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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: life
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 26
When any man comes into the presence of God he will find, whether he wishes it or not, that all those things which seemed to make him so different from all the men of other times, or even from his … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 17
He had always disliked the people who encored a favourite air in an opera—“That just spoils it” had been his comment. But this now appeared to him as a principle of far wider application and deeper moment. This itch to … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 15
There are three kinds of people in the world. The first class is of those who live simply for their own sake and pleasure, regarding Man and Nature as so much raw material to be cut up into whatever shape … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 11
No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as “what a man does with his solitude.” It was one of the Wesleys, I think, who said that the New Testament knows nothing of solitary religion. … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 24
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and falsehoods committed in boyhood as if they were no concern of the present speaker’s, and even with laughter. … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 20
The wood with its cold flowers had nothing there More beautiful than he, new waked from sleep, New born from joy. His soul lay very bare That moment to life’s touch, and pondering deep Now first he knew that no … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 17
TO MRS. RAY GARRETT: On the real program of the spiritual life—living in the present moment. 12 September 1960 The whole lesson of my life has been that no ‘methods of stimulation’ are of any lasting use. They are indeed … Continue reading
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