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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: enjoyment
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 1
The most obvious fact about praise—whether of God or anything—strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honour. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise unless (sometimes even … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 5
If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you had asked almost any of the great Christians of old, he would have replied, Love. You … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 16
God’s Gifts for Now “If God gives us wealth and property and lets us enjoy them, we should be grateful and enjoy what we have worked for. It is a gift from God” (Ecclesiastes 5:19 GNT). The Bible says in … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JULY 10
The Spiritually Lazy Saint Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together… —Hebrews 10:24-25 We are all capable of being spiritually lazy saints. We want to stay … Continue reading
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MORNING AND EVENING: JANUARY 9
MORNING “I will be their God.” Jeremiah 31:33 Christian! here is all thou canst require. To make thee happy thou wantest something that shall satisfy thee; and is not this enough? If thou canst pour this promise into thy cup, … Continue reading
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