of eden, grave, heavenly father, holy, in touch, Jesus, love, mankind, overcome, perfect life, presence of God, problems, punishment, pure, redemption, resurrection, righteous, righteous redemption, salvation, Savior, separation, sin, solution, suffering, trust in Jesus, wages of sin
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IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 5
God’s Grand Plan 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 God’s plan for us is greater than we can imagine. But not many people realize that. We usually get so preoccupied with the demands of life that few of us give much thought to … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: FEBRUARY 20
A Faith-Filled Outlook Genesis 39:21-23, Genesis 40:1-8 If anyone had reason to be discouraged, Joseph did. He not only endured his mother’s death and his brothers’ hatred but also faced slavery and imprisonment because of false allegations. Yet he was … Continue reading
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Tagged adversity, aid, angry, boldly, captive, charles stanley, compassion, death, depend on God, difficult relationship, discouraged, endured, eygpt, faith, faith-filled, faith-filled outlook, faith-filled perspective, false allegations, glorify the Lord, God, godly fruit, hard places, hardship, hatred, Holy Spirit, hopeful, ill health, imprisonment, in touch, joseph, life, lord, our Father, pharaoh, relied upon God, slavery, thrive, unemployment
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 20
Our God of Grace Ephesians 2:1-10 Grace is God’s favor and love shown to mankind. We can’t earn it or be good enough to deserve it. To truly appreciate grace, we must comprehend that our Father is … Perfectly holy. … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 11
When We Are Fearful Isaiah 41:8-20 Throughout the Bible, God encourages us not to be afraid or anxious, because as His children, we have no basis for fear. Of course, there are reasons to be cautious about what we do … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 10
Our Heavenly Inheritance 1 Peter 1:1-9 Do you have too much stuff? If you’re like most people, the answer is yes. The problem is that whatever we accumulate demands our time and attention. It must be obtained, maintained, organized, and … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 31
The thing you long for summons you away from the self. Even the desire for the thing lives only if you abandon it. This is the ultimate law—the seed dies to live, the bread must be cast upon the waters, … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 21
The golden apple of selfhood, thrown among the false gods, became an apple of discord because they scrambled for it. They did not know the first rule of the holy game, which is that every player must by all means … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 11
In the earliest days of Christianity an ‘apostle’ was first and foremost a man who claimed to be an eyewitness of the Resurrection. Only a few days after the Crucifixion when two candidates were nominated for the vacancy created by … Continue reading
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