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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 8
On morality I think all Christians would agree with me if I said that though Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it leads you on, out of … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 22
On God It is always shocking to meet life where we thought we were alone. “Look out!” we cry, “it’s alive.” And therefore this is the very point at which so many draw back—I would have done so myself if … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 25
On goodness There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him. And the higher and mightier it is in the natural order, the more demoniac … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 14
On comfort God is the only comfort. He is also the supreme terror: the thing we most need and the thing we most want to hide from. He is our only possible ally, and we have made ourselves His enemies. … Continue reading
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JANUARY 16
If the world exists not chiefly that we may love God but that God may love us, yet that very fact, on a deeper level, is so for our sakes. If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 5
God Blesses Those Who Are Put Down Because of Him “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy … 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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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 29
Come Home to Celebration “Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him . . . his name is the Lord” (Psalm 68:4 ESV). Do you want to get back to God? You first have … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 7
Repentance Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation… —2 Corinthians 7:10 Conviction of sin is best described in the words: My sins, my sins, my Savior, How sad on Thee they fall. Conviction of sin is one of the most … Continue reading
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