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Encouraging Message Series for Young Believers
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Tag Archives: security
IN TOUCH DAILY: SEPTEMBER 23
The Burden of Inadequacy Deuteronomy 1:19-36 Because we’re human, we all experience feelings of inadequacy from time to time. But the real issue facing us is not whether we are sufficient for a task, but how we will respond … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: SEPTEMBER 18
Spiritual Shortsightedness Luke 12:13-21 Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which the eye cannot focus on distant objects. Today this physical defect is easily treatable with corrective lenses. But spiritual myopia is more dangerous because it has consequences … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: FEBRUARY 24
Putting Aside Childish Ways Matthew 6:16-24 Teenagers are known to measure themselves against peers, but I’ve noticed that many adults today also struggle with comparison. Social media platforms make it especially difficult to outgrow this type of thinking. When comparing … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 10
Our Heavenly Inheritance 1 Peter 1:1-9 Do you have too much stuff? If you’re like most people, the answer is yes. The problem is that whatever we accumulate demands our time and attention. It must be obtained, maintained, organized, and … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 17
He had always disliked the people who encored a favourite air in an opera—“That just spoils it” had been his comment. But this now appeared to him as a principle of far wider application and deeper moment. This itch to … Continue reading
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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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