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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 18
Lewis, grieving the death of his wife, Joy: I know that the thing I want is exactly the thing I can never get. The old life, the jokes, the drinks, the arguments, the lovemaking, the tiny, heartbreaking commonplace. On any … Continue reading
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JUNE 21
The Ministry of the Inner Life You are…a royal priesthood… —1 Peter 2:9 By what right have we become “a royal priesthood”? It is by the right of the atonement by the Cross of Christ that this has been accomplished. … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: DECEMBER 23
MORNING “Friend, go up higher.” Luke 14:10 When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: AUGUST 30
MORNING “Wait on the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: AUGUST 7
MORNING “The upright love thee.” Song of Solomon 1:4 Believers love Jesus with a deeper affection than they dare to give to any other being. They would sooner lose father and mother than part with Christ. They hold all earthly … Continue reading
MORNING AND EVENING: JUNE 1
MORNING “The evening and the morning were the first day.” Genesis 1:5 Was it so even in the beginning? Did light and darkness divide the realm of time in the first day? Then little wonder is it if I have … Continue reading