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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: security
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 2
The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy, … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 17
TO MARY WILLIS SHELBURNE: On the hard task of learning to depend only on God and on nothing and no one else. 6 December 1955 I was most distressed by the news in your letter of Dec. 2nd. . . … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: DECEMBER 29
Don’t Stress Out! Trust God to Provide for You “Since he did not spare even his own Son for us but gave him up for us all, won’t he also surely give us everything else?” (Romans 8:32 TLB). The major … Continue reading
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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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DAILY HOPE: FEBRUARY 21
Four Steps to Defeating the Giants “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty . . . This day the Lord will deliver you into my … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: FEBRUARY 17
Your Money Management Matters to God “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: FEBRUARY 5
Your Life is Shaped by Your Thoughts “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts” (Proverbs 4:23 GNT). God is far more interested in changing your mind than changing your circumstances. We want God to take … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 30
Only God Can Provide “Since he did not spare even his own Son for us but gave him up for us all, won’t he also surely give us everything else?” (Romans 8:32 TLB). The major cause of stress in your … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 31
Yesterday You shall not go out with haste,…for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. —Isaiah 52:12 Security from Yesterday. “…God requires an account of what is past” (Ecclesiastes 3:15). At … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 24
The Hidden Life …your life is hidden with Christ in God. —Colossians 3:3 The Spirit of God testifies to and confirms the simple, but almighty, security of the life that “is hidden with Christ in God.” Paul continually brought this … Continue reading
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