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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: life
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 4
On equality “I thought love meant equality,” she said, “and free companionship.” “Ah, equality?” said the Director. “We must talk of that some other time. Yes, we must all be guarded by equal rights from one another’s greed, because we … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MARCH 1
Screwtape outlines a fundamental deception: Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury. And the sense of injury depends on the feeling that a legitimate claim has been denied. The more claims on life, therefore, … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 21
On conversion Before I became a Christian I do not think I fully realized that one’s life, after conversion, would inevitably consist in doing most of the same things one had been doing before, one hopes, in a new spirit, … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 19
TO FLORENCE (MICHAL) WILLIAMS, the widow of Charles Williams: A letter of condolence. 22 May 1945 Thank you for your most kind letter. We all knew that your marriage was one in a thousand. I think you will not be … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 8
All sorts of people are fond of repeating the Christian statement that ‘God is love’. But they seem not to notice that the words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons. Love is … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 5
TO BEDE GRIFFITHS, with whom Lewis shares an insight from The Great Divorce (Chapter 9), which he is writing at the time: On the utter truth of losing one’s life to save it (with another word about Charles Williams). 25 … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 2
On celebration “The Great Dance does not wait to be perfect until the peoples of the Low Worlds are gathered into it. We speak not of when it will begin. It has begun from before always. There was no time … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 1
TO ARTHUR GREEVES: On the meaning of interruptions and real life; on the difficulty of being patient; and on expiating through embracing one’s own sufferings. 20 December 1943 Things are pretty bad here. Minto’s varicose ulcer gets worse and worse, … Continue reading
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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: DECEMBER 31
Faith Helps You Focus Your Goals “God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!” (Ephesians 3:20 The Message). We know that setting goals is important because the Bible … Continue reading
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