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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: people
IN TOUCH DAILY: MARCH 2
Feeling Hopeless Acts 27:1-25 People disappoint us, circumstances cause pain, and our own limitations lead to frustration. Jesus told His disciples that struggles are part of this life (John 16:33), and many other Bible stories show evidence of this reality. … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions, In Touch
Tagged bible, bitterness, charles stanley, circumstances, courage, david, deliver, disappoint, disciples, evidence, feeling hopeless, forgotten, frustration, future, God, God's unfailing love, hannah, heavenly father, hope, hopeless, hopelessness, in touch, Jesus, life, limitations, pain, paul, people, pray, reality, saul, sorrow, struggles, trust, unfailing love, violent storm
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: MAY 1
Letter to his father: from University College, April 1925 It was a perfect spring night with the moon nearly full, and not a breath of wind stirring nor a sound from the streets. The half light enhanced [Salisbury’s] size, and … Continue reading
Posted in C. S. Lewis Daily, Devotions
Tagged c s lewis, craftsmen, gargoyle, moon, people, salisbury, secular change, shadow, simplicity, spring, taj mahal, university college
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DAILY HOPE: NOVEMBER 3
You Can Accept People Without Approving of Everything They Do “Accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory” (Romans 15:7 NLT). Did you know that every time you show love, it gives … Continue reading
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Tagged accept people, accepting, approval, daily hope, people, rick warren
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DAILY HOPE: SEPTEMBER 6
Focus on Pleasing God, Not People “Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts” (1 Thessalonians 2:4 NLT). God did not make you to be what somebody else wants you to be. … Continue reading
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Tagged daily hope, focus, God, people, pleasing God, rick warren
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DAILY HOPE: JULY 17
Life Is About Relationship, Not Acquisition “But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth but in seeing you and knowing all is well between us. And when I awake in heaven, I will be fully satisfied, for I … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, acquisition, choice, Christ, contentment, culture, daily hope, dissatisfied, eternal, financial freedom, focus, forever, God, greed, happy, heaven, Jesus, life, love God, love people, more, net worth, people, perspective, possessions, purpose, relationship, relationship with God, relationships, rick warren, satisfaction, satisified, security, self worth, temporary, things, true life, truth, valuables, value, wealth, Word, Word of God, World
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DAILY HOPE: MAY 13
Four Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Worry “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?” (Matthew 6:25 … Continue reading
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Tagged ambitions, change, Christ Jesus, control, daily hope, don't worry, dreams, foolish, future, glory, goals, God, God's creation, heavenly father, Jesus, life, little faith, miserable, nature, needs, people, relational conflicts, riches, rick warren, Sermon on the Mount, trust, trust in God, uncontrollable, unhelpful, unnatural, unnecessary, unreasonable, useless, valuable, worry
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 19
God Says You Are Accepted “Therefore, accept each other in the same way that Christ accepted you. He did this to bring glory to God” (Romans 15:7 GW). Most of us spend our entire lives trying to earn acceptance. We … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, accepted, approval, Christ, daily hope, envy, glory to God, God, good, good news, in crowd, influence, Jesus, Jesus Christ, parents, partners, peers, people, performance, please God, prove yourself, respect, rick warren, safety, self esteem
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 14
Three Reasons We Need to Walk with Others “And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him” (Colossians 2:6 NLT). The Bible often compares life to a walk, because life is a … Continue reading
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Tagged belonging, bible, Christ Jesus, christians, community, cooperate, daily hope, energy, follow Him, get along, God, hospitality, Jesus, journey, lessons, life, light, loneliness, lord, love, new testament, obedience, people, relationships, rick warren, safer, smarter, supportive, walk, walk with others, walking alone, wisdom
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 8
Five Steps for Handling Frustration “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you” (Isaiah 26:3 NIV). Here are five simple steps for dealing with frustrations in your life. Ask yourself, “Did I … Continue reading
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Tagged all things work together, anger, bad situation, bad things, bible, blessing in disguise, cheerful heart, Christ, circumstances, daily hope, frustrated, frustration, give thanks, God, God's love, good medicine, humor, irritated, irritation, Jesus, life, love, more like Christ, negative, opportunity, people, perfect peace, positive, rick warren, self giving, self serving, steadfast, thank God, thankful, trust
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: NOVEMBER 7
The Undetected Sacredness of Circumstances We know that all things work together for good to those who love God… —Romans 8:28 The circumstances of a saint’s life are ordained of God. In the life of a saint there is no … Continue reading
Posted in Devotions, My Utmost for His Highest
Tagged all things work together, chance, circumstances, conscious life, God, hand of God, Holy Spirit, intercede, intercession, intercessory prayer, life of a saint, love God, my utmost for His highest, ordained, oswald chambers, people, places, poverty, prayer, providence, purpose, ruin, sacredness, saints, spirit, Spirit of God, unique, unnatural, unsure, vague
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