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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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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 27
Lewis, grieving the death of his wife, Joy: There’s a limit to the ‘one flesh.’ You can’t really share someone else’s weakness, or fear or pain. What you feel may be bad. It might conceivably be as bad as what … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: MAY 7
Why Can’t I Stop Doing Wrong? “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8 NIV). Sin always involves self-deception. At the moment you’re sinning, you’re deceiving yourself because … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: NOVEMBER 13
Faith or Experience? …the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 We should battle through our moods, feelings, and emotions into absolute devotion to the Lord Jesus. We must break out of our own … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: SEPTEMBER 21
The Missionary’s Predestined Purpose Now the Lord says, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant… —Isaiah 49:5 The first thing that happens after we recognize our election by God in Christ Jesus is the destruction of our … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JULY 20
Dependent on God’s Presence Those who wait on the Lord…shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31 There is no thrill for us in walking, yet it is the test for all of our steady and enduring qualities. To “walk and … Continue reading
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THE PURSUIT OF GOD: DAY 14
Chapter 3 Removing the Veil (PART 5) It is woven of the fine threads of the self-life, the hyphenated sins of the human spirit. They are not something we do, they are something we are, and therein lies both their … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: NOVEMBER 1
MORNING “The church in thy house.” Philemon 2 Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members of it? or are some still unconverted? Let us pause here and let the question go round–Am I … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: SEPTEMBER 10
MORNING “And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.” Mark 3:13 Here was sovereignty. Impatient spirits may fret and fume, because they are not called to the highest places … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: SEPTEMBER 1
MORNING “Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.” Psalm 73:24 The Psalmist felt his need of divine guidance. He had just been discovering the foolishness of his own heart, and lest he should be … Continue reading
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