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Tag Archives: deception
IN TOUCH DAILY: OCTOBER 16
Satan’s Strategy John 8:43-44 Deception is Satan’s trademark, and it’s nothing new. The very first book of the Bible tells of his trickery with Eve in the Garden of Eden: He planted seeds of doubt about God’s words by … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 1
Screwtape outlines a fundamental deception: Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury. And the sense of injury depends on the feeling that a legitimate claim has been denied. The more claims on life, therefore, … Continue reading
Posted in C. S. Lewis Daily, Devotions
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 26
Change Requires Honest Community “Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 25
Change Requires the Holy Spirit “Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, … Continue reading
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Tagged attitudes, change, changed, character, corrupted, created, daily hope, deception, faithfulness, fruit, fruit of the Spirit, gentleness, glorious image, God, God's power, goodness, habits, hang ups, holy, Holy Spirit, hurts, Jesus, joy, kindness, life, lord, love, loving, lust, marriage, new nature, old sinful nature, patience, patient, peace, power, renew, responsibility, rick warren, righteous, self control, thoughts, truth, willpower
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 23
Change Requires Making Choices “Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 22
Change Requires Learning the Truth “Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 21
Not Sinless, but We Can Sin Less “If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth” (1 John 1:8 NLT). We all have parts of our lives that simply don’t work. … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 9
A Biblically Supported Idea “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Luke 21:33 NIV). Many times we wonder if an idea that came to us is an instruction from God, a deception from Satan, … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: MARCH 1
The Piercing Question Do you love Me? —John 21:17 Peter’s response to this piercing question is considerably different from the bold defiance he exhibited only a few days before when he declared, “Even if I have to die with You, … Continue reading
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