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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: hope
IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 10
Our Heavenly Inheritance 1 Peter 1:1-9 Do you have too much stuff? If you’re like most people, the answer is yes. The problem is that whatever we accumulate demands our time and attention. It must be obtained, maintained, organized, and … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 7
The Key to Acceptance Luke 6:46-49 Many churchgoers will be disheartened to learn that ministry work doesn’t reserve them a place in heaven. Good deeds mean nothing to God unless they are the outgrowth of a relationship with Him. It … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, acts of kindness, believe, bible, charles stanley, church members, churchgoers, desire, desperate need, disheartened, eternity, faith in Jesus, genuine faith, God, good deeds, heaven, hope, idea, in touch, Jesus, Jesus Christ, key, ministry work, payment, relationship with God, sacrifice, salvation, saved, Savior, service, sin, sin debt, trust Jesus
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 9
Screwtape offers a helpful image: Think of your man as a series of concentric circles, his will being the innermost, his intellect coming next, and finally his fantasy. You can hardly hope, at once, to exclude from all the circles … Continue reading
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Tagged c s lewis, circles, concentric circles, desirable qualities, enemy, fantasy, fatal, God, habits, heart, hope, innermost, intellect, resolutions, screwtape, the screwtape letters, virtues, will
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 12
And Digory could say nothing, for tears choked him and he gave up all hopes of saving his Mother’s life; but at the same time he knew that the Lion knew what would have happened, and that there might be … Continue reading
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Tagged aslan, c s lewis, death, digory, dream, endless life, heal, hope, joy, losing someone, love, stolen apple, tears, thank you, the lion, the magician's nephew, the tree of life
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 4
When Digory took a minute to get his breath, and then went softly into his Mother’s room. And there she lay, as he had seen her lie so many other times, propped up on the pillows, with a thin, pale … Continue reading
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Tagged apple of life, apple of youth, aslan, asleep, c s lewis, color, digory, dingy, faded, gentle, heaven, hope, natural, ordinary, real, sleep, the magician's nephew, unmagical, witch jadis
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: AUGUST 28
“Aslan—and children from another world,” thought Tirian. “They have always come in when things were at their worst. Oh, if only they could now.” And he called out “Aslan! Aslan! Aslan! Come and help us now.” But the darkness and … Continue reading
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Tagged a year with aslan, aslan, beyond, c s lewis, cair paravel, change, cold, darkness, faint hope, help, helpers, hope, lone islands, narnia, quietness, stronger, the last battle, tirian
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JUNE 9
TO MARY VAN DEUSEN: On how one responds to the diagnosis of serious illness and on four strategies for coping. 10 April 1959 I have just had Sister Hildegarde’s letter. My heart goes out to you. You are now just … Continue reading
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