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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JANUARY 17
TO ARTHUR GREEVES, who had just ended an unhealthy friendship with a boy: On doing the right thing; and on the blessing of friendship. 29 December 1935 As regards to your news—sympathy and congratulations. Sympathy on the wrench of parting … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 20
Who Controls Your Future? “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them” (Romans 8:28 NLT). One of the great fears we … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: MAY 23
Don’t Give Up: Accept Help from Others “When desperate people give up on God Almighty, their friends, at least, should stick with them” (Job 6:14 The Message). When we’ve had a loss or disappointment, the natural reaction is to withdraw … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: AUGUST 25
Sacrifice and Friendship I have called you friends… —John 15:15 We will never know the joy of self-sacrifice until we surrender in every detail of our lives. Yet self-surrender is the most difficult thing for us to do. We make … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: AUGUST 19
Self-Awareness Come to Me… —Matthew 11:28 God intends for us to live a well-rounded life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside. Then we tend to fall back into self-examination, a habit … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: AUGUST 4
The Brave Friendship of God He took the twelve aside… —Luke 18:31 Oh, the bravery of God in trusting us! Do you say, “But He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing good in me and I … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JUNE 16
“Will You Lay Down Your Life?” Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends….I have called you friends… —John 15:13, 15 Jesus does not ask me to die for Him, but to … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: MARCH 25
Maintaining the Proper Relationship …the friend of the bridegroom… —John 3:29 Goodness and purity should never be traits that draw attention to themselves, but should simply be magnets that draw people to Jesus Christ. If my holiness is not drawing … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JANUARY 27
Look Again and Think Do not worry about your life… —Matthew 6:25 A warning which needs to be repeated is that “the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches,” and the lust for other things, will choke out … Continue reading
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