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IN TOUCH DAILY: MAY 1
Right Relationships Proverbs 27:17 Becoming a godly person is a worthy goal for every believer. We know prayer and Bible study are essential in achieving this objective, but did you know that having right relationships is also a critical element … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: FEBRUARY 5
How Comforters Are Created 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 When Job was suffering, he said, “Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” (Job 2:10). Even hardship and pain have a place in God’s plan for each believer. During … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 1
TO PHOEBE HESKETH: On how sorrow seems to isolate; and on how hard it is to forgive. Lewis reveals that Joy’s physician had failed to diagnose her cancer at a stage when it could have been treated successfully. 14 June … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 22
I find I must borrow yet another parable from George MacDonald. Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: JANUARY 4
There are times when we can do all that a fellow creature needs if only he will trust us. In getting a dog out of a trap, in extracting a thorn from a child’s finger, in teaching a boy to … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 3
Principles for Personal Change: New Thinking “Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes” (Ephesians 4:23 NLT). Change requires new thinking. In order to change, we must learn about God’s truth and start making good choices, … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: SEPTEMBER 5
Watching With Jesus Stay here and watch with Me. —Matthew 26:38 “Watch with Me.” Jesus was saying, in effect, “Watch with no private point of view at all, but watch solely and entirely with Me.” In the early stages of … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JUNE 10
And After That What’s Next To Do? …seek, and you will find… —Luke 11:9 Seek if you have not found. “You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss…” (James 4:3). If you ask for things from life instead … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: JUNE 9
Then What’s Next To Do? Everyone who asks receives… —Luke 11:10 Ask if you have not received. There is nothing more difficult than asking. We will have yearnings and desires for certain things, and even suffer as a result of … Continue reading
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