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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: grace
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 15
Screwtape strategizes with Wormwood, using Time as a weapon: I had noticed, of course, that the humans were having a lull in their European war—what they naïvely call ‘The War’!—and am not surprised that there is a corresponding lull in … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 6
If the old fairy-tale ending ‘They lived happily ever after’ is taken to mean ‘They felt for the next fifty years exactly as they felt the day before they were married’, then it says what probably never was nor ever … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JULY 10
On the present moment Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment “as … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 31
On glory [And this brings me to] the other sense of glory—glory as brightness, splendour, luminosity. We are to shine as the sun, we are to be given the Morning Star. I think I begin to see what it means. … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 2
TO ARTHUR GREEVES: On his brother’s admission to an Oxford hospital, for treatment of alcoholism; and on the meaning of vicarious suffering, or what Lewis will call, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the “Deeper Magic,” mentioned above … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: NOVEMBER 24
Six Biblical Truths about God’s Blessing “Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another” (John 1:16 GNT). You probably hear the phrase “God bless you” on a regular basis. You … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: OCTOBER 25
God Knows Our Weaknesses and Still Loves Us “[Jesus] understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: OCTOBER 15
How to Receive the Grace of God “For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ” (John 1:17 NLT). In yesterday’s devotional we looked at 10 great benefits of God’s grace in … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: OCTOBER 14
Ten Ways We Rely on God’s Grace “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him” (Philippians 2:13 NLT). As Christians, we tend to think about grace when it’s connected to … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: OCTOBER 13
Who Will Be in Heaven Because of You? “The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace” (Acts 20:24 NCV). The Bible says … Continue reading
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