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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: APRIL 2
Screwtape reveals the Enemy’s intentions: Now it may surprise you to learn that in His [the Enemy’s] efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, He relies on the troughs even more than on the peaks; some of His special … Continue reading
C. S. LEWIS DAILY: FEBRUARY 4
For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention; it is our-selves. For each of us the Baptist’s words are … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: DECEMBER 17
Make Time to Serve at Work “If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important” (Galatians 6:3 NLT). God isn’t impressed with your status. He’s impressed with your service. … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: SEPTEMBER 20
God Shaped You for Service “God made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing” (Ephesians 2:10 NCV). God shaped you to … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JUNE 6
Be Confident in Whose You Are “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12 NIV). … Continue reading
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DAILY HOPE: JANUARY 24
Your Significance Comes from Serving “Each of you has received a gift to use to serve others. Be good servants of God’s various gifts of grace” (1 Peter 4:10 NCV). To experience significance in life, you must serve with others … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 18
Test of Faithfulness We know that all things work together for good to those who love God… —Romans 8:28 It is only a faithful person who truly believes that God sovereignly controls his circumstances. We take our circumstances for granted, … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: DECEMBER 3
“Not by Might nor by Power” My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power… —1 Corinthians 2:4 If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge … Continue reading
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MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: NOVEMBER 28
The Riches of the Destitute …being justified freely by His grace… —Romans 3:24 The gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the truth that it reveals is not … Continue reading
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