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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: satan
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 27
SATAN SPEAKS I am Nature, the Mighty Mother, I am the law; ye have none other. I am the flower and the dewdrop fresh, I am the lust in your itching flesh. I am the battle’s filth and strain, I … Continue reading
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 9
On happiness What Satan put into the heads of our remote ancestors was the idea that they could “be like gods”—could set up on their own as if they had created themselves—be their own masters—invent some sort of happiness for … Continue reading
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Tagged ambition, ancestors, c s lewis, classes, empires, God, happiness, happy, hopeless, human history, masters, mere Christianity, money, peace, poverty, prostitution, satan, slavery, war, words to live by
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 13
You’re Responsible for What You Allow in Your Mind ““A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash” (Proverbs 15:14 NLT). Our minds control everything else about us. Our thoughts influence our feelings. Our feelings impact … Continue reading
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Tagged accountable, actions, behavior, beliefs, comedy, control your thoughts, cross, daily hope, deviant behavior, entertainment, feelings, followers of Jesus, fool, garbage, God, guilt, influence, Jesus, knowledge, martin luther, mind, minds, responsible, rick warren, satan, scientists, sin, sinful, sinful lifestyles, stray thoughts, think, thoughts, trash, wise
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 21
Not Sinless, but We Can Sin Less “If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth” (1 John 1:8 NLT). We all have parts of our lives that simply don’t work. … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, attitudes, bad habits, bible, change, circumstances, comfort, control, corrupted, created, daily hope, deception, defense mechanisms, discourage, fail, failure, fear, God, guilt, habits, hang ups, Holy Spirit, hopeless, hurts, identity, Jesus, life, lust, new nature, pain, perfection, renew, resistance, rick warren, satan, self deception, self defeating, sin, sin less, sinful, sinful nature, sinless, stress, thoughts, truth, unchangeable, unhealthy
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 10
Obedience Leads to Peace “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will … Continue reading
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Tagged anxious, bible, Christ Jesus, compassionately, compulsions, compulsively, confused, confusion, daily hope, disorder, don't worry, encouragement, God, God the Father, God's peace, God's voice, good Shepherd, negativity, obedience, overwhelmed, peace, peter lord, pray, pray about everything, pressured, rick warren, satan
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DAILY HOPE: APRIL 9
A Biblically Supported Idea “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Luke 21:33 NIV). Many times we wonder if an idea that came to us is an instruction from God, a deception from Satan, … Continue reading
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Tagged believe, bible, change, consistent, contradict, daily hope, deception, discern, eternal, eternal consequences, evil, God, God's voice, God's Word, heaven and earth, idea, instruction, Jesus, moody, principles, rick warren, satan, test, true, truth, Word of God
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 23
God Knows Everything, and That’s Good News “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13 NIV). Ever gotten out of … Continue reading
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Tagged bad news, bible, creation, crisis, daily hope, despair, everything, failures, faults, feelings, foolish, frustrations, God, God knows, God's sight, good news, hidden, hurt, loved unconditionally, pain, pretend, rick warren, satan, secrets, sins, surprised, tears, troubled, worries
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DAILY HOPE: MARCH 18
Community Is God’s Answer to Defeat “In humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others” (Philippians 2:3-4 NIV). Each one of us needs other people to watch … Continue reading
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Tagged america, apostle paul, community, countercultural, daily hope, defeat, defend, depressed, discouraged, discouragement, God, God's children, help, humility, hurt, interests, life, live life well, look out for others, me, mine, overpowered, personal enemy, philippians, problems, protect, relationships, rick warren, ruin, satan, spiritual welfare, tough times, value, value others, victorious, win
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